The University Library
For "printed-disabled"
users, i.e. students and staff with visual impairments and/or with disabilities
that mean they are unable to read a printed text in a conventional way, the
Library offers the following facilities
a) Two workstations with full
Internet access and support equipment for users with visual impairments and
also for users with mobility problems in the upper extremities, including display unit allowing tactile access to
Braille text &/or Braille printers; Voice composer Innoetics TTS Readers and
screen readers.
b)
Use of the Accessible Multi-modal
Electronic Library (AMELib).
AMELib
was created in the framework of the Association of Greek Academic Libraries
(SEAB) and is addressed primarily to the users of the Greek academic libraries.
The content of AMELib is continually enriched through the addition of titles by
publishers and other entities. Print
disabled users can request additional academic
publications in an accessible electronic form that can then be accessed
through the AMELib.
For
access to the workstations and user registration at AMELib e-mail amea@lib.uoc.gr or contact by telephone:
Gallos Campus, Rethymnon: 28310 77844
Voutes Campus, Heraklion: 2810 393235
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