[Athen] Smartboards 3D Printers and high priced items

[Wink Harner]

Leyna,

any 3-d printers on your wish list?

Wink
On Oct 3, 2016 4:21 PM, "Leyna Bencomo" <lbencomo at uccs.edu> wrote:


> Thank you guys!  I keep forgetting all the fun stuff we have.  We do have

> a few DaVinci’s for magnification and we are in the process of getting a

> V-scanner to scan in books without de-binding.

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> Leyna Bencomo

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> Assistive Technology Specialist

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> Information Technology

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> *University of Colorado Colorado Springs*

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> 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 215

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> Colorado Springs, CO 80918

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> (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo at uccs.edu

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> http://www.uccs.edu/~it/

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On

> Behalf Of *Alyssa Jones

> *Sent:* Monday, October 3, 2016 4:31 PM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Smartboards 3D Printers and high priced items

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> One item that we’ve found to be helpful for low-vision users is the Enhanced

> Vision DaVinci HD/OCR Desktop Magnifier

> <https://www.enhancedvision.com/low-vision-product-line/davinci-all-in-one-hd-video-magnifier-with-text-to-speech.html>.

> We’ve used it extensively in classroom settings in the last few years and

> with a price tag of $2,995 it could help put a small dent in your budget J

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> Alyssa Jones

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> Accessibility Resources & Title III

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> Bellingham Technical College

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> 360.752.8367

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> *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu

> <athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu>] *On Behalf Of *Leyna

> Bencomo

> *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2016 3:21 PM

> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network <

> athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* [Athen] Smartboards 3D Printers and high priced items

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> We have a wonderful donor who has helped us stock our AT lab with our

> current software and hardware over the past two years.  We have tried to be

> frugal and still have another $15,000 to spend.  The donor wants to see her

> money spent so we are trying to decide what we might buy that fulfills the

> following criteria (a) is useful to our students and won’t be obsolete

> quickly (b) if not directly useful to students, then useful in increasing

> awareness in staff and faculty (c) is somewhat showy and/or

> state-of-the-art so that the donor can be proud.

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> We currently have the following: Read & Write Gold, JAWS, Zoomtext,

> Dragon, large dual monitors, adjustable tables, task lights, ergonomic

> chairs, new high-speed scanner, ABBYY, Duxbury, Math Type, a thermoform

> printer and a Braille printer, Livescribe pens, various tactile tools for

> the blind including a calculator.   Does anyone have any recent large

> purchases that have made in impact?

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> Leyna Bencomo

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> Assistive Technology Specialist

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> Information Technology

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> *University of Colorado Colorado Springs*

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> 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 215

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> Colorado Springs, CO 80918

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> (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo at uccs.edu

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> http://www.uccs.edu/~it/

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