[Athen] Magnification Software Suggestions

[David Andrews]

There have been no announcements yet, to the best 
of my knowledge.  I think they are still 
digesting the large meal they have eaten over the past year.

Dave

At 10:18 PM 4/1/2017, you wrote:

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>Since both companies Freedom Scientific and 

>AiSquared have both gone under the umbrella of 

>VFO, I’m wondering if Magic and Zoomtext are 

>going to be merged as well.  Anyone heard?

>

>Leyna

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>[mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] 

>On Behalf Of Hegney, Shaun

>Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 10:21 AM

>To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

>Subject: Re: [Athen] Magnification Software Suggestions

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>Hi Lori,

>

>I’ve heard several times that Zoomtext has 

>been giving people problems. I use it myself and 

>it tends to go through waves of everything is fine and then problems start.

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>I’ve been told Magic by Freedom Scientific  is 

>very similar and is as of now having fewer 

>problems. It may be something to check into.

>

>Here is the link to the product page

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><http://www.freedomscientific.com/Products/LowVision/MAGic>Magic

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>

>Shaun Hegney

>Program Specialist 2

>Disability Support Services

>Spokane Falls Community College

>509-533-3544

><mailto:Shaun.Hegney at sfcc.spokane.edu>Shaun.Hegney at sfcc.spokane.edu

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>From: athen-list 

>[<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu>mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] 

>On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t)

>Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 6:51 AM

>To: ATHEN <<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>athen-list at u.washington.edu>

>Subject: [Athen] Magnification Software Suggestions

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>Good morning everyone and happy Friday!

>

>We have a staff member who has been a ZoomText 

>user for a number of years but is now 

>experiencing a number of issues after moving 

>from Win 7 (32 bit) to Win 7 (64 bit). After the 

>move to 7/64, his ZoomText was upgrade from 10 

>to 11 and the issues started. The department’s 

>current OS standard is 7 but is scheduled to be 

>upgraded to Windows 10 next year. This user can 

>be moved sooner if a solution can be found.

>

>Here is an explanation from his tech support person:

>We've had nothing but problems with ZoomText 10 

>and 11.  It often freezes or the mouse cursor 

>goes haywire when a couple of our 

>library-specific applications are used and the 

>reader sometimes just stops working and ZoomText 

>has to be closed and restarted to get it working 

>again.  Also since upgrading to Office 2016 the 

>user does not like the color schemes in Outlook 

>and how they appear in ZoomText.  ZoomText tech 

>support hasn't really been able to come up with any solutions.

>

>Any suggestions to help in solving the ZoomText 

>problem or suggestions for a more stable 

>software package for this OS environment?

>

>Thank you in advance for any guidance,

>

>Lori

>

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>Lori Kressin

>Coordinator of Academic Accessibility

>Office of the Executive VP and Provost • Univ. of Virgginia

>102 Cresap Rd • POB 400199 • Charlottesville, VA • 22903

>[434] 982-5784

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