SuperVision for cardboard vs MNREAD

SuperVision is an advanced magnifier for the visually impaired based on google cardboard. You can use it with or without a cardboard unit. Without cardboard, SuperVision is a portable electronic magnifier while integrated with a google cardboard is a electronic glasses. The application could help to a wide range of visually impaired users (presbyopia, myopia, macular diseases...) in their day to day. The application allows to easily control the zoom, the contrast and the color mode of the image. Three natural and six synthetical color models are supported. You can also use SuperVision in dark environments, by activating the flash of your smartphone. :-:-:-:-: INTERFACE :-:-:-:-: You can control SuperVision by touching directly on the screen, with an external bluetooth keyboard (cursors + enter) or with the volume controls. When an action is received (touch screen or key pressed) the control buttons will appear to setup the view. The application is fully compatible with the accessibility system of iOS (VoiceOver). :-:-:-:-: HOW TO USE :-:-:-:-: When you activate the control buttons you will see the following controls (from left to right): - Zoom - A pair of buttons for increase or decrease the zoom. - Contrast - A pair of buttons for increase or decrease the image contrast. - Cardboard Mode - Switch between cardboard mode or smartphone mode. - Reset - Configuration will back to predefined values except cardboard mode and bifocal mode. - Flash - Set flash on/off for dark environments. - Color Mode - Switch between color modes (3 natural colors and 6 synthetical colors for reading) - Pause - Freezes the image. - Bifocal Mode - In many situations, you probably need to alternate between far and near view. For example, watch tv while reading a book, or read the blackboard and take notes at the same time in the case of students. When bifocal mode it is activated, the application manages two setups: far view and near/reading view. The application detects both states using the orientation of the device. Simply look forward and adjust the controls for this view and then look down for setup the near view. The application will save both setups and will alternate between them automatically. SuperVision is developped by the Mobile Vision Research Lab and Neosistec. This work is partially funded by Generalitat Valenciana and MIMECO. Special thanks to the VI associations ONCE and RetiMur for their collaboration.

OVERVIEW ----------- The MNREAD app is a vision test that uses full sentences. This reading-acuity test is a digital version of the printed MNREAD ACUITY CHART, and is suitable for measuring visual reading performance of people with normal and low vision. MNREAD uses simple text, suitable for testing adults and children from age eight years and up. The printed version of MNREAD is available from http://www.precision-vision.com/ The MNREAD app measures four important reading parameters: READING ACUITY - The smallest print that a person can read without making significant errors; CRITICAL PRINT SIZE - The smallest print that a person can read with maximum speed; MAXIMUM READING SPEED – A person’s reading speed when reading is not limited by print size; READING ACCESSIBILITY INDEX - A single-valued measure that represents a person’s visual access to commonly encountered printed material. The MNREAD app has a wide range of applications in testing normal and low vision. These include: Prescribing optical corrections for reading or other near tasks. Prescribing magnifiers or other reading aids in low-vision assessment. Use in research as an outcome measure or for evaluating visual reading as a function of vision status or viewing conditions. FEATURES ----------- Sentence display with 14 print sizes Black-on-white or white-on-black text Reading time recording Graphical display of results MNREAD curve fitting MNREAD parameters estimation Data recording and export Practice test AVAILABLE LANGUAGES ------------------------ English (5 test versions) Spanish (3 test versions) French (5 test versions) Italian (2 test versions) Portuguese (2 test versions) Turkish (3 test versions) Greek (3 test versions) German (3 test versions) Dutch (3 test versions) Japanese (5 test versions) APP PURCHASE ---------------- The free app contains practice sentences in all ten languages and demonstrates the features of the app. To conduct testing, please purchase the language package(s) of your choice from within the app (cost: $69.99 for each language). COPYRIGHT: Regents of the University of Minnesota ---------------------------------------------------- This app was developed at the Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, in research funded by the National Institutes of Health. The German and Dutch charts, and French charts 3 to 5, and Spanish chart 3, were developed in collaboration with Gyroscope Therapeutics.