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Bill Kilroy
Northeast Regional Sales Manager
Freedom Scientific, Blind/Low Vision Group
11800 31st Court North
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
MAGic, screen magnification software, delivers many new and
enhanced features with its newest release, most notably a new
module that offers low vision speech support. In addition to
enlarging application screens, dialogs and windows from 2 to 16
times, MAGic also reads your programs and documents clearly and
audibly. MAGic completely synchronizes magnified print with
speech. MAGic also highlights words and lines as it speaks them.
You see and hear what you are typing. You see and hear menus,
buttons and other Windows controls.
MAGic screen magnifier offers 2 through 16x screen
magnification; several different Magic Views including full
screen, lens and split screen views; a multidirectional panning
system with adjustable speed and direction controls; custom shape
and colors for the mouse; high contrast color option; high and
true color support (up to 32bit); enhanced smoothing of
characters, improved performance, and an extensive array of JFW
inspired list boxes (or shortcuts) for various Windows
applications.
These application specific list boxes enable the user to quickly
navigate inside of an application increasing their efficiency
with the application and enabling the user to be more productive
whether in a work, school or home computing environment. For
example, in Internet Explorer, a MAGic user has the capability to
bring up lists of links and frames; move to the first field on a
web page; reformat a document for improved viewing and more. All
of these enhanced features meet the special needs of the low
vision computer user.
Additionally, MAGic is the only magnification software developed
to work with the powerful and widely used JAWS(R) for Windows
screen reading software. Combined, these two products offer the
most complete and effective computer environment for individuals
who are blind or visually impaired.
MAGic supports Windows(R) platforms including Windows(R 95/ 98 /
Millennium, Windows NT(R), and Windows 2000 Professional(R)
Some of the MAGic features that will be demonstrated
include:
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