ZoomText

Magnifier

ZoomText Magnifier enlarges and enhances everything on your computer screen, making all of your applications easy to see and use. Our revolutionary new 'xFont' technology displays crystal clear text at all magnification levels. Once you've seen it, no other screen magnifier will do.

• 1x to 36x Magnification
• Includes fractional powers of 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x and 2.5x.
• Eight Zoom Window Types
• You choose which part of the screen is magnified.
• New 'xFont' Advanced Text Magnification
• Displays the clearest magnified text possible, at all magnification levels. Once you've seen it, no other screen magnifier will do.
• Color, Contrast and Brightness Controls
• Change screen colors to eliminate glare and reduce eyestrain.
• Visible Pointers and Cursors
• Enhance the size and color of the mouse pointer and text cursor, making them easier to find and follow. Application Settings
• Save unique settings for each application that you use. As you switch applications, ZoomText automatically loads the desired settings.
• Web Finder: Quickly locate links and controls in any web page. Surf the web with greater speed and accuracy.
• Desktop Finder:  Quickly find and launch programs and documents located in your My Documents folder, control panel and on your Windows desktop.
• Text Finder:  Instantly locate words or phrases in any application or document window, then begin reading from any found location with AppReader.
• Friendly User Interface
• Makes it easy to access and adjust all of ZoomText features using the mouse or the keyboard.

Magnifier/Reader

Combining the revolutionary new features of ZoomText Magnifier with a powerful set of reading tools, ZoomText Magnifier/Reader gives you the total computer access solution. See and hear what you're doing in all of your applications, and give your eyes a rest while ZoomText reads your documents, web pages and email - right through your computer's speakers. With ZoomText Magnifier/Reader, your computer is easier to see, hear, and use.

ZoomText Magnifier/Reader has all of the features of ZoomText Magnifier, plus:

• New 'NeoSpeech' Synthesizer Voices
• Human-sounding reading voices that are closer to the real thing than ever before. (English only)
• Complete Screen Reading Program, typing and mouse echo options narrate all of your actions. ZoomText can speak as little or as much as you want.
• Automatic Document Reading: Sit back and let AppReader or DocReader read your documents, web pages and email, highlighting each spoken word along the way.
• Reading Zones:  ZoomText's new Reading Zones let you instantly see and hear selected areas of your applications. Define up to 10 zones per application.

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Dragon Software

Speech recognition software that enables small office/home office, business, and educational users to create and edit documents, spreadsheets, and e-mail-all by voice!

The Dragon NaturallySpeaking family of products is the fast, easy and accurate way to turn speech into text. Users can dictate into virtually any windows-based application at speeds up to 160 words per minute and achieve higher levels of accuracy than ever before. Dragon NaturallySpeaking delivers significant benefits to:

• Professionals who create documents themselves or dictate for a manual transcriptionist (See our specialized editions for doctors and lawyers!)
• Disabled PC users looking to optimize productivity with their PCs
• Home users that want to have fun with their computers.

Editions include Professional, Legal, Medical, Preferred, Standard, and Developer.  Special vocabulary packages are also available as add-ons.

Omni Page Pro

OmniPage Pro is a powerful productivity application that delivers the most accurate document conversion available, turning PDF and paper - letters, contracts, tables, manuals - into editable word processing and spreadsheet documents. Ideal for desktop, workgroup and enterprise users, OmniPage Pro delivers everything you need to convert, edit, process, and share your paper and PDF documents. 

With Omni Page Pro, users of Jaws, Window Eyes, HAL, Lunar or Supernova can scan printed materials directly into Microsoft Word, Wordpad, or Notepad, and use their everyday screen access program to read without having to spend outrageous amounts of money for Open Book, Kurzweil, or other overpriced Scanning softwares.

• Instantly convert paper into Microsoft Office documents.
• Turn PDF files into editable documents - with retained layout.
• Create unlimited searchable PDF files for electronic archives.
• Automatically process images from network MFP and scanners.
• Scan/Convert Documents into XML, PDF, TIFF and more.
• Share documents using email, Web, XML and eBooks.

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  PaperPort

PaperPort Professional is the most productive and cost effective way for everyone in your office to organize, find and share paper and PDF documents. PaperPort Professional combines the efficiency of document management, the convenience of network scanning and the power of PDF document creation and assembly into a powerful, easy to use application.

• To quickly turn paper into organized digital documents

• Provide a better way to organize documents on your desktop

• Easily create PDFs from Windows applications

• Assemble scanned and digital documents with drag & drop simplicity

• To ensure you never misplace a document, PDF file or photo again

Use PaperPort's All-in-One search engine to quickly find all matching documents - from standard Microsoft Office and other digital document types, to scanned paper and business cards, as well as PDF files received on email or downloaded from the Web. The built-in OmniPage Search Indexer automatically creates searchable image files including PDF, while PaperPort's support for meta-data simplifies finding images and digital photographs. Best of all, PaperPort supports searching centralized document repositories anywhere on the network, and can connect to Web-based content management systems.

Simply put, PaperPort is the best file management system available today in the home or the workplace.

ReadText

What does ReadText do?
ReadText speaks digital files and web pages to you with the clearest of voices*

Does ReadText magnify text for Low Vision?
Yes, ReadText can magnify text to any size desired. For further enhanced readability you can change the type face and color of the text as well.

Will ReadText aid people with Dyslexia and other reading challenges?
Significantly, as test results show when a person can simultaneously see and hear words greater reading skills result.
ReadText highlights and associates the visual and verbal word together for future recognition.

Will ReadText read Webpages?
ReadText reads Webpages and the thousands of books that are online. There are unlimited resources for free books, dictionaries and libraries online that you can join.

Will ReadText read PDF files?
ReadText opens and reads PDF files as well. This opens up and makes easier to use the many hundreds of thousands of documents that are in this format, including most government forms.

Will ReadText speak Spanish?
Yes, Spanish, German, UK--English and French are all add-on options.

ReadText as a Speaking device for Aphasia and Stroke Victims with speech impairments.
Users can type in messages and ReadText becomes a speech-generator and reads back the message in the clearest of voices. For those with physical impairments and can not use a keyboard there are several switching devices that complement the actions of ReadText.

What kind of computer do I need?
Most PC's sold today will run ReadText, the PC should have speakers or earphones and should operate at a minimum of 800 Mhz, have 256 Mb of RAM and have 500Mb of hard drive space available

How much does ReadText cost?
$149.00, Price includes AT&T Natural Voices, and one year of free updates. Multiple seat licenses are available.

 

Talking Typing Teacher

Built originally with blind and visually impaired students in mind, we have found that this software is useful for students of all types.  TTT features digitized human speech, which is used everywhere in the program. This means that whether you're navigating menus, changing options, managing dozens of student accounts, or visiting the Help Desk, you'll enjoy listening to Eager Eddie read the screen. What makes TTT so special, however, is that each and every typing lesson or practice session is read aloud with clear, concise pre-recorded dialog. Put quite simply, you won't need to worry about trying to understand synthetic speech when you're learning to type with TTT. The only thing Text-To-Speech is really used for is to read your name and play back text you type into Workbook, a fully-functional talking word processor that ships with Talking Typing Teacher.

But that's not all! TTT easily accommodates the specific needs of all typists. With just a few clicks of the mouse, you can pick from dozens of fonts, change the size of text, and decide how heavy the print should be, (not to mention achieving the ideal color contrast by selecting from thirty different background and text colors). These options ensure that everyone will get the most out of Talking Typing Teacher. Whether you're reading the screen or letting Eager Eddie do the reading for you, you'll have the chance to learn to type, and enjoy doing so!

Features:

• Built-in human speech (in the form of MarvelTalk) that narrates the entire program;
• Complete interaction with both sound and full-color animations;
• Detailed lesson curriculum designed with three levels of instruction;
• Lessons consisting of spoken and displayed instructions, practice drills, and final reminders;
• Lessons that teach and reinforce typing, with careful emphasis on posture and correct typing habits;
• Three levels of instruction that not only change the number of keys that are taught, but also how the instructions are worded and presented;
• Constant positive and encouraging reinforcers throughout the entire curriculum;
• The ability to create an unlimited number of customized lessons to further enhance your typing curriculum;
• A countless number of optional tunes and sound effects to enhance student performance and make the entire curriculum exciting and fun;
• Seven separate functions to test and enhance typing skills between each lesson; and
• Full support for multiple student use. This means that you can have more than one student set up with the program, and TTT will pull up each student's record when he or she logs in.

Talking Toolbox

Talking Toolbox is a superb collection of powerful, easy-to-use tools you'll find yourself using every day. Inside your virtual toolbox, you'll find:

Talking Notebook, a feature-packed talking word processor, packed with lots of user-friendly functions like a fully-narrated spell checker;

Talking Address Book, a lightning-fast address manager that keeps track of all your addresses, lets you search for a specific one in a flash, then print it out or automatically call up the person on the phone;

Phone Pad, an interactive, easy way to learn how to dial phone numbers with words or letters in them;

Talking Calculator, a feature-packed program to make balancing the books a piece of cake;

and Talking Alarm Clock, a cuckooing, chiming, bonging program to ensure you always get everything done on time!

Naturally, each and every one of these tools is entirely self-voicing, narrated with MarvelSoft's state-of-the-art blend of pre-recorded human speech and text-to-speech technology. Whenever you're typing or cursoring over text letter-by-letter, navigating menus, changing options, or visiting the Help Desk, the friendly human voice of Eager Eddie guides you every step of the way. And when you're reading back what you've written, you'll enjoy listening to the voices of Mike or Mary, who offer high-quality speech synthesis.

In a nutshell, Talking Toolbox turns your computer into the most robust toolbox you could ever imagine. It's truly a package you must have if you're a fan of getting work done in half the time.