Service for persons with reading impairments
The library provides extended support for students and staff with reading impairments based on a disabling condition. You can get help with access to adapted textbooks, longer loan periods and access to reading studios.
Book an introduction to talking books and support software
To start borrowing talking books you need an account in the Legimus catalog. The library will help you get started with talking books and support software.
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.
Study strategies
Students without a reading impairment can find tips on study strategies in the Student Portal.
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.
Help with talking books
The Library can help you with:
- getting access to Legimus to download talking books. Book an appointment for a introduction
- order recordings of textbooks that doesn't already exist in Legimus. Contact us to order recordings of textbooks
Contact us to book a personal appointment where we will help you get started with talking books.
Listening to books and textbooks
All students at the University of Gothenburg can listen to the library’s digital textbooks using text-to-speech, even if you do not have access to talking books. Search in Supersearch and filter by Textbook and Full Text Online. You can also find databases and e-resources with e-books.
Databases and e-resources with e-books
Under the heading Support software, you will find information on how to listen to text using speech synthesizers.
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
Support software
The university provides support software such as speech synthesizers, magnifying software and tools that help you with spelling and grammar. For many, it helps to listen to the text they have written with a speech synthesizer to detect spelling errors or illogical participles.
You can find the software in the Student Portal. Log in with your GU account (gus-id) to access the support software. Some of the programs are also installed on the library's computers if you want to test before installing on your own computer.
Read and write support software
Some of the software is also installed on the library’s computers.
Study support from the university
The university provides study support for students with disabilities.
Study support for students with disabilities
Open lectures
We who work with services for students with a reading impairment at the library arrange open lectures for students.
Studying with support software (Student Portal)