Magnifiers for the Macintosh

• Text magnification is built into the Mac operating system.
• Coloristic: Magnify the area around your mouse cursor.
• Lupe for Macintosh: Use this free screen magnifier to enlarge the area around your cursor from two to eight times.
• Macintosh Software Toolkit: Download these freeware and shareware utilities that help sight impaired people access Macintosh computers.

Electronic, Handheld Magnifiers

• DinoView portable: Use this petite, handheld device to magnify any documents you’re having trouble reading.
• Amigo: Get the only portable magnifier that boasts variable magnification and a user-replacable rechargable-battery.
• Opal: Own the world’s smallest, most feature-packed video magnifier.
• Nemo: Magnify any text with your portable, pocket-sized magnifier.
• Smartview Series: Check out the four new electronic magnifiers from Humanware.
• The Eyeclops: Make seeing fun with the Eyeclops Bionic Eye.
• Sapphire: Read your prescriptions more easily with this seven-inch portable video magnifier, complete with a cradle for your prescription bottles.
• The Looky: Carry this lightweight digital magnifier in your pocket, and use it whenever you need.
• Sightmate: Wear a comfortable digital magnifier just like glasses and you’ll be reading better in no time.

Electronic, Desktop Magnifiers (CCTV)

• Topaz: Watch a demo to see how this desktop electronic magnifier will make reading easier.
• Smartview Xtend: Make everyday activities like viewing photos, reading labels, browsing through a magazine, writing cheques, and doing a crossword easy once again with this desktop magnifier.
• Enhanced Vision: View a variety of different desktop magnifiers and choose the one that best suits your individual needs.
• Onyx: See different desktop magnifiers that are portable enough to take with you from work to the office. Watch a video to learn how Onyx can make your viewing easier.
• Primer CCTV: Use the simple, hand-held camera to magnify any image onto your TV or computer screen.
• Presto CCTV: Watch television on this simple-to-use CCTV by Ash Vision.
• MyReader2: Read more and store more (ten pages at a time) with MyReader’s flexible capabilities.
• CCTV comparative prices: Compare prices on all the new CCTV technology.

Magnifiers for Web Browsers

Magnifiers for Internet Explorer

• Browser Buddy: Highlight keywords and selections and magnify text with this Internet Explorer add-on.
• ProSurf: Customize your computer interface to suit your low vision needs.
• Hyperjoint Zoom Buttons: Add zoom buttons to your Internet Explorer browser and zoom easily on all Web pages.

Firefox Browser Add-ons

• No Squint: Adjust the default text zoom level for any site; customize the add-on to remember all your zoom settings.
• Low Browse: Get information about Lighthouse International’s Firefox add-on. Read the press release and get started using this assistive technology today.
• Fire Vox: Download this screen reader add-on for Firefox and magnify the text you’re trying to read or have it read to you.
• Web Visum: Magnify text, increase contrast, and enjoy CAPTCHA image solving.

Magnifiers and Software for Computer Screen

Commercial Computer Magnifiers

• Magic: View magnified information on your computer and choose whether to hear it through a built-in speech synthesizer as well.
• Zoomware and ZoomText: Read high-definition text and listen to your documents applications be read to you by a human-sounding synthesizer.
• Lunar & Lunar Plus: Reduce eye strain and increase the magnification during the day as your eyes become tired or to suit levels of visual impairment.

Free & Low Cost Computer Magnifiers

• Magnifiers Home Links: Search a list of computer magnifiers that are organized according to operating systems.
• Dragnifier: Magnify the area around your mouse to assist in reading the computer screen.
• OneLoupe: Enlarge everything on the page with this user-friendly screen magnifier.  Get detailed instructions on how to use this software.
• DesktopZoom 3.2: Choose how you want to zoom -- around the mouse, a fixed window or the entire desktop – and use the mouse inside the zoomed window.
• Screen Loupe: Magnify the area on your screen that you want to see and use the great screen capture utilities to capture the image for further perusal.