November 9, 2026 |Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), City of Lynn, City Services, Disability Commission, Health & Wellness, Lynn Public Health Department, News, Resources

Making Lynn City Hall More Accessible: The City of Lynn’s iPad Lending Program

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From the Lynn Public Health Department: The Public Health Division of the Health & Human Services Cabinet is proud to announce our iPad Lending Program, equipped with applications designed to assist residents with disabilities such as hearing and sight. The purpose of the iPad lending program is to improve access for members of the Disability Community conducting business in City Hall by ensuring that all departments and residents have access to these assistive technologies.

Through Lynn’s disability inclusion initiatives, funded by a 4-year Community Health Inclusion Index grant, residents identified communication accessibility as an important component of meaningful community participation and conducting city hall. In response, the Public Health Division implemented iPads to help remove barriers that often prevent individuals from fully participating in public life through the use of assistive technology.

The iPads have applications that address barriers regarding sight, hearing, and cognitive disabilities.

Applications include (but not limited to):

• Voiceover: Reads out loud your selections (such as applications and options) on the iPad when you tap on it
• Zoom: Zoom on text and applications on the iPad
• Magnifier: Utilizes the iPad camera to magnify objects in view
• Translation: Utilizes talk or text to translate between languages
• Hearing Amplifier: Boosts sounds or media audio through headphones
• Notes: Talk to text feature

How Residents Can Access the Service

Residents, local organizations, and city hall departments can borrow iPads by visiting the Lynn Public Health Division: Community Health Resource Room, rm:108, at Lynn City Hall.

Borrowers must:

• Provide a form of identification
• Provide contact information
• A general timeframe the iPad will be used for

We will provide headphones, chargers, and adapters for each iPad lent out.

A More Inclusive Future for Lynn

Together with initiatives such as the City’s Mobi-Mat Lending Program, accessibility improvements within municipal buildings, Boostlingo, and the work of the Inclusive Health Coalition, the assistive technology provided through our iPad lending program can help create a Lynn where barriers to participation are continually being removed and where all residents have the opportunity to be heard, informed, and included.