HumanWare’s new Prodigi is an all-digital personal vision assistant for people with low vision conditions such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and other eye diseases. HumanWare has designed Prodigi to be a more affordable and intuitive visual aid than the traditional CCTV-based electronic magnifier.
Prodigi allows low vision users to benefit from a big-screen desktop device and a go-anywhere tablet magnifier at a lower cost than other similar systems available. The portable tablet fits into a patented docking station in the base and becomes both the camera and processor of the desktop system. Unlike other magnifiers, Prodigi captures the image of an entire letter- or A4-sized page and allows the user to magnify and read documents with a comfortable touchpad instead of moving an XY table.
Pages are displayed in HumanWare’s innovative Diamond Edge Text format, which can be magnified up to 80 times with perfect text quality. Text can be presented to the user in smooth-scrolling column or line modes, and can even read aloud, reducing fatigue caused by moving documents under a CCTV camera.
Prodigi stores documents so the user can take them to read or reference later while away from his or her desk. Training time is greatly reduced, because Prodigi has a built-in tutorial and setup wizard, developed in collaboration with Essilor. The wizard guides the user through the basic functions and sets up the contrast, color scheme, reading speed and magnification levels according to his or her specific vision needs.
Prodigi is available in three models: the Duo, a desktop unit with the detachable tablet; the portable tablet magnifier by itself and a desktop-only model.
For more information, visit www.humanware.com; (800) 722-3393.
