Reading resource room - Östersund
The Reading resource rooms are available for students with visual or print impairments. The computers in the rooms are equipped with special programs designed to help you read and write.
The Reading resource rooms are located in the G Building on floor 3 room G3364. The computers are bookable and available 24 hours a day.
Individual guidance of the Reading resource room
Computer software in the Reading resource room
Amis
To be able to read Daisy books on a computer, you need a reading program. Amis can be downloaded for free.
Gustavas ordböcker
Swedish and English thesaurus. Includes words, expressions, synonyms, examples, phrases and foreign words. In these thesauri you can find a word even if you misspell it.
Screen Ruler
Allows you to enhance and change the contrast of the text by dragging a magnifying strip over it.
SpellRight
An English spelling program.
Stava Rex
A Swedish spelling program. The program is developed for those with dyslexia, but is also used by those with other reading disabilities.
Textviewer
Program for reading e-text.
Tor Talk
Tor talk is a text-to-speech program that can read all kind of texts on the screen.
Zoomtext
A magnification program with magnification from 1,25 to 36 times. Text smoothing for all colours. Good settings for mouse and cursor. Texts read with speech synthesis.