Fusion (JAWS and ZoomText)

Fusion combines the JAWS screen reading and ZoomText magnification software into one powerful accessibility solution designed for users with low vision or blindness.

A single installer license gives a user access to both the ZoomText and JAWS software individually or together as the Fusion software. ZoomText provides advanced magnification and screen enhancement tools where everything on a user’s computer screen becomes up to 60x larger with screen and cursor enhancements including a focus rectangle to help users track where they are on the screen. ZoomText also provides some screen reading features for reading documents, web pages, and emails, as well as hearing what users are typing or what is under the mouse pointer. JAWS provides seamless speech and braille output, enabling users to comfortably navigate, read, and write documents in the format of the users’ choice. JAWS supports the use of mouse navigation, web browsing keystrokes, filling out web forms, and accessing content in daisy format. JAWS also features a Skim Reading function which enables users to navigate through documents more efficiently and a Text Analyzer feature which helps users identify key information and analyze document structures.

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RIC has a site license for Fusion, and RIC students, faculty, and staff with an active RIC email address can install Fusion on RIC campus computers on demand as needed through the computer’s software center application.

RIC has a site license for Fusion, and RIC students, faculty, and staff with an active RIC email address can install Fusion on a personal computer by following these instructions:

Installation of Freedom Scientific Jaws, ZoomText, and Fusion on a Personal Computer