The idea here is to list the thing and describe what it does, briefly. Then link to the libraries that own it.

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CCTVs help magnify material and are avaliable at Brookfield, Russell Library, Middletown, Hamden Public Library, South Windsor Public Library, Hartford Public Library, Silas Bronson Public Library, Waterbury, and the Willimantic Public Library

Optical reading machines (e.g., SARAâ„¢, Vera, Kurzweil) scan printed pages and 'read' them with synthesized voices.  These are available at public libraries in Bethel, Brookfield, Canterbury, Rocky Hill's Cora Belden Library, Madison's E.C. Scranton Library, East Hampton, Groton, Guilford, East Haven's Hagaman Memorial Library, Ellington's Hall Memorial Library, Hamden, Hartford, Clinton's Henry Carter Hull Library, Lebanon's Jonathan Trumbull Library, Killingworth, Mansfield, New London's Mitchell College, New Hartford's Licia & Mason Beekley Library, and New Milford.

Four track tape players

Tape recorders

Calculators with enlarged displays

Large format keyboards

Screen magnification software

**use http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/circulars/assistive.html#screen for more info**

Large screen monitors

Magnifying lenses

Optical character recognition (OCR) software

Scanner

Screen Reader / Voice Output Technology: see optical reading machines, above (? is this right?)

Text-to-Speech Systems

Talking Calculator

Text-to-Speech Systems

JAWS, MAGIC computer software