citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message dolphin computer access is a british company based in worcester that designs creates and sells software for people who are blind or have vision and print impairments dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties . the company was set up in 1986 and now has offices in the united kingdom united states sweden and norway . 1 through the use of dolphin s screen enlargers screen readers and braille output users can operate word processors spreadsheets databases and the internet . 2 the company s customers include microsoft the inland revenue the bbc the royal air force new college worcester 3 and vodafone . 4 dolphin s product supernova has won the uk wow award for technology in education . 5 in 2005 dolphin worked alongside bt and the national library for the blind to develop a prototype synthetic voice application enabling books magazines and newspapers to be converted into audio format thus enabling them to be read by visually impaired computer users . 6 in 2008 the company announced a merger with durham based software express distribution limited a software development company and producer of guide a software package which enables visually impaired users to access windows . 1 references edit a b dolphin computer access announce their acquisition of software express distribution . international business times . 16 november 2008 . retrieved 28 january 2010 . coughlan sean 6 july 2001 . a touch of high tech genius . times educational supplement . retrieved 28 january 2010 . rnib insight online magazine . rnib . 2015 10 14 . retrieved 2016 06 21 . world market awaits company . the northern echo . 25 november 2008 . retrieved 28 january 2010 . latest technology . insight visions ahead . 2008 . retrieved 28 january 2010 . talking technology to offer new reading matter to thousands . sourcewire.com . 16 march 2005 . retrieved 28 january 2010 . external links edit official website v t e organisations for visually impaired people in the united kingdom charities action for blind people blind in business blindart bradbury fields british blind sport cardiff institute for the blind fight for sight galloway s society for the blind the guide dogs for the blind association henshaws society for blind people kent association for the blind leeds society for deaf and blind people listening books nalsvi national library for the blind royal london society for the blind rnib blind veterans uk seeability the royal school for the blind sightsavers site vista warwickshire vision support assistive technology dolphin computer access leisure traveleyes media insight radio schools and colleges dorton house exhall grange school jordanstown schools joseph clarke school linden lodge school new college worcester queen alexandra college rnib college loughborough rnib pears centre for specialist learning royal blind school royal national college for the blind royal school for the blind liverpool this article about a company of the uk is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this software company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dolphin computer access & oldid 744317357 categories software companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in worcestershireblindness equipmentcompanies established in 19861986 establishments in the united kingdomunited kingdom company stubssoftware company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2010all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 13 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view