VI Software (Visual Impairment)

[jman167]

Hi, i work at Fallibroome High School under the CHESHIRE LEA, and we are unfortunately being forced to use supernova for our VI Students. I was wondering if anybody knew of any other VI software which improve our situation?

 

Any help would be grately appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Jonathan Hambleton

ICT Network Technician

Fallibroome High School

[Michael]

I'm not familiar with supernova, however Windows XP for example allows you to enlarge text and icons for people who are visually impaired. Display Properties > Appearance

 

Microsoft Office 2003 also allows you to have larger buttons which helps. View > Toolbars > Customise. Tick Large icons.

[jman167]

Unfortunately, windows magnifier etc is not enough for us, if you look at the specs of supernova, this is basically what we need, but with a better GUI. Supernova is awful in terms of usability.

[bizzel]

A usability program with awful usability? Oh dear. How about something like Naturally Speaking from Nuance where you can write, speak commands and browse the web with it.

[pscott]

Supernova is the only software we have have found that is suitable for our VI students, unfortuneately you just have to bear with the interface, I know they are currently reworking the whole GUI, so next version shuld be an improvement!