Low Vision Product Comments

Author, Pastor, and Bible Teacher Praises the RUBY®

Having already owned (and loved) JAWS screen reading software and our SARA scanning and reading appliance, Earl Leonard Langgruth wanted a portable magnfication solution. In December, he chose the RUBY handheld video magnifier.

"The RUBY is my essential companion whenever I leave home, SARA and JAWS behind," he now says. "It is a superbly crafted handheld video magnifier ... that can be used as needed. RUBY enables me to deal with labels, restaurant menus, and other necessary visual challenges, wherever I may be. It varies from two to 14 (magnification) power, with the stages in between, in full color, monochrome, negative black and white, and blue-yellow choices. What is viewed can be captured for closer scrutiny. And the size is perfect, neither bulky nor too small. I do not leave home without it."

Senior Academic Writer Resumes Abandoned Work, Thanks to TOPAZ™

As a writer for a design Web site (the Mayday Post), Jamie Lux doesn't often wax eloquent about access technology, but Jamie's father's new TOPAZ changed all that. "It was sad for my family and frustrating for him as he lost most of his vision over the past few years. He had to abandon work on a couple of books and couldn't keep reading others.”

Jamie even tried out the TOPAZ and was so impressed that the writer penned an article titled, Not an Infomercial: It's TOPAZ-tastic. Read the entire article and you, too, will be impressed.

Ordered for the Court: TOPAZ, ONYX™ and SARA™ Testify for Legal Access

The Center for Legal and Court Technology, headquartered at the William and Mary College Law School, is dedicated to providing courtroom participants with "the visual and technological information they need in preparing for trial in any participating courtroom in the U.S.” As part of a nationwide Courtroom Information Project, the world leader in court technology demonstration, training and education, recently placed a TOPAZ desktop video magnifier, an ONYX Deskset portable video magnifier, and the SARA scanning and reading appliance in the college's McGlothlin Courtroom, the "heart of the Center for Legal and Court Technology.” The placement serves as a demonstration to accessible courtrooms throughout the nation to advance efforts for equal access to the legal system for the visually impaired. Read more in a graphic PDF version of the project newsletter.

TOPAZ was the Right Choice

When student Yvonne Foong had to choose the best desktop video magnifier for her studies, she choose the TOPAZ. On Yvonne Foong's Web site, you can read how she compared competitive models and made her decision.

TOPAZ and ONYX Video Magnifiers: A Sweet System

"Video magnifiers have long been an important part of my patient evaluation. Freedom Scientific products definitely are great in performance. I really love the TOPAZ, and I love the ONYX Deskset. It’s a sweet system. I would recommend the entire line of Freedom Scientific low vision products.”
- Dr. Paul Anthony, OD - Springfield, Illinois

ONYX Flexible-arm Magnification Keeps the Business Open

"I continue to run a small business out of my home. The demands of running this business include a lot of work in an office-like setting and lots of back-and-forth transitioning from task-to-task - things that can’t practically be accomplished with a stationary video magnifier.

The ONYX Flexible-arm model fits my needs to a T. With it, I can continually change my attention from signs and calendars located across the room, to applications and papers on my desk, to the tabs on the files in my filing cabinets, and back again, so quickly and easily. The Auto Focus feature is great because it means that I don’t have to change settings when I move the camera back and forth. I just point the camera at what I need to see, and I get a clear magnified image. Its flexible arm allows me to position the camera so that virtually everything in the room is visually available to me.

The bottom line is that the ONYX Flexible-arm enables me to continue doing something that I love doing, something that’s important to me, and something that provides a valuable service. Without ONYX, I probably would have had to close up shop!

Thanks, Freedom Scientific, for yet another invaluable low vision solution!”
- Gerry Selin - Venice, Florida

OpenBook™ Scanning and Reading Software - Use it with Your iPOD®

"OpenBook 8.0 is the greatest version of OpenBook so far. Character recognition has come a long way. Being able to save as audio files is great. I can scan documents and then save them as audio. I can then take the MP3 file and put it on my iPod® or MP3 player, and take it with me. If I want to read, I am not tied down to a PC.”
- Gery Gaubert

TOPAZ™ Low Vision Magnifier Brings Joy to His Father's Heart

"The TOPAZ unit arrived today, and I quickly had it up and running for my father. We were both very pleased with the construction, ease of use, and high effectiveness. This was the first time in over a year he had been able to read any text without relying on a largely ineffective magnifying glass."
- Mark Sorkin - Fort Bragg, California

Eye Doctor Recommends Products for Macular Degeneration and Low Vision

"I recommend Freedom Scientific products. They are easy to use and provide great magnification, contrast, and clarity."
- Dr. Bonnie Eldredge - Langhorne, Pennsylvania

MAGic® Screen Magnification Software - It Just Gets Better

“I really appreciate the changes that have been made in MAGic in the last few versions. It’s a really nice, easy-to-use program, and it works wonderfully with the speech output.”
- Mike Thomas, Adaptive Technology Trainer - Eugene, Oregon

Walk-In Customer Thrilled with His TOPAZ

“I would like to say thank you very much for assisting my family in getting the TOPAZ Desktop Magnifier for my father. I wanted to let you know that your first walk-in client is very happy with his purchase. Once we picked the machine up, we went back to Orlando, set it up, and my father started putting it to good use. We understand that you don't have walk-ins, and we are were very appreciative of the help that we received. Thank you again for all of your help. ”
- Christine Hobbs, LTJG, MSC, USN - U. S. Naval Hospital, Guam