Assistive Technology

Assistive technology is a broadly defined term that describes innovative tools dramatically improving the lives of people with disabilities.

About The Assistive Technology Center
Equipment Available at the RCPD Assistive Technology Center
Additional Assistive Technology Resources Available at MSU

About the Assistive Technology Center

The Assistive Technology Center (ATC), located within the RCPD, is available to MSU students and employees with disabilities. The RCPD Assistive Technology Center is a state of the art facility containing several workstations offering the latest in voice and Braille output, screen enlargement, voice input, and OCR reading equipment. Additionally, each has word processing, Web browsing, and email capabilities. Some of the computers can scan documents and then read them aloud to the user. The center serves as a location where individuals may use needed adaptive equipment but moreover a place where they may learn to both identify effective adaptive solutions and learn to fully utilize the new tools.

Assistive Technology Team

The RCPD Assistive Technology Team includes, (from left to right): Tom Hwang, Miles Rowe-Love, Al Puzzoli, Matt Carbary and Stephen Blosser.

Assistive Technology Center Hours

During the Fall and Spring semesters, RCPD is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Sunday, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Summer office hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.

Equipment Available at the RCPD Assistive Technology Center

The RCPD maintains state of the art assistive technology to empower our students and employees. Plan to visit us and experience some of these high tech tools for success.

The following is available at the RCPD Assistive Technology Center. Training manuals, tutorials and personalized assistance is also available. Stop in any time or call to make an appointment.

Additional Assistive Technology Resources available at MSU

Library-The MSU Main Library also provides assistive technology including some equipment with the same capabilities as the RCPD Assistive Technology Center. For more information go to Accessible Library Services.
ALL MSU Computer Labs-Each of the many computer laboratory maintained microlab computers on campus have Kurzweil 3000, Zoomtext screen magnifier and JAWS screen reader available. These programs can be launched through the start menu / utilities.
AFS space-This is a place to store documents on MSU microlab computers. Go to the ATS Help Desk website to find out how to use your AFS space.

How to access assistive technology on MSU microlab computers