GippsTAFE student Phillip Chalker is completing his second year of a Certificate III in Music and requires a program called ZoomText when using computers.

The program converts on-screen text into audio.

Mr Chalker said he told GippsTAFE he needed software before beginning his course in 2010 but was unable to gain full access to the program until the end of the school year.

``I continued again this year because I wanted to finish it (the course) off, I don't feel I should have to walk out because they're slack,'' Mr Chalker said.

``I want to go back and do Certificate IV (in Music), but it's getting harder and harder - they should know my requirements by now.''

Because of his disability the 34 year-old is unable to take notes during class and instead records lessons as a way of keeping account of what he is taught.

Mr Chalker said his ability to record classes had also been affected due to students playing their instruments in class and when he raised the matter was told by staff he had to ``expect that'' in a music class.

``When (you start) reading braille, it's like going back to primary school again,'' Mr Chalker said.

GippsTAFE Morwell campus manager John Cargill said the institution had difficulty obtaining Zoomtext for Mr Chalker but hoped to assist him with his problems in the future.

``Phillip's needs were somewhat different from many of our other students with disabilities and we had issues accessing software that was compatible with GippsTAFE systems,'' Mr Cargill said.

``We were able to provide the software on a demonstration model basis for a number of months as a stop gap before we were able to source a version to suit his individual needs in September last year.''

He said the institution was happy to talk to Mr Chalker about his problems, but said the noise issue would be difficult to overcome.