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Entertainment and Play

Systems to allow participation in various forms of entertainment and play.
Orato

A text to speech software. Copy text to a clipboard to have it read out to you in a separate viewing pane with customiseable fonts, colours and word tracking.

OBR

A Windows software that allows users to "read" single and double-sided Braille documents with a standard scanner. The retrieved information is presented as the text that can be used in all types of Windows applications.

Screenshot of ZoomIt dialogue window, reading "After toggling Zoomit you can zoom in with the mouse wheel or up and down arrow keys.  Exit zoom mode with Escape or by pressing the right mouse button."

ZoomIt is a screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations.

Wordtalk toolbar in a long horizontal strip with a series of letters and symbols.

A free text-to-speech plugin developed for use with versions of Microsoft Word from Word 97 up to Word 2016. It speaks the text of the document and highlights it as it speaks.

A purple eye graphic with a white circle around it.

Window-Eyes is screen reader software for Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox, and is compatible with Braille displays.

Voice4u pictogram word selection menu shows file folders with icons labeling them, A red thick arrow points to another menu that expands one of the file folders which was chosen, shown by a finger pointing to it and a dashed red square around it. The icons from the file folder are shown in a grid of 3 rows of 4 pics. One is chosen, shown by the finger and red square, and has a speech bubble with the word "happy" and a sound symbol.

A picture-based communication app for those with speech challenges.

Zoomed-in view of the on-screen magnification glass over on a desktop icon.

A free, open-source, screen magnifier, for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X.

TICO AAC symbol board.

A free, open source symbol (or text) based dynamic display alternative and augmentative communication program for individuals with physical and or cognitive disabilities.

Small device in the shape of a flash drive with a lid, accompanying in-ear headphones, and usb cable.

A portable and simple screenreader that is tailored for blind persons and LD/early readers that may be new to using a computer.

Screenshot of a text document featuring a section of the document magnified in a circle.

A full screen magnifying software for Windows.