Your Wild Guide to the MagniLink Tab portable magnifier!

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The MagniLink Tab is a portable video magnifier designed to help those with low vision by using its high quality camera in conjunction with customization options such as: magnification, brightness and contrast, alt colors, OCR and Text-to-Speech software. This device uses the Microsoft Surface Pro tablet to display and process information to make your life easier! The MagniLink's camera is capable of x10 optical zoom and is mounted on a flexible stand which can be swiveled and rotated freely.   While there are many use cases and applications for the MagniLink Tab, Luke has decided to have a little fun and take it into the great outdoors for some camping in the wilds of Wisconsin! Follow along with our Assistive Technology Expert as he struggles against the elements with nothing but his wit, a knife, and of course the MagniLink Tab!   0:00 Start  0:40 Introducing the MagniLink Tab! Basic Magnification and Colors,  2:00 Advanced Software such as OCR and Text to Speech,  2:45 Camera Control, Distance Viewing, Contrast Options,  4:45 Self View, Display Controls, Rotate, Invert, Flip,  5:45 Note Taking, Saved Pictures/Videos and File Storage,  6:50 Wrap-Up Review and Packing of the MagniLink Tab!  8:10 Fire Safety PSA, Please don't use open flames inside your tent!  If you have any additional questions about the MagniLink Tab, please add those down in the comment section and we will endeavor to help!  Join us next time on Tech Connect, and be sure to leave your thoughts down in the comments below and ask plenty of questions!  Vision Forward's Tech Connect continues to bring you the information you need to make the most out of your devices. Our experts know there are many factors to consider, so if you have any follow up questions please post them in the comments and we will help you find the assistive tech that's best for you.    Join us, find the schedule by visiting out website:  https://vision-forward.org/techconnect   Contact Vision Forward Association:  Call us: (414-615-0103)  Email us: infocus@vision-forward.org  Visit us online: https://www.vision-forward.org   Online Store: https://www.vision-forward.org/store  Want more Tech Connect in your life? Try us Live! Be sure to join us for the upcoming YouTube Live! show on June 20th at 11am CST.   Looking for the full playlist? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdZ61dAGaL_k3I-_LcTPozan9upCqY8Yc   Catch-up with our most recent episodes!   "RIM - Accessible Remote Training & Support" https://www.youtube.com/live/mFIZwaIo0CE  "You Tube? Me Tube! How to Access YouTube with a Screen Reader!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCLZwyxFGSE   Before that: "OrCam Read 3.0 Update with Corinne Nero"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X8Pp2Ok2-M   Earlier this year: "Accessible Video Games with Jesse Anderson" https://www.youtube.com/live/RMd9_Hy_7kQ?si=THfB2jPWYHb2Oakt   Still new! "Low Vision Youtube with Carrie On Accessibility" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV_u4Mt2y6E   #assistivetechnology #lowvision

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00:00Oh hey everybody, I didn't expect to see you here. I'm out in the middle of Wisconsin

00:06with my tent and my MagnaLink tab doing a bit of camping for the first time. Why don't

00:10you grab some sausage and beans, I'll come outside and let's talk about it.

00:20Well here I am out in the wilds of Wisconsin, I had to get away from it all. Work was getting

00:24a little bit overbearing and frankly Corey was getting on my nerves. So what better to

00:29do than get out in the middle of nowhere all by myself. Now this is my first time camping

00:33but I think I'm pretty prepared here. I've got my tent, I have my knife, I have of course

00:40my headlamp and the MagnaLink tab here, the perfect device to take out with me camping.

00:46It's portable, it has a rechargeable battery and a load of great features. One of which

00:51is magnification. Now in order to be prepared I brought the ultimate survival manual out

00:56with me and this has got all sorts of handy tips. I don't know what to expect out here

01:00in the wilds, like I say it's my first time camping. So we're going to read a bit of this

01:04book and see what useful tips it has for me. So let's see what's on this page here. Nice

01:08picture of a snake, it looks pretty friendly. Let's see, let's read about this. I'm going

01:13to use my magnification controls on the front of the device here. They are all touch screen

01:18controls so I can just press on the plus here to zoom in. And I think I want a different

01:23color here so I'm going to go ahead and hit a button to open up my color choices and we

01:27will change colors. We've got a nice white on black here, black on yellow. Here's a yellow

01:32on black. I'm kind of digging that one today. So let's see if we can read this. We'll adjust

01:36the brightness a little bit with our controls here. Let's see, nephrotoxin attacks the kidneys.

01:43Fever develops and then worsens and brings about nausea which leads to fainting, then

01:51coma and then kidney failure. Good, good. I'm sure that's not going to happen to me.

01:58That must be just a weird freak thing. So there's got to be something more exciting,

02:03you know, a little nicer in here. This is camping, it's all about fun, isn't it? Let's

02:07see what else we've got here. There's some text here now. This is a little hard for me

02:12to read. I think my eyes might be getting tired but luckily I do have a handy OCR function

02:17with the MagnaLink tab here. We can press the OCR button on the screen and it will take

02:21a picture of the text for us. Let's hear what this says. Get the victim to a hospital.

02:26After he or she undergoes a blood culture to verify the infection, the infected person

02:29must receive treatment with a course of intravenous antibiotics. Okay, starting to regret coming

02:36out camping. I'll tell you what, let's stop reading the survival manual and let's take

02:41a look at what we can see out in the distance instead. I've had enough of reading this book.

02:48I think that they're just putting stuff in there to scare me. I mean, camping can't be

02:51that dangerous, right? It's relaxing. So we're not going to read that anymore. What we're

02:56going to do, we're going to look into the distance with our camera on the side here.

02:59We're going to see the wildlife that's local to the wilds of Wisconsin. I'm sure there's

03:03some beautiful animals out there and this camera on the MagnaLink tab is very flexible

03:08for looking into the distance. We can rotate it side to side and we can rotate the head

03:12of the camera as well. So let's take a look in the distance and see what kind of cool

03:16exciting animals we have here in Wisconsin. Very excited. If we see something cool, we

03:20can even take pictures and shoot video as well. All we have to do is hit a button on

03:25the front and we will get some icons here. We have a camera icon to take pictures and

03:30we have a video camera icon to shoot video and with the video we even get audio. So some

03:36great tools here for capturing those animals outside. Let me see what I want to do here.

03:41I'm going to hit an icon on the front and I'm going to press a button that will switch

03:44us into the regular color mode. We want to see the animals with their regular colors

03:49and now we're going to rotate the camera into the distance. Very excited here. We need to

03:53pop off the front lens to make sure it focuses into the distance and not close up and let's

03:58see what animals we have got here. What? I don't think I can have actually seen what

04:15I just think I saw. Those aren't around anymore. Let's change to black and white. I think we'll

04:22get a clearer image without black and white here. I'm going to hit my button on the front

04:27and hit the same button that I used to go into the color mode. That will put us into the black

04:31and white mode now. I'm pretty sure this time I'll get a better view of the animal and it won't be

04:35what I think it was. I'm just going to take this knife out here and I'm just going to keep this

04:49very close by I think just to be on the safe side. Actually while I have this knife I do need a shave

04:56so maybe we could take a look at the self view mode of the MagnaLink tab here and see how that

05:01works. In order to use a self view we can just rotate the camera toward ourselves. There I am

05:06on the screen looking very handsome as you would expect. A little bit too close up though so let me

05:10zoom out with my zoom out button here. That's a little bit better and I'm in black and white so

05:16we need to go ahead and change me back to regular color and also in that same menu we have a rotate

05:20button and now I flipped myself so the image is the correct way around. I've never shaved in the

05:26wild before but it can't be that hard right? I mean I've had experience shaving before so I mean

05:32it's got to be pretty easy so let's give it a try. I think probably the serrated edge of the knife is

05:37the one to use here. All right here we go here we go this is going to be great here we go.

05:45Well it's starting to get dark out here the weather is changing it's starting to rain and it's been

05:50a long day. I think the dinosaur is closing in I'm bleeding quite a lot. Let's just say camping is

05:57not as relaxing as people make it out to be and I think I need to make a note to myself to remind

06:02myself about this in the future. Now luckily the MagnaLink tab has a handy note-taking feature.

06:06We're going to go ahead and open that up and we have many options here we can bring in pictures

06:11we can we can do bring in OCR documents and we can also draw and write on pages as well and create

06:18as many pages as we want. So I'm going to go ahead and create a page here we need a pen for this I

06:25think and a nice thick ink and red because red is the color of danger after all and we are going to

06:32write do not camp underline underline underline okay in the future if I ever get the urge to go

06:43camping all I have to do is look at this and I will know it's a bad idea.

06:49It's deep dark night here I was hoping to get out of the woods but unfortunately the weather has

06:55changed the roads are flooded it looks like I'm going to be stuck at least I've got my tent to

07:00keep me safe and dry for the rest of the night. So I think I'm going to pack away the MagnaLink tab

07:04here nice and easy to do we can fold the screen back and then pull it down against the base and

07:10this camera easily pulls out and here we go nice and flat even has a carry handle and so it was

07:16very easy to bring with me camping and it's very easy to put away when I'm finished. Well what do

07:21I think about the MagnaLink tab I'm kind of glad that I brought it to be honest I mean without it

07:25I would not have learned about all the dangers of camping I was able to read my book very nicely with

07:31good magnification and good color modes I was able to have text read aloud to me in an efficient and

07:36easy manner and I was able to look into the distance and zoom in a long way and have a nice

07:41crystal clear image and then I could even write a note to remind myself to never come camping again

07:46so it was definitely a worthwhile bring to my camping expedition but let's make this the last

07:52one eh? I think it's time to go to bed I'm going to try and go to sleep over the sound of those

07:57dinosaurs but to keep me warm I'll go ahead and turn on my propane stove here just to keep me

08:02nice and toasty and hopefully by tomorrow morning I'll still have enough gas to make myself some

08:07eggs and beans so good night to you all thanks for joining me on my camping expedition and I

08:12look forward to seeing you in the next video

08:20this is just awful another reckless camper catching their tent on fire

08:27half the forest is going up in flames

08:30we should call the choppers tell them we are going to need backup fast

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