Assistive Technology Products
Audio Book Players
Desktop Electronic Magnifiers (CCTVs)
Portable Electronic Magnifiers
Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Software and Reading Machines
Screen Magnification
Screen and Text-to-Speech Readers
Speech Recognition Software (Speech-to-Text)
Braille and Other Tactile Devices
Free Software
Cell Phones and Mobile Accessibility Devices
Mobile Applications
Due to the large number of applications for mobile devices, and the speed with which they are being developed, we do not attempt to list them in this directory. For a list of the latest apps for iPhones and iPads, select this link to AV AppleVis.
Audio and Digital Book Players
Book Port Plus
Book Wizard Producer
Book Wizard Reader
EasyReader
eClipseReader
eClipseWriter Personal Edition
eClipseWriter Professional
iPad
Kindle Reader
Milestone
FSReaderGH Player
PLEXTALK (player/recorder)
Professor
Talking Books
Telex Scholar
Victor Reader Stream
Victor Reader Wave
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Desktop Electronic Magnifiers
Acrobat HD ultra
Acrobat HD mini ultra
Atlas
Aurora
Big Reader
Clarity CarryMate
Clarity Deskmate
Clarity Flexmate
Clarity Junior
Clarity PCMate
ClearView GO
ClearView C Full HD Speech
ClearView C 24″ Full HD
ClearView+ 24″ Full HD Speech
Color-Eye
DaVinci
DaVinci Pro
Deuce
Discovery II
Ebot Pro
Eclipse
EEZEE Reader
Explorer
Eye-C
EZVU Video Magnifier
Farview
FlexEye
Freedom Machine
Genie Pro
IBIS FHD
InSight
iPad2
iView
Jordy
Liberty Scholar
Liberty Solo
Maggie
MagniLink Vision 13
Merlin elite Pro
Merlin HD ultra
Merlin mini
Mezzo HD
myReader2
Olympia
Panda
Portix
Premier
Prisma AF
Prodigi
Presto
ProSeries
Pro Zoomer
QuickLook Focus
Quicklook Zoom
Select
Shoppa
SmartView Xtend, Versa and Versa+
Strix
Synergy SI 22″
The View
TOPAZ Desktop Video Magnifiers
TVi Color
VEO HD CCTV
ZACC-S
ZoomEx
Zoom Flex
Zoom Twix
Zoom-Eye
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Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Ariadne
AroundMe
BlindSquare
FourSquare
iPad (with purchase of application)
Kapten PLUS GPS
Nearby Explorer
SeeingEye
StreetTalk VIP
Trekker Breeze
ViaOpta Navigator
Victor Reader Trek (with reader)
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Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
EasyLink
Icon
iPad (with purchase of application)
Maestro
Mobile Speak Pocket
Mobile Magnifier Pocket
Pocket HAL
Voice Sense
VoiceNote mPower QT
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Portable Electronic Magnifiers
Acesight
Amigo HD
Candy and Candy Grip
Capture
ClearView GO
Color Mouse
Compact 6 HD
Compact 6 HD Speech
Compact 10 HD
Compact 10 HD Speech
Crystal
eSight Eyewear (Head-worn)
Explore
Eye-Q
Fusion
IrisVision (head-worn)
i-Stick
LaVoice Solo (also OCR)
Liberty Scholar
Liberty Solo
Looky
Lupo
Mattingly SMART
MaxLupe
Merlin mini
MiniMax
Mobilux
MonoMouse
ManoTouch
myReader2
NuEyes (head-worn)
Olympia
ONYX Deskset HD
ONYX OCR
Pebble
Pico
PocketViewer
Portable SenseView
Portix
ProdigiPro Zoomer
Prodigi (also Desktop & OCR)
QuickLook Focus
Quicklook Zoom
Ruby
seeBOOST (head-worn)
Smartlux Digital
SmartView Xtend, Versa and Versa+
Shoppa
Snow
Strix
The Clue
The Detective
The Investigator
The Prisma
The Solution
TOPAZ Desktop Video Magnifiers
Transformer HD
Traveller HD
TVi Color
Versa
Visolux
ZACC-S
ZoomEx
Zoom Flex
Zoom Twix
Zoom-Eye
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Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
iPad (with purchase of application)
StreetTalk VIP
Trekker Breeze
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Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
EasyLink
Icon
iPad (with purchase of application)
Maestro
Mobile Speak Pocket
Mobile Magnifier Pocket
Pocket HAL
Voice Sense
VoiceNote mPower QT
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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Software and Reading Machines
CDesk
Cicero Text Reader
ClearReader+
ClearView C Full HD Speech
ClearView+ Speech True Color
ClearView+ 24” Full HD Speech
Compact 6 HD Speech
Compact 6 HD Speech Dock
Compact 10 HD Speech
CLiCk, Speak–Free
ClipTalk–Free
Complete Reading System
DaVinci
DaVinci Pro
DEMOSTHeNES–Free
DSpeech
E-bot
Envision Glasses
Extreme Reader XR1
Extreme Reader XR10
Fire Vox–Free
Galileo
JAWS
KNFB iPhone Reader
Kurzweil 1000
Kurzweil 3000
Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind (KNFB) Reader
La Voice Solo (also CCTV)
LookTel (also a smart phone)
MobilEyes
Merlin elite Pro
omniReader
ONYX OCR
Orcam (glasses-mounted)
Poet Compact 2
Portset Reader
Prizmo – Application for iOS 3.1 or later
Prodigi
ReadIris
SARA Scanning and Reading Appliance
SayText – FREE application for iOS 5.0 or later
Sayz Me–Free
ScannaR
Scan2Text
Simon Reading Machine
Smart Reader
Textbridge
TextDetective – Application for iOS 5.0 or later
Ovation
SpeakEasy–Free
Text Cloner Pro
Ultra Hal–Free
TOPAZ OCR
VERA
VIP
Voice Stick
WordTalk–Free
ZoomText
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Screen Magnification
Accessibar–Free
Big.com Web Magnifier–Free
CDesk
Claria Zoom
Dragnifier–Free
EasyRead–Free
E-bot
Ergo
EzMagnifier–Free
Fatbits–Free
iPad
KwikLoupe–Free
Lens –Free
Lightning
Lightning Express–FREE
LowBrowse–FREE
LunarPlus Enhanced Screen Magnifier
MAGic Professional (w/speech)
MAGic Professional (w/out speech)
MAGic Standard (w/speech)
MAGic Standard (w/out speech)
Magnifier Plus
Magnifixer–Free
Magnifying Glass–Free
No Squint–Free
Screen Loupe
Supernova Pro
Supernova Reader Magnifier Standard
Virtual Magnifying Glass–Free
ZoomText Magnifier/Reader
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Screen & Text-to-Speech Readers
Balabolka – FREE
BookCourier
BRLTTY
CakeTalking
C-Desk
ClipSpeak
Connect Outloud
DSpeech – FREE
DeskBot – FREE
Dolphin GuideReader
Dolphin Pen
Hal (Professional)
Hal (Standard)
iPad
iSpeak
iZoom
JAWS (Job Access With Speech)
Kyrathasoft Text To Speech – FREE
MagnifyOutLoud
MagniLink Vision 13
Milestone
Natural Readers–FREE basic version
NVDA (Nonvisual Desktop Access)–FREE
Orca–FREE with Mac Leopard
outSPOKEN
Panopreter
PEARL
Plextalk
PowerTalk – FREE
Prodigi
ReadClip – FREE
Read4Me TTS Clipboard Reader
ReadTheWords
SAToGO–FREE
Screen Daemon–Free
Simultaneous Stanza Reader – For MAC
System Access Stand-alone
System Access Stand-alone Mobile
System Access Surfboard
Telex Scholar
TextAloud
Thunder–FREE
TTS Reader – FREE
Text2Speech – FREE
Ultra Hal
Universal Reader
Verbose
VoiceOver
Victor Reader ClassicX Plus
Victor Reader Trek (Reader and GPS)
WebAnywhere
WindowEyes
Window-Eyes Professional
Windows Narrator
WordReadPlus
yRead
Text-to-Speech Add-on Extensions for Browsers:
FoxVox – for Firefox
SpeakingFox – for Firefox on Mac OS X
SpeakIt! – for Google Chrome
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Speech Recognition Software (Speech-to-Text)
For Macintosh:
Dragon Dictate for Mac
MacSpeech Dictate Medical
MacSpeech Dictate Legal
MacSpeech Scribe
For Windows:
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Freesr Speech Recognition – Free
SpeechGear’s Interact
Tazti
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Free Software
Document Accessibility
Accessible PDF Reader
Accessible UML
Balabolka
Blio
MathPlayer
Obi
PAC
Keyboard Shortcuts
Autohotkey & AutoHotkey_L
HoeKey
Hotkeycontrol XP
KeyTweak
ZenKEY
MapKeyboard
Contrast Adjustment
Dark Screen
ClearType Tuner PowerToy
RapidSet
ssOverlay
T-Bar
Visolve
Washer
Cursors
Bigger Cursors
Chunky Cursors
EnorMouse
Large Pointers
Pointing Magnifier
Miscellaneous
AMIS
DAISY Pipeline
Multimedia Calculator.Net
Save As DAISY
Tazti Speech Recognition Software
WebbIE (Web Browser)
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Braille and Other Tactile Devices
Andromeda
Braille E-Book
Braille+ Mobile Manager
Braille Interpreter
Braille Music Editor
BrailleNote GPS
B-Touch Mobile Phone
Make-Sens Touch Phone
Siafu PC
The Visual Assistance Card
Cell Phones and Mobile Accessibility Devices
Top 10 iPhone Apps for the Visually Impaired
Phones with Screen Readers:
iPad G3 (with free subscription to Gmail Phone)
Mobile Speak (Operating systems: Symbian, Windows Mobile Smartphone, Windows Mobile Pocket PC)
Nuance TALKS (Operating system: Symbian)
Orcam
Smart Hal (Windows Mobile Smartphone)
Apple iPhone (VoiceOver screen reader built in)
Phones with Magnification Software:
Mobile Magnifier (Operating systems: Symbian, Windows Mobile Smartphone, Windows Mobile Pocket PC).
ZOOMS (Operating system: Symbian)
Phones with Voice Control:
LG Series
LG Muziq
Motorola ic502, ic602 and ic902
Nextel i880, and i580
Specialty Phones and Mobile Accessibility Devices:
Coupe — Large font menu and dialing display. Voice commands and dedicated colored keys.
Jitterbug — Basic Samsung phone with large buttons, large screen font, and loud speaker
Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind (KNFB) Reader Mobile (Nokia N82) — Includes scanner/reader and GPS
Owasys 22C screenless phone –Available in the U.S. only for GSM networks like AT&T or T-Mobile
RAY — Includes telephony, messaging, navigation, audio book streaming, visual assistance, object recognition, social network services, and leisure and entertainment services.