Assistive Technology Products

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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    Due to the large number of applications for i-devices and Android devices, and the speed with which they are being developed, we do not attempt to list them in this directory. Be aware, however, that many apps are available that can make a tablet or smartphone work as a magnifier, OCR device, etc.



Audio and Digital Book Players

Book Wizard Producer
Book Wizard Reader
EasyReader
eClipseReader
eClipseWater
eClipseWater Professional
eClipseWriter Personal Edition
eClipseWriter Professional
Kindle Reader
iPad
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
Candy and Candy Grip
Clarity CarryMate
Clarity Deskmate
Clarity Flexmate
Clarity Junior
Clarity PCMate
ClearNote
ClearView+
Color-Eye
ColorMouse
ColorMouse-USB
Compact+
Compact Mini
Compact 7 HD
Compact Electronic Magnifier
DaVinci
Discovery II
Eclipse
EEZEE Reader
Explorer
Explorer PC
EZVU Video Magnifier
Farview
FlexEye
Flipper
FlipperPanel
Fusion
Geddes Glide Reader
Genie Pro
iPad2
Maggie
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
iPad (with purchase of application)
StreetTalk VIP
Trekker Breeze
Way Finder Access

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Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)

Braille+ Mobile Manager
EasyLink
Icon
iPad (with purchase of application)
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

CDesk
Cicero Text Reader
Clear Reader
ClearView+ Speech
CLiCk, Speak--Free
ClipTalk--Free
Complete Reading System
DaVinci
DEMOSTHeNES--Free
DSpeech
Extreme Reader XR1
Extreme Reader XR10
EyePal Scanner
EyePal Solo and EyePal Solo LV
ezVIP
Fire Vox--Free
Galileo
Intel Reader
JAWS 13
Kurzweil 1000
Kurzweil 3000
Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind (KNFB) Reader
LookTel (also a smart phone)
MobilEyes
Portset Reader
Prizmo - Application for iOS 3.1 or later
ReadIris
SARA Scanning and Reading Appliance
SayText - FREE application for iOS 5.0 or later
Sayz Me--Free
ScannaR
Scan2Text
Simon Reading Machine
Textbridge
TextDetective - Application for iOS 5.0 or later
OpenBook
Ovation
SpeakEasy--Free
Text Cloner Pro
Ultra Hal--Free
VERA
VIP
WordTalk--Free
ZoomText Image Reader

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Screen Magnification Software

1 Click Zoom--Free
Accessibar--Free
Big.com Web Magnifier--Free
CDesk
Dragnifier--Free
EasyRead--Free
Ergo
EzMagnifier--Free
Fatbits--Free
iPad
KwikLoupe--Free
Lens --Free
Lightning
Lightning Express--FREE
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
Magnifixer--Free
Magnifying Glass--Free
No Squint--Free
PnC E-Mail, Memo, Net
Screen Loupe
Supernova Pro
Supernova Reader Magnifier Standard
Virtual Magnifying Glass--Free
ZoomText Magnifier
ZoomText Magnifier/Reader
ZoomWare

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Screen & Text-to-Speech Readers

Balabolka - FREE
BookCourier
BRLTTY
CakeTalking
C-Desk
ClipSpeak
Connect Outloud
DSpeech - FREE
DeskBot - FREE
Dolphin Pen
FeyRecorder
Hal (Professional)
Hal (Standard)
iPad
iSpeak
JAWS (Job Access with Speech) for Windows (Professional)
JAWS (Job Access with Speech) for Windows (Standard)
Kyrathasoft Text To Speech - FREE
MagnifyOutLoud
Milestone
Natural Reader9--FREE basic version
NVDA (Nonvisual Desktop Access)--FREE
Odiogo
Orca--FREE with Mac Leopard
outSPOKEN
Panopreter
PEARL
Plextalk
PnC E-Mail, Memo, Net
PowerTalk - FREE
Professor
Readability (Experimental web reading software)
ReadClip - FREE
Read4Me TTS Clipboard Reader
ReadEasy Move
ReadTheWords
ReadPlease--Basic version FREE
SAToGO--FREE
Screen Daemon--Free
Simultaneous Stanza Reader - For MAC
System Access Stand-alone
System Access Stand-alone Mobile
System Access Surfboard
Telex Scholar
TextAloud
Thunder--FREE
TTS Reader - FREE
Text2Speech - FREE
Ultra Hal
Universal Reader
Verbose
VoiceOver
Victor Reader ClassicX Plus
WebAnywhere
WindowEyes
Window-Eyes Professional
Windows Narrator
WordReadPlus
yRead

Text-to-Speech Add-on Extensions for Browsers:

FoxVox - for Firefox
SpeakingFox - for Firefox on Mac OS X
SpeakIt! - for Google Chrome
SpokenText - for Firefox

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Speech Recognition Software (Speech-to-Text)

For Macintosh:

Dragon Dictate for Mac
MacSpeech Dictate Medical
MacSpeech Dictate Legal
MacSpeech Scribe

For Windows:

Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Freesr Speech Recognition - Free
SpeechGear's Interact
Tazti

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Free Software

Document Accessibility

Accessible PDF Reader
Accessible UML
Balabolka
Blio
MathPlayer
Obi
PAC

Keyboard Shortcuts

Autohotkey & AutoHotkey_L
HoeKey
Hotkeycontrol XP
KeyTweak
ZenKEY
MapKeyboard

Contrast Adjustment

Dark Screen
ClearType Tuner PowerToy
RapidSet
ssOverlay
T-Bar
Visolve
Washer

Cursors

Bigger Cursors
Chunky Cursors
EnorMouse
Large Pointers
Pointing Magnifier

Miscellaneous

AMIS
Big Calculator
Braille Music Editor
DAISY Pipeline
Multimedia Calculator.Net
Save As DAISY
Tazti Speech Recognition Software
WebbIE (Web Browser)

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Cell Phones and Mobile Accessibility Devices

Top 10 iPhone Apps for the Visually Impaired

Phones with Screen Readers:

Android (TalkBack screen reader application purchased separately)

iPad G3 (with free subscription to Gmail Phone)

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

Nuance TALKS (Operating system: Symbian)

Smart Hal (Windows Mobile Smartphone)

Apple iPhone (VoiceOver screen reader built in)


Phones with Magnification Software:

BlindContact 7 -- an application that facilitates sending text messages that use adjustable font size.

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 and Mobile Accessibility Devices:

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

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

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

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

RAY -- Includes telephony, messaging, navigation, audio book streaming, visual assistance, object recognition, social network services, and leisure and entertainment services.

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