Visual Stress

Colored Overlays from Crossbow Education help to reduce the symptoms of Visual Stress (also known as Meares-Irlen syndrome) caused by reading from printed materials. Our colored overlays have been proven to reduce the symptoms of Visual Stress incurred by many people reading printed materials in a learning environment.

The Eye Level Reading Ruler is a colored overlay text highlighter about the size of a six-inch ruler. Discreet and portable, the reading ruler is made of a combination of opaque and transparent plastic that both underlines the text and highlights it in a colored tint. Simply read the text through either of the tinted plastic strips of your selected color, and track down the page: broad strip for paragraphs; narrow strip for single lines.

The Plain Window Reading Ruler has the benefits of the Duo Window without any of the additional markings. This makes it ideal for use when reading diagrams or figures.

The Virtual Reading Ruler is a fully configurable on-screen reading ruler to use with any windows application, including emails and web pages.

Dyslexic people are particularly vulnerable to interruptions, due to processing problems and short-term memory deficit. Use of the Virtual Reading Ruler overcomes screen glare and allows the reader to keep their place on the document being viewed when interrupted by a phone call or a colleague. The Virtual Reading Ruler can be used with any document, including web pages, and can be used in conjunction with The VirtualColored Overlay.

"At last! I can read my emails without having to print them off and take them home!"
(Lincolnshire NHS trust manager)

Multiple applications of both the Virtual Screen Overlay and the Virtual Reading Ruler can be launched from one computer without slowing down the processing speed, making this an ideal for when additional screens are being used with spreadsheets or design programmes.

The Virtual Reading Ruler is a fully configurable on-screen reading ruler to use with any Mac application, including emails and web pages.

Dyslexic people are particularly vulnerable to interruptions, due to processing problems and short-term memory deficit. Use of the Virtual Reading Ruler overcomes screen glare and allows the reader to keep their place on the document being viewed when interrupted by a phone call or a colleague. The Virtual Reading Ruler can be used with any document, including web pages,

"At last! I can read my emails without having to print them off and take them home!"
(Lincolnshire NHS trust manager)

Multiple applications of both the Virtual Screen Overlay and the Virtual Reading Ruler can be launched from one computer without slowing down the processing speed, making this an ideal for when additional screens are being used with spreadsheets or design programmes.

Manage in-depth assessment of individual overlay needs in your school, college or organisation.

An easy to use anti Screen Glare workplace solution, which works to reduce the effects of visual stress that can be caused by intensive computer work.

The 'Type Thru' Virtual Coloured Overlay is ideal for real time word processing and all other computer work, enabling the user to position and size the tinted area according to need, and type through the tint. The "Type-Thru" Virtual Screen Overlay will tint the whole screen or any area of the screen in any tint, and can be used in conjunction with the Virtual Reading Ruler.

Multiple applications of both the Virtual Screen Overlay and the Virtual Reading Ruler can be launched from one computer without slowing down the processing speed, making this ideal for when additional screens are being used, such as with spreadsheets or design programmes.

Colored Overlays from Crossbow Education help to reduce the symptoms of Visual Stress (moving or "shimmering" letters, headaches etc. See article in information section) caused by reading from printed materials. Our colored overlays have been developed in line with research from the Dept of Psychology at Essex University (UK), and are proven to reduce the symptoms of Visual Stress incurred by many people reading printed materials in a learning environment.

Colored Overlays from Crossbow Education help to reduce the symptoms of Visual Stress (also known as Meares-Irlen syndrome) caused by reading from printed materials. Our colored overlays have been proven to reduce the symptoms of Visual Stress incurred by many people reading printed materials in a learning environment.