Adaptive Equipment

PCC makes adaptive equipment available to all eligible OSD students. Contact OSD staff or a disability service counselor for details on how to access the following items:

  • AlphaSmarts (simple word processing devices for notes and in-class writing assignments)
  • Assistive Computer Technology (screen magnifiers and readers, alternative keyboards and pointers, text-to-speech programs, and idea organization programs)
  • DAISY-formatted audio players (Victor readers)
  • Electronic Print Enlarger Machines (CCTV)
  • Furniture (special tables and chairs)
  • Perkins Braillers
  • Personal FM listening devices
  • Scanners
  • Talking calculators
  • Talking dictionaries
  • Tape Recorders/Players (two- and four-track)
  • TTYs (Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf)
    • Cascade Campus
      • Student Services Building, payphone at street level entrance
      • Student Center Building, library, free
      • Student Center Building, payphone at street level entrance near restrooms
    • Central Portland Workforce Training Center
      • Payphone at street level entrance
    • Portland Metro Workforce Training Center
      • Free for Career Center participants; all others may use for emergencies only
    • Rock Creek Campus
      • Building 9, Information Center, free
    • Southeast Center
      • Mt. Tabor Hall, payphone at street level entrance near Crossroads Café
    • Sylvania Campus
      • Bookstore, payphone at main entrance
      • Library, payphone on the left
      • College Center (CC) Building, payphone across from the Market Place (cafeteria)
      • College Center (CC) Building, payphone behind Information near the glass doors
      • Communication Technology (CT) Building, payphone on lower level near vending machines
      • Health Technology (HT) Building, payphone on lower level near parking lot doors
      • Performing Arts Center (PAC), payphone near restrooms
    • Washington County Workforce Training Center
      • Entrance “C,” room 1522. For Job Seeker participants, free; all others may use it on an emergency basis only.
    • VideoPhone for deaf students (located at the Sylvania OSD in ST 229)