DimLit Magnifier and Contrast iOS App Helps You Read in Dimly Lit Situations

DimLit can amplify available light, magnify and increase contrast of the live video stream from your iPhone or iPod touch camera.

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Use DimLIt from Exemplics LLC to discretely help you read in dimly lit situations or simply help you read small print in everyday situations.

DimLit is simple to use. Just hold your iPhone or iPod touch a few inches from whatever you are trying to read. Swipe your finger side to side or up and down to adjust the lightness. Use a pinch gesture to control magnification.

Double tap to enter high contrast mode. High contrast mode is especially useful for reading light printing on a light background (or dark printing on a dark background). Swipe your finger to adjust the display. Double tap again to go back to normal mode. Shake your iPhone or iPod touch to reset DimLit to its default settings.

Touch the "i" icon for a demonstration of these features. You can stop the demonstration by shaking your iPhone or iPod touch.

DimLit is not a flashlight app or a fake night vision app. It uses digital image processing algorithms on a live video feed from your iPhone or iPod touch camera. DimLit does not require a built-in torch (flash). It works with the available light. Avoiding the glare that would be caused by using the torch at close distances.

DimLit is available for $0.99 on the App Store

The New Samsung Galaxy Nexus Offers Support For Visually Impaired Users

We are about to see the release of the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first mobile phone to come with the Ice Cream Sandwich version of the Android operating system installed. There are some well documented improvements offered by this new system such as unified applications for both mobile phones and tablet devices. There are however some features that are less well known and one of them is the support offered to visually impaired users.

On previous versions of the Android platform blind users would need to rely on separate applications to help them use the phone but this is the first time support has been integrated into the operating system. This support takes the form of voice guided navigation to help you perform everyday tasks. When you unbox the phone for the first time it is simple to activate the voice guidance by simply drawing the shape of a rectangle on the display.

Once activated for the first time the phone will run through a tutorial that explains how you can use the assisted functions. Perhaps the most useful aspect of this support is that the phone automatically reads out the name of icons that you have your finger placed over. This is tremendously helpful with the modern smartphone and the huge variety of applications and widgets that are available. Due to this function being incorporated the scrolling on the phone is performed by a two finger swipe meaning any single finger action that you perform helps you find your way around and establish what screen you are actually viewing. The implementation of software such as this on the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus may help the handset compete very well with the iPhone 4S which has offered support for visually impaired users for several months.

AI Squared Releases ZoomText 10 Screen Magnifier for Windows

ZoomText is the leading screen magnifier with optional speech support for the Windows platform. Version 10 include some new features, but most of them have nothing to do with basic screen magnification.

What's New in ZoomText 10

ZoomText Camera
Use a webcam along with ZoomText as an inexpensive CCTV alternative.

ZoomText Recorder
Select onscreen text and create audio files to sync with your portable device.

Background Reader
Read selected text in the background while you concentrate on other tasks.

Enhanced Web Finder
The ultimate productivity tool for browsing the web and finding information.

Visit AI Squared for more information on ZoomText 10