Various assistive technology is available for blind, visually impaired or low vision employees and students of the University of Leipzig to borrow.

Our service for you

The service offers users:

  • Braille display: Braillex EL40c
  • Mobile camera reading system: MagniLink Pro FHD TTS camera system
  • 1 notebook with the following technical equipment:
    Hardware: HP Elitebook 850, 16 GB RAM, 1TB hard disk, voice output system, 15” LCD
    Operating system: Windows 10
    Software: Screenreader JAWS with speech output, ZoomText L2, MS Office 16, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, Internet

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The service is free of charge.

REQUIREMENTS

The service can be used:

  • by blind and visually impaired students and employees of the University of Leipzig, if an application has been made for their own assistive technology and this is not yet available or the assistive technology is defective
  • for compensation for disadvantages examinations within the framework of a module or degree with the examining lecturers.

The use of the service requires compliance with the following regulations:

  • For all services of the University Computer Centre, the IuK usage regulations of the University Computer Centre of the University of Leipzig apply in principle. Misuse of services of the University Computer Centre may lead to the termination of the usage permit and, if applicable, to criminal proceedings.

IuK user regulations of the URZ
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  • Information Security Regulations and Data Protection Regulations of the Department for Data Protection and Information Security of the University of Leipzig

Information Security Regulations
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Principles of information security
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Data protection regulations
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  • The Data Protection Officer of the University of Leipzig must be consulted when personal data is collected.
    If you have any questions about data protection, please contact the Data Protection Officer of the University of Leipzig.
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Use of the Service is subject to compliance with the following specific provisions:

Instructions for use