Visual Impairment

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JAWS
JAWS (screen reader) JAWS ("Job Access With Speech") is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows that allows blind and visually impaired users to read the screen either with a text-to-speech output or by a refreshable Braille display. JAWS allows all major functions of the Microsoft Windows operating system to be controlled with keyboard shortcuts and spoken feedback. These shortcuts are kept as consistent as possible throughout most programs, but the very high number of functions needed to fluidly use modern computer software effectively requires the end user to memorize many specific keystrokes. Virtually every aspect of JAWS can be customized by the user, including all keystrokes and factors such as reading speed, granularity used when reading punctuation, and hints. JAWS also includes a scripting language to automate tasks and make more complex modifications to the program's behaviour.

ZoomText
ZoomText is a stand-alone piece of software designed for visually impaired people. The program allows you to see and hear everything on the computer screen as well as providing access to applications, documents, email and the Internet. The software can help individuals with ‘early vision loss, computer vision syndrome, and visual impairments such as macular degeneration and glaucoma’. ZoomText has dual monitor support and is capable of magnifying the screen up to 36 times; it also allows you to choose which part of the screen is magnified. Text definition is maintained to preserve legibility. Colour controls help improve the clarity of the screen and mouse pointers can be resized. It also provides enhanced navigation capabilities to help the user to launch programs and find documents on the desktop and find the hypertext links and controls on web pages, find words or phrases.

Braille Printer
A braille printer is a device connected to a computer that do the actual embossing of braille onto thick paper. They work like a regular computer printer in that the user can printer out letters, reports, and other files from the computer.

Braille Stapler
The Braille Stapler is easy to use on Braille paper with at least a maximum of 50 sheets. Easily adjusted centre line for different Braille magazine widths. It is easy to line up stacks of paper for blind or sighted people.

BrailleNote
A BrailleNote is a computer made by HumanWare for persons with visual impairments. It has either a braille keyboard or a Qwerty Keyboard, a speech synthesizer, and a 32- or 18-column refreshable Braille display, depending on model.