Assistive Software Products - Visual Impairment

 

What is SuperNova?

• SuperNova is truly unique in its ability to provide independence to visually impaired people, irrespective of whether you are totally blind or have mild low vision.
• SuperNova includes a full (no compromise) screen reader, specifically engineered to provide access to everyone irrespective of whether you are totally blind or partially sighted.
  
• SuperNova boasts a fully featured screen magnifier complete with a flexible colour changer and a host of magnification styles and modes designed to make working, shopping or keeping in touch, easier on the eye.
  
• SuperNova provides unrivalled support for the widest range of refreshable Braille displays on the market today.
  

Who uses SuperNova?

• SuperNova is the perfect access tool for the complete spectrum of Visual Impairment. By offering a combined screen reader, screen magnifier and Braille support within a single solution, it ensures that users can continue to enhance their independence, without having to purchase additional software, if their level of sight deteriorates over time or just in the afternoon.
  
• SuperNova is the preferred solution for Public access environments, looking to cater for anyone with any type of visual impairment, be that mild low vision, total sight loss or aging population with failing sight.
  
• SuperNova is the preferred solution for educational institutions throughout the world. SuperNova offers educational institutions the ability to consolidate the required accessibility technology software into a single solution. Eliminating the possibility of software conflicts between rival access software and the additional expenditure of having to purchase individual screen readers and screen magnifiers.

Key Benefits of SuperNova

• SuperNova includes magnification, speech and Braille output to cater for all types of visual impairments.
  
• A combined screen reader and magnifier helps to reduce eye strain by allowing users to increase magnification or add speech during the day as eyes become tired.
  
• SuperNova includes a full screen magnifier with features such as variable magnification, multiple screen management styles and a variety of colour replacement options to overcome partial sight impairments.
  
• It also includes a full screen reader for people who are blind, which can cope with text and Braille input together with speech and Braille output.
  
• SuperNova represents a totally integrated solution, so for the system administrator, having a single combined package avoids compatibility and stability issues and means only a single purchase and a single product to train and support.
  
• Works with most popular applications "out of the box", non-standard applications that do not work with can usually be mapped easily.
  
• Talks as you type, announcing words or characters so you can check what you write.
  
• A single key allows you to read an entire document, email or web page.
  
• Fast and accurate multilingual Braille output for text at your fingertips*.
  (Grade 1 & 2 computer or literary Braille supported).
  
• Access complex websites with ease by choosing to list links, headings or frames.
  
• Read image labels, font styles, Windows menus and icons for easy navigation.
  
• Customise the speed and volume of the voice and control the level of detail and punctuation that is spoken or sent to Braille.
  
• Focus highlight and on-screen Braille assists those with residual vision, sighted teachers & helpers.
  
• Quality synthesiser included, delivering clear speech and intelligent pronunciation even at high speeds.
  
• Automatic software updates via the Internet ensure you always use the latest version.
  
• Includes SAM (Synthesiser Access Manager) for easy support of third-party synths and Braille displays.
  
• Runs on many operating systems, network installations, Terminal Server and Citrix support.
  
• Magnification from the point of logon and choice of magnification style with options such as split screen, whole screen and window to suit your needs.
  
• Highly magnified objects and text are smoothed to remove pixelation and preserve readability.
  
• Multiple focus highlighting options - for clearer identification of cursor, mouse pointer, line, focus.
  
• Always stay in focus with automatic tracking of the mouse and keyboard presses.
  
• True multi language support, choice of over 20 languages and different synthesiser languages included as standard.
  
• Compatible with a range of digital CCTVs such as Optelec, Clearnote & LVI MLS Student.
  
• Customise colour schemes on screen to meet your sight requirements and replace problem colours.
  DocReader for easier viewing of long documents.
  
• Choice of control panel for accessing features and functions and user selectable range of hotkey shortcuts provide ease of use and requires minimal training.

SuperNova Features

• Magnifier

Magnification from 2x to 60x
Fractional Magnification
Text & Image Smoothing
7 Magnifier Views
Change Colour and Thickness of Magnifier View Border
Line View
Doc Reader
Hooked Areas
Panning

• Advanced Magnifier

Magnification at Logon
Overview Mode
Margin Release
Advanced Mouse, Cursor, Focus Tracking Options

• Visual

23 Preset Colour Schemes or Create your Own
Colour Replacement
Highlighting Options (Mouse, Cursor, Focus, Read From Here, Dolphin Cursor)
Large High Contrast Mouse Pointers

• Speech

High Quality Human Voices Included
Choice of Character Echo, Word echo etc.
Adjust voice speed and volume
Text Style Announcements
Announce Text Under Mouse
Read From Here
Click and Read From Here
Speech when Form Filling on webpages
Speech at Logon

• Screen Reader

Dolphin Cursor
Quick Navigation Keys
Item Finder
Preset Verbosity Schemes
Create Bespoke Verbosity Settings

• Braille

Supports a wide range of Serial, USB & Bluetooth Braille Displays
Computer & Literary Braille, Grades 1 & 2
Supports Physical & Logical Braille
Literary Braille input
Braille Verbosity Schemes
Show Braille on Screen

• General

Fully accessible control panel
Application Settings
Situation Settings
Setup Wizard
Updates available via the Internet
Supports Dolphin Scripts
Application Sensitive Dolphin Help

 

 

Windows: Compatible with Win98 and later versions

Recommended for: Visual Impairment

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