Screen enlargers (also called large print programs) allow the user to enlarge a portion of their screen. This effectively turns the computer monitor into a viewport showing only a portion of an enlarged virtual display. The user can then use the mouse or keyboard commands to move this viewport in order to view different areas of the virtual display. Most manufacturers have free demonstration copies available.
| Product: | LP-DOS 6.0 |
| From: | Optelec U.S. Inc., P.O. Box 729, 6 Lyberty Way, Westford, MA 01886 |
| Phone: | 800-828-1056 or 508-392-0707 |
| Fax: | 508-692-6073 |
| System: | Windows 95, Windows |
| Price: | $595 |
| Demo: | Available free by mail. |
| Notes: | LP-DOS 6.0 software is designed for people with low vision and is easy to use. Simple disk installation converts your software applications to large print. Magnifies text, spreadsheets and graphics 16x. SVGA compatible for Internet access in large print. Available in LP-Windows 95 or LP-Delux for MS-DOS and Windows applications. Compatible with any PC, PS/2, or laptop equipped with SVGA, VGA, EGA, MCGA, or CGA display adapters. |
| Product: | Lunar for Windows/ Lunar95 for Windows 95 |
| From: | Dolphin Systems, P.O. Box 83, Worcester WR3 8TU England |
| Phone: | +44-1905-754577 |
| Fax: | +44-1905-754559 |
| BBS: | +44-1905-457767 |
| Email: | dolphin@dolsys.demon.co.uk or 100024.2535@compuserve.com |
| System: | Windows 95 version is for r.4.00.950; SVGA and VGA versions are for Windows |
| Price: | Three models: £290 Windows 95; £290 SVGA Windows; £85 VGA Windows |
| Demo: | Available free by mail or downloadable from our BBS |
| Notes: | Supports up to 16x magnification in SVGA & Windows 95 and 8x magnification in VGA version. All features are accessible from the Control Panel or via hot keys. It intelligently "tracks" a nd magnifies dialog boxes, Windows controls, menus, highlight bars, pointers, and cursors. Available in all versions: Split Screen Mode magnifies anything from a single line to the whole screen; Line View Mode reviews the screen as a single scrolling li ne; customization of color schemes, mouse pointers and cursors. Available in Windows 95 version only: Font Smoothing. |
| Product: | MAGic and MAGic Lite |
| From: | Microsystems Software, Inc., 600 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA 01701 |
| Phone: | 800-828-2600 or 508-879-9000 |
| Fax: | 508-879-1069 |
| BBS: | 508-875-8009 |
| Email: | hware@microsys.com |
| Internet: | http://www.handiware.com |
| System: | Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT, MS DOS |
| Price: | MAGic Lite $59.00; MAGic $349.00; MAGic for Windows NT $995.00* |
| Demo: | Via Internet (FTP), BBS or Mail |
| Notes: | Screen magnification software for MS DOS, Windows and Windows NT*(*second quarter, 1996). MAGic Lite magnifies 2x in Windows and MS DOS. MAGic magnifies up to 20x in Windows (12x MS DOS). Supports S VGA, 256 color display resolutions. Additional features include smooth panning, color contrast, attribute tracking, hot key remapping and advanced settings. |
| Product: | MagniPORT |
| From: | Microsystems Software, Inc., 600 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA 01701 |
| Phone: | 800-828-2600 or 508-879-9000 |
| Fax: | 508-879-1069 |
| BBS: | 508-875-8009 |
| hware@microsys.com | |
| Internet: | http://www.handiware.com |
| System: | Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT |
| Price: | $19 |
| Demo: | Via Internet (FTP), BBS or Mail |
| Notes: | Pop-up screen magnification window. Enlarges screen image up to 10x in Windows and Windows NT. Tracks mouse movements. Supports all display resolutions. |
| Product: | MAGNUM-GT or MAGNUM Deluxe |
| From: | Artic Technologies, 55 Park St., Troy, MI 48083 |
| Phone: | 810-588-7370 |
| Fax: | 810-588-2650 |
| BBS: | 810-588-1424 |
| System: | Windows, MS-DOS; Windows 95 version planned |
| Price: | MAGNUM-GT $295; MAGNUM Deluxe $495 |
| Notes: | MAGNUM-GT performs 2x magnification in Windows. MAGNUM Deluxe up to 32x. |
| Product: | 9FX Series and Imagine 128 |
| From: | Number Nine Corporation, 18 Hartwell Ave., Lexington, MA 21730 |
| Phone: | 617-674-0009 |
| Fax: | 617-674-2919 |
| Cost: | $149 to $1499 |
| Notes: | Number Nine makes video adapters with a feature called "Hawkeye," hardware pan and zoom enlargement. It has most of the standard enlarger features, including the ability to track mouse and ins ertion bar. It also relocates dialog boxes to the zoomed area, and allows you to adjust the size and color of the mouse cursor. Unlike most software-only products, it works with screen resolutions higher than 640x480. |
| Product: | PANORAMA Window Bridge or POWERAMA Window Bridge |
| From: | Syntha-voice Computers Inc., 304 - 800 Queenston Rd., Stoney Creek, ON L8G 1A7 Canada |
| Phone: | 800-263-4540 (Ordering Hotline, Product Support) |
| 905-662-0565 (General Inquiries, Main Number) | |
| Fax: | 905-662-0568 |
| BBS: | 905-662-0569 |
| Internet: | FTP: synthavoice.on.ca |
| Email: | help@synthavoice.on.ca |
| System: | Windows 95, Windows, MS-DOS |
| Price: | Panorama: $495; Powerama: $695 |
| Demo: | Available free by mail, BBS, or Internet. |
| Notes: | PANORAMA allows typing, editing, and navigation of the cursor or mouse to be automatically tracked in user-definable large print. POWERAMA additionally allows these same functions to be spoken through a ny of 40 speech synthesizers. Both models magnify MS-DOS text up to 12x, graphics up to 16x. No magnification limitation in Windows. Smooth scrolling; character smoothing. Designed for IBM 80-386 based systems or better, with MS-DOS 3.3 or later. Original ly released July 1992; current version is 1.32. |
| Product: | Vista |
| From: | Telesensory Corp., P.O. Box 7455, Mountain View, CA 94039-7455 |
| Phone: | 800-804-8004 or 415-335-1800 |
| Fax: | 415-335-1832 |
| Internet: | http://www.telesensory.com |
| System: | Windows, Windows 95 version under development |
| Price: | $2495 |
| Notes: | Vista is a specialized video adapter that provides SVGA emulation with additional pan and zoom screen enlargement. The software is entirely mouse controlled. Plug a mouse into the adapter directly and i t will not be seen by applications, but only control the enlargement. When running Windows the user also has the option of having the Vista mouse switch back and forth between applications and enlarger control. |
| Product: | ZoomText for Windows, ZoomText for DOS or ZoomText Plus |
| From: | Ai Squared, P.O. Box 669, Manchester Center, VT 05255-0669 |
| Phone: | 802-362-3612 |
| Fax: | 802-362-1670 |
| Email: | ZoomText@aisquared.com |
| System: | ZoomText: Windows 95, Windows,
ZoomText for DOS: MS-DOS |
| Price: | ZoomText $395; ZoomText for DOS $395; ZoomText Plus $595 |
| Demo: | Available free by mail. |
| Notes: | ZoomText magnifies from 2x to 16x in full-screen and partial screen zoom windows. Windows versions display up to 6 zoom windows simultaneously and support edge-smoothing and color inverting. Three smo oth fonts in MS-DOS. Supports 16 and 256 color Windows display drivers, including high resolution, full-motion video and Windows accelerator cards. |
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