Disability Resource Directory

Vision Impaired & Blindness Solutions

Vision Impaired & Blindness Products: Hardware and Software

1. Ackley Appliance Service
   COMPLETE Perkins Brailler repair. Since 1975, Alan Ackley has reconditioned more than 7000 Braillers for individuals, schools, and agencies in over forty states.
   4301 Park Avenue #540;  Des Moines, Iowa 50321 USA
   
2. Ai Squared
   develops software for the visually impaired. Low-vision products offered are ZoomText.
   Manchester Center, Vermont 05255 USA
   
3. The Visual-Tech Connection
   Low vision solutions (Video Magnifiers and Reading Machines) available from The Visual-Tech Connection.
   8174 Rookery Way, PO Box 1996; Westerville, Ohio 43086 USA
   
4. American Printing House
   The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc., founded in 1858, is the world's largest company devoted solely to creating products for people who are blind and visually impaired.
   1839 Frankfort Ave; PO Box 6085; Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085 USA
5. American Thermoform Corporation
   The American Thermoform Corporation offers blind and visually impaired products.
   1758 Brackett Street, La Verne, California 91750 USA
   
6. Ann Morris Enterprises Inc.
   One stop shopping for talking products, electronics and safety, housewares, kitchen, microwave, novelties, pet supplies, leather goods and more. Products for people with vision loss whether partially sighted or blind.
   551 Hosner Mountain Rd.; Stormville, NY 12582 USA
   
7. AROGA Group
   Canadian Resources for Persons with Disabilities. The largest selection of low vision and blindness access products in Canada. A broad range of products for the physically disabled, print disabled, learning disabled and non-verbal.
   1611 Welch St.; North Vancouver, BC V7P 3G9 Canada
   
8. Assistech Special Needs
   ASSISTECH is an online/retail company based in Tucson, Arizona specializing in assistive products for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, Blind and Visually Impaired, Speech-Impaired, and Physically Challenged.
   
9. Autofold Inc.
   manufactures consumer products such as canes, walking sticks, hiking staffs, folding products (including canes and auto/truck tools), antennas, putters, target shooting sticks.
   Autofold distributes low vision reading tests, electronic travel aids such as laser canes and sonic devices for the visually impaired, orientation and mobility materials (e.g., Robocane software, textbooks).
   Gardner, Massachusetts 01440-6063 USA
   
10. Braille Translation with MegaDots
    Information on braille, on MegaDots, and the Raised Dot Computing product line.
    
11. BRYTECH Inc.
    Brytech Inc. is a leading developer of products that assist the visually-impaired, blind and deaf-blind such as a cost-effective vital-signs monitor and Note Teller, a compact, portable bank note reader.
    600 Peter Morand Crescent, Suite 240; Ottawa ON K1G 5Z3
    
12. Contact Lenses
    Low prices on all brands of contact lenses. The exact same contact lenses prescribed by your doctor, delivered to you for less.
    
13. Beyond braille with DotsPlus
    a full tactile font set.
    
14. Dragon NaturallySpeaking
    Nuance Communications, Inc, formerly ScanSoft, offers PC and MAC speech recognition software such as NaturallySpeaking.
    Offerings include dictation, telephony, vertical market add-ons and developers' tools.
    
15. Duxbury Systems
    develops and markets software for braille in several languages on MS-DOS, Windows, Macintosh, Unix and other systems.
    
16. Enabling Technologies Company
    Manufacturer of Braille embossers. Braille embossers for the smallest home office, the largest commercial publisher, and everyone in between.
    1601 Northeast Braille Place; Jensen Beach, Florida 34957 USA
    
17. Eurisco Information Systems, Switzerland
    Eurisco Information Systems is a young Swiss software house active in the field of rehabilitation technology for visually impaired PC users.
    
18. Freedom Scientific
    Freedom Scientific (formerly Arkenstone, Henter-Joyce and Blazie) is a leading provider of reading systems for people with visual and reading disabilities.
    
19. Frontier Computing
    Sales and support company for people who are blind or have low vision.
    
20. HumanWare
    Specializes in assistive technology for persons who have difficulties reading print due to blindness, low vision, or learning and/or reading disabilities.
    Low Vision, Braille, Optical Scanners and Speech Products.
    175 Mason Circle; Concord, California 94520 USA
    
21. Gus Communications, Inc.
    Software for speech, communication disorders and physical disabilities.
    1006 Lonetree Court; Bellingham, Washington 98226-3167 USA
    
22. Independent Living Aids
    National distributor of aids to people who are blind or visually impaired.
    27 East Mall; Plainview, New York 11803 USA
    
23. Infogrip Inc.
    The BAT Personal Keyboard is the World's best selling One Hand Keyboard. A fully functional keyboard for one hand. The BAT Personal Keyboard replaces the entire keyboard, while only requiring the use of one hand.
    1141 E. Main Street; Ventura, California 93001 USA
    
24. Innoventions, Inc.
    Since 1990, Innoventions has supplied the Magni-Cam Electronic Magnifier to thousands to help with low vision.
    5921 S. Middlefield Road, Suite 102; Littleton, Colorado 80123 USA
    
25. LevelStar
    Manufacturer and distributer of the Icon Mobile Manager, a pocket-sized PDA and notetaker for the blind and visually impaired.
    1500 Cherry Street; Suite D; Louisville, Colorado 80027 USA
    
26. Nanogames
    Flexible Accessible Computer Games!
    
27. NanoPac Inc.
    Computer Assistive Technology for People Who Are Disabled. NanoPac supplies computer related products and services for individuals with disabilities. Some of the items provided are environmental controls, voice activation, low vision, blindness products, augmentative communications, voice recognition, speech synthesis, text to speech, switches and switch mounts.
    4823 South Sheridan Road; Suite 302; Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145-5717 USA
    
28. National Association for Visually Handicapped
    The NAVH  serves the unique needs of those who are visually impaired, visually handicapped, a little bit blind. This site is not just for the "HARD OF SEEING®"  but for those with family and friends that need everything from large print books to the latest on their particular condition.
    22 West 21st Street; New York, NY 10010 USA
    
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29. Optelec US, Inc.
    Since 1985, has developed innovative products that have helped thousands of people with low vision read and write again....independently.
    Westford, Massachusetts USA
    
30. OVAC Vision-Aide
    Electronic magnifiers for the vision impaired & partially sighted; CCTV magnifier reading system. For impaired vision or low vision readers. The OVAC Vision-Aide personal reading system magnifies printed reading material and displays it on your TV set.
    67-555 E. Palm Canyon Dr. Unit C-103; Cathedral City, California 92234 USA
    
31. Parrot S.A.
    An engineering and manufacturing company based in France specializing in portable voice recognition products and applications. We develop and design both the software and the computerized components that are used in such devices as speech operated organizers, personal electronic assistants, hands free car telephone kits, and speak-to-dial devices.
    28 rue Meslay; 75003 PARIS - FRANCE
    
32. Pip Squeakers baby shoes - aid for BVI toddlers & BVI parents
    Parents can HEAR whenever baby is on the move, always knowing baby is close-by and safe.
    These baby shoes softly squeak as each foot touches down. A parenting aid that promotes SAFETY and a baby product that encourages FIRST STEPS.
    
33. Quantum Technology
    is an Australian company specializing in the development, manufacture and distribution of technology solutions for people with vision impairment such as the Mountbatten Brailler.
    Unit 1; 2 Pioneer Ave.; Thornleigh NSW 2120 Australia
    
34. Repro-Tronics Inc.
    is the designer and manufacturer of the Tactile Image Enhancer, Flexi - Paper tactile imaging paper and the Thermo Pen II.  These products are designed to assist blind and visually impaired individuals in the creation and understanding of tactile graphic images. Explore this site and gain an understanding of how each of these unique products can assist in deciphering and designing tactile images.
    75 Carver Ave; WestWood, New Jersey 07675 USA
    
35. Seedlings Braille Books for Children
    Seedlings is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy by providing high quality, low cost braille books for children.
    
36. Tack-Tiles® Home Page
    Tack-Tiles® Braille Systems are an exceptional aid to learning, teaching, communicating, and recreation. Tack-Tiles® are interchangeable with standard LEGO®-type blocks. They provide a unique bridge, a smoother, shorter, more interesting path to Braille literacy.
    
37. Telesensory Corporation
    Products include Video Magnifiers (CCTV) and Scanners (OCR).
    71 Bukit Batok Crescent #05-10; Prestige Centre, Singapore 658071
    Telesensory Services and Repairs
    4545 Stockdale Hwy. Suite F; Bakersfield, California 93309 USA
    
38. The Braillery
    "We repair, clean and recondition all makes of braille writers and serve the individual as well as schools and agencies".
    
39. The Visual-Tech Connection
    Low vision solutions (Video Magnifiers and Reading Machines) available from The Visual-Tech Connection.
    8174 Rookery Way, PO Box 1996; Westerville, Ohio 43086 USA
    
40. The vOICe Learning Edition
    Vision Substitution Software for the Blind. The vOICe Learning Edition for Windows-95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7, . The vOICe software translates images from a digital camera (webcam) into sounds that you hear via your headphones, thus targeting vision substitution.
    Now offering a FREE download!
    
41. Travel Tales: A Mobility Storybook
    has been on the market since l988, and continues to get high grades from mobility instructors, vision teachers, parents, and blind students themselves.
    
42. Vision Cue
    Offers a select assortment of low vision, Braille, and speech products from a variety of assistive technology manufacturers..