Ai Squared, the worldwide leader in screen magnification software for the visually impaired based ini Manchester, has announced the release of ZoomText 10, the latest version of its popular screen magnifier/screen reader. ZoomText makes computers accessible and friendly for Windows users by magnifying and speaking what appears on the screen. In addition to the already versatile capabilities of ZoomText, the new ZoomText 10 release is full of new features designed to enhance users’ productivity by allowing them to multitask, navigate around the web faster and easier than ever before, take their work with them on the go when they’re away from the computer, and access print material. Plus, Ai Squared is growing their list of accessories to include a webcam magnifier. ‘In this day and age where everything is accessed online, it’s imperative that the visually impaired have the tools that let them surf the net as quickly as their sighted colleagues,’ states David Wu, CEO at Ai Squared. ‘Not to mention that the need to have access on the go ‘ ZoomText 10 offers so many new and robust features that it’s really going to be a game changer.’The four main features are: ZoomText Camera, which allows you to use a webcam along with ZoomText as an inexpensive CCTV alternative; Background Reader, which lets you listen to text spoken aloud in the background while you concentrate on other tasks; Enhanced Web Finder, the ultimate productivity tool for browsing the web and finding information; and finally ZoomText Recorder, which lets you create audio files from any text on screen which you can put on your portable device(s) for access on-the-go.ZoomText at a GlanceZoomText is a powerful computer access solution for the visually impaired. Consisting of two adaptive technologies’screen magnification and screen reading’ ZoomText allows you to see and hear everything on the computer screen, providing complete access to applications, documents, email and the Internet. Specialized support is provided for Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook), Internet Explorer, Firefox and Adobe Acrobat Reader.ZoomText is available in two versions’ ZoomText Magnifier and ZoomText Magnifier/Reader’and available on CD and USB. Both versions include Ai Squared’s exclusive ‘xFont’ technology, delivering perfectly clear text at all magnification levels (up to 36x). A variety of screen enhancement features make everything on the screen easy to see and follow. ZoomText Magnifier/Reader features powerful screen and document reading with human-sounding ‘NeoSpeech’ voices that are pleasant to listen to all day long.ZoomText 10 supports Windows 7, Vista, and XP, and can be used with virtually any application. ZoomText is localized in 21 languages: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and UK English.Low cost upgrades from any previous version are available to all registered users of ZoomText. About Ai SquaredHeadquartered in Manchester, Vermont, Ai Squared is the worldwide leader in computer access solutions for the vision impaired, and has been for over 20 years. Their products are available in twenty languages and are sold in 45 countries through our network of over 350 dealers across the globe. Ai Squared has helped over 100,000 individuals with early vision loss, computer vision syndrome, and visual impairments such as macular degeneration and glaucoma. Ai Squared’s screen magnification and screen reading products dramatically improve a computer’s usability and friendliness for the low vision user, raising their level of productivity, satisfaction, and independence. The family of Ai Squared products includes ZoomText Magnifier/Reader, ZoomText Magnifier, ZoomText Express, the ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard, i-loview Handheld Video Magnifier, ZoomReader iPhone app, and ZoomContacts iPad app. For more information, please visit Ai Squared online at www.aisquared.com(link is external). Manchester, VT, November 29, 2011:
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