On this page, you find links to applications that can be used in connection with the SensusAccess service:
The software landscape is changing constantly. Please contact the Support Team in case you encounter problems with any of the software described below or to propose other solutions that you have found to be useful in connection with SensusAccess.
E-book readers
Adobe Digital Editions. EPUB3 e-book reader for Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX (Mac).
Dolphin EasyReader for Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS and Apple OSX (Mac).
- Download from https://yourdolphin.com/easyreader
MathML support on EPUB3 reading systems by the MathJax Project: https://docs.mathjax.org/en/v2.7-latest/misc/epub.html
EPUB3 Support Grid by IDPF. Current information on features and accessibility support in EPUB3 e-book readers.
- Visit the list at http://epubtest.org
Thorium Reader for Windows and MacOS supports a wide variety of e-book formats, and supports screen readers as well as TTS-functionality using the voices available in the operating system.
- Download from https://www.edrlab.org/software/thorium-reader/
Voice Dream for iOS and Mac allows you to read a wide variety of ebook formats, as well as DAISY and MP3 audio books.
@voice for Android supports reading of various text formats and web pages using text-to-speech.
DAISY Players
Dolphin EasyReader for Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS and Apple OSX (Mac).
- Download from https://yourdolphin.com/easyreader
The DAISY Consortium’s website with info on technologies, projects and services: www.daisy.org
Voice Dream for iOS and Mac allows you to read a wide variety of ebook formats, as well as DAISY and MP3 audio books.
Math
MathType by Wiris (formerly by Design Science). Equation editor for Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX (Mac) for creating accessible math contents in documents, presentations, web pages and more.
- Download from https://www.wiris.com/mathtype
EquatIO by TextHelp. Recognises math in scanned documents, including handwritten math. Recognised math objects can be inserted as MathType into other documents.
- Download from https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/equatio/
InftyReader. An Optical Character Recognition (OCR) application for recognising and conversion of scanned scientific documents (including math symbols) into LaTeX, MathML and XHTML.
- Download from https://www.sciaccess.net/en/InftyReader/
NVDA will read MathML in major browsers and e-readers using the mathcat addon, install it from the addon store or from https://nsoiffer.github.io/MathCAT/
Braille
Braille in the Portable Embosser Format (PEF) can be embossed using Dotify Studio. Free installers for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and other platforms can be downloaded from the following link: https://github.com/brailleapps/dotify-studio/releases. Updated versions of the installers can be downloaded from the following link: https://github.com/mtmse/dotify-studio/releases