Accessibility   Tags: accessibility, assistive technologies, audio books, collections, disability, ebooks, learning differences  

All Contra Costa County Library locations have the following:

• Large Screen Monitors
• Large Print Keyboard
  
• Trackball Mouse
  
  
• 20/20 Pen
• Signature Guide
• 3x Handheld Magnifier
• Headphones/Covers
  
  
• ZoomText 
• NVDA Text-to-Speech
  
• T-Bar (Color Preferences and Screen Masking Ruler)

For Tipsheets - See box below

   Closed Captioned Televisions (CCTVs)  

Read, write, or engage in your favorite hobby

 Topaz by Freedom Scientific - 22 inch screen desktop video magnifier

• Walnut Creek Library--located on the 2nd floor near the library’s magazines, newspapers, and reference books. (Gift from the Walnut Creek Lions Clubs)

• Lafayette Library and Learning Center--located near the adult magazines and newspapers. (Gift from the The Friends of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center)
  
  
• Ygnacio Valley Library--located just to the right of the entrance, in the Business/Investing corner.

Merlin - 24 inch screen LCD desktop video magnifier

• Antioch, Hercules, and Clayton community libraries. 

Optelec Spectrum - 20 inch monitor that magnifies up to 70x.

• El Cerrito, Orinda, and Moraga community libraries. 
  
  

Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT) - induction loop systems are available at the Antioch, Concord, Hercules, Lafayette, and Walnut Creek libraries. These devices may be used with the t-coil in your hearing aid or we have receivers that may be used with a headset.

Kurzweil software is available at the Antioch, Hercules, and Pleasant Hill community libraries.

Rollators are available at the Antioch, Brentwood, Concord, Dougherty Station, Hercules, Lafayette, Pinole, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, and Walnut Creek community libraries.

Early Literacy Stations are located at the following community libraries:

• Antioch -  2 stations (includes bilingual Spanish edition)
• Concord - 1 station
• Danville -  2 stations
• Dougherty Station - 1 station
• El Sobrante - 1 station
• Hercules - 1 station
• Lafayette - 1 station
• Moraga -  2 stations
• Pittsburg - 1 station (includes bilingual Spanish edition)
• Pleasant Hill - 1 station
• Prewett -  2 stations (includes bilingual Spanish edition)
• San Pablo - 1 station
• San Ramon - 1 station
• Walnut Creek - 1 station   
  
• Ygnacio Valley - 1 station
  

Each station has educational programs installed that help students 2-10 years old; preschool, kindergarten, and elementary levels to work on targeted skills such as reading, writing, math, or keyboarding. The stations come with a colorful keyboard and child-sized mouse and are not connected to the Internet.

Project Second Chance: The Library's Adult Literacy Program, Serving Adults with Reading Disabilities

 Dog Reading Programs

• ARF's All Ears Reading at Walnut Creek, Ygnacio Valley, and Dougherty Station
• ARF's All Ears Reading-Insiders at Concord
  
• Paws to Read at Clayton, Danville  and Orinda 
• Read to a Dog at Oakley
• Tales a Waggin' at Lafayette
• Waggin Tales at San Pablo
  

• WorkAbility I placements countywide (students in Contra Costa County)
• ALIVE volunteers at the Antioch Library; Futures Explored
• Volunteers at the Lafayette Library (adults with disabilities)
• Book clubs held at local senior centers (contact San Ramon Library and Brentwood Library)
• Wednesday Club, Antioch Library (scheduled with ARC Inroads--a community-based program for adults with developmental disabilities) monthly programs, volunteer opportunities, and Wii gaming.
• The Insiders Club meets the second Monday of every month at the Walnut Creek Library unless a special program is planned. Programs include crafts, games, scavenger hunts, technology programs, and movie days.
• San Ramon Library Insiders meet the second Friday of every month unless a special program is planned. Programs include crafts, games, scavenger hunts, technology programs, guest speakers, and other surprises.
  
• Concord Library - Second Wednesday of each month is All Ears Reading - Insiders: In partnership with ARF, adults are able to practice their reading skills by reading to dogs. Fourth Wednesday of each month is the Wednesday Club - Insiders: Our new club plans on a variety of activities and guest speakers.

The Antioch, Hercules, Lafayette, San Pablo, San Ramon, and community libraries are using pictograms to help library users, including those with learning differences, those for whom English is not their native language, and those who are adult learners, navigate the Dewey Decimal System.

The pictograms are excellent examples of universal access. Read more about pictograms here.

• Axis 360 eBooks focusing on juvenile content and titles allowing for text-to-speech (More about text-to-speech and enhanced eBooks)
  
  
• Digital audiobooks, eBooks, and videos from the OverDrive Downloadable Media Collection
  
  
• enki Library eBooks- Downloadable eBooks with an emphasis on independent publishers. Developed for California libraries by Califa and Contra Costa County Library.
  
  
• More eBook collections