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Duxbury Systems leads the world in software for braille. The Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT) and MegaDots, are used by virtually all of the world's leading braille publishers. No one supports more languages than Duxbury Systems - DBT supports grade 1 and grade 2 translation in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Malaysian, Swedish, and other languages. Our software can produce contracted and uncontracted braille, mathematics, and technical braille.

• DBT can now be installed in Windows Vista.
• There have been general improvements in embosser support, editing, Scientific Notebook imports, JAWS Scripts, GOODFEEL integration, Braille-Build, HTML/SGML imports, and formatting.
• Translation support has been added for the Amharic, Khmer and Ukrainian languages, and improved for French/Quebec, English/Unified, and numerous others.
• Documentation improvements include "Tips for Vista Users" and a "Table Example" for MS Word.

What does our software for braille look like?

Whether you are blind or sighted, our software comes up as a standard modern application, fully accessible AND fully in tune with the latest advances in operating systems and sister applications.

With Zoom-Ex you can read fast and efficiently for hours.

Zoom-Ex connects to your laptop or desktop PC and captures the entire letter-sized page and saves it in digital format. You then can gradually increase the magnification up to 40X and navigate the saved page using a mouse, a keyboard, or a control pad. No need for an X-Y table, no head movements, no headaches.

With a single click you can separate the pictures from the text and reformat the latter for easy reading. Zoom-Ex will automatically add line breaks into the text to make the enlarged lines fit the width of the screen. Just scroll up and down to read the whole page. You can also select any combination of the foreground and background colours.

Zoom-Ex enables you to go beyond just effective reading. It revolutionises the way in which you work with printed matter. You can print the entire magnified text on as many pages as needed. Zoom-Ex wraps the text, lines will never run off the page. Read the printed pages one after another as you would read a book with large fonts. You can save the entire page for future reading, send it through e-mail to your friends, import pages saved by others back to Zoom-Ex.

Portable video magnifier with up to 18 times magnification. The rotating camera has a position for reading, one for writing and also works as the on and off switch. It weighs just 250g, making it one of the lightest on the market. The high contrast colour mode can be customised offering a choice of eight text colours and eight background colours.

• magnification from three to 18 times in nine steps
• 10.9cm (4.3") widescreen display
• five standard colour modes with options to customise
• lightweight, only 250 grams
• image capture facility
• durable rubberised casing
• four hour battery life
• auto power off
• supplied with charger, wrist strap and carry case

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Prisma is a full colour video magnifier with a stylish, adjustable camera stand and integral table that allows a tremendous range of magnification in a convenient size. The simple controls allow you to view in full colour or enhanced reading modes. Magnification is achieved by raising and lowering the camera and re-focussing with the large focus control located on the top of the unit. Prisma uses a standard TV for its display so you can take it anywhere to read or work. The clearance under the camera allows you to write easily and even perform hand tasks such as needlework or carving.

The unit folds to a mere 6cm when not in use so it can be transported or stowed away easily. The aluminium extrusions used in its construction lend Prisma a stylish appearance and a weight of 1.1kg.

Key benefits

Lightweight and portable, Prisma uses a standard TV for its display so you can take it anywhere. Full colour - you can magnify photographs, maps or just about anything in their original colours. Wide magnification range (x3 to x35 on a 14" TV) enables you to get an overview and to zoom in for detail. Enhanced reading modes for comfort and ease of reading.

What is EasyConverter?

How many times have you had to rip the spine off a textbook and scan in the pages to make a Braille version for one student - and then later photocopy the same book to create it in large print for someone else?

EasyConverter quickly creates Large Print, MP3, DAISY and Braille versions of learning materials that can either be scanned from paper, or input from Word, PDF, html or text files.

How does EasyConverter work?

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Who uses EasyConverter?

EasyConverter is designed for use in schools, colleges, universities, small or large companies and government organisations. EasyConverter is simple to use for those with no altformat creation experience, and is equally suited to experienced professionals looking for a single flexible high quality altformat creation tool to meet the needs of dyslexic, visually impaired and learning disabled students.