514 Wheaton Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
269-216-4798
313-483-0505 (Fax)
www.atguys.com
E-mail: support@atguys.com

A T Guys provides innovative technology solutions with an emphasis on mobile productivity. The company's vision is to provide affordable, high-quality technology and services to consumers, along with quality customer support and training.

A T Guys is a distributor for Code Factory, the iBill money identifier, the KNFB Reader Mobile, Sendero GPS, and the Duxbury Braille Translator. In addition, the company administers several popular informational resources including Blind Bargains, a clearinghouse for deals and news for the blind and visually impaired, and Android Access, a website dedicated to accessible Android cell phones.

20 Main Street, Suite G2
Acton, MA 01720
800-681-5909 (Toll free)
978-635-0202
253-595-3623 (Fax)
www.abisee.com
E-mail: info@abisee.com

ABiSee is a developer of hi-tech products and assistive reading and magnification devices for people who are blind, have low vision, and are deaf-blind.

8630 Fenton Street, Suite 930
Silver Spring, MD 20910
1-800-227-0216
301-608-8912 TDD
301-608-8958 Fax
www.abledata.com
E-mail: abledata@macrointernational.com

See ABLEDATA's downloadable factsheets on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available in the United States. In PDF format.

ABLEDATA has an extensive Blind and Low Vision product list.

11110 Fort Street, Suite 103
Omaha, NE 68164
866-699-4357 (Toll free)
402-491-3191
402-491-3221 (Fax)
www.accessibility.net
E-mail: info@accessibility.net

Accessibility.net, Inc. is a full-service company providing technology solutions for persons who are blind or who have low vision in the states of Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa.

Accessibility.net carries state-of-the-art solutions for a variety of needs, including screen readers, software magnification, scan-and-read programs, electronic note takers, braille displays, braille translation software, braille embossers, custom-built computer systems, and daily living products for persons with low vision.

Their service department provides installation and training, their technical staff is available for telephone support, and they provide remote support and training to anyone in the United States.

A Division of Independent Living Products
10799 North 90th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
800-377-8033 (Toll free)
480-767-6800
602-296-0297 Fax
www.activeforever.com
E-mail: CustomerService@ActiveForever.com

ActiveForever specializes in practical solutions for a range of medical problems, rehabilitation, and accessibility. A section of their online store is devoted to low vision products.

ActiveForever's Low Vision Department offers a wide selection of daily living aids, large print products, magnifiers, CCTVs, talking watches, magnifying mirrors, lighting, and other low vision products. A list of these products can also be downloaded in PDF format.

4574 W. Thorn Creek Street
Meridian, ID 83642
208-841-1296
208-401-0028 (Fax)
www.acutevisionproducts.com
E-mail: vincent@acutevisionproducts.com

ACUTE Vision Products is an authorized Humanware dealer and provider of low vision devices, including handheld electronic magnifiers, CCTVs, and text-to-voice technology, serving all of Idaho, Utah, and Montana.

ACUTE provides demonstrations, sales, and service to individuals, schools and independent living facilities, as well as group or individual demonstrations, training, and instruction. Bilingual English/Spanish.

A Division of Perkins Products
P.O. Box 778
Amesbury, MA 01913
978-462-3817
978-462-3928 (Fax)
www.adaptivetech.net
E-mail: gyarnall@adaptivetech.net

Adaptive Technology Consulting provides high-technology adaptive devices, training, and consulting services that bring greater independence to individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or have learning disabilities.

Products include adaptive wallets, Daisy books, barcode readers, electronic personal organizers, electronic notetakers, large print computer keyboards, personal care products, screen magnification software, screen readers, speech recognition, video magnifiers (CCTVs), tables for video magnifiers, and whiteboard digital recorders.

P.O. Box 669
Manchester Center, VT 05255
800-859-0270 (Toll free orders)
(802) 362-3612
(802) 362-1670 (Fax)
www.aisquared.com
E-mail: sales@aisquared.com

Ai Squared offers a range of screen magnification and screen reading software products for people with blindess, visual impairment, and low vision, including ZoomText, ZoomText USB, the ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard, and ZoomText Express.

American Foundation for the Blind
2 Penn Plaza, Suite 1102
New York, NY 10121
800-232-5463 (800-AFB-LINE)
212-502-7600
888-545-8331 (Fax)
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net

AFB Center on Vision Loss
11030 Ables Lane
Dallas, TX 75229
214-352-7222
E-mail: dallas@afb.net

AFB TECH
949 3rd Avenue, Suite 200
Huntington, WV 25701
304-523-8651
E-mail: AFBTECH@afb.net

Find Technology Information

AFB TECH publishes AccessWorld®: Technology and People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, AFB's acclaimed online technology magazine. AccessWorld® provides objective information, informed commentary, and cutting-edge news and trends about information technology and visual impairment. Find more information in the Technology section of the AFB web site.

Find Information for Older Adults

The AFB Center on Vision Loss publishes Senior Site®, an online resource center that connects seniors, family members, and caregivers to local services and showcases a wide range of assistive living products available to people with vision loss.

Find Services and Support Groups

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) provides a "Where Can I Find…" database of services in the United States and Canada. The database includes extensive resources, including computer training, rehabilitation services, volunteer services, employment and job training, support groups, and many other helpful areas.

In addition, the American Foundation for the Blind

• Provides services to, and acts as an information clearinghouse for, people who are blind or visually impaired and their families, professionals, organizations, schools, and corporations
• Stimulates research and mounts program initiatives to improve services to blind or visually impaired people
• Publishes a wide variety of professional, reference, and consumer books and videos in the AFB Bookstore

The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. and Adult Life Products
1839 Frankfort Avenue
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085
800-223-1839 (U.S. and Canada)
502-895-2405
502-899-2274 (Fax)
E-mail: info@aph.org
catalogs@aph.org (request a catalog)

American Printing House for the Blind (APH) offers braille products, books, and supplies; large-print books; computer software and access; labeling and marking; lighting; low vision; mobility devices; personal care; recreation and leisure; talking products; and writing and reading devices.

4801 W. Calle Don Miguel
Tucson, AZ 85757
866-674-3549 (Voice/TTY)
520-883-5926 (Fax)
www.assistech.com
Send e-mail

Assistech™ carries a complete line of assistive products for people who are deaf and hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired, speech impaired, and physically challenged. They also feature products for the general public, such as medicine reminder watches and electronic language translators.

www.atechnews.com
E-mail: jwilliams@atechnews.com

Assistive Technology News contains product information, breaking news, book reviews, editorials, opinion pieces, and employment information.

Beyond Sight, Inc.
5650 South Windermere Street
Littleton, CO 80120
303-795-6455
303-795-6425 (Fax)
E-mail: support@beyondsight.com

Beyond Sight offers braille displays and embossers; computers; software; mobility aids; clocks and watches; adapted games; kitchen aids; health and beauty aids; lamps and bulbs; writing aids; magnifiers; helpful gadgets; note takers; recorders and players; telephones; video magnifiers.

19500 Graystone Lane
San Jose, CA 95120
800-985-0535 (Toll free)
408-927-7943
408-351-8300 (Fax)
www.bierley.com
E-mail: USinfo@bierley.com

Bierley designs and manufactures a wide range of hand-held electronic magnifiers, using video and camera technology and working with ergonomists and design engineers. Bierley began in the United Kingdom in 2004 and now has offices on three continents.

P.O. Box 13526
Macon, GA 31208-3526
478-742-7956
478-742-9368 (Fax)
http://blindresources.info
E-mail: info@blindresources.info

BlindResources.info provides blind computer users with important information, product reviews, resources, and real-world results with regard to software usage for the blind, script implementation and usage for Jaws For Windows, and additional information pertinent to the blind computer user.

559-224-2436
www.blindsoftware.com
Contact BlindSoftware

The mission of BlindSoftware is to develop premiere screen reader-accessible programs for the Windows operating system. These programs are to be flexible and easy-to-use while also providing key features for blind or visually impaired computer users. BlindSoftware products are used worldwide by home enthusiasts, blind students, blindness agencies, high schools, universities, visually impaired working professionals, and non-profit organizations for the blind.

The Magnifying Center
5130 North 19th Avenue, Suite 7
Phoenix, AZ 85015
800-776-5885 (Toll free)
602-956-6637
602-956-1008 (Fax)
www.wemagnify.com
E-mail: info@magnifyingcenter.com  

Offers a range of low vision and magnifying products, including magnifying glasses, hand-held magnifiers, reading lamps, video magnifiers for reading and writing, canes, protective eyewear, talking products, and products for people with hearing impairments.

P. O. Box 641946
Omaha, NE 68164
402-210-2337
www.BrailleShop.com
E-mail: info@brailleshop.com

BrailleShop.com provides braille and tactile graphics in high resolution, including custom maps, drawings, and illustrations. Products include braille books, accessible graphics, and braille cards.

2 North William Street
Pearl River, NY 10965
800-228-7798 (Toll free)
845-735-7907
www.lvpshop.com

Assistive technology products for the blind, visually impaired, and learning disabled, including CCTVs, video magnifiers, digital book players, reading machines, screen reading software, GPS, voice recognition, and braille printers.

c/o Braille Institute of America
741 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029-3594
323-666-2211
www.ctebvi.org
E-mail: administrator@ctebvi.org

The CA Transcribers and Educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CTEBVI) membership is composed of:

• Transcribers, both volunteer and professional
• Educators, including resource teachers and itinerant teachers
• Orientation & Mobility Specialists
• Rehabilitation counselors and counselor-teachers
• Administrators, both school and agency
• Parents of visually impaired children
• Librarians
• Paraprofessionals
• Students, both those learning to work with persons who are visually impaired and those who are visually impaired themselves
• Many other advocates for the special needs of individuals living with blindness and visual impairment

Center on Disabilities
Assistive Technology Training Program
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330
818-677-2578
818-677-4929 (Fax)
www.csun.edu/codtraining
E-mail: codtraining@csun.edu

The Center on Disabilities sponsors national and international assistive technology training programs to expand the knowledge base of professionals, and introduce newcomers to the disability field.

Programs aid participants in understanding the full impact of all forms of assistive technology and their potential areas of application. With over 2,500 graduates to date, the ATACP is the largest Assistive Technology certificate program and offers 100 hours of a wide range of practical Assistive Technology applications and information.

3938 South Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34231-3622
800-648-2266 (Toll free)
941-373-9100
www.carolynscatalog.com  
E-mail: support@carolynscatalog.com  

Carolyn's products include canes, computer supplies, electronics, fit over shields and sunglasses, games, household products, lamps, magnifiers, medical supplies, telephones, stationery, video magnifiers, vitamins, watches and clocks.

Arrowhead Place
205 West 2nd Street, Suite 130
Duluth, MN 55802
888-214-5450 (Toll free)
218-722-1837
218-722-1838 (Fax)

www.chestercreek.com
E-mail contact

Chester Creek offers functional computer keyboards and mice for all ages and abilities, including keyboards with oversized 1" keys, color-coded and standard-sized keyboards, and color-coded typing tutorials, along with software and accessories.

6776B Preston Avenue
Livermore, CA 94551
800-575-1456 (Toll free)
925-449-2605 (Fax)
www.clarityusa.com

Clarity offers a wide range of video magnifiers and other solutions to help people with low vision retain their independence. All products feature Clarity’s Auto-focus design. Clarity's products are distributed through a network of independent representatives located throughout the world who provide personalized customer service and support.

1754 Quarry Lane
P.O. Box 927
Valley Forge, PA 19482
610-783-6692
610-783-6732 (Fax)
www.dancingdots.com
E-mail: info@dancingdots.com

Fostering inclusion in the classroom, studio, and stage. Creating and adapting technology to benefit blind musicians and their educators since 1992. Scan printed scores, listen to results, or convert to braille music notation. Play your musical ideas into your PC and convert to print notation, braille score, or audio CD. Import from PDF, Finale, or Sibelius via MusicXML.

Dancing Dots offers a variety of products, including the Dancing Dots Accessible Audio and Notation Workstation, braille music courses, and assistive technology, such as JAWS for Windows and the Duxbury Braille Translator.

Study music by listening to your PC play it note-by-note or chord-by-chord, along with verbal descriptions with Dancing Dots' Lime Aloud software.

Learn braille music and any Dancing Dots technology via on-site or remote training.

Grubenstrasse 12
8045 Zurich, Switzerland
www.daisy.org
Contact information

The DAISY Consortium was formed by talking book libraries to lead the worldwide transition from analog to Digital Talking Books. Members of the Consortium actively promote the DAISY Standard for Digital Talking Books because it promises to revolutionize the reading experience for people who have print disabilities.

The Consortium's vision is that all published information is available to people with print disabilities, at the same time and at no greater cost, in an accessible, feature-rich, navigable format. The DAISY Consortium has established a mission and goals in order to make this vision a reality.

DisabilityInfo.gov is the federal government's one-stop web site for information of interest to people with disabilities, their families, employers, service providers and many others.

The site compiles information about state and federal legislation regarding disabilities, health care, education, social security and other benefits, civil rights, transportation, and technology. Of particular interest are the resources for Assistive and Adaptive Technology.

231 Clarksville Road, Suite 3
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
866-797-5921 (Toll free)
609-799-0475 (Fax)
888-519-4694 (Support)
www.yourdolphin.com
E-mail: info@dolphinusa.com

Dolphin creates software solutions for people with visual and print impairments. Software products include SuperNova, Lunar, LunarPlus, Hal, Dolphin Pen, Sightsavers Pen, and Cicero. Alt format tools include EasyConverter, EasyProducer, EasyReader, Dolphin Publisher, and EasyTutor.

270 Littleton Road, Unit 6
Westford, MA 01886-3523
978-692-3000
978-692-7912 (Fax)
www.duxsys.com
E-mail: orders@duxsys.com

Duxbury Systems produces the Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT) and MegaDots, used by many of the world's leading braille publishers. DBT supports grade 1 and grade 2 braille translation in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Malaysian, Swedish, and other languages. Duxbury software can produce contracted and uncontracted braille, mathematics, and technical braille.

www.blindnessandarts.com
E-mail: editor@blindnessandarts.com

ECO was founded as an on-line knowledge base in 2006, in order to provide research resources, information, and a gallery about blindness in the arts. It has now expanded to include information about blindness in information technology and computing.

1845 East Hovey Avenue
Normal, IL 61761
309-452-3088
800-890-1180 (Toll free)
www.envisionamerica.com  
E-mail: envision@envisionamerica.com

En-Vision America, Inc. provides high-tech products aimed at solving problems for people with visual impairments, including voice-enabled products such as i.d. mate OMNI, the talking bar code reader, and ScripTalk, the talking pharmaceutical reader.

4210 East 4th Plain Blvd.
Vancouver, WA 98661
888-640-1999 (Toll Free)
360-695-4155 (Outside the U.S.)
360-695-4133 Fax
www.enablemart.com
E-mail: support@enablemart.com
Request a catalog

EnableMart provides over 3,000 assistive technology and assistive living devices from over 200 manufacturers.

EnableMart's online Assistive Technology store has a section devoted to vision products which sells screen magnifiers, braille note takers, screen readers, talking books, braille embossers and translators, and miscellaneous products for low vision, such as talking thermostats and alarm clocks, barcode readers, and more.

1601 NE Braille Place
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
800-777-3687 (Toll free)
772-225-3687
800-950-3687 (Toll free fax)
772-225-3299 (Fax)
www.brailler.com
E-mail: info@brailler.com

Enabling Technologies designs, manufactures, and supports a wide range of braille printers and embossers. They also provide a comprehensive list of frequently asked questions about braille embossers.

Enhanced Vision Headquarters
5882 Machine Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
888-811-3161 (Toll free)
714-374-1829
714-374-1821 (Fax)
E-mail: evinfo@enhancedvision.com

Dedicated to helping individuals maintain their independence, Enhanced Vision has developed assistive technology to create a full line of easy-to-use low vision tools at affordable prices. The web site offers an online product selector to help you choose the most appropriate assistive device for your needs.

143 Gatto Lane
Pearl River, NY 10965
845-201-8113
845-201-8114 (Fax)
www.eyeassistllc.com
E-mail: eyeassist@optonline.net

Eye Assist supplies vision impaired individuals with aids for low vision that will assist in improving quality of life. Eye Assist is devoted to assisting people who are legally blind or visually impaired to remain independent with the help of ergonomic low vision aids that are reliable, innovative, and easy to use.

A Low Vision Superstore
8430 Gross Point Road
Suite 106
Skokie, IL 60077
888-612-9094 (Toll free)
847-612-9094
www.eyecanseeclearly.com
E-mail contact

Offers a wide range of low vision products and devices: kitchen items, clocks, timers, canes, lighting, clocks and watches, magnification solutions, electronic video magnifiers, and CCTVs.

Larry L. Lewis, Jr., Founder
955 Pembrook Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44121
216-381-8107
www.flying-blind.com
E-mail: Larry.Lewis@Flying-Blind.com

The Mission of Flying Blind, LLC is to develop and/or market Adaptive Technology Solutions for persons who are vision impaired within educational, vocational, community, and residential settings.

Through its work with various manufacturers of emerging technologies, Flying Blind, LLC is able to impact the direction of many Adaptive Technology Trends whose goals are to keep pace with the dynamic mainstream technology revolution.

11800 31st Court North
St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805
877-775-9474 (within US) (Sales and Information)
727-803-8000 (worldwide) (Sales and Information)
727-803-8001 (Fax)
www.freedomscientific.com
Contact information

Freedom Scientific is the world’s leader in technology-based solutions for people with visual impairments. Freedom Scientific has also developed leading-edge assistive technology products that enable the blind to have complete access to information and computing. In addition, Freedom Scientific is a leading developer of products specifically designed to assist persons with reading-related learning challenges.

725 Airport North Office Park
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
260-489-3671
260-489-2608 (Fax)
www.gwmicro.com
E-mail: info@gwmicro.com

GW Micro's products include Screen Reading Software, Braille Notetakers, PDAs, Portable CCTVs, and Portable Braille Displays.

3989 Central Avenue NE
Suite 402
Columbia Heights, MN 55421
651-636-5184
866-347-8249 (Fax)
www.handytech.us
E-mail: info@handytech.us

Handy Tech North America is a Minneapolis-based company that is owned and operated by business professionals with visual impairments. Handy Tech develops innovative and cost-effective low vision solutions and acts as a distributor for assistive technology products.

Handy Tech North America also offers customized assistive technology training and consulting services to organizations and individuals throughout the United States and Canada.

4616 W. Howard Lane, Suite 960
Austin, TX 78728
888-520-4467 (Toll free)
512-837-2000
512-837-2011 (Fax)
www.hims-inc.com
E-mail: sales@hims-inc.com

HIMS Inc. is the North American sales, marketing, and distribution office for HIMS assistive technology products helping people who are blind and have low vision. Products include Braille Sense Notetakers, Voice Sense Notetakers, Daisy Players, and desktop and portable video magnifiers.

800-722-3393 (Toll free US)
www.humanware.com
E-mail: us.info@humanware.com

Humanware creates assistive technology products for people who are blind, have low vision, or learning disabilities. Products include Victor Reader Stream, BrailleNote, Trekker Breeze, Braillant, MyReader2, SmartView Xtend, SmartView Graduate, SmartView Pocket, SmartView Versa, SmartView Nano, and ClassMate Reader.

 Independent Living Aids, Inc.

200 Robbins Lane
Jericho, NY 11753
800-537-2118 (Toll free)
516-937-1848
516-937-3906 (Fax)
E-mail: orders@independentliving.com

Independent Living Aids (ILA) offers products for the blind, deaf, vision- and hearing-impaired, including bath accessories; canes and walkers, CCTVs; clocks and timers; computers and technology; kitchen aids; electronics; food and novelties; games; recreation; health care; household; jewelry; lamps; magnifiers; personal care; talking devices; hearing impaired telephones; clocks and watches; braille products; writing materials and more.

VisionAWARE is an affiliate for Independent Living Aids and any purchase from Independent Living Aids made from this web site by clicking on one of their products helps VisionAWARE.

InternetSpeech
877-312-4638

Developer of NetECHO™, which provides access to the World Wide Web via any telephone, cell phone, or personal digital assistant (PDA). Information on any web site, whether voice-enabled or not, is available. A computer is not required. A variety of subscription plans are available.

1 The Grange
85 High Street
Iver
Bucks SL0 9PN
United Kingdom
+07590 982 732
www.johngilltech.com
E-mail: johngill@btconnect.com

John Gill Technology, Ltd. specializes in the needs of disabled and elderly people, including assistive technology and inclusive design.

www.klango.net
Contact Klango

Klango is an open source global social network dedicated to, and created with, the international blind community. It is an interactive media and messaging platform and is available in ten languages.

6708 Lunar Drive
Louisville, KY 40258
800-687-0195 (Toll free)
502-447-2458
502-448-1897 (Fax)
www.labcomputers.net
E-mail: info@labcomputers.net

Lab Computers, Inc. offers products in leading assistive technology products, including Scanning and OCR Products, Text Readers, Magnification Products, and Braille Products.

8450 West Charleston Blvd. #1020
Las Vegas, NV 89117
702-522-7739
www.lasvegaslowvision.com

Specializing in electronic video magnification systems (CCTVs) and high-powered electronic magnifying products for people who have low vision, are visually impaired, and are legally blind.

145 River Rock Drive
Buffalo, NY 14207
800-468-4789 (Toll free)
866-317-8533 (TTY)
877-498-1482 (Fax)
www.LSSProducts.com

LS&S specializes in products for people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, and hard of hearing, including talking watches, talking calculators, magnifying glasses, lighting, recorded book players, daily living products, mobility and orientation, assistive technology, amplified telephones, assistive listening devices, alerting systems, vibrating alarm clocks, TTYs, and other communication devices.

Magnifying Aids
1780 Main Street, Suite A
Dunedin, FL 34698
866-691-2450 (Toll free)
727-234-0664
727-491-3857 (Fax)

Magnifying Aids offers braille; clocks and watches; computer software and access; diabetes management; kitchen and housekeeping; labeling and marking; lighting; low vision; mobility devices; personal care; recreation and leisure; talking products; telephones and accessories; writing and reading devices.

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Maxi-Aids
42 Executive Boulevard
Farmingdale, NY 11735
800-522-6294 (orders)
631-752-0521 (information)
631-752-0738 (TDD)
631-752-0689 (Fax)
www.maxiaids.com
E-mail: sales@maxiaids.com

Maxi-Aids offers alerting indicators; assistive tools; braille products; canes for the blind; labeling and marking; large print; lighting; low vision products; magnification; players/recorders; radios; games, recreation, and leisure; sewing aids; talking products; writing and reading aids.

5035 Geraldine Drive
Lansing, MI 48917
888-888-9533 (Toll free)
www.meewebsite.com
E-mail: emailmee@comcast.net

MEE Inc. is a for-profit corporation, home-based in Lansing, Michigan. It is founded on the premise that blind and visually impaired people need choices and provides a showroom for more than a dozen manufacturers of adaptive equipment, either directly as a dealer or indirectly as a secondary re-seller.

MEE Inc. also provides a bus/mobile training center to train up to four persons in each of 20 different mobile classes. The bus and MEE staff travel over 25,000 miles each year.

6595 Roswell Road #224
Atlanta, GA 30328
800-541-7903 (Toll free)
770-551-8460
770-551-8455 (Fax)
www.magnifiers.com
E-mail: salesinfo@magnifiers.com

Mons International offers braille watches, talking calculators, kitchen aids, CCTVs, computer software, greeting cards, and a range of daily living items.

Mons International also provides an online low vision guide with product recommendations that correspond with specific ranges of low vision and visual acuities.

647 McLean Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10705
866-379-5319 (Toll free)
914-623-7444
914-623-7445 (Fax)
www.MyVisionAid.net  
E-mail: Inf@MyVisionAid.com  

The goal of My Vision Aid, Inc. is to provide people who are blind and have low vision with everyday tools that will make daily activities easier to handle. The owner works one-on-one with customers, making sure that they receive satisfactory results that will help improve day-to-day living.

Products include vision aids, desktop and portable electronic magnifiers, canes, cell phones, lighting, mirrors, monoculars, magnifiers, large print and talking items, and computer software.

4823 South Sheridan Road, Suite 302
Tulsa, OK 74145-5717
800-580-6086 (Toll free)
918-665-0329
918-665-2310 (TTY)
918-665-0361 (Fax)
www.nanopac.com
E-mail: info@nanopac.com

NanoPac supplies assistive technology products and services for individuals with disabilities, including low vision, blindness, hearing impairments, reading disabilities, and quadriplegia.

Products include reading machines, environmental controls, voice activation, augmentative communications, voice recognition, speech synthesis, text to speech, switches and switch mounts, magnifiers, and door openers.

12811 NW 29th Court
Vancouver, WA 98685
360-326-8031
360-397-0491 (Fax)
www.nextlevelat.com
E-mail contact

Next Level specializes in technology solutions for those with visual impairments and learning disabilities. Michael Hooks, president and founder, has over ten years of experience teaching and working in the field of blindness and low vision.

109 Conner Drive, #2105
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
800-326-6460 (Toll free)
919-967-6460
919-967-8146 (Fax)
www.ocutech.com
E-mail: info@ocutech.com

Ocutech is the developer and manufacturer of VES® low vision telescopic aids, including the VES® AutoFocus, which focuses automatically and provides natural, hands-free magnification.

The VES-II by Ocutech. Click on image to enlarge.

The VES-K by Ocutech. Click on image to enlarge.

Ocutech devices were developed and tested with grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). Ocutech's VES Systems are used by people with macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, albinism, high myopia, nystagmus, coloboma, optic atrophy, achromatopsia and similar eye diseases where ability to see detail is lost.

3030 Enterprise Court, Suite C
Vista, CA 92081-8358
800-826-4200
800-368-4111 (Fax)
www.optelec.com
E-mail: info@optelec.com
International contacts

Based in Barendrecht, the Netherlands, Optelec is a leading designer and manufacturer of assisstive technologies for people who are visually impaired and dyslexic.

Products include portable electronic video magnifiers, electronic video magnifiers (CCTVs), and low vision devices, including magnifiers, telescopes, and magnifying reading glasses.

13333 Thunderhead Street
San Diego, CA 92129-2329
866-OPUSTEC or 866-678-7832 (Toll free)
858-538-9401
858-538-9401 (Fax)
www.opustec.com
E-mail: opus@opustec.com

Opus Technologies develops and sells software, print, and braille materials for learning and using braille, including braille music, for blind musicians and students, braille transcribers, parents, teachers and educators, and schools and libraries.

1004 West 9th Avenue, 1st Floor
King of Prussia, PA 19406
888-744-1938 (Toll free voice and TTY)
484-674-0506 (Voice and TTY)
484-674-0510 (Fax)
www.patf.us
E-mail: patf@patf.us

The Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) is a non-profit organization that provides low-interest loans to people with disabilities and older adults so that they can buy the assistive technology devices and services they need.

Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
617-924-3434
E-mail: info@perkins.org

The Perkins Scout is a comprehensive resource for information about blindness and visual impairments. Topics include general information on blindness, resources for persons who are 55+, help for families, cooking and kitchen safety, gardening, orientation and mobility, adjusting to blindness, transition, and many other resources for educators and other professionals.

www.readhowyouwant.com
E-mail: info@readhowyouwant.com
Additional international contacts: http://www.readhowyouwant.com/contact.aspx

ReadHowYouWant offers books in a wide range of formats, including large print, e-books, braille, and DAISY.

ReadHowYouWant has developed conversion technology that reformats existing books into high quality alternative formats quickly, easily, and at price points comparable to standard format books.

Beginning in April, readers will be able to go to the HumanWare website to download free, first chapters of 20 bestselling ReadHowYouWant titles each month as part of the "Free Chapter Download Program."

The free, first chapters come from popular books from a variety of well-known publishers of adult and young adult books, including Wiley, Random House Australia, Murdoch Books, and Weekly Reader.  

1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1540
Arlington, VA 22209-1903
703-524-6686
703-524-6639 (TDD/TTY)
703-524-6630 (Fax)
www.resna.org
Contact information

The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) is dedicated to improving the potential of people with disabilities to achieve their goals through the use of technology.

RESNA promotes research, development, education, advocacy and provision of technology, and supports the people engaged in these activities. RESNA's membership ranges from rehabilitation professionals to consumers to students. All members are dedicated to promoting the exchange of ideas and information for the advancement of assistive technology.

http://robobraille.org
E-mail: contact@robobraille.org

RoboBraille is an e-mail service that converts digital text documents into either braille or audio files. To use the RoboBraille service, send an e-mail with an attached text document to the specific RoboBraille e-mail account that suits your needs. Shortly after, you will receive the document back from RoboBraille in the specified format.

There is no need to install expensive or complicated software on your computer to use RoboBraille. There is no cost for non-commercial users.

12127 Mall Boulevard
Suite A-125
Victorville, CA 92392
800-737-5211 (Toll free)
760-270-9222 (Fax)
www.seeitbigger.com
E-mail: help@seeitbigger.com

Offers a wide selection of magnifiers, magnifying reading glasses, magnifying mirrors, and binoculars.

429 F Street, Suite 4
Davis, CA 95616
530-757-6800
530-757-6830 (Fax)
www.senderogroup.com
Contact information: www.senderogroup.com/contact.htm

Sendero Group is the pioneer manufacturer of accessible GPS technologies and also provides additional leading-edge technologies for people who are blind or have low vision.

Corporate Headquarters
1128 Harmon Place, Suite 310
Minneapolis, MN 55403
866-202-0520
612-659-0760 (Fax)
www.serotek.com
E-mail: info@serotek.com

Serotek's mission is to provide accessibility anywhere for blind and visually impaired people around the globe by developing innovative, affordable, and easy-to-use technology access products and utilizing Universal Design principles. SeroTalk is a podcast and interactive blog on the accessible digital lifestyle, produced by Serotek.

Product categories include:

• Software Solutions
• Enterprise Solutions
• Hardware Solutions
• Training Solutions

3030 Enterprise Court, Suite D
Vista, CA 92081-8358
800-826-4200
800-368-4111 (Fax)
www.shoplowvision.com
Contact ShopLowVision.com

For Consumers: ShopLowVision.com offers a wide range of adaptive daily living products for home and leisure; kitchen and dining; health and wellness; office and technology; electronic low vision; travel and mobility; glare control; and braille.

For Professionals: ShopLowVision.com offers a wide range of optical magnification products including charts, spectacles, magnifiers, loupes, telescopes, absorptive lenses, and lamps/lighting.

9709 Third Avenue NE, #100
Seattle, WA 98115-2027
800-458-4888 (Toll free)
206-525-5556
206-525-0422 (Fax)
www.sightconnection.org
E-mail: info@sightconnection.org

SightConnection is a nonprofit agency that offers products and services to people living with vision loss or blindness. By providing individuals with valuable tools, life skills, and community resources, we help them remain active, vital, and independent.

Services and programs include:

• Assistive Technology
• CCTV Information
• Counseling
• Educational Programs
• Information and Referral
• Low Vision Clinic
• In-Home Independent Living Skills Training
• Training in Safe Independent Travel
• Volunteer Support
• Vision Loss Support Groups

At the SightConnection store, products include books and reading accessories, braille tools, calendars, writing and recordkeeping, canes, cassette players and audio accessories, CCTVs and video magnifiers, clocks and watches, cooking and kitchen, eyewear and eye patches, games and playing cards, health & personal care, home & office, lighting, magnifiers, Spanish talking products, telephones.

Read our interview with Joyce Shoemaker, Retail Operations Manager at the SightConnection store.

600 Deer Road, Suite 11
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
800-551-5011 (Toll free)
856-795-6307
800-678-0002 (Fax)
www.sightmart.com
E-mail: sightmart2006@yahoo.com

SightMart provides products for vision care, eye care, and independent living. Product selections include daily living devices, lighting, magnifiers, low vision devices, safety glasses, and solarshields. SightMart markets, sells, and ships orders from multiple suppliers to provide the widest selection and best brands under “one roof.”

81 Ortley Court
Matawan, NJ 07747
888-290-1677 (Toll free)
732-290-1677
732-290-1688 (Fax)
www.swunlimitedllc.com
Contact information

SW Unlimited, LLC offers a wide range of adaptive products, including assistive tools; labeling and marking; large print; lighting; low vision products; magnification; players/recorders; radios; talking products; writing and reading aids.

6551 Loisdale Court, Suite 500
Springfield, VA 22150
703-822-8228
703-822-8229 (Fax)
www.tcassociates.com
E-mail: tcoombs@tcassociates.com

TCoombs & Associates LLC is an 8(a) certified, Service Disabled Veteran (SDV) owned small business, home-based in the Washington DC Metro area. It is owned and managed by a group of experienced veterans, and supported by other IT, telecommunications, security, healthcare, and logistics professionals. TCAssociates sells a full range of products to assist blind/low vision, deaf/hard of hearing, and physically impaired individuals. They also provide on- and off-site training for software and products developed to assist people with disabilities.

9 Nolan Court
Hauppauge, NY 11788
631-724-4479 (Phone and Fax)
www.tvi-web.com
E-mail: contact@tvi-web.com

Technologies for the Visually Impaired Inc. offers a wide range of adaptive devices, software, and accessories specifically designed for use by blind or visually impaired individuals, including adaptive computers, reading machines, Windows access software, speech synthesizers, refreshable braille products, voice recognition software, screen magnification software, CCTV products, braille embossers, braille translation software, tactile imaging products, various accessories, and customized personal computer systems.

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 West 45th Street
Austin, TX 78756
800-872-5273 (Toll free)
512-454-8631
512-206-9451 (TDD)
512-206-9450 (Fax)

The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) offers a broad range of educational services provides useful resources and links of national relevance, including adaptive and assistive technology; curriculum and publications; instructional and learning resources; physical education; and recreation and leisure skills.

107 Trimble Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07011
973-272-7667
973-272-7667 (Fax)
www.braillerdepot.com
E-mail: info@braillerdepot.com

The mission of the Brailler Depot is to provide braille and low vision solutions that are efficient, affordable, and easy to use. Products include embossers, braille displays, video magnifiers, reading machines, software, hand-held magnifiers, and Perkins braillers.

Division of Continuing and Professional Studies
Baruch College
City University of New York (CUNY)
1 Bernard Baruch Way, Box H-648
New York, NY 10010
646-312-1420
www.baruch.cuny.edu/ccvip
E-mail: judith.gerber@baruch.cuny.edu

Services include:

• Computer courses: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Surfing the 'Net. Students learn to use the keyboard rather than a mouse to navigate the computer, which makes it possible to email, shop on-line, or create documents, presentations and spreadsheets.
• A monthly open house that features hands-on demonstrations.
• Braille and large print production
• Training and consultation

2200 University Avenue West, Suite 200
Saint Paul, MN 55114
800-871-8780 (Toll free)
651-203-2200
651-203-2203 (Fax)
www.thelowvisioncenter.com
E-mail: lowvisionstore@yahoo.com

The Low Vision Store carries a full line of daily living products and reading machines for people who are blind or have low vision. They cover the five-state area of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa and will do free in-house demonstrations for all reading machines.

300 NE 117th Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98684
360-254-3344
360-254-3892 (Fax)
888-216-1912 (Toll free)
www.thelowvisionstore.net
Contact information and directions

The Low Vision Store sells magnifiers and the newest electronic reading aids, as well as easy computer tools and used CCTVs. Always a source for choice and personal assistance, the Store’s new website features multi-media product overviews; Patty’s Journal, a blog on Living with Low Vision; and an easy, online shopping experience backed by years of trusted and informed service.

The Tiresias web site provides in-depth information on assistive devices for people with visual disabilities, current and future research, technical information, disability organizations and agencies, sources of research, funding, publications, standards, and legislation.

Royal National Institute of the Blind
105 Judd Street
London WC1H 9NE
England, UK
www.tiresias.org
E-mail: robin.spinks@rnib.org.uk

333 Elm Street
Dedham, MA 02026
800-793-9227 (Toll free)
781-461-8200
781-461-8213 (Fax)
www.tobiiati.com
E-mail: customercare@tobiiati.com

Tobii Assistive Technology, Inc. (Tobii ATI) is a developer of innovative hardware and software solutions for people with disabilities, including eye tracking and eye control products and alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) solutions that help individuals with speech impairments communicate.

1350 W. 5th Avenue, Suite 112
Columbus, OH 43212
614-224-6465
614-224-2258 (Fax)
http://ulva.com

Universal Low Vision Aids, Inc. is a service dealer and authorized distributor of assistive technology serving people with special needs since 1988.

1853 SW Airport Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97333
541-754-4002
541-738-6505 (Fax)
www.viewplus.com
E-mail contacts

ViewPlus Technologies provides a range of products that make mainstream technology accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired, including braille printers, braille translation software, and braille math access software.

ViewPlus provides many products that can be coupled with braille printers, including the following packages: Beginning Braille Aide, Math Made Simple, Inclusive Tactile Learning, and Office Production Assistant.

470 West Main Street
Cheshire, CT 06410
203-271-1944
www.visiondynamics.com
E-mail: info@visiondynamics.com

Vision Dynamics offers a wide range of adaptive devices, software, and accessories specifically designed for use by blind or visually impaired individuals, including adaptive computers, Windows access software, speech synthesizers, refreshable braille products, voice recognition software, screen magnification software, CCTV products, labeling and marking, large print, lighting, low vision products, magnification, talking products, writing and reading aids.

8501 Delport Drive
St. Louis, MO 63114-5905
800-560-7226 (Toll free)
314-890-8300
314-890-8383 (Fax)
www.visiontechnology.com
E-mail: vti@vti1.com

Manufactures a wide range of electronic desktop video magnifiers (CCTVs).

4858-A SW Scholls Ferry Road
Portland, OR 97225
888-318-2582 (Toll free)
503-297-1510
503-459-4003 (Fax)
www.visioncue.com
E-mail: kmarks@visioncue.com

VisionCue, a leading provider of assistive technology for the visually impaired, offers a host of magnification, text-to-speech for computers and cell phones, and other low vision products.

These products include desktop and portable magnifiers from Optelec and Low Vision International, two leading manufacturers in the field. Also available is iZoom, the breakthrough portable screen magnifier that can be used on any Windows computer without any administrative rights or
downloads.

VisionCue can help you with the right products that serve your specific needs. Often the simplest of solutions opens a world of possibilities.

866-866-0162 V/TTY: Toll-Free Hotline for Washington State residents

Washington Assistive Technology Alliance's web site offers useful information about Assistive Technology, including an introduction to What is Assistive Technology?

WATA provides a listing of vendors who sell assistive and adaptive technology products for people with low vision and blindness. The vendors sell software, computer accessories, telephone technology, pill organizers, mobility aids, Braille products, magnifiers, lamps, watches, clocks, cooking gadgets, and many more items.

If you live in Washington state, there is also a hot line you can call for assistance in finding which assistive technology products could help you, and how to get training and perhaps funding for using these products.

800-983-6397 (Toll free)
www.WebEyes123.com
E-mail: help@WebEyes.us

Web Eyes is a patented screen magnification software program that makes the web more comfortable for individuals with low vision. Web Eyes will increase the size of the text to any size that's comfortable for you and the type stays crisp and sharp. It also increases the size of boxes and forms, as well as web-based email.