Supernova Reader/Magnifier
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Magnification, speech, braille - or all three. You choose! The award-winning Supernova Version 9 gives people with a visual impairment the freedom to access Windows in the way that suits them best. Now available in Portable Pen Edition!
Price: £330.00 – £900.00 (Excl. VAT)
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Supernova Reader/Magnifier
Use your copy of Supernova on any computer!
Supernova Standard and Professional versions are also available in USB Pen Drive Editions. As many customers have a need for accommodations on multiple computers or within a shared computer environment the Pen Edition makes it possible for blind and low vision computer users to walk up to any computer and find their access program running automatically and configured just the way they like it! Libraries, internet cafes, schools, universities and offices will now able to welcome people with low vision to use their computers.
Easy to use
Whatever your visual impairment, Supernova Version 9 allows you to use Windows applications, the Internet and email easily. Supernova intelligently recognises the text and graphics which make up Windows including dialog boxes, icons, buttons, menus and other controls. From the moment you insert the CD, Supernova speaks through your computer's soundcard and talks you smoothly through the user friendly installation. The computer display is magnified so that you can see small detail more clearly and information is also presented in braille for users of the many supported braille devices. Comprehensive online help and interactive audio tutorials ensure that you get up and running quickly and easily.
The Supernova control panel makes all of the most common controls easy to find and more advanced features no more than two mouse clicks or key presses away. There are three choices of control panel full view mode, menu mode or from the system tray so whether you are a new or experienced computer user, partially sighted or blind, you can find a style that suits your needs.
Surf the Net with Supernova
Web pages are easier to navigate using Supernova. Screen reading is fast, accurate and automatic. The Dolphin List Utility makes sorting through links, headings and frames on a complex web page quick and easy.
If you use the mouse, choose one of Dolphin's high visibility mouse pointers. If you prefer the keyboard, you can browse the web and replicate using a mouse using Dolphin's Virtual Focus, which can be used with applications where there is no keyboard access to areas of the screen. Supernova announces graphics labels automatically and reads through frames and tables quickly and accurately. Supernova also offers quick navigation keys, full spelling and attribute announcement, easy form filling, focus tracking and much more. With the Internet Updater, keeping up with Dolphin's latest software updates is as simple as clicking a button.
Intelligence built in
Dolphin software has more built-in intelligence than any other screen access system. This allows Supernova to work automatically with most off-the-shelf Window's applications; it can also be configured to work with complex or proprietary applications. At the office or at home, for business or pleasure, Supernova enables you to work with the latest information technology in the same way as friends and colleagues.
All in one
There is no need to buy a separate screen reader and magnifier. Supernova includes full screen reading in speech and braille with integrated magnification and works on any of the supported Windows platforms. Supernova meets the needs of both blind and partially sighted computer users. You need install and learn just one piece of software, making Supernova ideal for larger institutions, libraries and businesses.
Network independence
Supernova Reader Magnifier is designed with independent operation in mind. Installed on a network or a server, Supernova can be used from any terminal and can be switched on or off as required, giving the user the freedom to move around a building or campus. With many features to choose from, users can save their preferred settings and retrieve them from wherever they choose to log on. Dolphin offers flexible licensing options and discounts for organisations with more than one Supernova user. For the ultimate in freedom and independence, choose the Dolphin Pen Edition.
Magnification
-Increase the size of everything on screen from 1.2 up to 32 times
-Fractional magnification allows users to select magnification levels below 2 times in small increments such as 1.2x, 1.33x, 1.5x and 1.8x
-Magnified text is smooth and clear in any colour
-Choose from 20 high contrast colour schemes or build your own
-Replace problem colours anywhere on screen
-Choice of high visibility mouse pointers
-Smooth scrolling for browsing long documents
-Choice of screen magnification styles: whole screen; split screen; window; lens; auto lens; hooked areas
-Set up the screen exactly according to your requirements or swap easily between screen views
Speech
-Talks as you type, by character, by word or both.
-Read word, line, web page, document or entire Window at a single keypress
-Listen to Windows - spoken prompts allow easy navigation through menus, dialogs, file systems and other Windows controls
-Reads or spells out any text on screen: documents, menus, web pages, emails
-Choose low, medium or high verbosity, or create verbosity schemes with your own prompts
-Enhanced document reading
-Easy browsing of Internet pages and other applications with the Dolphin Virtual Focus even where there is little or no keyboard access
-Find your way through complex web pages easily with a list of links, headings or frames
-Reading of PDF documents is easy and accurate
-Create your own PowerPoint slides and presentations with full speech support for the slide content
-Reads icons and Internet graphics labels and announces font and style information
-Speech at login is provided when Orpheus 2 is running (Not supported with other synthesisers)
-Internet Updater for fast, automatic updates
-Intuitive hot keys for easy operation
-Works with any font, including accented characters and symbols
-Choice of software speech synthesisers including Dolphin Orpheus (multilingual) and Microsoft Text-to-Speech, and new with Version 9, bring your favourite RealSpeech voice with you
-Orpheus' intelligent pronunciation recognises similar words by context
-Orpheus voice editing facility allows customisation of voices. Orpheus is one of the most clear and responsive synthesisers available and is designed for high listening speeds. The skim reading option allows users to quickly review key words within long documents. It also comes with an exceptions dictionary, which can be personalised, allowing users to adjust pronunciation or add new words and acronyms.
-Choice of Orpheus languages, including: English (UK and USA), Cantonese, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish (Latin and Castilian) and Swedish. New languages are being added all the time.
-Speech verbosity controls allow you to choose how much speech feedback you want to hear
-Compatible with many other hardware and software synthesisers.
Braille
-Fast and responsive braille output
-Text and graphical information at your fingertips
-Choose computer or literary braille (Grade 1 or Grade 2)
-Works automatically with a wide range of braille displays and note takers
-Accurate information on formatting, style and physical layout
-Intelligently reads ahead so dialog information is conveyed in context
-Choose low, medium or high verbosity, or create schemes with your own braille prompts
-Programmable braille hot keys speed up and facilitate operation
-Braille verbosity controls allow you to choose how much information you want and how it is displayed
General
-Comprehensive online and context sensitive help. A self-playing text and audio manual in the DAISY book format is also included, complete with Dolphin's EaseReader DAISY player.
-Dolphin products include hotkey emulations of other screen readers and magnifiers to allow users new to Dolphin to use hotkeys they are familiar with.
-Key describe mode tells you what each key does as you press it making it easy to learn new hotkeys.
Professional Edition
Simple, comprehensive and flexible configuration is the secret to Supernova's Professional edition. It can solve IT accessibility issues for a business's staff and customers quickly and cost-effectively. Business software applications, corporate intranets and databases are often designed without consideration for visually impaired users but the flexibility of Supernova Professional means it can be quickly trained to deal with even the most complex applications.
The benefits of Supernova Professional are particularly valuable in the workplace. Employees in fast moving IT environments, such as call centres and banks, can set Supernova to give them exactly the information they want through speech or braille. Supernova Professional also improves access to web sites, bespoke databases, and to mainframe data and applications through Telnet and terminal emulation software.
Despite the advanced technology involved, configuration is straightforward. This means businesses do not have to pay out vast sums for scripting consultants or computer programmers to write new accessible software. The technology behind Supernova Professional may be complex - but as a result, its operation is easy.
Introducing the Dolphin Pen
Dolphin Computer Access products Supernova is now available to order in two separate editions: the PC Edition or the new Dolphin Pen Edition.
Using the Dolphin Pen means that users of Dolphin Computer Access software can carry their software with them and instantly run it on any Dolphin Pen Friendly PC, as if it were their own home system. Crucially, this means that the individual users settings are automatically applied to the system. As soon as the Dolphin Pen is removed, the software is no longer running and the PC is ready for another user to insert their Dolphin Pen and have their software running, with their own personal settings applied.
Unlike other screen access solutions, the Dolphin Pen is not installed on the PC, but instead runs from a USB Pen Drive a small portable device, just a few centimetres long, which plugs straight into the USB port of a computer. The convenient size means that a user can carry their Dolphin Pen in their handbag or pocket, and run their access software on any Dolphin Pen Friendly PC, without the need to configure settings each time, as all user configurations are saved back to the Dolphin Pen.
Can be installed on wide and local area networks
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows XP Home (with Service Pack 2 or later)
Windows XP Pro (with Service Pack 2 or later)
Recommended System Requirements
The hardware requirements shown below are to be used as guidelines only. The actual performance of your PC will vary according to the application software, memory, sound and video hardware that you use.
Recommended hardware requirement
The computer equipment you intend to use needs to conform to the Microsoft hardware compatibility list for the operating system you intend to use. The Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for Windows Vista can be located at http://winqual.microsoft.com/HCL
The recommended Vista PC specification for SuperNova version 8 is:
- 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
The recommended XP PC specification for SuperNova version 8 is:
- 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
Other Operating Systems
Note: 64-Bit Editions of Windows Vista operating systems are currently not supported.
Please contact Dolphin to check compatibility before attempting to install this product on any operating system other than those listed above. Customers running Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Me and Windows 98 should contact us to purchase a version 7 licence which support these operating systems
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