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myReader2 is the world's first low vision auto-reader. Designed to benefit people who have eye conditions such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, cataracts and glaucoma myReader2 promises to revolutionize the low vision market forever.
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myReader2 enables those with low vision to go beyond just reading bills and writing shopping lists, and to once again read their favorite books with ease. You quickly take images of book or magazine pages and myReader2 rearranges the text onscreen. You choose how you prefer the text to appear, making reading easy again.
Column Layout
Row Layout
Word Layout
Breakthrough multi-page storage capability, improved page processing and low contrast improvements, together with user interface improvements allow even greater freedom and comfort for sustained reading.
- Easy page viewing. With myReader2, the user can simply capture a page image, then pan around the image onscreen - no need to move an X-Y table around. All with flexible features like image resizing, contrast and color controls.
- "Auto-reader" capability. myReader2 can process the captured image and convert it into a flexible stream of words. This allows myReader2 to display the text in a single column, a single row or a word at a time - no panning left to right, up and down to read.
- Compact, flexible, attractive unit. myReader2 has the same size and shape as the original myReader - a single, compact, folding unit with a built-in color LCD screen. myReader2 is easy to transport to and from school, home and office.
myReader2 New Features
myReader2 adds a breakthrough new feature and three key improvements:
- Multi-page storage. The breakthrough feature in myReader2 is multi-page storage. Users can capture up to 10 pages, then read through them as quickly or slowly as desired. An additional three reference pages can also be stored and used again and again.
- Easier user interface. myReader2 has a simplified user interface, based on extensive hands-on user testing, that makes the most-needed features easier to access.
- Improved page processing. myReader's key capability is recognizing columns and word breaks on a page to convert all of the text into a single stream. myReader2 improves on this, handling a wider variety of pages quickly and easily.
- Low contrast improvements. myReader2 does a better job of handling low contrast paper/print combinations found in many publications.
Cast your eye over these advanced myReader2 features:
- Full page document capture: myReader2's full page document capture
makes automatic reading possible. With one touch of a button myReader2 captures
an image of whatever is on the viewing table and rearranges it to fit on
the screen according to your preferences. When reading with myReader2 you
only have to scroll in one direction - no longer are you required to have
to move back and forth trying to find the last line you were reading.
Once text is captured it can be presented according to your specific preference. Choose text to be presented as a neatly wrapped paragraph (column layout), as a continuous line (row layout) and one word at a time (word layout) - examples of these preferences are shown above.
- Improved Navigation: myReader2 has no XY table. All navigation is
done using the control panel. Using this users are able to navigate around
a document without having to physically move the document. Unlike other
products myReader2 brings the words to the user. This reduces the mental
and physical fatigue that people often experience when using a device fitted
with an XY table.
- Automatic scrolling: With myReader2 you can set the text to scroll
automatically at the touch of a dial, while maintaining the control of the
speed. If you prefer you can control the scrolling manually or step through
the text a screen at a time.
- Built-in 15" LCD screen: myReader2 operates at 75Hz so the
super sharp LCD screen is flicker free and radiation free. For added comfort,
the monitors height and tilt angle can be adjusted to suit the users requirements.
By having a built-in LCD monitor and no XY table, myReader2 only takes up
a limited amount of space.
- Simple controls: myReader2 is operated via a separate control panel,
which is clearly labeled and easy to use. The control panel is designed
to allow users to operate myReader2 for long periods. The control panel allows
users to: adjust the speed they are reading at, manually navigate through
a document, advance through the text a screen at a time, change display
modes, select a new document, change the size and colors on the screen,
set margins and access menus.
- Greater transportability: In three easy steps myReader2 folds up
into a compact unit. Weighing only 22lb/10kg and including an integrated
carry handle, myReader2 can be picked up and easily carried from room to
room with ease.
- Retaining the best: As well as incorporating all the functionality
outlined above, myReader2 retains some of the best features of a standard video
magnifier, including: a "live" mode for handwriting, viewing pictures and other manual tasks, a range a contrasting color combinations for presenting
text, autofocus and split-screen PC operation.
- Design Expertise: SmartSense is the technology powering myReader2.
Developed by Pulse Data International's Research and Development team, SmartSense
enables myReader2 to recognize, rewrap and control the text in documents
it scans.
One year manufacturer's warranty.
myReader case study shows benefits
Visio Het Loo Erf, is a rehabilitation centre for visually impaired people in the Netherlands performed an interesting case study to learn more about the benefits or an auto-reader. The centre compared myReader to a CCTV magnifier - devices that magnify pages, but don't capture an image nor reformat text.
CCTV magnifiers are good for tasks such as filling out forms, for looking at pictures, and for spot reading such as reading a prescription bottle. But sustained reading is difficult, with users having to move an X-Y table with the document left and right, up and down as they read.
Three case studies revealed:
- Improvements in comfort. All respondents found myReader more comfortable to use than a CCTV - no nausea, sore muscles or eyestrain.
- Improvements in reading speed. Reading speed improved significantly, almost tripling in one case.
- Improvements in comprehension. All users understood more; one went from almost no comprehension to 100% correct on a follow-up test.
- An increase in time spent reading. With a CCTV magnifier, ten minutes was found to be too long for some users. With myReader, one user went on reading for two hours.
The case studies supported the verdict of thousands of users that myReader - and now, myReader2, especially with multi-page storage capability - remains the best tool for sustained reading.
