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.
About This Page
Published: Mar. 16, 2009
Updated: July 8, 2009
URL: http://www.dukehealth.org/eye_center/specialties/low_vision_rehabilitation/care_guides/electronic_magnification