Colorblind Assistant is free software that instantly picks the color from the mouse pointer, providing you with a written name of the color, as well as other useful data such as RGB values and bar graphs, brightness and saturation.Read more…
Accessibility
“Computer accessibility” (also known as Accessible computing) refers to the accessibility of a computer system to all people, regardless of disability or severity of impairment. This software is used to enable use of a computer by a person with a disability or impairment. To learn more about assistive technology at UNCC, visit the UNCC Campus Accessibility page.
Color Blind Assistant
Categories: Accessibility
JAWS
Categories: Accessibility
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 refresh-able Braille display. JAWS features:
- Two multi-lingual synthesizers: Eloquence and Vocalizer Expressive
- Talking installation
- Built-in free DAISY Player and full set of DAISY-formatted basic training books
- Works with Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and much more
- Supports Windows 8, including touch screens and gestures
- Support for MathML content presented in Internet Explorer that is rendered with MathJax
- Fast information look-up at your fingertips with Research It
- Access any image on the screen that includes text with Convenient OCR
- Save time with Skim Reading
- The only Windows screen reader to provide contracted Braille input from your Braille keyboard
- Fully compatible with MAGic, screen magnification software, and OpenBook, scanning and reading program
MAGic
Categories: Accessibility
MAGic is a screen magnification and screen reading solution for low vision computer users. MAGic can help you work more efficiently with business applications, documents, email, navigating the Internet, and engaging in social networking. MAGic delivers smooth, crisp letters, even at the highest magnification levels.
- 46 magnification levels from 1x to 36x
- View more of the screen content with multiple magnification levels between 1x and 2x
- Work longer without fatigue with high-definition text and crisp fonts
- Never lose track of the cursor or mouse pointer again with MAGic’s high-definition mouse and cursor enhancement options
- Eliminate glare and increase contrast with built-in color enhancements
- Speech options add human-sounding voices to speak text and echo user actions
- Easy to learn and use with built-in training tools
- Add a MAGic Large Print Keyboard with bold, high-contrast keys for easy access to MAGic’s most-used features
- MAGic is designed and tested to work well on computers where JAWS is installed