The following is a list of equipment that helps people with disabilities to use library resources. Please check with the library location to ensure availability of the equipment.
Large screen computer monitor | Text magnification
Public use computer with large screen monitor
- All locations have at least one computer with a 20" monitor.
Text Magnification Machines for Use in the Library
- Mini Reader System by Magnisight, Inc. Available at the Pleasant Hill Library. A portable CCTV designed to magify text for individuals with low vision. It is a camera with roller stand which the user places directly on the material to be viewed. Magification ranges from 4 to 20 times.
- Optelec Spectrum (no model number) Available at the El Cerrito Library.
A closed-circuit television (CCTV) system, it uses a stand-mounted video camera to project a magnified image onto a 20 inch color monitor. It magnifies up to 70x. It has focus, contrast and brightness control, and background and foreground color options. This system was received in 1998.
- Optelec Spectrum 517xl Available at the Moraga Library.
One places the reading material on a platform that moves. It projects the text onto a monitor, enlarging it to about 3 inch letters. (Gift from an anonymous donor).
- Optelec Spectrum (no model number) Available at the Orinda Library.
One places the reading material on a platform that moves. It projects the text onto a monitor, enlarging it to about 3 inch letters. (Gift from a convalescent hospital)
- Vantage Print Enlarger by Telesensory Systems Corp. Available in the Crocket library.
Projects printed text onto a viewing screen. It displays the normal black print on a white background, or inverse letters (white letters on a black background). This equipment is several years old.
All community libraries have applications for patrons to register with the California State Library Braille and Talking Book Library to have tapes and equipment made available to them.