High-Vis Mouse pointers

Mouse pointers which are easy to see but keep out your way. Choose from 4 popular mouse pointer colour schemes or create your own scheme to make the mouse pointer easy to see. You can set the pointer size independent of your magnification level so your text is never hidden by the mouse. With over 200 pointer images included, your mouse pointer has never been so flexible.

Highlight the Mouse, Cursor, Word and More

Highlighting shows your place at a glance. Distinctive shapes and colours draw attention to the mouse pointer, cursor, word, line, Windows focus and Dolphin Cursor so you or a sighted colleague or trainer can easily see where in your application you are working.

Highlighting is ideal for anyone who loses their place, or teaches or trainers wanting to see at a glance where students are working. Highlighting can be toggled off and on with a hotkey or click of a button.

Get more done with multiple monitors. Magnify on one, two or as many displays as required. Choose different levels of magnification and different colour settings for each of your monitors.  Project presentations original size to sighted audiences keeping speaker notes magnified on your laptop; work closely with a trainer or colleague who can follow a clone of your display, but at regular size.

With SuperNova’s multiple monitor support you can even mix and match monitor resolutions and still get great results.  Mix standard and touch screen monitors, from different manufacturers, any resolution. You can even add external monitors to tablets and laptops.

Side by Side

Multitask across 3 screens (or more), each running a different app, with different levels of magnification and the colour scheme that bests suits you and the app. 

Keep an eye on incoming messages on one monitor, prepare your documents on a second, and have a web browser or spreadsheet opened on a third. The number of monitors and which applications, the amount of magnification and which colour scheme each is running, is entirely up to you. Each application is tracked separately so you won't lose your place.

Voices

SuperNova features the high quality, human sounding, Vocalizer Expressive text-to-speech synthesiser to read documents and apps out loud.

Alter voice preferences to suit your ear. Volume, speed and spelling speed can be finely tuned for all voices.

Where your synthesiser allows, use SuperNova to create custom voices by adjusting: Pitch, Intonation, Roughness, Breathiness, Head size and Gender.

Use one voice to speak everything, or separate voices to differentiate between: edit areas, prompt dialogs, menus, Dolphin Cursor or reading entire documents.

Speak as you Type

Characters, words or both can be spoken aloud to improve confidence while writing in any text field such as a document or the Subject field of an email.

Read from Here

Read from Here is for when you simply want to have a document or web page spoken to you in its entirety. Start and stop reading with a single keystroke or mouse click. As the text is spoken, the current word and line is highlighted visually - ideal for sighted trainers or users with some sight.

Quick Navigation Keys

Quick navigation keys skip forward and back through Microsoft Word documents, web pages in Internet Explorer and PDFs in Adobe Reader.  At the touch of a key, rapidly locate: Landmarks, form controls, graphics, headings, links, lists, frames and tables.

Item Finder

Item Finder speeds up navigating complex documents and web pages by listing:

Each list of items can be sorted alphabetically and you can jump directly to any of the listed items.

Text Style Information

Text style information is announced so you can check your documents look great. Fonts, sizes, colours, bold, italic, underline, subscript and superscript changes can all be reported. Ensure accuracy in Microsoft Word where spelling and grammar errors are also indicated. Maximise your productivity and set SuperNova to only report text style information when you need it most. Set text style announcements independently for editing, prompts, menus, document reading or while using the Dolphin Cursor.

Four Built-in Verbosity Schemes

Verbosity tells you about the types and states of over 60 kinds of control as you tab and arrow around web pages, Windows and app dialogs. Hear if checkboxes are checked. Hear the position of sliders. Hear if links have already been visited.

If you are just getting started, choose High Verbosity and SuperNova will remind you which keys to press.

Choose from 4 built-in verbosity schemes or take ultimate control and create your own verbosity. Braille users can choose speech and Braille verbosity independently of each other.

Monitor Markers

Monitor Markers announce changes occurring elsewhere onscreen away from the cursor. Security notifications appearing in your web browser, file download progress, when the other person in an instant message conversation is typing a message, Monitor Markers will cause SuperNova to speak automatically. If you don't want to hear these notifications you can toggle Monitor Markers off and on with a keystroke or from the SuperNova Control Panel.

The Dolphin Cursor

Dolphin Cursor explores the screen and controls the mouse, from the keyboard. Perfect for people who cannot see the screen or find using the mouse difficult.

Automatic Dolphin Cursor

The Automatic Dolphin Cursor switches on in situations where the Dolphin Cursor is needed most - Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader and in Windows Help. (Mouse users can easily switch off the Dolphin Cursor.)

Standard Windows keys such as arrows and TAB are used to logically move the Dolphin Cursor, minimising any learning curve. On the web or in PDFs, use the Quick Navigation keys to jump instantly to the next control, heading, list, table etc.  Physical movement keys are also available for when you need to understand visual layout.

Restricted Dolphin Cursor

Restrict the Dolphin Cursor in the current area and keep focused on the task in hand. Simple hotkeys are available to move away to the next or previous Window or Dialog.

Forms Mode

Forms mode switches off the Dolphin Cursor when you need to type. Simply TAB through a form on a web site and Forms mode takes the guesswork out of when to switch the Dolphin Cursor On and off.

F3 Find

F3 Find locates text on screen for those times when you know exactly what you're looking for but not where to find it. F2 and F4 instantly jump the Dolphin Cursor to the previous and next match.

Text Selection

Text selection with the Dolphin Cursor can copy most messages displayed on your computer screen to the Windows Clipboard for later use in an email or document. Simply hold the shift key and cursor over the text you wish to select then press CONTROL+C to copy it direct to the Windows clipboard. Ideal for quoting web pages or help content, plus copying messages from your applications.

Over 50 literary and computer Braille translation tables included for Braille beginners, language students and computer programmers. Also includes the new Unified English Braille Code alongside traditional Grade I Uncontracted and Grade II Contracted codes.

Routing Buttons

Routing buttons above or below cells on your Braille display are recognised by SuperNova for positioning the cursor precisely, clicking on links and controls or even describing font styles. You can also use the routing buttons with the SHIFT key for selecting text to be used with the clipboard.

Input Keys

Input keys can be used to compose email or write documents in Braille. SuperNova accurately back-translates to standard text which appears in your mainstream application. Reduces the need to keep moving your hands between the Braille display and computer keyboard. Speeds up productivity for users confident writing in Braille.

Enhanced Braille

Enhanced Braille helps you spot style changes in your documents by using dots 7 and 8 to indicate: underline, bold, italics, spelling and grammar errors, subscript and superscript, headings and links.

Physical Braille

Switch to Physical Layout to get a Braille representation of how text is tabulated on your computer screen. Ideal for understanding the context of cells in a table or spread sheet.

Braille Verbosity

Braille verbosity tells you about the types and states of over 60 kinds of control as you tab and arrow around web pages, windows and dialogs. For example, whether checkboxes are checked, the position of sliders and whether links have been visited. Choose the amount of detail from 4 built-in verbosity schemes; take ultimate control by creating your own verbosity scheme; even choose separate verbosity schemes for speech and Braille.

Display Braille on Screen

Sighted trainers and teachers can follow what is happening on the actual Braille display with a fully synchronised on-screen equivalent. You can choose the position and size of On Screen Braille, so it remains visible but never gets in your way. On Screen Braille can also be used to learn Braille visually when no physical Braille display is available.

Control SuperNova Directly from the Braille Display

Whether you want to change a SuperNova setting, read a particular part of the screen or simulate a keystroke, SuperNova's Hotkeys settings let you customise the function of buttons on your Braille display.

Braille Tracking and Hooked Areas

Braille Tracking and Hooked Areas allow you to keep your finger on what's happening in your application away from the active cursor. These tools allow the Braille display to show what you need when you need it.

SuperNova comes with everything you need to get you up and running, right away.

Setup Wizard

The Setup Wizard walks you through the most commonly changed SuperNova settings. Choose your preferences for magnification, visual, speech, Braille, start-up, control panel and the keyboard. Skip steps or go back at any time. The Wizard runs automatically the first time you launch SuperNova, or call it any time from the SuperNova Help menu.

Video Tutorials

Learn SuperNova Magnifier & Screen Reader with our series of short video tutorials.

CAPS+F1 Help

CAPS+F1 Help menu provides convenient access to detailed descriptions of completing tasks when you're in popular applications such as Microsoft Office and on the web. In addition CAPS+F1 includes hotkeys, links to web resources, Windows Basics, SuperNova Manual and Notes.

Conveniently browse and search millions of bestsellers, classics and periodicals with EasyReader for Windows, available in the SuperNova Media tab.

EasyReader provides direct access to the world's largest collection of accessible book and newspaper libraries. Content from Bookshare® and other trusted library partners is made instantly accessible in EasyReader, as users can customise text size, colours and reading speed.

Read directly on any Windows device, or take books with you - use EasyReader to transfer titles to portable MP3 and DAISY players for reading on the go.

Launch Pad

Launch Pad provides instant access to audio, weather and book search. Press a couple of keys to listen to popular radio stations and podcasts, or read RSS News feeds. Users can even use Launch Pad to lookup dictionary definitions, find local weather forecasts, search for books, and find walking directions.

Connect & View ...

...With a Camera

Connect a camera to your computer and SuperNova Connect & View turns your tablet, laptop or desktop into a lightweight, portable video magnifier. 

Magnify newspapers, magazines, bills, labels and even objects onto your computer screen. 

Turn on Connect & View and the viewer displays what ever is under the camera lens.

Video: Connect & View with a Camera

Connect & View comes with a handy toolbar giving users instant access to the most popular features by mouse or touch:-

• Increase and decrease the magnification

Use the increase and decrease magnification buttons on the toolbar to zoom in and out for comfortable viewing. Touchscreen users can also adjust the magnification with a 2 finger stretch  or pinch.

• Rotate the image in the viewer

Convenient for when your document is accidentally upside down.  

• Colour changer

If the image is difficult to see or the contrast poor, adjust the colours by repeatedly pressing the colour changer button that cycles through a variety of the most popular schemes including invert brightness, high contrast black on white, high contrast white on black, yellow on blue, white on blue and yellow on black.

• Lock your camera’s auto focus

If your camera includes an auto focus feature, you may prefer to turn it off as it can be distracting with magnification applied or when under fluorescent lighting.

• Capture the image for further exploration

The capture image button copies the camera’s image, unmagnified, which can then be saved or added to a document for future reference.  Alternatively SuperNova can convert the image into text and read aloud using SuperNova’s "Scan and Read" options.  Also:

• Adjust the viewing area to top, bottom, left or right side of the screen; and change the viewing area size to fill 80%, 50% or 20% of your screen, or even sent to a second monitor.
• No need to move your worksheet around under the camera, or use an X-Y table – use the mouse or touch to explore your document easily.

SuperNova Connect & View is also compatible with many portable video magnifier solutions including the NordicEye Solo, Reinecker Topolino and the Papenmeier Visualex Maki. Read the complete list of Connect & View compatible video magnifiers.

...the Teachers’ Interactive Whiteboard

With Connect & View from SuperNova, partially sighted students can connect to and magnify the teacher's interactive whiteboard on their own tablet or laptop.  The student can then customise the view to meet their own magnification and colour scheme needs.  The split screen feature enables them to make notes at the same time as monitoring what’s happening on the whiteboard.

Connect & View enables partially sighted students in mainstream classroom environments to work alongside their peers in the same way. Connect & View is quick and easy to set up at the beginning of a lesson and offers password enabled access for security. Inbuilt snapshot technology means a student can save a copy of the magnified screen at any time for use when they need it.

With SuperNova Connect & View low vision students can:

• Magnify and explore the smartboard in comfort from their  own laptop or tablet
• Apply a colour scheme to suit the information and their sight
• View the magnified smartboard and their app, side by side
• Take a snapshot for further exploration at their own pace or for a later date
• Take a snapshot to read at home - quicker and more accurate than notetaking
• Track the teacher’s mouse or cursor at the click of a button.
• Create a profile for each classroom to ensure a quick start to each new lesson.