Window-Eyes is a screen reader

Screen reader

A screen reader is a software application that attempts to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen . This interpretation is then re-presented to the user with text-to-speech, sound icons, or a Braille output device...

 for Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

, developed by GW Micro. The first version was released in 1995. The latest version of Window-Eyes is 7.2, released in 2010. and version 7.5.1 was realsed on march 14 2011

Features

Window-Eyes is compatible with the following operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Window-Eyes 7 added support for industry standard scripting which can be used to modify specific settings in Window-Eyes, monitor portions of the screen for certain kinds of activity, define hotkeys, and automate repetitive tasks.

History

Window-Eyes is developed by GW Micro, a company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Window-Eyes is currently available in 14 languages and the English version includes nine text-to-speech languages including: US English, UK English, Castilian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, French, Canadian French, German, Italian, and Portuguese.

Release history

Version	Release date
Window-Eyes 1.0	October 16, 1995
Window-Eyes 1.01	Nov 1, 1995
Window-Eyes 1.02	Jan 31, 1996
Window-Eyes 1.03	Mar 25, 1996
Window-Eyes 1.04	Jun 6, 1996
Window-Eyes 1.05	Oct 1, 1996
Window-Eyes 1.1	Dec 13, 1996
Window-Eyes 2.0	July 5, 1997
Window-Eyes 2.1	May 13, 1998
Window-Eyes 3.0	January 11, 1999
Window-Eyes 3.1	Jun 4, 1999
Window-Eyes 4.0	October 16, 2000
Window-Eyes 4.1	April 27, 2001
Window-Eyes 4.11	Sep 4, 2001
Window-Eyes 4.2	Mar 12, 2002
Window-Eyes 4.21	Jan 10, 2003
Window-Eyes 4.211	Jan 28, 2003
Window-Eyes 4.5	September 16, 2003
Window-Eyes 4.5 SP1	Oct 24, 2003
Window-Eyes 4.5 SP2	Apr 26, 2004
Window-Eyes 4.5 SP3	May 3, 2004
Window-Eyes 4.5 SP4	Aug 10, 2004
Window-Eyes 5.0	January 19, 2005
Window-Eyes 5.5	November 2, 2005
Window-Eyes 6.0	December 4, 2006
Window-Eyes 7.0	September 15, 2008
Window-Eyes 7.01	Oct 23, 2008
Window-Eyes 7.02	Oct 23, 2008
Window-Eyes 7.1	Jun 26, 2009
Window-Eyes 7.11	Sep 25, 2009
Window-Eyes 7.2	May 5, 2010
Window-Eyes 7.5	Mar 16, 2011
Window-Eyes 7.5.1	Jun 21, 2011

External links

• GW Micro: Window-Eyes product page