Institution: University of Leipzig
Name of the tool: scan system at library for SW visual impairments
Key actors: Students with special needs
Students
Technical staff
State of the tool: Testing phase
Student's areas involved: Attending lessons
Studying
Having an exam and practical course/internship
Description of the tool:

At the university of Leipzig there is a well-established system to make specialist literature available to students with visual impairments.

Student assistants (scan assistants) scan books that SWVI indicated are important for exams, studies, etc.

By now there is an established info system within the library to check up on the progress of the scans.

User manual:

What is needed?

- Student assistants

- scanner which can produce pdf-files or generally files, that can be read out and deciphered into braille on braille computers/ laptops

- keeping record of scanned pages and documenting it in official online document