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The City College of New York
Student Disability Services
North Academic Center, Rm.1/218
160 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
Ydania Santos • Disability Accomodation Specialist
P | 212-650-5913 TTY\TTD: 212-650-6910
F | 212-650-5772
E | sds@ccny.cuny.edu
Students registered to the Accessibility Center are welcome to use our Assistive Technology Lab as a resource for researching information on the Internet and as a place to do homework. There are also three more available computers located in the Cohen Library. For more information or assistance, please call the center at (212) 650-5913.
Location
North Academic Center (NAC) 1/217B
Hours
Monday:- 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.
Tuesday :- 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Wednesday :- 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Thursday:- 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday:- 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Assistive Technology @ Morris Raphael Cohen Library
NAC 2nd Floor, (212) 650-7292Morris Raphael Cohen LibraryNAC 2nd Floor, (212) 650-7292· campus map · directions
Please click here for Library Hours
Adaptive Equipment
PC and Mac computers offer a range of basic accessibility features and advanced assistive technologies designed to meet the diverse needs of students with disabilities.
Software
ZoomText Magnifier/Screen Reader (PC): Software designed specifically to meet the needs of the visually impaired. The ZoomText family includes two adaptive technologies—screen magnification and screen reading—providing complete access to all windows applications.
Jaws (PC): Screen reading software for the visually impaired and the blind.
Kurzweil 3000 (Mac and PC): A scanning, reading and writing solution for people with learning disabilities or reading difficulties.

Abby Fine Reader:a scanning, reading and writing solution for people with learning disabilities or reading difficulties.
Read & Write Gold:helps students with learning disabilities improve their reading and writing skills with a comprehensive set of literacy tools.
Inspiration: A software tool to help students develop ideas and organize their thoughts.
Dragon Naturally Speaking: Speech recognition software which converts spoken words into computerized text through the use of microphones.
Ginger: A writing and screen reading solution software that corrects grammar, that improves reading and writing for students with learning disabilities, and who speak English as a second language