Room 134 Scott offers quiet, silent or private study spaces, accessible furniture, washrooms, scanners, computers and printing.

Room 134 is open during all Scott Library Hours to registered LAS students by keypad access  The regularly updated door code displayed at Room 134 Door Code.

You must visit the CDS Assistive Technology Lab in TEL to get a login to access Room 134 computers.  No group study work is permitted. The Lab is intended for quiet study only.  Library rules on food, drink and conduct must be followed.

The Lab offers four individual study rooms (Rooms A,B,C and D), one large room with eleven computers (Room E) and one room without computers (Room K) for laptop use or for quiet study.  There is also one room available in SMIL (Sound and Moving Image Library).

You may book individual study rooms online or by contacting LAS at 416-736-2100 ext 58484 or by email to ws134@yorku.ca  Learn more at Adaptive Lab Room Booking.

Adaptive Software and Hardware

The lab has accessible computers with the following adaptive technology software: Kurzweil 3000 and compatible scanners, Read and Write Gold, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Inspiration and ZoomText.

Kurzweil 3000 is a comprehensive reading, writing and learning software program designed for individuals with learning difficulties, such as dyslexia or attention deficit disorder.  The software can access virtually any information, whether it is printed, electronic, or on the Web.  Kurzweil 3000 facilitates active reading including: highlighting, text circle tools, annotations, Bookmarks, Voice Notes and Extract in order to create outlines, study guides, or word lists.  It reads the words aloud to the student in clear, humanlike, synthetic speech.

Dragon Naturally Speaking is a voice input word processing program that types as you speak. After an initial training period that allows the program to become accustomed to a user’s voice, it can perform many functions of a regular word processing program through auditory commands. Students are able compose, edit and save their documents through voice commands, without having to touch the keyboard. It also lets them listen to what they have dictated.

Inspiration is a graphic based program that readily allows the user to create a pictorial representation of a mind mapping or brainstorming session. Colours and shapes are used to organize ideas into charts. These charts are then transferred to an outline that uses headings and sub-headings. This tool is excellent for visual learners. It is also extremely helpful both for brainstorming ideas prior to writing, as well as outlining an essay already written in order to check for flow and connections.

Zoom Text enlarges and enhances everything on the computer screen, making applications easier to see and use.

A networked printer is stationed in the lab.  Printing is 10 cents per page (a photocopy card is required).