SuperNova Magnifier

Features:

An OverView of Dolphin SuperNova Software

Visual Features

Crystal Clear ‘True Font’ Magnification

SuperNova’s True Font technology looks beautifully smooth even on the largest displays. Magnify text and images from 1.2 all the way up to 64 times. And because everyone’s eyesight is different, magnification comes in 28 sizes so you can find a perfect fit. Zoom in and out as much as you need with a touch of a key, spin of the mouse wheel or by clicking the handy buttons on screen.

8 Magnifier Views

8 magnifier views keep documents and apps in perspective. Show your magnification:

Full screen
Split screen (top, bottom, left or right magnified)
Fixed window
Movable magnifying glass
The rest of the screen shows the original size, unmagnified application, keeping the context clear. The magnifier view can be resized and repositioned so you can quickly and easily control where on screen the magnifier appears.

Never Lose Sight of the Action!

Automatic tracking magnifies the action so you can see what you are doing at all times. As you move your mouse pointer, type in text, or tab between links – magnifier follows seamlessly so you can always see where you are working.

Control the Magnifier with Simple Keystrokes

Jump to edges, corners or the center of the original screen. You can save and restore your magnified position, or reserve a special hooked area to keep a close eye on the clock, document word count or spread sheet formula bar. And you can hide hooked areas with a hotkey so they only appear when you want them.

Smooth Panning

Ideal for unsteady hands or anyone who finds mouse movements difficult to follow. Simple keystrokes gently slide the magnifier: up, down, left or right. Press repeatedly to increase speed. When you want to stop simply release the keys.

24 Color Settings

Choose from 24 carefully designed color schemes each designed to reduce glare and maximize your comfort while reading. Alter the appearance of colors on your screen, preserving your original document colors for printing. Or make your own scheme by adjusting brightness, contrast or color tint. Color Replace can swap colors to show only the shades you recognize, making reading web pages easy again.

High Visibility Mouse Pointers

Mouse pointers which are easy to see but keep out your way. Choose from 4 popular mouse pointer color schemes or create your own scheme to make the mouse pointer easy to see. You can set the pointer size independent of your magnification level so your text is never hidden by the mouse. With over 200 pointer images included, your mouse pointer has never been so flexible.

Highlight Mouse, Cursor, Word, and More

Highlighting shows your place at a glance. Distinctive shapes and colors draw attention to the mouse pointer, cursor, word, line, Windows focus and Dolphin Cursor so you or a sighted colleague or trainer can easily see where in your application you are working.

Highlighting is ideal for anyone who loses their place, or teaches or trainers wanting to see at a glance where students are working. Highlighting can be toggled off and on with a hotkey or click of a button.

Six carefully balanced highlighting schemes are included to draw attention to where the action is on screen. Make your own focus highlighting scheme selecting shape, color, tint, size, when the highlight is shown and level of transparency.

Reading Features

Doc Reader

Doc Reader re-flows your documents and web pages in a dedicated window made for reading. With the click of a button, SuperNova uses your choice of: font, colors and line length. Ideal for simplifying the appearance of busy documents. Press play and Doc Reader will speak aloud your text highlighting each sentence as it goes.

Margin Release

Margin release shows how close the magnifier is to the edge of the real screen ideal for people with restricted peripheral vision. You can keep your mouse pointer in the central area of your monitor by adding extra space around the original screen. The strong change in contrast clearly shows when the mouse pointer is approaching the edge.

Touchscreen Magnification

Tablets and touchscreen access with SuperNova is effortless:

• Use 1 finger to pan SuperNova’s magnifier around documents and apps
• Use 2 fingers to pinch and stretch, changing the amount of magnification in any app
• Use 3 fingers to tap and change the colors and find more magnifier options

SuperNova also includes a high contrast large print, onscreen keyboard which fits the screen width and lets you see what you’re typing.

Multiple Monitor Support

Side by Side

Side by Side works with the Windows Extended Desktop to show each application magnified on a separate screen, so you never run out of desktop space. Designed for magnification users who need to keep track of simultaneous tasks. Keep an eye on incoming messages on one monitor, prepare your documents on a second, and have a web browser or spreadsheet opened on a third. The number of monitors and which applications go where is entirely up to you. Each application is tracked separately so you don’t lose your place.

Clone

Cloning options are available for a variety of teaching, training or collaboration scenarios. Clone with Standard view shows an unmagnified copy of any application on a second screen so one user with partial sight can work seamlessly with another with full sight.  Clone magnifies the same content on multiple screens so several colleagues who are partially sighted can collaborate on the same application.

Presentation Mode

Presentation Mode is made for Microsoft PowerPoint. You can have your speaker notes magnified on your laptop while your sighted audience sees your slides original size via a projector or large screen just as you intended.

Connect & View (Low Cost Magnifier)

Connect a camera to your computer and SuperNova Connect & View turns your tablet, laptop or desktop into a lightweight, portable video magnifier.

• Magnify newspapers, magazines, bills, labels and even objects onto your computer screen.
• Turn on Connect & View and the viewer displays what ever is under the camera lens.
• Connect & View comes with a handy toolbar giving users instant access to the most popular features by mouse or touch:

Increase and decrease the magnification

Use the increase and decrease magnification buttons on the toolbar to zoom in and out for comfortable viewing. Touchscreen users can also adjust the magnification with a 2 finger stretch or pinch.

Color changer

If the image is difficult to see or the contrast poor, adjust the colors by repeatedly pressing the color changer button that cycles through a variety of the most popular schemes including, invert brightness, high contrast black on white, high contrast white on black, yellow on blue, white on blue and yellow on black.

Capture the image for further exploration

The capture image button copies the camera’s image, unmagnified, which can then be saved or added to a document for future reference.  Alternatively SuperNova can convert the image into text and read aloud using SuperNova’s “Scan and Read” options.  Also:

Adjust the viewing area to top, bottom, left or right side of the screen; and change the viewing area size to fill 80%, 50% or 20% of your screen, or even sent to a second monitor.

No need to move your worksheet around under the camera, or use an X-Y table – use the mouse or touch to explore your document easily.

Connect & View (Interactive Whiteboard)

Magnifiy Teachers’ Interactive Whiteboard

With Connect & View from SuperNova, partially sighted students can connect to and magnify the teacher’s interactive whiteboard on their own tablet or laptop.  The student can then customize the view to meet their own magnification and color scheme needs.  The split screen feature enables them to make notes at the same time as monitoring what’s happening on the whiteboard.

Connect & View enables partially sighted students in mainstream classroom environments to work alongside their peers in the same way. Connect & View is quick and easy to set up at the beginning of a lesson and offers password enabled access for security. Inbuilt snapshot technology means a student can save a copy of the magnified screen at any time for use when they need it.

Staff and educators can be confident, thanks to:

Simple set-up at the start of the class with no disruption to other students
Password protection; ensuring documents are always safe & secure

Compatible with ALL interactive whiteboards and the LVI MagniLink Portable Magnifier

EasyReader & Launchpad

Conveniently browse and search millions of bestsellers, classics and periodicals with EasyReader for Windows, available in the SuperNova Media tab.

EasyReader provides direct access to the world’s largest collection of accessible book and newspaper libraries. Content from Bookshare® and other trusted library partners is made instantly accessible in EasyReader, as users can customise text size, colours and reading speed.

Read directly on any Windows device, or take books with you – use EasyReader to transfer titles to portable MP3 and DAISY players for reading on the go.

Launch Pad

Launch Pad provides instant access to audio, weather and book search. Press a couple of keys and you can listen to popular radio stations, the latest podcasts or read RSS News feeds. You can even use Launch Pad to lookup the dictionary definition of a word, find out the local weather forecast, search for books, and find walking directions.

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