Libraries and leisure

Libraries with accessible IT

All the following libraries have large PC screens, wheelchair accessible computer tables or benching and Supernova magnification and screenreading software. They also have a large print keyboard, rollerball, touch screen and joystick mice.

Berkhamsted
Bishop's Stortford
Borehamwood
Bushey
Central Resources Library
Cheshunt
Harpenden
Hatfield
Hemel Hempstead
Hertford
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
Hitchin
Hoddesdon
Letchworth
North Watford
Oakmere
Oxhey
Rickmansworth
Royston
St Albans
Stevenage
Ware
Watford
Welwyn Garden City

Browsealoud is access software which can read out the words on a website, if the website is Browsealoud friendly. You can use this on any library PC to listen to HertsDirect and a lot of other websites such as the BBC. For further information click on the link to Accessibility on the right hand side.

All library PCs have Windows XP accessibility options: magnification, on screen keyboard and narrator.

If you need a particular keyboard, mouse or other hardware to access a library PC, please let us know.