Service for persons with reading impairments

The library provides extended support for students and staff with reading impairments. You can get help with access to adapted textbooks, longer loan periods and access to reading studios.

Contact us about service for persons with reading impairments

Feel free to contact us about service for persons with reading impairments to find out how we can help you. You can find our support teams at any of the libraries within Gothenburg University Library.

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Talking books

A talking book is an audio recorded version of a printed book. Note that talking book loans are only available for persons with reading impairments. Read more about who's allowed to borrow talking books at the Swedish Agency for Accessible Media, MTM.

You can find talking books by searching them in the Legimus catalogue and use them on your computer, smart phone or on certain media players.

To Legimus

Help with talking books

The Library can help you with:

  • getting access to Legimus to download talking books
  • order recordings of textbooks that doesn't already exist in Legimus

Contact us to book a consultation so we can help you get started with talking books.

Extended loan period for textbooks

The Library provides an extended loan period for persons with reading impairments. The loan period is 30 days instead of 14 days. To get an extended loan period you need a certificate from the university coordinator.

Reading studio

A reading studio is a specially equipped room with technical support for persons with reading impairments such as dyslexia, visual impairment or other disabilities. There are six reading studios at the University Library.

Each one of the reading studios are equipped with magnifying and enlargement programs, speech synthesizers, scanners and printers. To get access to the reading studios you need a certificate from the university coordinator.

About the libraries' reading studios and how to book them

Computer software for read and write support

The university provides support software such as speech synthesizers, magnifying software and tools that help you with spelling and grammar.

You can find the software in the Student Portal. Log in with your GU account (gus-id) to access the support software.

Read and write support software

Some of the software are also installed on the libraries' computers.

Study support from the university

The university provides study support for students with disabilities or dyslexia.

Study support for students with disabilities

Open lectures

The librarians who provide service for persons with reading impairments arrange open lectures.

Tuesday
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28
May
May

Stöd i arbetslivet (in Swedish)

Tuesday 28 May, at 16:00
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