Other Equipment
Assistive Listening
This technology allows the hard-of-hearing to independently increase the volume and improve the clarity of a live lecture or any audio sound source in a room, using a headset. Available: Snell Library rooms 37, 90, 120, and 217.
Closed Captioning
Many of our VHS, laserdisc, and DVD titles have closed captions. Captioned TV broadcasts can also be viewed in the Media Center carrels. View a list of closed captioned videos from our catalog, NuCat. Available: Snell Library Media Center (Level 2). Some videos and other media are available for borrowing.
Closed Circuit Display
Magnifies and projects any object or text onto a TV monitor screen for users who are visually impaired. Available: 119 Snell Library (SmartView 2 5000)
Height-adjustable carrels
Available: Snell Library Media Center and Infocommons (202 Snell Library).
Magnifying glasses
Available: Snell Library Reference Desks.
Talking Books
Three four-track tape players with headphones are available for persons with visual disabilities. This equipment is borrowed from the Perkins School for the Blind. Available: Snell Library Media Center (level 2) and SL 119 (Level 1)
TTY/TDD
(Snell Library's TTY: 617-373-3395)
A TTY/TDD device allows typed signals to travel over the telephone, so individuals who are deaf can use the telephone. You may use the TTY/TDD to communicate directly with another TTY/TDD, or you may use it to communicate with a hearing person on a standard telephone, using a relay service to relay the typed message into spoken words. Available: Snell Library Reference Desk, and pay phones on the lower level of Snell Library and in the Cyber Cafe. A device for coupling with a standard telephone (to make the telephone operate as a TTY) is available for checkout from Snell Circulation.
Wheelchair
Available: Snell Library Circulation Desk
