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Access Electronic Documents

Change the size, fonts, colors of electronic documents, or read aloud
A thin, rectangular braille writer with a row of control buttons below a row of braille cells.

A braille reader offering 40 Braille cells, an optional built-in screen reader and high range integrated Bluetooth technology. 

A screenshot of GhostReader showing how it works on an Apple device.

GhostReader is a fully customizable Text to Speech app that allows the user to listen to written text on the Mac.

A usb drive with "SPIKA" written on side.

A thumb-drive based text reader.

A free standing arm with a camera on the end which is placed above a document.

A reading machine that includes a flat positioning mat to guide blind users where to place the document they want to read. 

Sleek, minimalist Braille Cell Device with a row of 8 buttons followed by braille.

Stand alone Braille display with an integrated keyboard, built-in applications, and Bluetooth or USB connectivity.

An animated parrot reading text that is converted to speech.

Microsoft Agent is a free desktop/web technology for Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista featuring animated characters that support text-to-speech (TTS) in 11 different languages.

A fixed camera bed extends high over image to capture all of the large surface areas beneath it. 

A software and camera solution that makes the printed text accessible to people who are visually impaired, including books, magazines, business documents and more. 

Screenshot of a Windows Magnifier tab with a portion of the screen magnified.

Magnifier makes part or all of your screen bigger so you can see words and images better.

WebAnywhere browser frame and content frame.

A web-based screen reader for the web. It requires no special software to be installed on the client machine and, therefore, enables blind people to access the web from any computer they happen to have access to that has a sound card. Visit wa.cs.washington.edu to access WebAnywhere directly.

Stylized image of a yellow mailbox with the door opened and the red flag up.

QualiMAIL is an email application that allows the user to manage email correspondence without needing a physical keyboard or a mouse.