Who are the services intended for?
Residual sight user
A student whose visual impairment allows him/her to work visually (even with texts), with common document formats, including visual ones. Image modification consists in enlarging or otherwise changing the visual character of the image.
Tactile/Voice user
A student who works either with tactile documents or with screen readers (combined with a tactile display or voice output) and, therefore, requires an editable text document format, or a document adapted in terms of content and form.
What services do we offer?
- Recommendations for special arrangements in classes
- Study-related guidance
- Training of spatial orientation skills and independent mobility skills in the TBU premises
- Recording service
- Digitization of texts
- Training of study and work strategies
- Free proofreading of the academic qualification thesis
- Assistance with the arrangement of accommodation in the TBU Residence Halls
- Assistance with Erasmus+ mobility periods
- Mentoring
Looking for a quiet place to study? Use our special computer room!
The computer room is designed as a quiet zone where you can work on your assignments, prepare your seminar papers, study or relax. In addition, you will find there special equipment that will make your work easier:
- Two computers equipped with special software and hardware; each computer is connected to a desktop scanner, which allows faster and easier scanning and conversion of learning materials and other documents.
- ClearView desktop magnifier with voice output
- Camera with text reading and recognition software
- ZoomText magnifier/reader
- JAWS Screen Reader
- OCR program ABBYY FineReader for converting of paper documents to text
The computer room is located on the 3rd floor of the TBU Library.
Students with special needs can use the computer room free of charge. The only thing they have to do is book a date and time convenient to them.