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Supernova
Reader Magnifier for Windows
Vista or XP
Supernova offers magnification, speech and Braille
support, giving people with visual impairment the freedom to access Windows in
the way that suits them best. Supernova has been developed for all visually
impaired users, from low vision to blind. It is ideal for both individual users,
who experience varying or deteriorating eye conditions during a working day or
for institutional settings, such as in school or work, that need to provide
solutions for visually impaired groups with a range of sight difficulties.
- 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 color
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.
- Customize 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 synthesizer 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 (Synthesizer 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 pixilation 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 synthesizer languages
included as standard.
- Compatible with a range of digital
CCTVs such as Optelec, Clearnote & LVI MLS Student.
- Customize color schemes on screen
to meet your sight requirements and replace problem colors.
- 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.
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Feature List |
Magnification |
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2x to 32x
Magnification.
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Six viewing
modes: Full screen, Split screen, Window, Lens, Auto Lens and Line view.
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Image smoothing.
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Split screen
mode - horizontal or vertical with flexible split position.
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Line view mode -
review documents with a smooth, single line scroll.
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Panning - move
the magnification window smoothly from the keyboard.
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Hooked areas
allow parts of the screen to be permanently displayed.
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Inverse
brightness (e.g. white on black instead of black on white.)
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Overview mode
for reviewing screen layout.
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Color changer
with easy to use controls for contrast, brightness, color depth and color
adjustment.
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Options for
controlling cursor and mouse tracking.
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Variable aspect
ratio - stretch the magnified display horizontally and/or vertically.
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Faster web
browsing. Automatically starts reading web pages as they load.
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Keyboard echo -
speak as you type by character or word.
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Document read -
one touch speak key to read your entire document or email.
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Includes Orpheus
multilingual software speech with a selection of languages: UK English, US
English, German, French, Dutch, Swedish, Castilian Spanish, Latin Spanish, and
Italian.
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Graphics object
labeling - create your own or save ScreenTips automatically.
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Live mode -
gives you full information on your current status.
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Navigation mode
- explore the screen from the keyboard using a special mouse pointer.
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Accurate
indexing - stop speech and instantly route the cursor to the last word spoken.
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Number
announcement - choose single digits or full words.
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Capital
announcement - choose to speak, beep or ignore capitals.
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Punctuation
announcement - choose how much you want to hear.
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Text attributes
- announce font, style and colors.
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Row/Column mode
- read text in rows or columns.
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Language
switching - change languages "on the fly".
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Select a voice,
or create your own! - Edit speed, pitch and expression.
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Where am I? One
touch speak key announces application, file and focus.
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One touch Speak
keys - read Character, Word, Line, Spreadsheet Cell Coordinates, Window,
Focus, Control, Shortcut Key, Text from Cursor, Text to Cursor, Control Area,
and Status Bar.
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Quick spell
Speak keys - spell out Word, Line, Spreadsheet Cell Coordinates, Focus, Text
from Cursor, Text to Cursor, and Status Bar.
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Verbose Speak
keys - get full information on Word, Line, Spreadsheet Cell Coordinates,
Window, Focus, Text from Cursor, Text to Cursor, Control Area, and Status Bar.
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Phonetic Speak
keys - get NATO phonetic spelling (e.g. "Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta" etc.)
for Character, Word, Line, Spreadsheet Cell Coordinates, Focus, Text from
Cursor, Text to Cursor, and Status Bar.
Blank lines - choose whether or not to announce blank lines.
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Responsive and
accurate Grade 1 and 2 Braille.
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Grade 2 Braille
support for on the fly translation.
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Assign Braille
display buttons as hot keys.
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Braille
navigation independent of speech and magnification.
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Logical mode -
provides intuitive information about the current situation. Eg.
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Displays dialog
box contents on the same line.
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Two Physical
Layout modes: Line Mode and Layout Mode present information as positioned on
the screen.
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Screen Attribute
mode shows font, size and color.
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Automatic
tracking of focus and dialog boxes.
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Cursor Routing
allows rapid cursor positioning, object selection and double clicking without
moving your hands from the Braille display.
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Configurable
Status Cells - display useful information about the current focus.
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Choose from
cursor position, focus type, character attributes and display mode indicator.
(Details
below are intended as a guide only)
For Microsoft Windows Vista
- Processor - Intel® Core 2 Duo™
2.1Ghz, or Intel® Pentium™ D Processor 925 3.0Ghz, or Intel®
Centrino Duo™ Mobile 1.66, or AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core
Processor 3600+, or equivalent or higher.
- Memory - 1Gb or higher
- Graphics card - "add in" AGP or PCI
Express or PCI card with 256 MB memory or higher.
- Sound card - "on-board" or "add
in".
- Hard disk - 500 MB of free space,
if multiple Text To Speech (TTS) engines are to be installed
then more free space will be required
- Internet connection
For Microsoft Windows
XP
- Processor – Intel
P3 750 Mhz or AMD Athlon 750 or higher
- Memory – 512 MB or
higher
- Graphics card – AGP
"add in" card with 8 MB memory or higher
(not on board)
- Sound card – Sound
Blaster 1024 or equivalent (not on board)
- Hard disk – 125 MB
of free space
- Internet connection
Supernova's
unique design philosophy allows it to work out of the box with the majority of
Windows Vista or XP products without additional configuration.
Supernova comes
with workstation and network server automatic installation options.
Supernova is available in UK English, US English,
Arabic, Belgian Dutch, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German,
Greek, Hong Kong Cantonese, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese,
Spanish, Spanish (Catalan), Spanish (Latin America), Swedish and Welsh.
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