Screen Readers

JAWS® for Windows
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.asp

The most popular screen reader worldwide, JAWS® for Windows works with your PC to provide access to today’s software applications and the Internet. With its internal software speech synthesizer and the computer’s sound card, information from the screen is read aloud, providing technology to access a wide variety of information, education and job related applications. JAWS also outputs to refreshable Braille displays, providing unmatched Braille support of any screen reader on the market. A training tutorial is included.

• JAWS installs with an enhanced, multi-lingual software speech synthesizer, “Eloquence for
  JAWS”. Languages include: American English, British English, Castilian Spanish, Latin American Spanish, French, French Canadian, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, and
  Finnish.
• The JAWS interactive talking installation makes it easy to get started without sighted assistance.
• Supports all standard Windows® applications without the need to do special configurations.
• Enhanced support has been added for today’s most popular applications, including Microsoft® Office XP.
• Supports Internet Explorer with special features: links lists, frames lists, forms mode, reading HTML tables and graphic labels and more.
• Includes a unique scripting language for further customization with nonstandard Windows applications and proprietary software.
• New tools for easier customization without the need to write scripts.
• Output to most popular refreshable Braille displays in computer or Grade 2 Braille.
• JAWS Standard Edition for Windows 95/98/Me & XP Home
• JAWS Professional Edition for Windows NT/2000Pro/XP Pro and 95/98/Me/XP

Window-Eyes
http://www.gwmicro.com/products/

Window-Eyes gives you total control over what you hear and how you hear it. Compatible with Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, and XP

• Basic Fast User Switching support in Windows XP
• Welcome screen access in Windows XP
• Support for multiple users either on a stand alone machine, or across a network
• Support for over 50 speech synthesizers and 40 Braille displays.
• Greater PDF support
• Breakthrough support for Macromedia Flash
• Full command prompt support for Windows 2000 and XP
• Enhanced Internet support including instantaneous web page loading and support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
• “Rock Solid” performance and responsiveness
• No need to learn or use complicated scripting
• Label controls, reclassify controls, and obtain control information on the fly
• Ability to read last known tool tip and last flashing application (for knowing when an application has changed in the background)
• Extremely easy to configure to personal taste
• Full support for Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA)
• Support for all video systems
• Easy access to Windows system tray
• Exceptions dictionaries for altering the way words, graphics, key-labels, characters, and mouse pointers are pronounced
• A read-to-end feature for reading nonstop from the beginning to the end of a document
• A WE cursor for reviewing the screen without disturbing the caret or mouse pointer
• Standard look, feel, and intuitive operations of the Windows environment
• Flexible verbosity settings for hearing exactly what you want to hear
• Over 170 factory hot keys at your disposal for reading desired information
• 46 cursoring keys which allow speech to be added to normal application keystrokes
• 50 user windows for reading/monitoring specified areas
• 26 hyperactive windows for monitoring specified areas
• Easy-to-use Window-Eyes User’s Guide presented in a tutorial format
• Access to voice rate changes on the fly
• Access to end task dialog (CTRL-ALT-DEL) with hardware synthesizers in Windows 9X/ME
• Acess to task manager in Windows 2000/XP
• Eloquence text-to-speech included free of charge
• Easy to use talking install
• Automatic labeling of graphics
• Extensive information for standard Windows controls such as tree views and list views
• No need to re-install to add a synthesizer or Braille display

Mouse:

• Full keyboard access for moving the mouse pointer without having to use a physical mouse
• Automatically reads mouse pointers as they change
• Automatically reads information under the mouse as it is moved
• Extensive search capabilities
• Mouse pointer dictionary

Voice Configuration:

• Set up the speech rate, pitch, tone, volume and punctuation independently for screen, keyboard, and mouse
• Capitalization alert for proofing capitalization errors
• Format alert for proofing spacing errors
• Numbers can be spoken as digits or full numbers
• Keyboard can voice characters or words
• Allows speech to be silenced with the press of a key.

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