Really appreciate the breakdown of the video structure you provided at the beginning! Since becoming visually impaired, my ability to and stamina for learning information is not nearly what it used to be. So, having some kind of structure laid out at the beginning like this makes it easier for me to not just get overwhelmed and give up.
This software was a life saver for me. I’ve used Zoom Text for over 10 years. After using Supernova this week, I’m definitely not going back to ZT. I feel like my vision has significantly improved, and plus my computer stopped crashing.
This software looks amazing. The price isn’t horrible for what it does and being that not a huge array of people are going to be buying this. The only thing that I really hate about low vision, software, and products is to solve the price makes them inaccessible. $1000 to a lot of people is a huge amount for them to bring out of their budget if they are disabled. But it looks amazing.
I used to have supernova magnifier on my work laptop when it was windows 7. When work swapped my laptop for a windows 10 machine I had supernova installed again and it just didn’t play nicely. Very laggy and unusable. Spoke to dolphin support and the laptop spec seemed fine but it just would not work well so I have used the windows magnifier instead. Recently changed laptop to a machine with more RAM and newer CPU so decided to get supernova installed again. Worked a bit better this time but still problems, outlook and chrome crashing several times in just a couple of hours use. So I gave up again. We have a lot of extra security software on our work machines and I guess it’s just not compatible with supernova but it is disappointing to have to give up on it as whilst windows magnifier is fine, it’s not as featured as supernova. Thanks for the review. Just sub’d to your channel. Been living with Stargardt’s for the last 18 years. Luckily my vision isn’t too bad overall but still challenges me everyday
2:46 Can I set the control panel to dark mode? 3:50 Can I customize these shortcuts to different key bindings? 4:50 Is there a quick overview mode, where I can toggle full screen magnification but zoom out temporarily to get a quick overview by holding down a key?
Hi Sam, after two or so years now living the visually impaired life, I'm finally realising how much it has affected my ability to learn. Pre V I P, I was always happy to bare bones my tech as much as possible, and Google the crap out of issues I needed to resolve. Now I find I need to focus so hard mentally to do things that used to be straightforward, and it's really hard to learn unintuitive things like a lot of software. So I'm excited Dolphin has come out with this sc reen reader that sounds maybe easier to learn than JAWS for me, plus Dolphin is the company that makes the Reader program my country uses to access the public library offerings for the print disabled.
Hello. You should try a screen reader called NVDA. It is free and open source. It is much better then supernova and at least as good as jaws if not better. It uses a lot of the same hotkeys as jaws, so it should not be so hard to lern if you have used jaws.
Wow! I have used ZoomText for years and love it but after seeing this I think this one might be better! You can't scan and read documents with zoomtext, and sometimes I really need that ability.
This is real awesome thanks for sharing I'm definitely going to have to look into this because what I've been trying to usr lately that I was told to try isn't working out for me though.
Hey Sam! Great video! Hahahaha. Less system boggy than Zoomtext huh? That's good to know. 😀 I tried out the free 30 day trial, but I went back to magnifier.
I love ZoomText. I just got the permanent license from my vision specialist and I'm in love 😂. I think it's the same as with phones -everything is preferences and what we're using our computers too.
This looks like a great option. With Zoomtext being so very heavy on a system and the features aren't as great as they were at one time. And, the price sounds really good as well. Thanks for doing this video. Maybe you could do an additional video getting into all the other features of this product.
Great tool. I just got a Magnalink Tab, so this is just a few days late... But I noticed you have a large-screen monitor with touch? m What is that device? I would like to know what manufacturer and model you use. I'm a CAD engineer, and I really could use something like that, but I have no idea where to even start the search. Thanks for any feedback.
I've been using jaws/nvda for screen reader, and with the latest windows 10 the cntl + win + C to invert the color. Can you buy pieces of supernova? like the camera option only?
Anyone knows how SuperNova deals with RDP sessions or if it runs on virtual machines? Couldn't get ZT to work on my Win10 VM which i need to access to work for my company from home.
I was tester of both at almost the same time for Win10. Speed is the same now, Supernova is more stable, less resource heavy, less buggy it starts longer has much more features but i can6find SAPI 5 TTS engine support it seems to work only with Supernova voices can't find way to use my old UVONA or Microsoft voices. Mouse pointers are hideous ugly and not customizable from 1995 worst I've seen. Colour Schemes customization is horrible too accidentally i made it such way i couldn't see a thing very hard to achieve effect i want. Even now on newest version i found areas that were inaccessible. Very poor translations many errors sentences making no sense often. Zoomtext is compatible with all voices, has no Braille which only Fusion version has but is restricted to few limited countries, starts much faster, has much more intuitive UI menus much easier and pleasant to use but is less stable, has but more compatibility problems, Gigs up more resources. Very customizable mouse pointers, good options for color custom schemes, everything is so much easier to configure. Cameras mode is much more powerful on Supernova.
This is cool software. It seems like the Microsoft magnifier is not as good as this one is? It would be cool if while you are using it as a CCTV it would tell you that if a document was straight and/or it would straighten it up for you when you take that snapshot it would be straight and then you can crop it? In the description, I can't find a direct link to the camera or keyboard? How much are these items each?
The link takes you to the supernova page where those other items are listed as well. On that page, you can click on the product to take you to its own page.
Span view is designed for users that want to use multiple monitors to create one larger magnified view. Using 2 monitors at 2x magnification will fit the entire desktop width across your displays.
@@davecharlesspencer Oh, I'm sorry Dave, you wrote SCAN so I thought you were looking for it to scan (needed for people who are using mouse alternatives). Sorry for the confusion, YES, SuperNova has span view.
So I am flabbergasted! This makes no sense. Why on God's green earth would anybody think it is a good idea to pay hundreds of dollars: or tens of hundreds of dollars to purchase a magnifier/screen reader when you pc already has these features. I did not see anything here to justify the price and I did not see anything here that I can not already do on my pc or my wife's laptop just by making use of the accessability settings. This looks like a high priced solution to a problem that has already been solved and for free.
This channel seems to be primarily concerned with visual aids for the visually impaired it’s not really a blind persons channel it’s a person with visual impairments no blind people need magnifying glasses just a little tip
There is no single definition of blind. Legally blind people have 20/200 or worse vision in their better eye, so they can still see some, but need help. I am legally blind but am able to type this on my phone by using vision accessibility features on it. Plus, there are differences in the ways blindness manifests. I have Proliferate Diabetic Retinopathy and Sam has Stargardt disease and blindness affects us very differently. I have very little peripheral vision and Sam basically has only peripheral vision. You guys really need to educate yourselves some more before posting such an insensitive comment. Especially on a channel dedicated to helping blind people.
@@james39562 yes but not all of us use features such as zoom some of us require audio feedback such as voice-over. I have a vision impairment visually impaired. I am not completely blind but I rely on audio A lot and I am using voice-over right now on my phone.
Actually, this episode addresses a computer tool. Other episodes on this channel highlight other tools such as white cane tips, for example. Lots of different tools for lots of different levels. I would urge you to check out the channel more before you make a final judgment.
As many others have said already, I do my best to feature information and products for all levels of vision loss. Yes, probably the majority of my videos are for low vision instead of total blindness, because that’s what I have and that’s what I know. But, once again, as others have pointed out, I’ve done tons of videos on screen readers, braille devices, orientation and mobility, living the cane life, guide dogs, etc. I wouldn’t be a good VIP if I discriminated against certain vision levels.
Really appreciate the breakdown of the video structure you provided at the beginning! Since becoming visually impaired, my ability to and stamina for learning information is not nearly what it used to be. So, having some kind of structure laid out at the beginning like this makes it easier for me to not just get overwhelmed and give up.
Hi Sam I've been using super nova since 2003 it really helps me with my computer use. I only use Mag
This software was a life saver for me. I’ve used Zoom Text for over 10 years. After using Supernova this week, I’m definitely not going back to ZT. I feel like my vision has significantly improved, and plus my computer stopped crashing.
Great to hear!
This software looks amazing.
I am new to all of this could you do a video on your computer and monitor set up? that would be so helpful.
This software looks amazing. The price isn’t horrible for what it does and being that not a huge array of people are going to be buying this. The only thing that I really hate about low vision, software, and products is to solve the price makes them inaccessible. $1000 to a lot of people is a huge amount for them to bring out of their budget if they are disabled. But it looks amazing.
Thanks for making this video. I am a zoom text user and JAWS user you would recommend sticking with those right
I just bought the Dolphin USB. Cant wait for it to get here!!!
I used to have supernova magnifier on my work laptop when it was windows 7. When work swapped my laptop for a windows 10 machine I had supernova installed again and it just didn’t play nicely. Very laggy and unusable. Spoke to dolphin support and the laptop spec seemed fine but it just would not work well so I have used the windows magnifier instead. Recently changed laptop to a machine with more RAM and newer CPU so decided to get supernova installed again. Worked a bit better this time but still problems, outlook and chrome crashing several times in just a couple of hours use. So I gave up again. We have a lot of extra security software on our work machines and I guess it’s just not compatible with supernova but it is disappointing to have to give up on it as whilst windows magnifier is fine, it’s not as featured as supernova.
Thanks for the review. Just sub’d to your channel. Been living with Stargardt’s for the last 18 years. Luckily my vision isn’t too bad overall but still challenges me everyday
2:46 Can I set the control panel to dark mode?
3:50 Can I customize these shortcuts to different key bindings?
4:50 Is there a quick overview mode, where I can toggle full screen magnification but zoom out temporarily to get a quick overview by holding down a key?
Thanks for shouting out this piece of software, its perfect and exactly what im looking for,
Hi Sam, after two or so years now living the visually impaired life, I'm finally realising how much it has affected my ability to learn. Pre V I P, I was always happy to bare bones my tech as much as possible, and Google the crap out of issues I needed to resolve. Now I find I need to focus so hard mentally to do things that used to be straightforward, and it's really hard to learn unintuitive things like a lot of software. So I'm excited Dolphin has come out with this sc reen reader that sounds maybe easier to learn than JAWS for me, plus Dolphin is the company that makes the Reader program my country uses to access the public library offerings for the print disabled.
Great to hear, I hope it works well for you excavation Mark
Hello. You should try a screen reader called NVDA. It is free and open source. It is much better then supernova and at least as good as jaws if not better. It uses a lot of the same hotkeys as jaws, so it should not be so hard to lern if you have used jaws.
Amaizing. Thank You very much.
Wondering if you can make a
Tutorial of Fusion professional screen reader?
Wow! I have used ZoomText for years and love it but after seeing this I think this one might be better! You can't scan and read documents with zoomtext, and sometimes I really need that ability.
This is real awesome thanks for sharing I'm definitely going to have to look into this because what I've been trying to usr lately that I was told to try isn't working out for me though.
Is there a way to change software language? It was installed with German and I need English. I tried L-ctl + space, yhen Alt+L with no luck.
Hey Sam! Great video! Hahahaha. Less system boggy than Zoomtext huh? That's good to know. 😀 I tried out the free 30 day trial, but I went back to magnifier.
I love ZoomText. I just got the permanent license from my vision specialist and I'm in love 😂. I think it's the same as with phones -everything is preferences and what we're using our computers too.
This looks like a great option. With Zoomtext being so very heavy on a system and the features aren't as great as they were at one time. And, the price sounds really good as well. Thanks for doing this video. Maybe you could do an additional video getting into all the other features of this product.
Great tool. I just got a Magnalink Tab, so this is just a few days late... But I noticed you have a large-screen monitor with touch? m What is that device? I would like to know what manufacturer and model you use. I'm a CAD engineer, and I really could use something like that, but I have no idea where to even start the search. Thanks for any feedback.
what computer did you use this with? Was was the installation method?
I've been using jaws/nvda for screen reader, and with the latest windows 10 the cntl + win + C to invert the color. Can you buy pieces of supernova? like the camera option only?
Zoomtext has been wrecking my computer. May have to try this
I had to quit using it all together and completely uninstall it. I started using just the Window's Magnifier instead.
One of the best things about SuperNova is its stability and the fact that you don't need a gaming speed computer to run it!
Great detail video they do have free trial on there website. Thanks
Is it possible to confogure the magnification (zoom in/out) by simply tilting wheel mouse button on right or left (without touching the keynoard) .
No, not at this time. The wheel can be used for Zoom +/- in conjunction with caps lock.
Hi Sam Great video.
Can we turn on dark mode on supernova software?
One more thing which is expensive as fuck. Only for people who are rich enough....
Exactly! Everything is overpriced for blind people -- it's not fair to those who aren't rich.
I got it free on DSA for university
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Hi. only magnifying glass, open source software. do you have any advice? (greetings from Turkey)
It’s not open source but the built-in screen magnifier on both PCs and Macs work really well.
Can you bounce between screens with shortcut keys? |
Have thay added a background reader like they had in ZT?
Thanks
Yes you can, Use the switch monitor hot key CAPS LOCK+MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON. There is not a background reader in SuperNova.
@@webinars-dolphincomputerac9067 is that something you can it will be adding? It would be very VERY useful. Thanks for the reply.
My SuperNov seems to interfere with my Ms teams at work. It doesnt allow me to type text when it on...can you assist. Thank you
That would be a matter for customer support at dolphin. You’ll need to contact them.
@@theblindlife thank you
I am a new user how do you turn it on for the 1st time you're a computer
Is this software available for Mac?
Anyone knows how SuperNova deals with RDP sessions or if it runs on virtual machines? Couldn't get ZT to work on my Win10 VM which i need to access to work for my company from home.
SuperNova is available in an Enterprise Edition which enables user remote access across Citrix and Remote Desktop Services.
Nice overview of Supernova! I’m curious to how you think Supernova compares to Zoomtext. I believe Zoomtext is much quicker, however also more buggy.
I have the exact same question. Would love to hear from Sam.
I was tester of both at almost the same time for Win10. Speed is the same now, Supernova is more stable, less resource heavy, less buggy it starts longer has much more features but i can6find SAPI 5 TTS engine support it seems to work only with Supernova voices can't find way to use my old UVONA or Microsoft voices. Mouse pointers are hideous ugly and not customizable from 1995 worst I've seen. Colour Schemes customization is horrible too accidentally i made it such way i couldn't see a thing very hard to achieve effect i want. Even now on newest version i found areas that were inaccessible. Very poor translations many errors sentences making no sense often.
Zoomtext is compatible with all voices, has no Braille which only Fusion version has but is restricted to few limited countries, starts much faster, has much more intuitive UI menus much easier and pleasant to use but is less stable, has but more compatibility problems, Gigs up more resources. Very customizable mouse pointers, good options for color custom schemes, everything is so much easier to configure.
Cameras mode is much more powerful on Supernova.
I’ll probably be doing a video about Zoom text in the near future so will reserve my answer until then
This is cool software. It seems like the Microsoft magnifier is not as good as this one is? It would be cool if while you are using it as a CCTV it would tell you that if a document was straight and/or it would straighten it up for you when you take that snapshot it would be straight and then you can crop it? In the description, I can't find a direct link to the camera or keyboard? How much are these items each?
The link takes you to the supernova page where those other items are listed as well. On that page, you can click on the product to take you to its own page.
At 11:50 is that TV or very big monitor?
Yes, I use a 40 inch 4K Samsung TV as my computer monitor.
I want to watch an hour long video.
As in Zoomtext can you scan across two monitors that ar attached?
Dave, what do you mean by "scan"? With SuperNova you can use multiple monitors yes, but can you say more about "scanning"?
@@webinars-dolphincomputerac9067 In Zoomtext there is an option when attaching two monitors to work across both screens as if they where one.
Span view is designed for users that want to use multiple monitors to create one larger magnified view. Using 2 monitors at 2x magnification will fit the entire desktop width across your displays.
@@davecharlesspencer Oh, I'm sorry Dave, you wrote SCAN so I thought you were looking for it to scan (needed for people who are using mouse alternatives). Sorry for the confusion, YES, SuperNova has span view.
Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait, are you using a touchscreen on a Mac?
The screen reader costs $1200!
$545 is pretty steep yo wtf
Should have said it was only for Windows at the beginning. As a Mac user this was a waste of time.
So I am flabbergasted! This makes no sense. Why on God's green earth would anybody think it is a good idea to pay hundreds of dollars: or tens of hundreds of dollars to purchase a magnifier/screen reader when you pc already has these features. I did not see anything here to justify the price and I did not see anything here that I can not already do on my pc or my wife's laptop just by making use of the accessability settings. This looks like a high priced solution to a problem that has already been solved and for free.
is it free
No
👍👏👏👏
This looks like a great product. But, I'm tell yall Window's Magnifier just too easy to use, it's free and already in Window's.
This channel seems to be primarily concerned with visual aids for the visually impaired it’s not really a blind persons channel it’s a person with visual impairments no blind people need magnifying glasses just a little tip
There is no single definition of blind. Legally blind people have 20/200 or worse vision in their better eye, so they can still see some, but need help. I am legally blind but am able to type this on my phone by using vision accessibility features on it.
Plus, there are differences in the ways blindness manifests. I have Proliferate Diabetic Retinopathy and Sam has Stargardt disease and blindness affects us very differently. I have very little peripheral vision and Sam basically has only peripheral vision.
You guys really need to educate yourselves some more before posting such an insensitive comment. Especially on a channel dedicated to helping blind people.
@@james39562 yes but not all of us use features such as zoom some of us require audio feedback such as voice-over. I have a vision impairment visually impaired. I am not completely blind but I rely on audio A lot and I am using voice-over right now on my phone.
Actually, this episode addresses a computer tool. Other episodes on this channel highlight other tools such as white cane tips, for example. Lots of different tools for lots of different levels. I would urge you to check out the channel more before you make a final judgment.
As many others have said already, I do my best to feature information and products for all levels of vision loss. Yes, probably the majority of my videos are for low vision instead of total blindness, because that’s what I have and that’s what I know. But, once again, as others have pointed out, I’ve done tons of videos on screen readers, braille devices, orientation and mobility, living the cane life, guide dogs, etc. I wouldn’t be a good VIP if I discriminated against certain vision levels.