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Introducing the TOPAZ™ SpaceSaverFreedom Scientific launched its latest low vision video magnification solution
Introducing the next generation of the PAC Mate™ accessible Pocket PC, the PAC Mate Omni from Freedom Scientific. The PAC Mate series incorporates JAWS®, the world’s most popular screen reading software, and Microsoft Windows Mobile® to create the world’s first accessible Pocket PC device for the blind. The new PAC Mate Omni is a combination of enhanced hardware with expanded functionality and powerful new software that features the latest advances from Freedom Scientific and Microsoft®.
Introducing the Ultra-Versatile ONYX™ Camera from Freedom Scientific Its latest suite of innovative low vision solutions, featuring the ONYX Camera — an easy-to-use portable video magnification camera that provides three distinct viewing options: distance views, document views, and self views.
This page lists the new features and significant enhancements available in JAWS version 8.0.2173, released in June 2007, and all the released updates since the initial JAWS 8.0 release in November 2006. If you have recently installed JAWS 8.0, please use the "Check for Updates" feature found in the JAWS Help Menu. (Note that the latest full JAWS download includes all updates that have been posted.)
The latest product improvements in both JAWS and MAGic incorporate more JAWS screen reading functionality into the MAGic screen magnification software. These enhancements also improve how JAWS reads when MAGic is running at the same time.The following list highlights new functionality available when running the two programs together:
Support for Vista, Office 2007, Dual Monitors and More
The new ZoomText 9.1 keeps you on the cutting edge of computing and productivity with new support for Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007, Adobe Acrobat 8 and Reader 8, and Firefox 2.0.
ZoomText Anywhere, Anytime
Computers have become ever-present in our lives, and so has our need to access and use computers everywhere we go… at home, at school, at work, even in libraries and other public facilities. To make ZoomText readily available to individuals that need it, Ai Squared has introduced “ZoomText USB” – ZoomText on a USB flash drive that users can conveniently carry with them and use at any time.
Software for building Reading, Writing and Math Skills