Technology Services
As part of your accessibility services accommodation or modification plan, you may be provided聽assistive technology. This equipment, software program聽or product system聽are聽used to increase, maintain聽and improve the capabilities of students with disabilities. Some of the accommodations we provide include audiobooks, text to speech software, note taking support and聽speech recognition software.
If your disability accommodation plan entitles you to audio ebook PDFs, you’ll follow these steps at the beginning of each semester.
- Fill out the聽Alternative Text Format Request聽with the book titles you need for each course. Converting print materials is labor and time intensive. To ensure that you have your materials in a timely manner, we must obtain information on the alternative text request form at least two weeks prior to the class.
- Send or deliver the completed form to the Student Accessibility Services Office in the Center for Academic Resources, room 101 Dunn Library.
- Stay tuned.聽Book titles will be converted to PDF and audio format in the order in which we receive the information. You can expect a two-week turnaround period. We’ll contact you when your materials are ready.
Questions or concerns?
Student Accessibility Services
Supporting students with accommodation needs on campus.
- sas@simpson.edu
- 515-961-1515
- Dunn Library Suite 103
- Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.