What is Guide?
Dolphin’s Guide is an all-in-one award-winning software suite of over twenty useful programs with built-in large print and speech access for people with low vision or who are blind. It has been specifically designed to be easy-to-use and easy-to-learn.
Guide will help you to perform many tasks, even if you’ve never used a computer before. It has its own built-in screen reader, so it will read out the text on every screen, even while you’re typing. Guide also has its own built-in screen magnifier, so you can enlarge the text on every screen.
With Guide’s specially designed programs, you can easily perform many useful tasks. You can customize Guide’s voices, colors, magnification, and even menus, to suit your specific needs.
In the table below are screenshots of the Guide menus and applications. You may click on an image to view a larger version of it. When finished viewing, simply press the ESC (Escape) key to close the viewport.
| Guide’s Easy-To-Use, Customizable Menus | |||
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Write Letters and Documents |
Send and Receive E-mails |
Surf the Internet |
Spell-Checker, Dictionary and Thesaurus  |
| Scan and Read Books and Documents  |
RSS News Reader |
DVD Video Player |
Keep Important Contacts in the Address Book |
Manage Finances |
Play CDs and MP3s |
Create CDs and DVDs |
Explore and Manage the File System  |
Make Calculations |
Listen to Internet Radio |
Skype Internet Phone |
Record and Play Voice Memos |
Listen to Podcasts |
Magnify Handwriting, Diagrams or Pictures  |
Keep track of Appointments in the Calendar |
Chat Online with the Instant Messenger |
Photocopier |
Keyboard Practice |
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Guide requires very little training, so most people can easily teach themselves how to use it. Through voice prompts, Guide’s straight-forward menu structure not only allows you to easily select the program you wish to use, but to work within it as well.
The menus are controlled using the keyboard and are displayed on uncluttered screens, overlaying the Windows desktop. Selecting the task you wish to accomplish from the Main Menu, such as E-mail, begins the process. From this point, Guide Menus step you through, completing your work. Even though Guide’s programs are easy to use, they have many features, allowing you to accomplish a wide variety of tasks.
What can you do using Guide?
You can create letters and other documents, access current news, scan and read printed material out loud, listen to radio stations and work in many other useful programs, all with built-in large print and speech! If you need assistance, task specific HELP PAGES can be accessed to give you extra advice and support.
Guide has over twenty programs that will allow you to; correspond with others, acquire information, read printed material, listen to radio stations and much more! All programs are accessible to visually impaired people using Guide’s built-in large print and speech. By pressing the F1 or the Control & F1 keys, Guide’s Help Screens will provide visual and audio assistance, specific to what you are working with.
Guide is the ideal solution for those users who:
► Have little or no experience with computer technology
► Have little or no technical ability
► Lack the motivation or capability to acquire or retain detailed technical knowledge
► Have tried previous solutions but are unable to learn or use them effectively
| Product Descriptions | Narrated Presentations | Brochures | Questions | Price | Purchase |
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| Guide Software Suite with Large Print & Speech | View/Print | Ask Question | $795.00 | Place Order |
What is Guide Handsfree?
Dolphin’s Guide HandsFree is an all-in-one software suite with built-in large print, speech, and Voice Control/Dictation for people with low vision or who are blind and would like to work hands-free, using their voice. It has been specifically designed to be easy-to-use and easy-to-learn.
The Voice Recognition features of Guide HandsFree are powered by Dragon Naturally Speaking. Now you can control Guide’s functions and dictate text with your voice, all with large print and speech access!
Working with Guide Hands-Free allows you to use your voice instead of the keyboard to dictate text, and to control Guide. You can make menu selections, create e-mails or letters, and control all of Guide’s functions, simply by speaking!
Guide HandsFree is the ideal solution for those users who:
► Would like to Work Hands-Free with Guide
► Want to Control Features and Programs with their Voice
► Would like to Create Documents and E-mails Simply by Speaking
| Product Descriptions | Narrated Presentations | Brochures | Questions | Price | Purchase |
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| Guide Handsfree Software Suite with Dragon Premium | View Presentation | View/Print | Ask Question | $1,495.00 | Place Order |
| Guide Handsfree Software Suite without Dragon Premium | View/Print | Ask Question | $1,295.00 | Place Order |
What do I need to use Guide or Guide Handsfree on my computer?
- 1GHz Pentium PC or Laptop
- A minumum of 1GB Memory (RAM)
- 1GB free hard disk space
- Windows 2000, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Vista™ (32-bit)
- Creative® Labs Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording
- CD-ROM drive (required for installation)
- A Scanner for using the OCR application
- Headset with a microphone (For Guide Handsfree ONLY)
- Dragon Naturally Speaking software Version 9 or above (For Guide Handsfree ONLY)
Guide Value Series Systems
EVAS offers disability specific, computer-based solutions. Our Value Series Systems are fully integrated with application software, peripherals and assistive technology installed and configured. Value Series Systems for people with low vision, or who are blind, are based on Guide assistive technology software; using Dell™ Optiplex™ Computers as the platform with 19” flat panel monitors, large print keyboards and all-in-one printers. The systems are covered by Dell’s Three Year Warranty and protected by Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware. EVAS Value Series Systems: Quality, Performance, Prompt Delivery, Outstanding Value, all in a total solution that runs right out of the box.
| Product Descriptions | Narrated Presentations | Brochure | Questions | Price | Purchase |
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| Guide Value Series Mini-Tower System | View Presentation | View/Print | Ask Question | $2,395.00 | Place Order |
| Guide Handsfree Value Series Mini-Tower System | View Presentation | View/Print | Ask Question | $2,995.00 | Place Order |
You can purchase Guide Software separately or as part of a Plug & Play Computer System.
Please contact EVAS for further information, to request a demo copy of Guide or to make a purchase.
| Trial Version Products | Request Trial CD |
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| Guide Software Trial CD | Place Order |
| Guide Handsfree Software Trial CD | Place Order |
Prices and Specifications subject to change without notice.