The OSS has specialized software and technology for use in accessing course materials:
- Kurzweil 3000 and Premier E-text Reader screen reading software and scanner
- JAWS for Windows and Premier Universal Reader, screen reading software for the visually impaired and blind
- computers – the OSS has two computers with large-screen monitors located in room 113J for the typing of tests and assignments
- four-track, variable speed tape players to play books on tape
- a talking calculator
- a variety of text and screen magnifiers
- a raised line drawing kit
- a TTY (teletypewriter), a device that lets deaf and hard of hearing people type back and forth using regular telephone lines
- a Hearing Helper Personal FM Amplifying System
- Dragon Naturally Speaking, a voice-activated word processing program
- track ball mice
- adjustable computer tables
- AlphaSmart 2000, a lightweight standard keyboard word processing device.
Use of all equipment is subject to availability.