What is the relationship between LP-Windows and MAGic?
The developers of MAGic and LP Windows have joined
forces under Freedom Scientific to bring you a new experience in
magnification software. MAGic 8.0 combines the popular magnification and
JAWS inspired features of MAGic with the usability of the LP Windows
magnification and speech program to provide an all-new look and feel for
both MAGic and users LP Windows. In the design of MAGic 8.0, we considered
what features would be valuable new features for both LP Windows users and
MAGic 6.2 users.
MAGic 8.0 is the newest upgrade for LP Windows. We have
provided an upgrade path for all LP Windows customers.
Where do I get
support for my current LP Windows Product?
Freedom Scientific Technical Support is now providing
technical support for LP Windows. You may call the Technical Support
Department direct line at 727-803-8600 from 8:30 AM to 8:00 PM Eastern
Standard time. Technical support is also available through email. Email your
technical support questions to
Support@FreedomScientific.com.
Please provide as detailed of information as possible when submitting
support questions via email. It is our goal to respond to your request
within one business day after submission.
What new features does MAGic 8.0 have that makes it
an upgrade for LP Windows users?
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Mouse Enhancements allow you to add crosshairs or bulls eyes
to the mouse to make it easier to locate and track on the screen. You are
also able to change the color of the mouse.
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Improved Smoothing of Text We have improved the text
smoothing form what was in LP Windows to give the user more uniform text
smoothing throughout the text characters. We still smooth all colors of text
automatically without the user having to declare that a certain color is a
text color. Regardless of the color of the text, MAGic 8.0 smoothes it.
Extensive work has also been done to give better smoothing of all text in
Internet Explorer. This had been an issue in LP Windows.
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New Graphical User Interface The new interface of MAGic puts
commonly toggled features a mouse click away. You are also able to change
the properties of features by right clicking on the button on the interface
or through the menu system.
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New Key Assignments By making Caps Lock the default control
key for MAGic commands, we have freed up the left shift to carry out Windows
keystrokes for selecting characters and Words. The majority of the keystroke
combinations are the same for LP Windows users except we now use Caps Lock
instead of Left Shift. Dont worry; you can still toggle the Caps Lock
state, simply tap Caps Lock twice. You can also have MAGic differentiate
between left and right for the alt, shift and control keys.
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Two New Magnification Views In addition to Full Screen and
Split Screen magnification views available in earlier versions of LP
Windows, MAGic 8.0 also includes Lens and Overlay views.
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New Speech Synthesizer Eloquence speech has been added to
MAGic. This synthesizer is much more responsive than the synthesizer that
shipped with LP Windows. In addition to American English, Eloquence includes
British English, French, German, Italian, Castilian Spanish, Latin American
Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese.
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Application Specific Functions have been added to consolidate
screen information, improve application navigation and eliminate screen
clutter in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Internet Explorer.
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Greater Stability MAGic 8.0 is a more stable product than LP
Windows. It contains support for more video cards on the market today.
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Panning Quick Advance allows you to quickly move to the
beginning of the next line while panning. Simply pressing the return key
while panning left to right will move you to the beginning of the next line
and continue panning left to right.
·
Panning Direction Change Once you have started panning, you
can change direction by pressing the arrow key in the direction you want to
pan. There is no longer a need to stop panning in one direction and then
start panning in the new direction.
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On Line Help The new MAGic contains extensive on-line help
through a comprehensive set of help topics as well as context sensitive help
for all user interface controls.
·
Restore Factory Settings allows you to quickly set MAGic back
to the original settings you had at install.
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Network Aware MAGic 8.0 multi-user versions can be run
across a network. You can easily move from to different computers on the
network and have your preferred settings already set when you log in and
start MAGic.
What is the cost of upgrading from LP Windows to MAGic 8.0 for Windows
95/98/Me?
Upgrade From LPW version 7. X (with magnification only) to:
MAGic 8.0 with Magnification Only $75
MAGic 8.0 with Magnification & Speech $150
Upgrade From LPW version 7. X (with magnification & speech) to:
MAGic 8.0 with Magnification & Speech $100
Upgrade from any version of LPW any version prior to 7.X to:
MAGic 8.0 with Magnification Only $175
MAGic 8.0 with Magnification & Speech $275
