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The Special Services Room |
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| The Special Services Room enables the Maywood Public Library to take its place among the
few libraries in the Chicagoland area that offer a full range of services to the sight and hearing impaired. This equipment is available on the 3rd floor in the Reference Department. |
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The Special Services Room provides a computer that is equipped with special forms of software for the blind, such as JAWS, and a double-sided Braille printer. In addition, an Excalibur multiple language reading machine has also been installed to make it possible for both blind and sight-impaired patrons to access the Internet, be “read to”, scan, and save documents. |
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| A TDD (Telecommunications Device For the Deaf) line and machine for the hearing impaired has also been installed in the same room. You may reach the TDD machine by dialing 708-343-8452. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Special Services Room also provides a reader/magnifier machine that magnifies text and other print items while they are read. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finally, the Special Services room also has two typewriters with correction keys. Typewriters are still useful for filling out forms that normally would have to be filled out by hand. The Special Services Room is open to Maywood residents and anyone else in neighboring communities who have a hearing or visual disability. |
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