With the new ZoomText 9.1 Magnifier/Reader, seeing and hearing everything on your computer screen is clearer than ever. ZoomText's xFont magnification displays high-definition text that you'll recognize effortlessly. With our NeoSpeech synthesizers, your applications and documents are read aloud by friendly, human-sounding voices - right through your computer's speakers. And with ZoomText's productivity tools, finding what you're looking for is quick and easy.
Features
- ZoomText's new dual monitor support allows you to utilize two monitors to expand your magnified view. At any magnification level you can now have twice as much information in view at all times. You can also use the second screen to share a magnified or unmagnified view of your desktop with another person or group. Note: Dual Monitor Support is available in Windows Vista and XP only.
- The new Focus enhancement feature makes it easy to locate and follow the control focus when you tab and arrow key through menus, dialogs, tool bars, and other application controls. When a control has focus, a bright, colourful rectangle or underline is placed around or under the control, making selection of controls much clearer.
- NeoSpeech provides human-sounding male and female voices that are closer to the real thing than ever before (English only). ZoomText also includes classic TruVoice, ViaVoice and Microsoft speech synthesizers.
- ZoomText automatically speaks all program controls, including menus, dialogs, list views and messages. Three verbosity levels give you complete control over the amount of information spoken.
- ZoomText's AppReader automatically reads documents, web pages and email within the parent application. ZoomText's DocReader reads documents in a special environment where text is reformatted for easier viewing.
- Reading Zones allow you to instantly see and hear selected locations in your applications. Define up to 10 zones per application that you can trigger via pop-up menu or keyboard commands.
- ZoomText reads any web page, in the proper reading order. You can read automatically or manually navigate by word, line, sentence and paragraph.
- Navigation keys make it easy to read while creating and editing documents. With simple commands you can read by character, word, line, sentence and paragraph, even while selecting text.
- Each key or word that you type is automatically spoken. You can choose to have all keys spoken or only selected groups of keys.
- Mouse echo automatically reads text that you point to. Single words or complete lines of text are spoken instantly or after hovering briefly.
- The SpeakIt tool allows you to read selected areas of the screen by clicking or dragging the mouse.
- Built in support for popular applications including: Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Outlook), Adobe Acrobat 8, Adobe Reader 8, Firefox 2.0 and Java allow you to read and navigate your documents with 100% accuracy.
- Full range of magnification levels up to 36x. Levels include: 1x to 8x in steps of 1, 10x to 16x in steps of 2, 20x to 36x in steps of 4, and fractional powers of 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x and 2.5x.
- 8 different zoom windows allow you to choose which part of the screen is magnified.
- xFont technology displays high-definition text that's easy to read at all magnification levels. Smooth, bold and condense settings allow you to fine-tune the thickness and spacing of text for added legibility.
- Innovative colour controls improve screen clarity and reduce eyestrain. Special effects include colour dyes, two-colour modes and replacement of problem colours.
- Size and colour enhancements make it easy to see the mouse pointer. Special locators make it easier to follow the mouse pointer and text cursor as they move across the screen.
- Desktop Finder helps you find and launch programs and documents on your desktop, system tray and quick launch bar.
- Web Finder helps you find links and controls in any web page, allowing you to navigate the web with faster than ever before.
- Text Finder helps you locate words, phrases and topics of interest in documents, web pages, and application windows.
- Save unique settings for each application that you use. As you switch applications, ZoomText automatically loads the desired settings.
- New Windows Vista Logon Support. Provides essential magnification and screen reading support when logging in Windows Vista.
System Requirements
| Operating Systems |
Windows XP or Windows Vista |
| Processor |
P3 450MHz |
| Memory |
256MB |
| Hard Drive |
25MB |
Restrictions
This product is only available with an education license. If you (or your child) are in any form of education (from Primary School to University), you can qualify for this discounted education pricing. You can also qualify if you are a teacher or lecturer at any education institution within the UK. Proof of your position may be required.