RESOURCES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED


ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES & DEVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS

The following is a complied listing services and vendors who sell assistive technology for individuals who have vision impairments.

ACB: American Council of the Blind
AFB: American Foundation for the Blind
Audio Description: Audio Description involves the accessibility of the visual images of theater, media, and museum exhibitions for people who are blind or have low vision. It is a free narration service that attempts to describe what the sighted person takes for granted.
Blind Links: This site offers a large collection of information on adaptive technology, employment, medicine, mobility and government services.
Clovernook: Rehabilitation services for the visually impaired. Includes personal adjustment, supported living and vocational development services.
Empowerment Zone: Provides information, ideas and software relating to the theme of empowerment; helping individuals and communities achieve self actualization and full citizenship.
The GEB Web: Information on the services of Guiding Eyes for the Blind.
Hadley School for the Blind: Offers over 90 distance education courses to eligible students completely free of charge.
Microsoft enable: Site of Microsoft's Accessibility and Disabilities information.
NFB: National Federation of the Blind.
NLS: The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, administers a free library program of braille and recorded materials circulated to eligible borrowers through a network of cooperating libraries.
RFBD: Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic provides cassette recordings of educational materials and text books for eligible patrons.


TECHNOLOGY
ALVA Access Group: Features OutSpoken screen reading software for PC and Macintosh computers.
Ann Morris: Provides an information catalog of products for people with vision
Ai Squared: Features Zoomtext, Zoomtext Xtra Level 1 and 2, Zoomtext for Dos and VisAbility Low vision reading systems
American Thermoform: Provides braille displays, embossers and printers; Braille devices are featured.
APH: American Printing house for the Blind manufactures braille, large type, recorded, and computer disk publications, and an assortment of educational and daily living aids.
Artic technologies: Features WinVision Screen reading Software, VisAble, and Zoom Video Telescope
Dancing Dots: Provides GoodFeel software, promotes literacy for the blind musician by automating the transcription of braille scores; automatically converts Line Notation and MIDI files to braille.
Dolphin Computer Access: Features Supernova Reader Magnifier, Hal Screen Reader, and Lunar Plus Enhanced Screen Enlarger.
Duxbury Systems: Featres Duxbury and Megadots Braille translation software.
Enabling Technologies: Designs and manufactures braille embossers, support services available.
GW Micro: Offers a variety of software and hardware solutions for the visually impaired, such as Window Eyes, Vocal-Eyes, Sounding Boards, Speak-Out and the Small Talk PC family of laptop computers.
Ferguson Enterprises: Vendor of complete computer systems, including Screen Access and Magnification Software.
Freedom Scientfic: Affiliated desingers of assistive technologies, including Arkenstone, Blazie Engineering, and Henter-Joyce. Features products: Braille notetakers, JAWS screen-reading software and reading machines.

Humanware: Specializes in products for people who are blind, visually impaired or learning disabled.
IBM Special Needs: Manufacturer of the Independence Series products; Screen reading - magnification software and more.
Independent Living Aids: Oldest, privately held, national mail-order distributor of aids to daily living for the blind and visually impaired.

Innoventions: Source of the Magni-Cam, an affordable, portable electronic magnifier for people with low vision.
JBliss imaging Systems: Features the Versatile Image Processor (VIP) magnification system; providing ease of reading for persons with low vision.
Lernout & Haupie: Features the Kurzweil Omni 1000 and Omni 3000 text-to-speech software, L&H Voice Express input..
MicroTalk: Manufacturer of computer screen access software; ASAP for DOS and ASAW for Windows, listserve available for tech support.
National Braille Press: Nonprofit braille printing and publishing company.
Optelec US Inc.: Developer of innovative products that have helped people with low vision to independently read and write again.
OVEC Inc.: Developer desktop and portable readers.

Raised Dot Computing: Manufacturer of MegaDots, braille translation software for DOS based computers.
Screen Magnifiers Homepage: Provides information about screen magnifier software, the latest news, and a comparison of the differnt screen magnifiers available.
Sighted Electronics: Provides computer systems and adaptive technology for persons with blindness or visual impairments.
Telesensory Incorporated: TSI provides low vision and blindness products; includes computer magnification systems, braille, OCR and speech access equipment.
Vision Technology: Provides full featured video reading systems available at an affordable price for persons with visual impairments.

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