Dolphin SuperNova Magnifier and Screen Reader

Magnifier, screen reader and braille for Windows that grows with you and your sight, for life.

Whether shopping online with the latest web browsers, creating spreadsheets and slideshows in Microsoft Office, or reading your letters and other hard copy documents, with SuperNova Magnifier & Screen Reader you can find your perfect blend of magnification, screen reading and braille to get the job done.

If your sight deteriorates, or your task requires greater detail, with SuperNova you can: boost magnification, announce punctuation, replace difficult colours, increase verbosity, hear webpages, turn on braille. Choose the Magnifier & Screen Reader edition and be assured that SuperNova can grow with you and your sight, for life. 

Each single user licence will allow installations on 3 separate devices for one user.

Download a free 30-day trial of SuperNova Magnifier & Screen Reader.

Crystal Clear Magnification

• 1.2 to 64 times magnification, with 28 sizes to choose from
• True Font magnification means text always looks beautifully smooth.
• 8 magnifier views including: full screen, split screen and a movable magnifying glass
• Automatic tracking ensures when you move your mouse pointer, type in text, or tab between links, the magnifier follows seamlessly

Scan and Read Aloud Documents and Letters

• Includes OCR (Optical Character Recognition) so you can scan and read print documents - just add a scanner
• Scan and read inaccessible digital PDF documents
• Convert, edit and save copies of your paper documents directly in MS Word
• Read inaccessible text included in on-screen images

Human Sounding Speech

• Choice of high quality, human sounding synthesisers
• Speak as you Type announces characters, words or both
• Read from Here announces whole documents or web page with a single keystroke or mouse click
• Turn speech on or off, as needed
• Male and female voices in more than 30 different accents and languages available on request

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Complete Screen Reader

• Text style information announced including: Fonts, sizes, colours, bold, italic, underline, subscript and superscript changes
• Choose from 4 verbosity schemes or create your own
• Monitor Markers observe and announce, with speech or braille, a change occurring elsewhere on your screen

Quick Navigation

• Quick navigation keys skip through web pages, Word docs and PDFs rapidly locating key elements
• Item Finder speeds up navigating complex documents and web pages, listing: Links, Headings, Comments and more
• The Dolphin Cursor explores the screen and controls the mouse, from the keyboard

Braille Display Support

• Supports 50+ literary & computer braille codes for beginners, language students and programmers.
• Includes the new Unified English Braille Code alongside traditional Grade I Uncontracted and Grade II Contracted codes.
• 60+ braille displays supported including models from Optelec, Humanware, HIMS, Papenmeier and Orbit

High Contrast Colours

• 24 colour schemes each carefully designed to reduce glare and maximise comfort
• Alternatively create a bespoke scheme, adjusting brightness, contrast or tint
• Replace difficult to see colours with shades that you recognise

Bold Fonts and Sharpen Images

• Turn on Bold Fonts and boost the clarity of magnified text in Windows and your favourite apps. Ideal for websites that use light weight fonts or low contrast font colours.
• Sharpen images to make the details easier to see. Perfect for viewing photos or low contrast website images.

Touchscreen Magnification - Easy as 1, 2, 3

Tablets and touchscreen access with SuperNova is effortless:

• Use 1 finger to pan SuperNova’s magnifier around documents and apps
• Use 2 fingers to pinch and stretch, changing the amount of magnification in any app
• Use 3 fingers to tap and change the colours and find more magnifier options
• SuperNova also includes a high contrast large print, onscreen keyboard which fits the screen width and lets you see what you’re typing.

Multiple Monitor Support

• Magnify on one, two, three or as many displays as required
• Multi-task with each document magnified on a separate screen
• Choose different levels of magnification and different colour settings for each of your monitors
• Display presentations original size to sighted audiences, keeping speaker notes magnified
• Mix & match standard and touch screen monitors, with a variety of resolutions and still get great results

Large Mouse Pointers and Focus Highlights

Choose from 4 large mouse pointer schemes or create your own:

• Set the pointer size independent of your magnification level so your text is never hidden by the mouse
• More than 200 pointers to choose from
• Choose from 6 highlighting schemes or create your own:
• Highlight the mouse pointer, cursor, word, line, Windows focus and Dolphin Cursor
• Select your preferred shape, colour, tint, size and level of transparency

Magnified Access to your Favourite Apps

Magnify all of your favourite applications, including:

• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer
• Skype
• Thunderbird and Windows Mail
• and hundreds more

Help Getting Started with SuperNova

SuperNova comes with everything you need to get you up and running, right away:

F1 and CAPS+F1 Help menus provide convenient access to detailed help for both SuperNova and using SuperNova with popular applications.

Key Describe Mode is great for beginners learning their way around the keyboard. Press any key on the keyboard and SuperNova will speak and braille what those keys do, but without actually carrying out the function

SuperNova Large Print Keyboard

• High contrast, large print keys
• 18 easy to locate, tactile 'Quick Buttons'
• Fewer hotkeys to remember
• Ideal for both novice and experienced keyboard users

Use the Quick buttons to access your favourite SuperNova features, including:

• Open the SuperNova control panel
• Increase and decrease the magnification
• Switch on high contrast colour schemes
• Turn the speech on and off

Software Maintance Agreements are available for all Dolphin software and provide the following benefits:

ALL major upgrades for 12 months

SMAs, Software Maintance Agreements for organisations includes all major upgrades for the 12 months of your SMA. Recent SuperNova upgrades have included exciting new innovations, as well as support for the latest operating systems: Windows 10 support, touchscreen magnification – perfect for tablets and touchscreen laptops - Scan & Read, Connect & View via a camera & more.

For users required to make and recieve phone calls who still require use of speech software, the Duo-Comm2 and adaptor can enable this.