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HAL Screen Reader
6.02
Dolphin
http://www.dolphinuk.co.uk/index_dca.htm
The Professional Version is designed for the networked
business environment. |
Hal will talk you through its automatic and
user friendly installation. Hal's sophisticated technology makes all kinds
of Windows applications, the Internet and email, easy to use. Hal works
by recognising and reading information from the computer screen aloud
through your computer's soundcard. Screen information is also displayed
in Braille for users of the many supported Braille devices. The information
provided is comprehensive: Hal not only reads text but also recognises
Windows dialogs, icons, buttons, menus and controls. Hal comes complete
with online and context sensitive help and full manual both in print and
on audio CD. Interactive tutorials are also included to make getting started
with Windows easy, and Dolphin also offers lifetime technical support
by telephone and email. |
Hal Screen Reader v6 Pro *
$1,095
Hal Screen Reader v6 Std *
$795
A free demonstration version is available for download at the site.
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JAWS 5.0 Professional Edition
Freedom Scientific
http://www.freedomscientific.com/
JAWS Professional Edition is designed for Windows
NT/2000Pro/XP Pro and 95/98/Me/XP Home
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The most popular screen reader
worldwide, JAWS® for Windows works with your PC to provide access
to today’s software applications and the Internet. With its internal
software speech synthesizer and the computer’s sound card, information
from the screen is read aloud, providing technology to access a wide variety
of information, education and job related applications. JAWS also outputs
to refreshable Braille displays, providing unmatched Braille support of
any screen reader on the market. A training tutorial is included. |
JAWS Professional
$1,095
SMA for JAWS Professional, at time of purchase: $200
SMA for JAWS Professional, if purchased separately: $260
A free demonstration coy is available from the website. It will run
for 40 minutes and then stop until you reboot.
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The most popular screen reader worldwide,
JAWS® for Windows works with your PC to provide access to today’s
software applications and the Internet. With its internal software speech
synthesizer and the computer’s sound card, information from the
screen is read aloud, providing technology to access a wide variety of
information, education and job related applications. JAWS also outputs
to refreshable Braille displays, providing unmatched Braille support of
any screen reader on the market. A training tutorial is included. |
JAWS Standard
$895
SMA for JAWS Standard, at time of purchase: $120
SMA for JAWS Standard, if purchased separately: $180
A free demonstration coy is available from the website. It will run
for 40 minutes and then stop until you reboot.
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outSPOKEN 9.0 for
Macintosh
Alva Access Group
www.aagi.com |
Features include: Compatible with Mac OS 8 and 9; Optimized to work with
many of today's popular applications; Color support names colored icons
and recognizes color as a text attribute; New Voice and Custom Settings
configure outSPOKEN to the users personal taste; Expanded preference/dictionary
file support; Added keypad commands for better reading and navigation;
Talking Installer requires no sighted assistance; Identifies buttons,
check boxes, and other graphical controls; Announces icons and other graphics
in a distinctive Graphics Voice; No programming required; Intuitive pointer
navigation makes it easy to point, click, drag and drop; Uses Apple's
Plain Talk Text-to-Speech software and voices. Installs on virtually any
Mac, including PowerBooks, G3s, G4s, iMacs and iBooks (except to the G4
Cube). Manual provided in print, on cassette, in electronic format and
available in Braille.
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Price: $695.00 |
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Virgo4
Baum
http://www.baum.de/e/products/index.php
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When developing VIRGO 4, Baum set a high value
on making the presentation and exploration of Windows as comfortable and
individual as possible for the visually impaired user. VIRGO 4 makes the
user choose the sort of information to be displayed on the braille display
and to be given via speech-output. Users with a rest of sight have the
choice to work also with the integrated screen magnification "Galileo".
The complete integration of braille, speech and screen magnification brings
the power of media together to the benefit of the user. Of course, VIRGO
4 can as well be used only with braille-output or only with speech-output
or just with screen magnification. |
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Window-Eyes Standard
Winow-Eyes Professional
GW Micro
http://www.gwmicro.com/
Window-Eyes Standard Edition for Windows 95/98/Me
Window-Eyes Professional Edition for Windows 2000/XP
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Window-Eyes is a leading software application
for the blind and visually impaired, which converts components of the
Windows operating system into synthesized speech allowing for complete
and total access to Windows based computer systems. Window-Eyes integration
into Windows is seamless, providing you with instant access to the operating
system without having to learn a complicated set of keystrokes.
Applications that utilize standard Microsoft controls will be spoken automatically
with little to no configuration necessary. Other applications may require
simple modifications to Window-Eyes whose options are easily accessible
via a well organized, speech control panel.
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Window-Eyes Standard Edition
$595.00
Window-Eyes Professional Edition 2000/XP
$795.00
A free demonstration coy is available from the website. It will run
for 30 minutes and then stop until you reboot.
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Scanning and Reading Software
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Cicero
Dolphin
http://www.dolphinuk.co.uk/index_dca.htm
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Cicero effectively takes your computer and
scanner and turns them into a reading machine for people with a visual
impairment. Printed text documents are placed on the scanner and can then
be translated into speech, Braille or simply held as a text document which
can be adjusted, saved, edited and printed out. |
$395.00
A free demonstration version is available for
download at the site.
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Kurzweill 1000
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/
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Kurzweil 1000 is reading software that makes
printed or electronic text accessible to people who are blind. It converts
a PC and scanner into an advanced version of the revolutionary reading
machine invented by Ray Kurzweil in 1976.
Kurzweil 1000 turns text into a variety of life-like
voices and does much more. Users can bookmark, make notes, skim or summarize
text to aid mastery of concepts and details. They can modify reading speed,
pitch, and emphasis to suit specific preferences and purposes. They can
edit or create documents assisted by an audible dictionary, thesaurus
or prioritized spell checker, and archive them using a simple file management
dialog.
Kurzweil 1000 also retrieves information online
with features that simplify locating electronic books and magazines, and
even encyclopedia articles from the Web. In addition, it takes reading
on the road by sharing electronic information with MP3 players, portable
note taking devices, Braille printers and conventional e-mail applications.
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$995.00
A free trial version is available on CD by request from the
site.
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OpenBook allows you to convert
printed documents or graphic based text into an electronic text format
using accurate optical character recognition and quality speech. OpenBook's
many powerful low vision tools allow you to customize how the document
appears on your screen, while other features provide portability.
OpenBook provides you with the flexibility to use either of
the two leading text to speech software synthesizers: RealSpeak and
ViaVoice. RealSpeak features a natural, human-sounding voice that can
help enhance your reading experience. ViaVoice provides practical and
efficient speech for editing or skimming documents. OpenBook also supports
most hardware speech synthesizers.
Other new features in OpenBook 7.0 include a fax utility, copy
function and online book search.
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$995
A free demonstration coy is available from the website.
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If you find reading difficult, Scan and Read
Pro© will make reading easy and enjoyable. Scan & Read Pro©
changes printed text into understandable sound. The program helps you
in reading and comprehension by highlighting each word as it's read aloud.
Scan & Read Pro's© voice can also be turned off if you prefer
to focus on the visual input only.
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Scan and Read Pro
$149.95
Scan and Read Lite
$89.95
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Miscellaneous Applications
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E-Library – Volume 1, a robust compilation
of literary works from authors covering a broad spectrum of seminal and
classical subjects spanning 1000’s of years from ancient to modern
times. |
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PDF Magic Pro is a utility designed to convert
normally “inaccessible” PDF Files into one of 11 different
accessible formats. It can even support 155 languages.PDF Magic Pro utilizes
Premier Assistive’s new “Exact Match” technology which
will retain the format of the original PDF File document in the newly
converted file. It supports color graphics, tables and even forms. For
example, you can take any U.S. Government form in PDF Format and quickly
and easily convert it to MS Word where you can then fill it out
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$59.95 |
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Predictor Pro
Premier Assistive Technology
http://www.premier-programming.com/
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Predictor Pro is a word prediction technology
that can assist you with your writing and typing. Here’s how it
works. As you type, it can "predict" which word you want. The
more you use it, the better it works, due to our "Auto Learn"
features. Predictor Pro predicts the word by both "frequency of use"
and "how recently the word was used", as well as the content
of the sentence. Generally, within the first 3 characters, it will have
predicted a list of potential words you may wish to use. Once a candidate
word list is displayed, you simply select the correct word, press a hotkey
and it automatically completes the word or phrase directly in the document
you are creating.
To use it, just start typing and it starts predicting. If you don’t
want to wait to have it learn from what you are currently typing, you
can import existing documents and Predictor Pro will learn from what you
have already written. That’s right, just import an existing document
and it will learn from what you have already done.
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Premier CD/DVD Creator
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CD burning software that is designed to work
with a screen redder
While Premier CD/DVD creator appears to be like
many other CD burning software, if you use screen reading software, you
will be able to really HEAR the difference immediately!!. This is the
first CD/DVD burning software that is designed to work with a screen reader
and is now the most Section 508-compliant CD burning software in the market.
For many visually impaired users, while individual
“screens” may be accessible, once you select a button or other
function, the user often loses tracking of the progress or status of a
task because the screen reader cannot tell them what is happening. Premier
CD Creator takes care of all of that. With the new Premier Assistive CD/DVD
burning software, you always know what it is doing as it is doing it.
No more guess work. The best part is there is nothing special you need
to do to get it to work with your screen reader! If you have a screen
reader running, the Premier CD/DVD software will automatically detect
it, and send information through your screen reader.
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$59.95
Free trial download is available at site. |
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Scan And View©
5.0
Premier Assistive Technology
http://www.premier-programming.com/
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If you are like a lot of CCTV ("Closed
Circuit TV") users, you often find yourself where your CCTV is not.
This product solves that problem by turning a standard scanner into a
CCTV. When loaded on a laptop with a portable scanner attached, you will
never be without a CCTV.
With the push of a button, Scan and View©
will grab an image from your scanner and display it on your screen in
24 million vibrant colors. Once displayed on your screen, you can use
the mouse or arrow keys to move around the image. The large icons make
it very easy to navigate through the program.
Scan and View© will do a few things standard CCTV's cannot do. It
can rotate images 360 degrees, open and save images to your computer,
and automatically straighten the images it scanned in. |
$89.95 |
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| Talking Calculator
Premier Assistive Technology
http://www.premier-programming.com/ |
This full functioning "talking calculator" can be used with
or without a screen reader. Every button and edit area talks. It is easy
to use with large keys and contrasting colors. It has three display areas,
so when the user adds a series of numbers, the total is always displayed,
even as you are entering a new number, while always displaying any numbers
in memory.
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$14.95 |
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| Talking Checkbook
Premier Assistive Technology
http://www.premier-programming.com/
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Full reconciliation feature
Sort records by any field
Categorize your transaction by type
Manage unlimited number of Accounts
Bookkeeping made easy. We did away with confusing terms like “debit”
and “credit” and replaced them with “deposit”
and “withdraw”.
Print Checks from your printer. The TCB will print standard QuickBooks
style checks on either an inkjet or laser printer.
Backup and Restore Data
Multiple currencies: Supports U.S. Dollars, British Pounds and the European
Euro
Search for a check
Check signing template. The TCB comes with a template that you can lay
over your printed check so you can sign them.
JAWS and Window Eyes Compatible Versions. TCB has built-in extensions
for both Window Eyes and Jaws Making this checkbook very accessible, without
the need for scripts and SET files.
Accessible Reports: All reports can be saved as MS WORD documents or your
transactions can be exported to EXCEL or LOTUS spreadsheets.
Press a single hot key to hear the balance of any account.
Built-in Accessible Calendar
Built-in Talking Calculator
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$59.95 |
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Text to Audio
Premier Assistive Technology
http://www.premier-programming.com/ |
Text-To-Audio is an industry leader in converting
electronic documents to audio files. AT&T’s Natural Voices™
combined with our new Clear Audio technology provide the highest fidelity
digital speech audio. Text-To-Audio can even be used to turn E-books to
“audio books”. With Text-to-Audio, you are no longer tied
to you PC once you create the audio files. The convenience of Text-to-Audio
means that you can now fit reading back into your schedule, by turning
that reading into portable compact audio files that you can listen to
while doing other activities like traveling or exercising. |
$69.95 |
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Ultimate Talking
Dictionary
Premier Assistive Technology
http://www.premier-programming.com/ |
The Ultimate Talking Dictionary (UTD), first
and foremost, is a comprehensive dictionary. However, this is not a regular
dictionary; it has a few features that may surprise you. The UTD will
read the definition of a word to you and it will use the word in a sentence
so that you will get a true understanding of the word. The total dictionary
that comes with the UTD contains over 250,000 words, including slang,
jargon, and historic figures such as George Washington. The UTD also has
a fully integrated thesaurus for referencing synonyms and antonyms of
all words. |
$39.95 |
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vOICe Accessible
Graphing Calculator
Seeing With Sound
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/voice.htm |
Developed from the ground up to be universally
usable, the Accessible Graphing Calculator performs all functions of a
scientific calculator. The program displays graphs as audio tones and
the entire program is accessible in audio with its self-voice speech engine.
It has two data set pages that allow users to compute expressions and
import and edit data tables. Its extensive help file contains descriptions
of every element of the program. System requirements: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP;
200MHz processor or faster; 20MB hard drive space; Sound card; 32MB Ram.
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vOICe Learning Edition
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winvoice.htm |
The vOICe Learning Edition translates arbitrary
video images from a regular PC camera into sounds. This means that you
can see with your ears, whenever you want to. Now step beyond your computer
screen and screen reader and try this camera-based "scene reader".
With a notebook PC you can even go mobile. How well you can learn to see
with your ears is something that only you can find out, but now you can
indeed find out and learn through this Learning Edition software, for
free! |
Currently available as a free download from
the site. |
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