Assistive Technology Products
For MD People

An Up-To-The-Minute Directory of Links to
Providers of Devices and Software


Maintained by Macular Degeneration Support
with assistance from
Michael Fischer, O.D., F.A.A.O.

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Complete descriptions of many products listed here may be found in
2008 AccessWorld Guide to Assistive Technology Products


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Audio and Digital Book Players

Book Wizard Producer

Book Wizard Reader

EasyReader

eClipseReader

eClipseWater

eClipseWater Professional

eClipseWriter Personal Edition

eClipseWriter Professional

Kindle Reader

FSReader

GH Player

Sony Reader

Victor Reader Stream

Victor Reader Wave

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Electronic Magnifiers (CCTVs)

AE1

AE3

AE3M

AE50

AE6

Aladdin Apex

Aladdin Classic

Aladdin Rainbow Elite

Aladdin Sunshine

Aladdin Ultra

Amigo

Andromeda

Atlas 600

Atlas 610

Big Reader

Clarity CarryMate

Clarity Deskmate

Clarity Flexmate

Clarity Junior

Clarity PCMate

ClearNote

ClearView+

Color-Eye

ColorMouse

ColorMouse-USB

Compact+

Compact Mini

Compact Electronic Magnifier

Discovery II

Eclipse

EEZEE Reader

Explorer

Explorer PC

Farview

FlexEye

Flipper

FlipperPanel

Fusion

Genie Pro

Mano

Olympia

Pebble

Ruby

i-Stick

Jordy

Liberty Scholar

Liberty Solo

Looky

Lupo

Magni-Cam

MagniLink C Reader

MagniLink C Split

MagniLink P

MagniLink S Reader

MagniLink S Student Addition

MagniLink S Student Classic

MagniLink U Split

MagniLink U Student

MagniLink X Reader

MagniLink X Split

MagniLink Zip

Max

Merlin

MonoMouse

MonoMouse-USB

myReader2

Nemo

ONYX

ONYX Deskset 17

ONYX PC Edition

Opal

OPTi Lite

OPTi Mouse

OPTi Verso

OPTRON Mobile+

OPTRON Observer

OPTRON Pro

OPTRON Vision

Pico

PocketViewer

Portable SenseView

Premier

Pro Zoomer

ProSeries

QuickLook Focus

Quicklook Zoom

Select

SelectUltra

SmartView Xtend, Versa and Versa+

Shoppa

Strix

The Clue

The Detective

The Investigator

The Prisma

The Solution

The Traveller

TOPAZ Desktop Video Magnifiers

Triad Color Magni-Cam Electronic Magnifier

TVi Color

View

VTI InSight CCTV

ZACC-S

ZoomEx

Zoom Flex

Zoom Twix

Zoom-Eye

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Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

BrailleNote GPS

StreetTalk VIP

Trekker Breeze

Way Finder Access

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Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)

Braille+ Mobile Manager

EasyLink

Icon

Maestro

Mobile Speak Pocket

Mobile Magnifier Pocket

PAC Mate Omni QX400

PAC Mate Omni QX420

PAC Mate Omni QX440

Pocket HAL

Voice Sense

VoiceNote mPower QT

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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Software

Cicero Text Reader

Complete Reading System

Extreme Reader XR1

Extreme Reader XR10

Eye-Pal Scanner

Eye-Pal Solo and E-Pal Solo LV

ezVIP

Galileo

Kurzweil 1000

Kurzweil 3000

Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind (KNFB) Reader

MobilEyes

Portset Reader

Pronto

ReadIris

SARA Scanning and Reading Appliance

ScannaR

Scan2Text

Simon Reading Machine

Textbridge

OpenBook

Ovation

Text Cloner Pro

VERA

VIP

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Screen Magnification Software

1 Click Zoom--Free

Ergo

Lightning

LowBrowse--FREE

LunarPlus Enhanced Screen Magnifier

Macnifier--Free

MAGic Professional (w/speech)

MAGic Professional (w/out speech)

MAGic Standard (w/speech)

MAGic Standard (w/out speech)

Magnifier Plus

PnC E-Mail, Memo, Net

Screen Loupe

Supernova Pro

Supernova Reader Magnifier Standard

ZoomText Magnifier

ZoomText Magnifier/Reader

ZoomWare

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Screen Readers

BookCourier

BRLTTY

CakeTalking

Connect Outloud

Dolphin Pen

Guide

Hal (Professional)

Hal (Standard)

iSpeak

JAWS (Job Access with Speech) for Windows (Professional)

JAWS (Job Access with Speech) for Windows (Standard)

MagnifyOutLoud

Milestone

Natural Reader9--FREE basic version

NVDA (Nonvisual Desktop Access)--FREE

Orca--FREE with Mac Leopard

outSPOKEN

Plextalk

PnC E-Mail, Memo, Net

Professor

ReadPlease--Basic version FREE

Read The Words

SAToGO--FREE

System Access Stand-alone

System Access Stand-alone Mobile

System Access Surfboard

Telex Scholar

TextAloud

Thunder--FREE

Verbose

VoiceOver

Victor Reader ClassicX Plus

WebAnywhere

WindowEyes

Window-Eyes Professional

Windows Narrator

WordReadPlus

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Cell Phones

Phones with Screen Readers:

Mobile Speak (Operating systems: Symbian, Windows Mobile Smartphone, Windows Mobile Pocket PC)

Nuance TALKS (Operating system: Symbian)

Smart Hal (Windows Mobile Smartphone)


Phones with Magnification Software:

Mobile Magnifier (Operating systems: Symbian, Windows Mobile Smartphone, Windows Mobile Pocket PC).

ZOOMS (Operating system: Symbian)


Phones with Voice Control:

LG Series

LG Muziq

Motorola ic502, ic602 and ic902

Nextel i880, and i580


Specialty Phones & Applications:

Owasys 22C screenless phone --Available in the U.S. only for GSM networks like AT&T or T-Mobile

Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind (KNFB) Reader Mobile (Nokia N82) -- Includes scanner/reader and GPS

Jitterbug -- Basic Samsung phone with large buttons, large screen font, and loud speaker

Coupe -- Large font menu and dialing display. Voice commands and dedicated colored keys.

Voice On the Go (Application) -- Hands-free and eyes-free access to email, SMS, calendar, contacts, Twitter, Facebook and more...from any mobile phone all by voice.



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