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SuperNova Magnifier

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On-screen text enlarger and highlighter for the visually impaired that runs on Microsoft Windows applications.

SuperNova Magnifieroffers magnification up to 64 times with no loss of clarity even at the highest levels, with pan & adjust magnification on tablets and touchscreen laptops, with the touch of a finger.

Key Features:

  • Control Panel: Clear, easy to see, easy to learn. The SuperNova control panel magnifies beautifully with no pixilation, so its always perfectly crisp and easy on the eye.
  • 1.2 to 64 Times Magnification: SuperNova's True Font technology looks beautifully smooth even on the largest displays. Magnify textand 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.
  • Touchscreen Magnification: Tablets and touch screen laptop access with SuperNova is effortless. SuperNova also includes a high contrast large print, onscreen keyboard which fits the screen width and lets you see what youre typing.
  • Colour and Visual Highlighting: Choose from 24 carefully designed colour schemes each designed to reduce glare and maximise your comfort while reading. Alter the appearance of colours on your screen, preserving your original document colours for printing. Or make your own scheme by adjusting brightness, contrast or colour tint. Colour Replace can swap colours to show only the shades you recognise, making reading web pages easy again.
  • Multiple Monitor Support: Get more done with multiple monitors. Magnify on one, two or as many displays as required. Multi-task with each magnified document on separate screens; project presentations original size to sighted audiences keeping speaker notes magnified on your laptop; work closely with a trainer or colleague who can follow a clone of your display, but at regular size.
  • Magnify and Read in Comfort:
    • Line View smoothly scrolls documents and web pages across a single line so you can sit back and enjoy reading without the distraction of screen clutter.
    • Doc Reader reflows your documents and web pages in a dedicated window made for reading.
    • Margin release shows how close the magnifier is to the edge of the real screen ideal for people with restricted peripheral vision.
    • SuperNova lets you save different hooks for different applications and you can have as many as you want, helping you to keep useful information in view at all times.
  • Getting Started and Help: SuperNova comes with everything you need to get you up and running, right away: Setup wizard, video tutorials and CAPS+F1 Help.
  • Bookshelf and Launch Pad: Conveniently browse and search from millions of best sellers, classics and periodicals directly from SuperNova's Bookshelf tab. Content from Bookshare and other trusted library partners is made instantly accessible with magnification.
  • Connect & View:
    • With a Camera: Connect a camera to your computer and SuperNova Connect & View turns your tablet, laptop or desktop into a lightweight, portable video magnifier.
    • With the 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 customise the view to meet their own magnification and colour scheme needs. The split screen feature enables them to make notes at the same time as monitoring whats happening on the whiteboard.
  • Portable on a Dolphin Pen: Choose SuperNova on a Dolphin Pen and Guest mode gives you instant accessibility on the go. Plug your Dolphin Pen into any Windows PC and experience instant access to your favourite SuperNova features, with your personal SuperNova options already pre-set.

SuperNova Magnifier - Features

Key Benefits of Lunar

  • Reduce eye strain and increase the magnification during the day as your eyes become tired or to suit levels of visual impairment.
  • Choice of magnification style with many options such as split screen, whole screen, lens and window so you can set it up to suit you.
  • Highly magnified objects and text are smoothed to remove pixelation and preserve readability.
  • Provides magnification from the point of login on the PC so you can see detail from startup.
  • Multiple focus highlighting options - for clearer identification of cursor, mouse pointer, line, focus.
  • Always stay in focus with Lunars automatic tracking of the mouse and keyboard presses.
  • Create specific settings for certain applications and save them to use again.
  • True multi language support, switch interface to choice of over 20 languages at any time.
  • Automatic software updates via the Internet ensure you always use the latest version.
  • Compatible with a range of digital CCTVs such as Optelec, Clearnote & LVI MLS Student.
  • Runs on many operating systems and can be installed in a Network environment.
  • Choose from high contrast colour schemes or build your own to meet your sight requirements and replace problem colours.
  • Smooth scrolling when moving around the screen and down long documents, avoids screen jitter.
  • Intuitive hot keys for easy keyboard operation and an easy to use point and click interface.
  • Choice of control panel for accessing features and functions provides ease of use and requires minimal training.

Lunar Features

Magnifier

  • Magnification from 2x to 60x
  • Fractional Magnification
  • Text & Image Smoothing
  • 7 Magnifier Views
  • Change Colour and Thickness of Magnifier View Border
  • Line View
  • Doc Reader
  • Hooked Areas
  • Panning

Advanced Magnifier

  • Magnification at Logon
  • Overview Mode
  • Margin Release
  • Advanced Mouse, Cursor, Focus Tracking Options

Visual

  • 23 Preset Colour Schemes or Create your Own
  • Colour Replacement
  • Highlighting Options (Mouse, Cursor, Focus, Read From Here, Dolphin Cursor)
  • Large High Contrast Mouse Pointers

Screen Reader

  • Item Finder

General

  • Fully accessible control panel
  • Application Settings
  • Situation Settings
  • Setup Wizard
  • Updates available via the Internet
  • Supports Dolphin Scripts
  • Application Sensitive Dolphin Help

Key Benefits of LunarPlus

  • Includes supporting output to speech which can read documents, web pages, menus and button prompts and talk as you type.
  • Access complex websites with ease by choosing to list links, headings or frames.
  • Reduce eye strain and increase the magnification during the day as your eyes become tired or to suit levels of visual impairment.
  • Choice of magnification style with many options such as split screen, whole screen, lens and window so you can set it up to suit you.
  • Highly magnified objects and text are smoothed to remove pixelation and preserve readability.
  • Provides magnification from the point of login on the PC so you can see detail from startup.
  • Multiple focus highlighting options - for clearer identification of cursor, mouse pointer, line, focus.
  • Always stay in focus with Lunars automatic tracking of the mouse and keyboard presses.
  • Create specific settings for certain applications and save them to use again.
  • True multi language support, choice of over 20 languages and different synthesiser languages included.
  • Automatic software updates via the Internet ensure you always use the latest version.
  • Compatible with a range of digital CCTVs such as Optelec, Clearnote & LVI MLS Student.
  • Runs on many operating systems and can be installed in a Network environment.
  • Choose from high contrast colour schemes or build your own to meet your sight requirements and replace problem colours.
  • Smooth scrolling when moving around the screen and down long documents, avoids screen jitter.
  • Intuitive hot keys for easy keyboard operation and an easy to use point and click interface.
  • DocReader for easier viewing of long documents.

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SuperNova Magnifier - System Requirements

System Requirements

Hal OS Compatibility:


Can be installed on wide and local area networks
  • Windows Vista 64-bit client editions
  • Windows Vista Business
  • Windows Vista Enterprise
  • Windows Vista Home Basic
  • Windows Vista Home Premium
  • Windows Vista Ultimate
  • Windows XP Home (with Service Pack 2 or later)
  • Windows XP Pro (with Service Pack 2 or later)

NOTE: For Vista (all editions), you should have at least Service Pack 1 installed. We recommend using the latest Dolphin software version that is available in your language. However; 32-bit editions of Windows Vista are supported from version 8 onwards, Windows 2000 is supported up to version 7.03

Recommended System Requirements for Hal:


The hardware requirements shown below are to be used as guidelines only. The actual performance of your PC will vary according to the application software, memory, sound and video hardware that you use.

Recommended hardware requirement
The computer equipment you intend to use needs to conform to the Microsoft hardware compatibility list for the operating system you intend to use.

The recommended Vista PC specification for Hal is:

  • Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1Ghz, or Intel Pentium D Processor 925 3.0Ghz, or Intel Centrino Duo Mobile 1.66, or AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+, or equivalent or higher.
  • Memory - 1Gb or higher
  • Graphics card - "add in" AGP or PCI Express or PCI card with 256 MB memory or higher.
  • Sound card - "on-board" or "add in".
  • Hard disk - 500 MB of free space, if multiple Text To Speech (TTS) engines are to be installed then more free space will be required
  • Internet connection

* Please note that the 64-bit client editions of Windows Vista will require a higher specification.

The recommended XP PC specification for Hal is:

  • Processor Intel P3 750 Mhz or AMD Athlon 750 or higher
  • Memory 512 MB or higher
  • Graphics card AGP "add in" card with 8 MB memory or higher (not on board)
  • Sound card Sound Blaster 1024 or equivalent (not on board)
  • Hard disk 125 MB of free space
  • Internet connection

Other Operating Systems
Please contact Dolphin to check compatibility before attempting to install this product on any operating system other than those listed above. Customers running Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Me and Windows 98 should contact Dolphin sales or their Dolphin Dealer to purchase a version 7 licence which support these operating systems.