Assistive Technology is any device, piece of software, equipment or tool that helps people with disabilities improve, maintain or increase their functional capabilities.
Many college students with a disability, who would qualify for assistive technology, aren't aware of the tools and programs available to support them during college. Students with access to these tools and resources during their academic career are better prepared for their classes, assignments, receive a confidence boost, and have a more positive outlook on one’s college career.
Testing & Disability Services (TDS) offers a variety of software that can assist students in reading, writing, math, and organizing their thoughts to improve note-taking skills. Click the links below to learn more about AT available through TDS.
Register for Assistive Technology
Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI)
Testing & Disability Services
Summerville Campus
706-737-1469
Follow the steps to gain access to Assistive Technology available through Testing & Disability Services(TDS).
Contact TDS at 706-737-1469 or TDS@augusta.edu
GLEAN is a powerful web-based software available through different supported devices, that
help you capture every second of information in your classes.
Provides tools to help you navigate information and organize multimedia information in in various ways such as information that is important to understand, information that needs to be reviewed, and the tasks necessary for assignments.
Assists with reducing information overload by refining your notes to only what matters. It gives you tools to refine at your own pace and retrain only what you have identified as important.
Audio Clean-up
Contains audio clean-up features for a clearer recording, free from distractions that filter out common interruptions like keyboard taps, thuds, and chair squeaks.
Task List
Provides a system to stay on top of all your outstanding tasks in one place. Allows you to simply tick tasks off and move on to the next one.
Add Slides and Screenshots
You can import PowerPoint and PDF slides, as well as screenshots into Glean at any time.
Lightning Mode
Add labels and screenshots with a single click in Lightning Mode and stay fully engaged in class.
TDS has resources available through the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation (CIDI).
CIDI provides high-quality, accessible, and inclusive software that supports effective academic skills in writing, research, studying, and note-taking. Together, CIDI & TDS encourage exploration of assistive technology.
ClaroRead Pro reads text as you highlight, including PDFs and Word Documents. ClaroRead Pro reads text out loud from Microsoft Word documents. This software also provides a colored overlay for documents to assist reading and offers Optical Character Recognition (OCR) that can turn printed materials into a machine-readable format, so you can listen to them read out loud.
Claro Writing Helper helps you organize your written assignments, like essays, reports, or dissertations. It will guide you through a linear, structured approach starting with an assignment question and a deadline and ending with your essay in Word format.
Easy Reader allows you to read multiple formats including Daisy, HTML, and EPUB. Easy Reader is available for both Android and IOS and optimized for use with accessibility tools such as Voiceover, Talkback and refreshable braille displays. Integration with Bookshare’s vast library of accessible books makes reading on any device even easier. Easy Reader app users can customize their print reading preferences such as text size, font, high contrast color schemes, line spacing, and more.
EquatIO allows you to create equations, formulas, and more, digitally. It gives you the ability to handwrite, type or dictate math problems directly into a device.
Read&Write has built in text-to-speech reader, dictionary, thesaurus, note-taking tools, text summery and highlighting tools, and a built-in visual mapping application. Read&Write Gold also offers:
Contact TDS at 706-737-1469 or TDS@augusta.edu
If you would like to take advantage of the assistive technology available for students registered with TDS!
