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Hey there! Welcome to Accessibility Minute, your weekly look at Assistive Technology, those clever tools and devices designed to help people who have difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing or other special needs!
Zoomax is a company that develops assistive technology for persons with visual impairments. One of their newer products is the Zoomax Snow 12 Video Magnifier! With the Snow 12 portable video magnifier, you can more easily read, write, view objects, and more!
One unique feature is its analog stick. The built-in analog stick allows users to easily pan around a document without needing to move the reading material so much. It also features a foldable stand so it can be used as a desktop video magnifier or a handheld video magnifier when it’s out of the stand.
Other features include:
- Snow 12 can be used with or without its foldable stand
- When it’s folded shut, the magnifier is thinner than a notebook computer
- Comes with a carrying case big enough to carry the Snow 12 and its stand together
- Features new contrast customization so you can make fonts thinner or thicker on demand
- Utilizes the latest OCR technology so it can recognize 20+ different languages and convert printed words into speech
- Easily adjust the reading speed and choose between male and female voices
Check out Zoomax.com to learn more about this revolutionary device!
For more information, to read our blog, or to drop us a line, visit EasterSealsTech.com. That was your Accessibility Minute for this week! I’m Laura Medcalf with the INDATA Project at Easterseals Crossroads, in Indiana.