Assistive Technology & Support at UH Campuses

UH Mānoa

Office of Disability Access (KOKUA)

Queen Lili‘uokalani Center for Student Services Room 013
Phone: (808) 956-7511 | (808) 956-7612 (Voice or TTY)
Website: https://hawaii.edu/kokua/

Note: All equipment and software in KOKUA are PC/Windows based. All computer tables are wheelchair accessible.

Available:

  • Dragon Naturally Speaking
  • JAWS
  • ReadingEdge
  • ZoomText
  • CCTV (Closed Circuit Television): Optelec System

Hamilton Library

2550 McCarthy Mall
(808) 956-7214 (Reference) | (808) 956-7203 (Circulation)
Website: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/library/

Available: ZoomText, JAWS available in the following locations:

  • 1st floor (near the Reference desk in the old section, Phase 1)
  • 1st floor – Science Reference, new addition, Phase 3 (to the left of the Reference counter)
  • 4th floor (next to the Express PCs, at far right of the Reference counter)*
  • 5th floor (to the left of the Reference desk)

*JAWS and ZoomText not available on 4th floor workstation.

Note: headphones may be checked out from the Reference or Circulation desks

Hamilton ITS CLIC Lab

Hamilton Library, 1st floor
Website: https://hawaii.edu/itslabs

Available:

  • Electrically height-adjustable table
  • ZoomText
  • JAWS
  • 21 inch monitor
  • Dragon Naturally Speaking
  • Kurzweil 3000 Web (Requires K3000 Username & Password)


UH Hilo

UH Hilo Disability Services Office

Student Services Center Room E-230
Phone: (808) 932-7623 | (808) 932-7768 (Voice or TTY)
Website: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/studentaffairs/uds/

  • Manual page enlarger
  • Stereo amplified listener
  • Kurzweil 3000 and scanner
  • Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.0 (in CC 202A Testing Room Computer) Student will need to use a special head set with built in microphone while using this software program in the CC 202A Testing Room. Head set may be borrowed from the Disability Services Office.
  • One handed computer keyboard
  • Kindle readers
  • Livescribe Pen for Microsoft and Apple
  • Sonocent
  • Note Taking Express

Mookini Library

200 W. Kawili Street
Phone: (808) 932-7286

Available technologies are listed on their website.

UH Hilo Campus Center 2nd Floor Computer Lab

Available:

  • Kurzwil 1000 and scanner

UH West Oʻahu

Center for Student Access

Room C-241
Phone: (808) 689-2935
Website: https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/disabilityservices/

Available:

  • Station with height adjustable desk and speech recognition software.

The Noʻeau Center

The Noʻeau Center has access to a computer with the ADA software listed below in their testing room. Students can send an email to request a reservation or call (808) 689-2750.

More information about the available software:

  • ZoomText is a screen magnifier software developed for visually impaired people that allows users to see and hear everything on the computer screen.
  • JAWS (Job Access With Speech) is a screen reader program that allows blind or visually impaired people to read the screen by using a text-to-speech output.
  • Kurzweil 3000 is a reading and writing software designed to assist people who are blind, partially sighted, or who have learning disabilities like dyslexia and attention deficit disorders.

Hawai‘i Community College

Hā‘awi Kōkua

Phone: (808) 934-2825
E-mail: hawccds@hawaii.edu
Website: https://hawaii.hawaii.edu/disability-services


Honolulu Community College

Student ACCESS
Building 7, Room 302
Phone/TTY: (808) 844-2392
Email: accesshcc-l@lists.hawaii.edu
Website: https://www.honolulu.hawaii.edu/disability/


Kapi‘olani Community College

Disability Support Services Office (DSSO)

Ilima Building Room 107
Phone: (808) 734-9552
Email: kapdss@hawaii.edu
Website: Disability Support Services Office (DSSO)

Available:

  • JAWS
  • ZoomText
  • Kurzweil 1000
  • Kurzweil 3000
  • Dragon Naturally Speaking
  • Scanner
  • 21 inch monitor

Lama Library

First Floor

Available on Mobile Cart:

  • JAWS
  • ZoomText
  • Kurzweil 1000
  • Kurzweil 3000
  • Scanner

Available:

  • CCTV

Kekaulike Information and Services Center (KISC)

Available:

  • ZoomText

Kaua‘i Community College

Disability Services

Student Counseling Office
Phone: (808) 245-8212
Website: https://kauai.hawaii.edu/disability-services


Leeward Community College

Disability Services

Kākoʻo ʻIke LC 213, Library Building
Phone: (808) 455-0421 | TTY: (808) 455-0532
Website: https://www.leeward.hawaii.edu/ki


UH Maui College

The Learning Center

310 W. Kaahumanu Avenue
Phone: (808) 984-3240
Email: uhmctlc@hawaii.edu
Website: https://maui.hawaii.edu/tlc

Available:

  • Superprint relay service
  • Tape talker – 2 and 4 track tape player
  • Kurzweil 3000
  • ZoomText Xtra 7.0
  • JAWS
  • Tape Recorders
  • Note Taking Tablets
  • Dragon Naturally Speaking
  • HP Scanner
  • DVEN/T AV009SUB (woofer for sound)
  • Vantage CCD Telesensory Enlarger
  • 21 inch monitor
  • Adjustable Tables

Windward Community College

Disability Services

Hale ‘Akoakoa 213
Phone: (808) 235-7448
Website: https://windward.hawaii.edu/disabilities/