MagniLink S software

• MagniLink S is a software for Mac that is used to display the image from a MagniLink reading camera system.
• It´s also used as the PC-version for the video magnifier MagniLink S Basic.
• The software controls the reading camera’s features, such as magnification, artificial colours and brightness.

Functionality of MagniLink S

• Different colour and brightness settings, e.g. natural and artificial colours.
• Different levels of magnification.
• Legible autofocus.
• Take and view pictures.
• Record and view videos.
• Mirror, rotate and freeze pictures.
• Automatic updates (requires Internet).
• Various help lines to facilitate reading.
• Different ways to control functions. Either by keyboard shortcuts or buttons on the reading camera’s control panel.
• Configuration of own shortcuts.
• Camera image positioned at top/front of all open applications.

Options

• The TTS option makes it possible to OCR process a text and have it read aloud using integrated speech synthesis.
• The OCR processed text can be displayed in several different picture view modes synchronized with speech.

General

• MagniLink S is designed for Mac.
• There is similar software, although not with exactly the same functionality, for PC and Chromebook respectively.

Recommended system requirements Mac

• Mac OS X Version 10.6 Snow Leopard, or later.
• 1 integrated USB 3.0 port
• To use the system in maximum resolution and picture frequency you will need a computer with an i5 or i7 processor, 4 GB RAM memory, external graphics card with at least 512 MB inbuilt memory.

Accessories

• When you want to listen to the text while reading. To your MagniLink software you can choose an option that allows you to OCR-process a text and get it read aloud. This gives a more relaxed reading, increases reading speed and you will also be able to read longer texts.