For each feature, I evaluated the programs' performance in Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, and Outlook Express on a Pentium 3, 1133MHz, computer with 256MB of RAM, running Windows XP Professional. A future article will evaluate MAGic, from Freedom Scientific.įor this evaluation, I compiled a list of features that are commonly associated with screen magnifiers and integrated screen magnifier/screen readers, including documentation and electronic help, ease of installation, control panel, magnification and display features, and speech output. In this article, I evaluate ZoomText, version 9.0, from Ai Squared, and LunarPlus, version 6.5, from Dolphin Computer Access.
Fusion Pro 1,895.00 $ +tx Add to cart Fusion Pro.5-point multi-touch display for touch screen support.Recommended: 256 MB dedicated video memory.Video card with support for DirectX 10 or higher.Processor: 2 GHz i3 dual core processor or similar.Windows 10, 8.1 or 7 with Service Pack 1 (or later).Our Enhanced Support Plan (ESP) provides you with priority technical support and two future upgrades delivered to you automatically.
You can choose to receive the software on CD or a USB drive for maximum portability.
Full Internet Accessibility: ZoomText reads any web page, in the proper reading order.Define up to 10 zones per application that you can trigger via pop-up menu or keyboard commands. Reading Zones: Reading Zones allow you to instantly see and hear selected locations in your applications.
At any time you can pause and resume reading and skim forward and backward by word or sentence. You simply select the text you want to listen to and press the Background Reader hotkey, Background Reader begins reading the text while you go about other work. while you simultaneously perform other tasks. ZoomText Background Reader: ZoomText’s Background Reader allows you to listen to documents, webpages, email, etc.Recordings can be saved directly to a ZoomText Recorder playlist in iTunes or Windows Media Player and automatically synced to your mobile device. into audio recordings that you can transfer to on your mobile device and listen to at your convenience. ZoomText Recorder: The ZoomText Recorder allows you to turn text from documents, webpages, email, etc.ZoomText’s DocReader reads documents in a special environment where text is reformatted for easier viewing. Automatic Document Reading: ZoomText’s AppReader automatically reads documents, web pages and email within the parent application.ZoomText also includes classic TruVoice, ViaVoice and Microsoft speech synthesizers. NeoSpeech” Synthesizer Voices: NeoSpeech provides human-sounding male and female voices that are closer to the real thing than ever before (English only).Three verbosity levels give you complete control over the amount of information spoken. Complete Screen Reading: ZoomText automatically speaks all program controls, including menus, dialogs, list views and messages.