Job Accommodation Network's
Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR)

Accommodations include:

Auditory versions of printed document

Braille formatted document

Reformatted document that displays as accessible Web page

The Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader, which takes a picture of a text document and reads the contents of the printed document in clear synthetic speech

Optical character recognition (OCR), which scans printed text and provides a synthetic speech output or text-based computer file

Tactile graphic document

Qualified reader, which may be used to "be the eyes" for a person with a vision impairment Note: There currently is not a standard for providing or hiring readers, and no certification requirements exist.

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Accommodations are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. If you need additional information or would like to discuss the information presented here, contact JAN directly.

SOAR is brought to you by the Job Accommodation Network, a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.