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Aging and Disability Resources Last Updated: Oct 20, 2025 1:55 PM

ZoomText FAQs

What web browsers does ZoomText work with?

ZoomText visually tracks as you navigate websites in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer. Support for Microsoft Edge is continuing to improve as well.

Does ZoomText read PDF documents?

Yes. ZoomText’s visual features work to help you navigate in PDF documents. 

Can I read my email with ZoomText?

Yes. Special attention has gone into the design of ZoomText to make sure you have full access to email, especially with Microsoft Outlook from Office 365.

Is ZoomText Magnifier intended to be a complete magnification and screen reading solution?

No. ZoomText Magnifier/Reader is still primarily for low vision users with some added speech functionality to help with certain tasks like reading documents and web pages, echoing your typing or mouse movement, and speaking other essential program activity. If your vision has deteriorated enough where you need more speech feedback than what is provided by ZoomText Magnifier/Reader, then consider using should check out Fusion which combines both ZoomText and JAWS for the best in screen magnification and screen reading functionality.

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