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Assistive Technology

The college has a full range of assistive technology and software for students at several locations across campus. Some of the products are available to all Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff. Please refer to the list below for details on specific products.

Read&Write is available on all campus computers. Look for the little purple jigsaw puzzle piece icon on the desktop.

Assistive Technology Options

Examples of available assistive software and hardware:

CCTV desktop magnifier Acrobat HD and Amigo portable magnifier

Fusion, which is a combination of JAWS and ZoomText Reader/Magnifier is available for download and installation on "home" computers. Please visit the "Is my email eligible to download a license?" page. Type in your email address. Download and install Fusion on up to three personal devices.

JAWS for Windows, screen reader software by Freedom Scientific (Vispero)

ZoomText Magnifer/Reader software

Read & Write, scanning and reading software, TextHelp

Dictation software - Microsoft Dictate, Google Voice Typing

Assistive Listening devices (ie: Williams Sound, AVR)

Mac laptop for use with VoiceOver, Zoom, or Read&Write

Live Transcription with Google Live Transcribe

Live cationing for media in your Chrome Browser with Google Live Caption

Installing Read&Write on your personal computer

Read&Write provides audio feedback of content that is in electronic format. Read&Write can be used to read content posted in Blackboard/Brightspace, library articles or other content. This software is a tool that can be used by students with learning and reading difficulties. This includes students with English as Second Language (ESL).

If you are a Buffalo State student/faculty/staff you are eligible to download and install Read&Write for your Windows or Mac computers. Please follow directions in the "Installation Document".

Use the Google plugin for Read&Write to read content in a browser. For more information on this, please watch the "Read&Write for Chrome" video tutorial.

Livescribe Smart Pen Loan

SAS has a limited number of Livescribe Pens that are available for loan to students with the approval of SAS staff.

If you borrow a Livescribe Pen it must be returned in the same condition you borrowed it at the end of the semester.
If you would like to borrow the pen for an additional semester please send make an appointment with Sumana Silverheels through Bengal Success Portal.
If the pen breaks or fails to function at any point during the semester please contact the office as soon as possible.
Please see the Livescribe website for user guides and support.

For any questions or additional help contact SAS at: sas@buffalostate.edu.

Installing MS Office 365

Microsoft Office 365 is available for all Buffalo State students. Please visit the "At-Home access to Microsoft Office" for installation instructions.

Open a new browser page
Type in office.com
Select "Sign in"
Use you "username@buffalostate.edu" to sign in. NOTE: For this site, please do not use "mail"
You will be redirected to the Buffalo State sign-in page. Type in your "username" and "password" as requested
From the Microsoft page with all the apps, download and install the office on your device.

Free software tutorials and downloads

Using OneNote

OneNote is a note taking software that provides the option of recording and typing your notes simultaneously. If you have "Student uses Notetaking software in class" as one of your accommodations and want to learn more on how to use OneNote, please visit the OneNote Training video site.

Video Tutorials for Read&Write

TextHelp has short video tutorials to learn to use the many features of Read&Write. Following this self directed videos will get you started on using the software independently.

Installing JAWS/ZoomText on your personal computer

Buffalo State students/facult/staff are eligible to download and install Freedom Scientific software for home use. You will need to use your Buffalo State email address to have access.

Tutorials for JAWS/ZoomText users

Freedom Scientific provides Training Resources to users of their screen reader, magnification and other products.

If English is your second language

The Read&Write software can be used to have text read back to you. Download and install the software on your personal computer to use this to listen to your electronic text.

Student Accessibility Services

Buffalo State • 1300 Elmwood Ave • E. H. Butler Library 160
Buffalo, NY 14222 • Phone: (716) 878-4500 • Fax: (716) 878-3804

sas@buffalostate.edu

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