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Independent Life Resources attempts to bring you the most up-to-date BLIND/VISUAL IMPAIREMENT support links available. This directory was created to support persons with disabilities, senior citizens, and those with other health related needs. This is, however, not an endorsement of any of the programs, products, or services listed.
Michael S. True, ILR Publishing Editor
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Blind - Low Vision
Access Ingenuity provides a full range of products and services for people with disabilities. Because our goal is to provide effective access solutions we can advise, supply, and train with products from across the industry. Features Window-Eyes software, a screen reader for people who are blind.
Information from the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)
More information about Achromatopsia
Braille printers, embossers, translation software, specialty papers, and other related supplies.
To promote the independence of blind and visually impaired persons by providing special media, tools, and materials needed for education and life.
The Aroga Group has been serving the needs of Canadians with disabilities since 1987. We are proud to provide only the best assistive and adaptive technology on the market today, including blindness products, low vision products, communication aids, learning disabilty software and devices, and computer access components.
We hope you will find the help and information you need here. Associated Services for the Blind is located in historic Center City, Philadelphia. Our many divisions serve the local Philadelphia and Delaware Valley areas and beyond. If you or someone you know or care about is losing significant vision, get in touch with us for advice and assistance.
This site is here to help Blind or deaf people, and especially deafblind people, and those who provide specialized services for those who are deafblind. A-Z to Deafblindness is also here, to make people more aware about deafblindness.
Bartiméus is an organisation which provides services for the partially sighted or blind. Bartiméus supports partially sighted and blind children, young people, adults and the elderly, so that they can live, study and work as independently as possible. This also applies to partially sighted and blind people with an intellectuel disability.
Software for the blind and visually impaired. Announcing Bavisoft. A breakthrough company dedicated to providing superior quality software for the blind and visually impaired. Welcome to the future of audio gaming.
An enlarged type search engine for low vision readers.
This page is devoted to listing games specifically designed for vision-impaired and blind players.
A directory of Internet resources for those with Visual impairments.
Links to some useful condition-specific resources relating to visual impairments.
This website has been designed to inform kids about blindness. We hope you like it and learn more about being blind. This site covers several different topics related to blindness. Most pages also have links to other websites on blindness.
A great reference page for infromation about Braille and related product and service providers.
Welcome to Blind World, where the world keeps up-to-date with the latest news and goings-on in the blindness and visually impaired communities. Here you will find a variety of interesting, informative and entertaining articles, pertaining specifically to the world of the blind and visually impaired.
Braille Plus has been in continuous operation for the sole purpose of providing alternate format documents to print-disabled individuals since August 1992.
Braille School, also known as BRL (Blindness Related Learning) is the leading provider of web-based communication learning tools for the visually impaired, their friends and family.
FYI - companies and oganizatons producing or providing Braille materials, (contact list).
Scan-A-Page or Word lets students hear what they're attempting to read! Reads out loud any typed text. Involves audio-visual stimulation and Positive reinforcement.
At Clarity, we take a different approach to manufacturing video magnifiers. Instead of mass produced, assembly line products using low end components, our products are individually hand crafted with cutting edge technology and high quality components that take days, rather than hours to build. The results are the most innovative, versatile, best valued, trouble free video magnifiers available.
Here is a collection of resources for gaming. There are 2 sections. First, is magazines dedicated to the gamer with visual impairments. Second, is a list of sites where you can download and/or purchase games.
This is a page of info, designed to be a huge assignment for my course, so it may not be to everyone's taste. But if you're in here looking for info about all types of colour vision defects, hopefully you'll find what you're looking for!
Specializes in learning and training materials for computer users who are visually challenged.
Braille music translator for Windows 95 and 98 - visual aids for computers.
Dazor task lights and magnifiers are designed to perform as "work" lights for the person who requires a dependable light source that can be adjusted frequently, day after day, for years. Our lighting and magnification products are found today in commercial, professional, industrial, educational, medical, and residential settings throughout world.
As deafblindness is a low incidence disability the extent of activity in any one country will not be enough to maintain a distinct identity for this field. International networking and the sharing of information is essential to the development of the deafblind field and quality services for deafblind people. DbI stimulates the development and dissemination of information and literature.
The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision
Computer screen reader, magnifiers, speech synthesizers.
Sotware for braille users compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Dos, and Unix programs.
Here you will find parent and teacher informational packets for early learning and school integration, make-it-yourself tactile book patterns for visually impaired preschoolers: Numbers, Shapes, Opposites, a comprehensive Behavior Mangement overview, and more.
The EnableMart mission is to market, promote, and distribute innovative technology-based products and services that promote independence, enhance productivity, and change the lives of individuals with disabilities.
We design, manufacture, and support the most popular Braille embossers in the world from our plant and headquarters in Jensen Beach, Florida.
Enhanced Vision is the leading developer of innovative products designed specifically for people who are legally blind and have macular degeneration and other low vision conditions. We have helped thousands of people regain their visual independence by providing the ability to read, write, watch TV, enjoy a play and live again.
Eschenbach Optik of America, Inc. is the exclusive North American distributor of Eschenbach products from Germany. Our vision aids include magnifiers, telescopes, sun filters, binoculars, and electronic reading devices (CCTVs) and are ideal for those with low vision (caused by macular degeneration, diabetes, glaucoma, cataracts, other eye conditions) or for those needing magnification for industrial applications.
Largest private organization funding research to cure blinding retinal disorders such as retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome (deaf-blindness), affecting all ages and ethnicities.
Here you can send Braille letters, learn Braille, and meet people who share yourinterest in Braille.
Products for the visually handicapped and learning disabled, including: note takers, screen readers, and screen magnifiers.
At ifbyphone, we are closing the digital divide, between big companies and small, with services that allow you to use any telephone to access the best that technology offers. Through the magic of VoiceXML, our next generation IVR (Interactive Voice Response system) gives you access to a wide range of information and services.
Independent Living Aids carries low vision aids that help the visually impaired enjoy a more independent lifestyle. We carry everything for the blind and visually impaired including canes, magnifiers, talking watches, talking clocks, large print books, ZoomText magnification software, Braille products, talking cooking gadgets and much, much more.
A series of tactile graphic books, educational games and activities for blind and visually impaired pre-school children.
JBliss Imaging Systems, founded in 1994, is dedicated to the development of PC based reading and magnifying systems which help people with visual impairments efficiently access the rapidly growing stream of information from printed documents, CD-ROMs, E-mail, and the Internet.
An international listing of library systems and assistance for low-vision readers.
The Lighthouse is dedicated to preventing the disabling effects of uncorrectable vision loss from conditions such as macular degeneration, diabetes-related eye disease, cataracts and glaucoma. Our work enables people of all ages who are visually impaired to remain independent, active and productive.
LS and S is the catalog of products for the visually impaired and hard of hearing. For more than 20 years, we have served the needs of individuals, agencies, non-profits, schools, and the medical community, providing helpful products to a broad spectrum of clients.
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Just what the name implies... a variety of daily living adaptive gear for those with low-vision needs.
The Montreal Association for the Blind (MAB) is a private, non-profit rehabilitation centre serving blind and visually impaired people of all ages.
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the nation's largest and most influential membership organization of blind persons. With fifty thousand members, the NFB has affiliates in all fifty states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, and over seven hundred local chapters. As a consumer and advocacy organization, the NFB is considered the leading force in the blindness field today.
With America's Jobline, the user enters a search profile into the system using the standard touch-tone telephone keypad to respond to menu choices. As with the job announcement information, the menu choices are presented in a voice-output format. To try Jobline yourself, call 1-800-414-5748 and use this Ready Reference Guide.
NanoPac, Inc. carries a complete line of Optelec low vision products based on CCTV technology. CCTV's are specially designed to enlarge printed material for people who have low vision and can no longer comfortably use glasses or special lenses to read regular size print. Optelec products use a video camera that focuses on the printed page. The print is then enlarged and displayed on a monitor.
The OVAC product line began in 1993 with the introduction of our first vision-aide for senior citizens with macular degeneration. Founded on the principles of simple operation, high performance and low cost by utilizing the television receivers already in the users home as the medium on which to read and write. OVAC has maintained this philosophy with hand held, side by side and in-line desktops till this date.
PnC Net is software that provides people with low vision the same power to use the Internet that fully sighted people have. You can easily read the daily newspaper, get up-to-minute stock quotes, make travel reservations, purchase goods, get information on almost any topic, and participate fully in the World Wide Web!
Mission: to provide assistive technology to persons with disabilities and give them better access to today's technologically oriented world. Our range of products is growing and is now at eight: Text Cloner, Text Cloner Pro, Scan & Read Lite, Scan & Read Pro, Scan & Read To Go, Complete Reading System, Doc Reader, and our newest, Talking Word Processor
From modest beginnings in 1988, Pulse Data is now recognised internationally as one of most innovative in the field of blindness and low vision. Today, we are a truly international company, committed to exceeding our customers' expectations through great products and great service. Featuring: The SmartView video magnifier, PocketViewer, BrailleNote PK, and more.
Repro - Tronics is the designer and manufacturer of the Tactile Image Enhancer, Flexi - Paper tactile imaging paper,the Thermo Pen II, and Tactile AudioGRAPHICS. These products are designed to assist blind and visually impaired individuals in the creation and understanding of tactile graphic images.
...a collection of links that I have either come to rely upon personally or which I have stumbled across in the course of my own personal webcrawling. They are offered here merely as jumping-off points for the exploration of blindness-related resources, for following any one of the links listed on this page will open a Pandora's box of information. And that, my friends, is the true beauty of hypertext...
Researchers in the fields of applied speech synthesis and optical character recognition; research applied to the manufacture of a wide range of assistive technology devices including talking personal computers, reading machines, Braille translation software and talking mobility devices.
We are UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems. Our pioneering work helps anyone with a sight problem – not just with braille, Talking Books and computer training, but with imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges.
The RSB of South Australia helps those with little or no sight to optimise their opportunities by providing specialist staff, information and technology resources to meet individual needs. This site is dedicated to increasing people's awareness of the RSB, what we offer and the services and products available to blind and vision impaired people.
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Scottish Sensory Centre promotes and supports new developments and effective practices in the education of children and young people with sensory impairments, that is; visual impairment, deaf and deafblind. SSC collaborates with: education authorities; schools and groups of teachers; voluntary organisations; parents groups; young people themselves.
The Screen Magnifiers Homepage is a non-profit independen organization. We do not sell any products or services. We are the leading resource for magnification solutions information on the Internet.
SeeAbility’s aim is to enable individuals who are visually impaired and have additional disabilities to achieve their full potential.
SightConnection is the retail operation of Seattle-based Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted(CSBPS), a private, 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 1965. CSBPS works with individuals, families, and communities to restore, maintain and enhance the independence and well-being of people with impaired vision, and specializes in working with age-related vision loss.
Braille Displays: The Only 2-Dimensional Braille Displays,Magnilink CCTVs: New Line ofVision International CCTVs, Braille Printers: Everest, Basic-D, Index 4x4 Pro, Porta-Thiel, Impacto-600 Software: Speech Access, Braille Translators, Optical Braille Recognition.
Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International, Inc. is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides medical, surgical and educational services by volunteer ophthalmic surgeons with the primary objective of restoring sight to disadvantaged blind individuals worldwide.
Tack-Tiles® Braille Systems are a sophisticated teaching tool for all ages based on LEGO®-type blocks. These Braille blocks provide a unique bridge, a smoother, shorter, more interesting path to Braille literacy. Now in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian literary Braille Code as well as Nemeth Braille Code for mathematics, Braille code for music notation, and computer Braille code. True to their nature, TACK-TILES® have shown themselves to be valuable tactile aids in several settings wherein of sensory stimulation, not vision, is the central issue to be addressed.
This project uses free GIS data and off-the-shelf embossing technology to allow blind people to download and emboss customized tactile street maps of any location in the US.
The Artificial Vision Device consists of the following three parts: a camera that receives the picture, a visual information processor that transforms the picture into electrical signals and a skin-attached transmitter. For the receiver, we used a simple black-and-white camera with a high-focus glass lens at a 90 degree angle. A personal IBM-compatible computer with special software was used for processing the visual information.
Our product line includes; adaptive computers, reading machines, DOS/Windows access software, speech synthesizers, refreshable braille products, voice recognition software, screen magnification software,CTV products, braille embossers, braille translation software, tactile imaging products, various accessories, customized personal computer systems, and much more.
For three decades, Telesensory has been helping visually impaired and blind people achieve greater independence through innovative, technology-based products. Featuring assistive equiptment by Pico, Olympia, Ovation, and Aladdin.
The Tiresias web site provides in-depth information on assistive devices for people with visual disabilities, current and future research, technical information, disability organisations and agencies, sources of research, funding, publications, standards and legislation.
ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. is dedicated to the development of new methods for non-visual display that will expand information accessibility by people with print disabilities. Features the Tiger Advantage Tactile Graphics and Braille Embosser
This site contains information on many topics pertaining to parenting and teaching a child with visual impairments. My name is Betsy Walker and my inspiration for this site is my daughter Katie who is blind due to ROP.
VisionConnection was founded in October 2003 by Lighthouse International, established in 1905 to help people overcome the challenges of vision impairment through worldwide leadership in vision rehabilitation services, education, research, prevention and advocacy.
The Vision Help Network provides nationwide referrals for optometric vision therapy and related diagnostic services. Our members include expert developmental and behavioral optometrists, college professors, and the authors of leading textbooks on vision therapy. Our web site provides accurate information about vision therapy, and guidance for choosing a qualified eye care provider.
Vision Technology is a leader in the use of high resolution, auto-focus video magnification systems. Our diverse line of video magnification systems help people with macular degeneration and other forms of low vision read, write, and live independently.
Refreshable braille displays, screen readers, and magnifiers for computers.
Because some sensory dysfunction is present in all individuals with autism, and because vision problems are more common in individuals with sensory impairments, it would benefit parents of children with autism greatly to become more knowledgeable about vision impairments and possible remedies.
Assistive products for the visually impaired. Speech, Braille and Electronic Magnification aids.
The World Federation of the Deaf/Blind hosts links to the New DeafBlind Zealand, the Australian DeafBlind Council, the European Blind Union, and A-Z to Deafblindness.
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