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Ultra Hal Assistant

Dictation, Windows

Ultra Hal Assistant is a digital secretary with voice recognition supporting interactive features. The software can be used to record phone numbers, email addresses, street addresses, appointments, birthdays, etc. In addition, the software can automatically dial phone numbers, start emails, and reminder the user of important dates.

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Ultra Wave To Text

Dictation, Windows

Wave-to-text allows users to convert WAV files into electronic text documents. Users can train the software to adapt to their voices and add custom vocabulary. Wave to Text also works as a traditional dictation, recorder and playback tool.

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Universal Reader Plus

Screen Reading, Windows

Universal Reader Plus is a screen reader that can be used with lots of different applications. It can read your email, web pages, Word files, and more with a simple click.

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Verbose

Screen Reading, Windows

Verbose is text-to-speech software. It can use any voice that is already installed on the computer to read what is on the screen. To have Verbose read text aloud, the user has to import the text it into the software’s window. Verbose also makes it possible to save text in audio format (MP3 or WAV).

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Virtual Keyboard

Adapted Keyboards, Windows

Virtual Keyboard is an on screen keyboard that can be used to replicate keystrokes. It includes scanning and word prediction functionality. Microsoft speech engine can be downloaded to add text-to-voice features.

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Virtual Magnifying Glass

Magnification, Windows

Virtual Magnifying Glass is magnification software that can make the content of the screen up to 16 times bigger. The is software has two different magnification modes: classic and dynamic. In the classic mode, the magnifying lens follows the cursor of the mouse but it is impossible to interact with magnified content. The dynamic mode solves this problem. However, it makes it impossible to move the lens with the mouse. Instead, keyboard shortcuts can be used (CTRL + W, CTRL + A, CTRL + S, CTRL + D).

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Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable

Magnification, Windows

Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable is a portable version of Virtual Magnifying Glass. This version comes on a USB stick and can be used on any computer without having to be installed.

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VischeckJ

Other, Windows

Vischeck is a free plug-in for the ImageJ (Image Processing and Analysis in Java) image processing program from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). It allows users to test images for accessibility for users who are colourblind. It is similar to downloading a Photoshop plugin. Vischeck simulates how images will appear to individuals who are colour-blind. Also available from vischeck.com is Daltonize, an online web tool that will alter images by taking colours that are hidden to colourblind people and moving them to a range of the color spectrum where they are visible again.

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Visolve

Other, Windows

Visolve is a software to assist users who are to discriminate colors on their computer screens. Visolve works by transforming colours on the screen in the following ways: Red-Green transform — transforms red colors brighter, and green colors darker, Blue-Yellow transform — transforms blue colors brighter, and yellow colors darker, Saturation increase — increases the saturation of all colors, Filters — darken all colors other than the specified color.

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Visual Thesaurus

Dictionary/Reference, Windows

Visual Thesaurus is an online thesaurus that displays information in the form of a mind map by linking different words together. The user can then access the different words’ definitions. Visual Thesaurus can also explain the link between two concepts.

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