CCTV at the ACS GAL!

By Dr. Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner, Student Computing Services Manager

The Academic Computing Services General Access Lab now has a CCTV (closed circuit television) reader for persons who need screen magnification of printed materials. This is very handy for students with textbooks, handouts, and other printed material because it allows them to read these resources at the exact magnified resolution needed for their particular disability. The buttons along the bottom of the CCTV screen also allow readers to adjust brightness and contrast, switch to white text on black background if needed, and zoom in on particular areas of a document for viewing.

photo of the new CCTV
The compact yet powerful CCTV Magnifying Reader from Ash Technologies

Training in the use of the new CCTV takes only about a minute and ACS GAL personnel are happy to assist patrons on this device which provides a 17-inch flat panel display for reading. Many thanks to the Office of Disability Accommodation for adding this device to the ACS lab's adaptive hardware.

For detailed information on the technical specs of our new CCTV go to: http://www.cragside.com/accessability/cctv_readers/ash_tech/eclipse.html.

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