Portable Magnifier Cameras |
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Specialists in portable video
magnifiers. We offer low vision users a wide selection of
portable choices.
Choose among
our innovative portable video magnifiers, let us help you choose the
most appropriate portable model for you..
Ash Technologies, the exclusive brand of Freedom Vision,
proudly introduced Liberty 6”, the first
LCD (liquid crystal display) flat-panel portable video magnifier
in the U.S. market in
1998. Since then,
Freedom Vision has been one of the leading suppliers of portable
video magnifiers for people with low vision.
What is a portable video magnifier?
Portable models fall into several categories. The right
portable unit depends on the user’s visual accommodation and
mobile tasks.
Portability is a combination of size,
weight, viewing area (screen size), magnification range, battery
operation or wireless use, connectivity to monitors, and other
specifications important to each individual user.
LCD flat-panel screen technology has
allowed portable video magnifiers to offer integrated camera and
monitor designs. Portable models fall into three screen
size categories.
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4" LCD screens
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7" LCD screens
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10" – 12" LCD screens
Portable video magnifiers are often
battery-operated models. Some designs integrate the camera
and monitor together into a single unit, while other designs
allow the camera and monitor to be connected while still
offering portability.
Other portable video magnifiers feature a
magnification camera that is portable between monitor locations.
These portable cameras are connectable to a TV monitor or
computer monitor (with or without the computer as part of the
set up). A portable camera can be connected to an external
monitor of any size whether 14", 19", 27", 32" or even larger.
The most common monitor sizes for low vision is either a 14" –
15" screen or a 19" – 20" screen.
Select
magnification cameras can now connect to laptop computers. For
users who already use a laptop computer for their mobile
tasking, adding a magnification camera to accommodate their
hardcopy access needs is now an option. The OPTi line of
portable cameras offer a choice of three camera configurations.
Be sure to check the laptop computer compatibility
requirements.
