Building accessibility

• All Library branches are wheelchair accessible
• Taxi ranks are located at all UQ campuses
• Students who meet the requirements may apply for a disability parking permit at Queensland Transport

Workstation accessibility features

The Library provides over 1100 workstations for accessing the Library website including the catalogue, databases, the internet, word processing and email. Wheelchair accessible workstations are available in all branches.

Public workstations in most UQ Library branches are iMACs (excluding Ipswich Library). The iMACs offer you both Windows (XP) and MAC (OS X 10.6) operating systems. Work in whichever operating system you prefer.

Accessibility features in Windows XP

Options to change font size:

Firefox, Internet Explorer

• CTRL, SCROLL (increases and decreases font size)
• CTRL + (to increase font size)
• CTRL - (to decrease font size)
• CTRL 0 to set back to normal font size)
• View > Zoom

To maximize contrast on Library workstations, use the Microsoft Windows Accessibility Wizard

• Start > Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > Accessibility Wizard

The Microsoft Windows Accessibility Wizard also allows you to change the following:

• Font size - can change text size and changes font size for window title bars, menus and other features (does NOT increase size of text inside windows)
• Switch to a lower screen resolution - increases the size of items on the screen including text inside windows
• Use Microsoft magnifier - opens a floating window which displays an enlarged view of part of the active screen
• Allows you to select a scroll bar and window border size, desktop icon size, high contrast display colours, size and colour of mouse cursor, blink rate and width of cursor

StickyKeys is a feature in Windows (available through Accessibility Options) designed for people who have difficulty holding down two or more keys simultaneously. When a shortcut requires a key combination, such as CTRL+P, StickyKeys will enable you to press a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the Windows logo key, and have it remain active until another key is pressed.

To activate StickyKeys on the Library's public workstations you must first log in to the machine, then maximise the ZENworks Application Portal (ZAP), double click on the Administrator Applications folder in the left hand frame of the ZAP, double click on the Control Panel icon in the right hand frame of the ZAP, and then choose Accessibility Options.

• On the Keyboard tab, under StickyKeys, click Settings. Do one of the following:
  • To use the shortcut that allows you to turn StickyKeys on or off by by pressing the SHIFT key five times, select the Use shortcut check box.
  • To specify that when a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the Windows logo key is pressed twice in succession, the key will remain active until the key is pressed again, under Options, select the Press modifier key twice to lock check box.
  • To turn off StickyKeys when a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the Windows logo key and another key are pressed simultaneously, under Options, select the Turn StickyKeys off if two keys are pressed at once check box.
  • To play a tone to indicate when a modifier key (CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT), or the Windows logo key is pressed, locked, or released, under Notification, select the Make sounds when modifier key is pressed check box.
  • To display an icon for StickyKeys on the taskbar when StickyKeys is turned on, under Notification, select the Show StickyKeys status on screen check box.

Accessibility features in Mac OSX 10.6

Accessibility features, known as "Universal Access" in the Mac OS can be found in System Preferences > Universal Access. It includes four sub-components, each providing different options and settings:

Seeing

• Turn On/Off Screen Zooming
• Inverse Colors (White on Black, also known as reverse colors), ⌘ Command+⌥ Option+Control+8
• Set Display to Greyscale (10.2 onwards)
• Enhance Contrast
• Enable Access for Assistive Devices
• Enable Text-To-Speech for Universal Access Preferences

Hearing

• Flash the screen when an alert sound occurs
• Raise/Lower Volume

Keyboard

• Sticky Keys (Treat a sequence of modifier keys as a key combo)
• Slow Keys (Delay between key press and key acceptance)

Mouse

• Mouse Keys (Use the numeric keypad in place of the mouse)
• Mouse Pointer Delay
• Mouse Pointer Max Speed
• Mouse Pointer enlarging

Accessibility Features in Adobe Reader

Later versions of Adobe Reader include features to make pdf documents more accessible. One option is a "read aloud" feature, which provides a spoken-word version of any pdf created from electronic text (but not pdfs created by scanning). This makes it possible to listen to many of the online articles and electronic books available through UQ Library, without using any additional software.

Accessibility features can be set up through the Accessibility Setup Assistant within Adobe Reader. The Assistant allows users to choose options that affect how Adobe Reader displays a documents and interacts with Assistive Technology.

To use the accessibility features in Adobe Reader (currently version 10 on public workstations in the Library), from the file menu in Adobe, choose

• Edit > Accessibility > Setup assistant.

The setup assistant allows you to choose a range of accessibility options including but not limited to:

• High or low contrast display settings
• Text smoothing
• Read order (left to right, right to left, top down etc)
• Document zoom control

Assistive Technology Rooms

Three Assistive Technology Rooms located on Level 4 of the Duhig Building are available to users registered with the Student Services Learning Hub - Disability. Go online to make your AT room booking (from the Library homepage, click on the Book a room/locker/desk link). The key is collected from the AskIT Information Desk on Level 2 of the Duhig Building.

Smartview Magnifiers

The Library provides two Smartview Magnifiers with output channelled through a separate monitor attached to each magnifier. One magnifier is located in Room 6, Level 3 at the Ipswich Campus Library, and the other in Assistive Technology Room 3, Level 4, Duhig Building, St Lucia Campus.

Telephones

Public telephones are available in some libraries. Libraries on the St Lucia campus provide courtesy phones allowing you to make free calls to numbers within the University.