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HAPPY HOLIDAYS — Fairmont State University is closed for Winter Break

Happy Holidays from Fairmont State University. The University is closed from 4 p.m. Friday, December 20 through Thursday, January 2. Fairmont State will reopen on Friday, January 3.

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Resources Impact

Resources

Campus Resources

Off-Campus Resources/Other

Academic/Study Resources

Reading & Literacy

  • ABBYY TextGrabber - Using the camera of your device, capture text and translate it using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanning.
  • Balabolka - A text to speech program that allows students to save output as MP3, MP4, OGG, WMA, and WAV file. Also allows users to create custom dictionaries.
  • BeeLine Reader - Changes text appearance with a color gradient to help make on-screen reading more effective and help you maintain your focus better.
  • Bookshare - Large online library of accessible reading materials for people with qualified print disabilities. Books available for download can be read on DAISY players, with Screen Readers, Refreshable Braille Displays, and other Assistive Technology Programs.
  • Capti Voice - Convert documents and webpages into text-to-speech.
  • CamScanner - Use your camera phone to scan documents, notes, whiteboards, business cards or any other document and then use the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature to convert images to readable text.
  • Dolphin EasyReader - Reading app with customizable settings for the reader’s preferences. The app offers magnification, bookmarks, change in font size and color, and text audio.
  • HelperBird - Reading and writing tool that includes text-to-speech and speech-to-text options. Includes features for assistance with color blindness, magnification, an overlay to reduce bright light, and more.
  • Immersive Reader - Reading assistive tool with customizable text appearance, including font size/style, background color, line focus, and spacing words into syllables. Text to speech with adjustable voice speed and selection for having the text read aloud.
  • Microsoft OneNote with Learning Tools - Text can be read out loud, have breaks into syllables, and increase spacing between lines and letters. There is text decoding for learning disabilities such as dyslexia.
  • PocketBook Reader - Supports a variety of file types and audio formats, contains built-in text-to-speech, and has customizable reading appearance settings.
  • NaturalReader - Text-to-Speech software that can read Microsoft Word, Webpages, PDFs, and Emails aloud.
  • NVDA Screen Reader - Screen reader that can read MathML and some other math.
  • Rewordify - Rewordify replaces higher-level vocabulary with words that are easier to understand.
  • Speechify - Upload documents into the application and/or use it to read aloud other websites with the chrome extension. Have your text read in a variety of languages.
  • Voice Dream Reader - Listen to docs, textbooks, emails, PDFs, articles, and more.

Note Taking

  • Apple Dictation - A free speech to text dictation app for iOS.
  • Evernote - Remember everything and tackle any project with your notes, tasks, and schedule all in one place.
  • Goodnotes - A note-taking application that helps you capture, edit and manage handwritten notes.
  • Google Docs Voice Typing - Dictate live speech straight to Google Docs.
  • LilySpeech - A free speech to text dictation app for Windows.
  • Notability - Write, type, or annotate your notes using the all-in-one notetaking app. Ability to take pictures and audio record with the sound being linked to your notes.
  • Noted. - Note taking application with a time-stamped audio recording feature synced with typed notes. Draw, record, type, or dictate notes.
  • Simplenote - Distraction free note taking platform that works across devices.
  • SoundNote - Tracks what you type and draw while recording audio, so you'll never worry about missing an important detail.
  • Speechnotes - Take notes with your voice, or transcribe audio and video recordings.
  • YiNote - Take notes while watching videos, generate a PDF of notes, and includes timestamps of notes.

Hard of Hearing/Visually Impaired

  • WV Deaf Service Center
  • Center for Hearing and Communication 
  • American Council of the Blind 
  • Ava - Real-time closed captioning for what is being said around the user.
  • Be My Eyes - popular free mobile application that helps connect blind or low-vision individuals with sighted volunteers from all over the world. One can receive visual assistance via live video call basically for any purpose.
  • Envision - Visual description and OCR application that can read in over 60 languages. Includes features such as handwriting recognition, color detection, finding objects and people, scene description, and more.

Stress Management Resources

Mental Health Apps

  • Mindshift: Designed to provide you with tools for managing various types of anxiety, including test anxiety, perfectionism, social anxiety, performance anxiety, worry, panic, and conflict.
  • Tactical Breather: Can be used to gain control over physiological and psychological responses to stress. Through repetitive practice and training, you can learn to gain control of your heart rate, emotions, concentration, and other physiological and psychological responses to your body during stressful situations.
  • Calm: Provides free guided meditations and calming sounds and images ranging from two to 35 minutes.
  • Headspace: Meditation made relevant to modern life. Get unique daily guided meditations, science facts and figures and progress reports, all designed to make it as easy as possible for you to get some calm and clarity.
  • Virtual Hope Box: Helps with coping, relaxation, distraction from overwhelming emotion, and positive thinking.

 

Contact Info

Abby Franks, M.S., CRC (She/her/hers)
Accessibility Services Coordinator
303-O Turley Center
Abigail.Franks@fairmontstate.edu
Access@fairmontstate.edu
Phone: (304) 367-4543
Fax: (304) 367-4584
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