Workplaces for the blind and visually handicapped
A workplace for the blind and visually handicapped is available at the German National Library in Leipzig and in Frankfurt am Main. Those places allow visually handicapped the search in the Catalogue, the use of CD-ROM databases as well the use of the Internet.
Following components are part of the equipment of those PC workplaces
- DIN-A-3 scanner with OCR software
- Braille leading
- Jaws for Windows as speech version
- ZoomText as enlargement software
Workplaces in Leipzig
After an introduction the use of those places is possible at any time during the opening hours of the reading rooms:
Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m - 6 p.m.
Opening hours and getting there in Leipzig
Workplaces in Frankfurt am Main
After an introduction the use of those places is possible at any time during the opening hours of the reading rooms:
Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m - 6 p.m.
Opening hours and getting there in Frankfurt am Main
- Information Leipzig (Phone: +49-341-2271-453)
- Ansprechpartner Blindenarbeitsplätze (Frankfurt am Main) (Phone: +49-69-1525-2515)
Last update: 10.5.2013
