This final report describes the activities and accomplishments of a 3-year study on the compensatory effectiveness of three assistive technologies, optical character recognition, speech synthesis, and speech recognition, on postsecondary students (N=140) with learning disabilities. These technologies were investigated relative to: (1) immediate compensatory effects on reading comprehension, proofreading and written composition; (2) long-term effects on academic retention and success; (3) long-term effects on academic behaviors and attitudes; and (4) cost effectiveness in relation to other compensatory strategies. Results indicated that all three of the technologies significantly alleviated difficulties in reading comprehension, proofreading and written composition; significantly improved long-term academic retention and success; positively influenced academic behaviors and attitudes; and were highly cost effective as compared to other compensatory interventions. The most dramatic findings were in the area of retention. Participants in the study had a drop-out rate of 1.4 percent as compared to 34 percent for matched controls over the same 3-year period. Individual sections of the report present an overview of the project, and detail the project's purpose, background and origins, specific studies conducted, and evaluation/project results. Extensive appendices include the text of five publications related to the study's findings, a questionnaire/interview schedule, course outlines, and sample lesson plans. Contains over 100 references. (DB)