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[Menu 3] 2 How to use reading support equipment
Last update date September 19, 2023
Item list (Click to move to the item.)
1 Used in the library
Enlarger reading device, reading tracker
Those who can use it
Anyone can use it.
How to use and application
It can be used at each library in the city. You do not need to apply in advance. Please contact us at the counter.
You can also experience Daisy playback machines at each library in the city, and in Chuo-toshokan, you can also experience a dedicated application (voice of Daisy) using an iPad.
2. Receiving (purchase) benefits
Enlarger reading device, Daisy Player, Braille Display
Those who can use it
①Person who has certificate of the physically disabled
②Those who have been judged to have intellectual disability
①In addition to 2, the requirements of the target person vary depending on the target item.
How to use and application
Overview
| Name of reading support equipment | Items | Base amount ※１ | Useful lives Years |
Target person | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enlarged reading device | An enlarged reading device for the visually impaired | 198,000 ※2 |
8 | A person with visual impairment who can read characters, etc. using this device |
Those that can read characters, etc. by inputting printed matter etc. into the image input device, etc. into the image input device |
| Daisy Recycler | Portable recorder for the visually impaired | 89,800 ※2 | 6 | Those who have visual impairment level 3 or higher |
Those that have the function of playing or recording CD talking books that support DAISY (digital voice information system) by voice (excluding software for reading aloud on a computer) |
| Braille display | Braille display | 383,500 ※2 | 6 | Those who have visual impairment level 2 or higher | Those that have the function of displaying computer screen information such as characters in Braille, etc. |
| Others | Information and communication support equipment | 100,000 | 3 (Software) 5 (Others) |
(1)Those who have upper limb function or visual impairment level 2 or higher (2)Persons with intellectual disabilities |
When using information devices (personal computers or mobile information terminals), software and peripheral devices that need to be used in accordance with the characteristics of the failure. |
| Others | Basic software for the visually impaired | 40,000 |
3 | Those who have visual impairment level 2 or higher | The following software has been developed for the visually impaired. |
※Age requirements are, in principle, school-aged children and above.
※1 If the price exceeds the standard amount, the difference will be borne by the user.
※2 Tax exemption may be applied.
Window
Please consult at your ward Health and Welfare Center Elderly Disability Support Section or Children and Families Support Division.
Details
For inquiries to this page
Board of Education Secretariat General Affairs Department Lifelong Learning Cultural Properties Division
Phone: 045-671-3282
Phone: 045-671-3282
Fax: 045-224-5863
Email address: ky-syobun@city.yokohama.jp
Page ID: 805-633-438
