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[Menu 3] 2 How to use reading support equipment
Last Updated October 31, 2024
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1 Used at the library
Enlarged 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. No prior application is required. Please contact us at the counter.
You can also experience a daisy player at each library in the city, and a dedicated application (voice of daisy) using an iPad in Chuo-toshokan.
2 Receive (purchase) benefits
Enlarged reading device, daisy playback device, Braille display
Those who can use it
①Person who has certificate of the physically disabled
②Those who have been judged to have intellectual disabilities
①In addition to 2 or 2, the requirements of the target person differ depending on the target item.
How to use and application
Overview
| Name of reading support equipment | Item | Base amount ※１ | Resistance Years |
Target person | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enlarged reading device | Enlarged reading device for the visually impaired | 198,000 ※2 |
8 | A person with visual impairment who can read characters, etc. by this device |
Items that can read characters, etc. by enlarged images or audio, etc. by inputting printed materials etc. into the image input device |
| Daisy playback machine | Portable recorder for the visually impaired | 89,800 ※2 | 6 | Persons with visual impairment level 3 or higher |
Those that have the function of playing or recording CD recording books compatible with DAISY (Digital Voice Information System) by voice (excluding software for reading out on a computer) |
| Braille display | Braille display | 383,500 ※2 | 6 | Persons with visual impairment level 2 or higher | A function that shows computer screen information such as text in Braille, etc. |
| Others | Information and Communication Support Equipment | 100,000 | 3 (Software) 5 (Others) |
(1)Persons with upper limb function or visual impairment level 2 or higher (2)Persons with intellectual disabilities |
Software and peripheral devices that need to be used according to disability characteristics when using information devices (personal computers or portable information terminals). |
| Others | Basic software for the visually impaired | 40,000 |
3 | Persons with visual impairment level 2 or higher | The following software developed for the visually impaired. |
※Age requirements are, in principle, school age or older.
※1 If the price exceeds the standard amount, the difference will be borne by the user.
※2 Tax exemption may be required.
Window
Please consult at your ward Health and Welfare Center Senior Citizen's Disability Support Section or at the Children and Families Support Division window.
Details
Inquiries to this page
Board of Education Secretariat General Affairs Department Lifelong Learning and Cultural Properties Division
Telephone: 045-671-3282
Telephone: 045-671-3282
Fax: 045-224-5863
Email address: ky-syobun@city.yokohama.lg.jp
Page ID: 805-633-438
