Text can be converted into Braille materials.

Large Print

Regular size text can be converted into larger material for people with low vision.            

Scanning

Material can be scanned into the computer with the use of software; it can then be saved to a disk, read aloud, or translated into Braille.

Tactile Graphics

Images such as graphs, charts, and maps, can be transformed into physical graphics that can be used by people with visual disabilities or learning disabilities.

Textbook Scanning

ACT offers textbook scanning for students, faculty, and staff with disabilities.  Textbooks, along with a required proof of purchase, may be taken to the ACT lab between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.  ACT graduate assistants will advise users of this service to the procedure process. 

A document scanner and optical character recognition (OCR) software is used to complete the process.  Please allow five business days for completion.          

Voice Recognition Training

Computer software that records and saves the users' voice patterns; with exterior microphone, users can then input text through dictation.

For more information about the services that the A.C.T. Lab provides, please contact the A.C.T Specialist, Carlos Taylor, at 285-2001 or e-mail to cetaylor@bsu.edu.  The ACT graduate assistants may be reached at 285-8275.