Assistive Software Products - Visual Impairment

 

 

Product Overview
Magnification, speech, Braille - or all three. You choose! The award-winning Supernova gives people with a visual impairment the freedom to access Windows in the way that suits them best.

Easy to use
Whatever your visual impairment, Supernova allows you to use Windows applications, the Internet and email easily. Supernova intelligently recognises the text and graphics which make up Windows including dialog boxes, icons, buttons, menus and other controls. From the moment you insert the CD, Supernova speaks through your computer's soundcard and talks you smoothly through the user friendly installation. The computer display is magnified so that you can see small detail more clearly and information is also presented in Braille for users of the many supported Braille devices. Comprehensive online help and interactive audio tutorials ensure that you get up and running quickly and easily.

Surf the 'Net with Supernova
The Dolphin List Utility makes sorting through links, headings and frames on a complex web page quick and easy. If you use the mouse, choose one of Dolphin's high visibility mouse pointers. If you prefer the keyboard, you can browse the web without a mouse using Dolphin's Virtual Focus. Supernova announces graphics labels automatically and reads through frames and tables quickly and accurately. With the Internet Updater, keeping up with Dolphin's latest software updates is as simple as clicking a button.

Intelligence built in
Dolphin software has more built-in intelligence than any other screen access system. This allows Supernova to work automatically with most off-the-shelf Window's applications; it can also be configured to work with complex or proprietary applications. At the office or at home, for business or pleasure, Supernova enables you to work with the latest information technology in the same way as friends and colleagues.

All in one
There is no need to buy a separate screen reader and magnifier. Supernova includes full screen reading in speech and Braille with integrated magnification and works on any of the supported Windows platforms. Supernova meets the needs of both blind and partially sighted computer users. You need install and learn just one piece of software, making Supernova ideal for larger institutions, libraries and businesses.

Network independence
Supernova Reader Magnifier is designed with independent operation in mind. Installed on a network or a server, Supernova can be used from any terminal and can be switched on or off as required, giving the user the freedom to move around a building or campus. With many features to choose from, users can save their preferred settings and retrieve them from wherever they choose to log on. Dolphin offers flexible licensing options and discounts for organisations with more than one Supernova user.

Designed for reliability
Dolphin is proud of its reputation for creating software products of the highest quality. Designed to meet the ever changing needs of today's IT environment, Supernova does not alter either the operating system or application software in any way. This makes it stable and reliable, whether installed on a home PC or business network server. It also ensures that your computer and software will remain compatible with those around you, keeping your lines of communication wide open.

Features
Supernova works on all of the supported Windows platforms, including Windows Terminal Server and Citrix MetaFrame.

Magnification
-Increase the size of everything on screen by up to 32 times.
-Magnified text is smooth and clear in any colour.
-Choose from 20 high contrast colour schemes or build your own.
-Replace problem colours anywhere on screen.
-Choice of high visibility mouse pointers.
-Smooth scrolling for browsing long documents.
-Choice of screen magnification styles: whole screen; split screen; window; lens; auto lens; hooked areas.
-Set up the screen exactly according to your requirements or swap easily between screen views.

Speech
-Talks as you type, by character, by word or both.
-Read word, line, web page, document or entire Window at a single keypress.
-Listen to Windows - spoken prompts allow easy navigation through menus, dialogs, file systems and other Windows controls.
-Reads or spells out any text on screen: documents, menus, web pages, emails.
-Choose low, medium or high verbosity, or create verbosity schemes with your own prompts.
-Easy browsing of Internet pages and other applications with the Dolphin Virtual Focus even where there is little or no keyboard access.
-Find your way through complex web pages easily with a list of links, headings or frames.
-Reads icons and Internet graphics labels and announces font and style information.
-Internet Updater for fast, automatic updates.
-Comprehensive online and context sensitive help.
-Intuitive hot keys for easy operation.
-Works with any font, including accented characters and symbols.
-Choice of software speech synthesisers including Dolphin Orpheus (multilingual) and Microsoft Text-to-Speech.
-Orpheus' intelligent pronunciation recognises similar words by context.
-Orpheus voice editing facility allows customisation of voices.
-Choice of Orpheus languages, including: English (UK and USA), Cantonese, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish (Latin and Castilian) and Swedish. New languages are being added all the time.
-Speech verbosity controls allow you to choose how much speech feedback you
want to hear.

Braille
-Fast and responsive Braille output.
-Text and graphical information at your fingertips.
-Choose computer or literary Braille (Grade 1 or Grade 2).
-Works automatically with a wide range of Braille displays and note takers.
-Accurate information on formatting, style and physical layout.
-Intelligently reads ahead so dialog information is conveyed in context.
-Choose low, medium or high verbosity, or create schemes with your own Braille prompts.
-Programmable Braille hot keys speed up and facilitate operation.
-Braille verbosity controls allow you to choose how much information you want and how it is displayed.

Supernova comes with a print manual, quick reference cards in print and Braille and interactive "DAISY" getting started guides and manuals on CD.

Professional Edition
Simple, comprehensive and flexible configuration is the secret to Supernova's Professional edition. It can solve IT accessibility issues for a business's staff and customers quickly and cost-effectively. Business software applications, corporate intranets and databases are often designed without consideration for visually impaired users but the flexibility of Supernova Professional means it can be quickly trained to deal with even the most complex applications.

The benefits of Supernova Professional are particularly valuable in the workplace. Employees in fast moving IT environments, such as call centres and banks, can set Supernova to give them exactly the information they want through speech or Braille. Supernova Professional also improves access to web sites, bespoke databases, and to mainframe data and applications through Telnet and terminal emulation software.

Despite the advanced technology involved, configuration is straightforward. This means businesses do not have to pay out vast sums for scripting consultants or computer programmers to write new accessible software. The technology behind Supernova Professional may be complex - but as a result, its operation is easy.

If your business systems are inaccessible, ask for details of Dolphin's Access Consultancy Service

Your System
Supernova Reader Magnifier works with Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT v4.0, 2000, XP Home and XP Professional, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Citrix MetaFrame XP (FR3) and can be installed on wide and local area networks, laptops and home PCs. No special equipment is required.

Minimum system requirements:

-Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT v4.0 (SP 6), Windows 2000, Windows XP Home & Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2000,
Windows Server 2003, Citrix MetaFrame XP (FR3)
-Microsoft Internet Explorer v5 or later
-Intel P2 400 Mhz equivalent or higher,
-125 MB free hard disk space, 128 MB Memory or higher
-PCI or AGP graphics card (not "on-board" - Windows HardwareCompatibility List approved)
-Sound Blaster compatible sound card (not "on-board")

Please note, for best performance on desk-top PCs we advise against on-board sound and video cards.

 

Windows: Compatible with Win98 and later versions

Recommended for: Visual Impairment

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