The Self-help Resource Center for Vision LossIndependent Living Products
Here are some links to suppliers of products especially designed to enhance your independence.
ABISee, Inc.
77 Powder Mill Road
Unit #4
Acton, MA 01720
800-681-5909 (Toll free)
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.
ABLEDATA
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.
Ableware
Ableware/Maddak, Inc.
661 Route 23 South
Wayne, NJ 07470
973-628-7600
973-305-0841 (Fax)
www.maddak.com
E-mail: custservice@maddak.com
The Ableware catalog contains over 500 products designed to maximize independence and facilitate everyday activities, such as dressing, bathing, grooming, and eating; therapeutic games and assessment kits for occupational, physical, speech and recreational therapists; and educational tools for special needs teachers and parents.
Search Ableware's catalog online or request a catalog to be sent to you.
Accessibility.net, Inc.
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.
Accessible.travel
www.accessible.travel
E-mail: craig@accessible.travel
Inclusive tourism for people with disabilities and mature travelers by Craig Grimes, a paraplegic and full-time wheelchair user. Accessible.travel provides online accessible accommodation booking services, adapted airport transfers, mobility equipment hire, and suitable guided tours in a variety of European cities.
ActiveForever
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.
Adaptive Technology Consulting
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.
AmbuTech
34 DeBaets Street
Winnipeg, Canada
R2J 3S9
800-561-3340 (Toll free)
+1 204 663 3340 (Phone)
800-267-5059 (Fax toll free)
+1 204 668 9517 (Fax)
www.ambutech.com
Contact AmbuTech: www.ambutech.com/contact.html
AmbuTech offers a wide range of mobility canes, cane tips, and support canes. AmbuTech support canes are fully guaranteed against breakage or malfunction for three years from date of purchase. All AmbuTech canes are made-to-order and are shipped within one week of purchase.
American Printing House for the Blind
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.
ASMS Products
800-329-3650 (Toll free)
561-791-9959
561-798-4031 (Fax)
www.logoitemsnow.com
E-mail: sales@logoitemsnow.com
Offers promotional products and imprinted gift items to businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. ASMS Products concentrates on non-profit organizations that serve people who are blind or have low vision.
Assistech Special Needs
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.
Beyond Sight, Inc.
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.
Blindes Produkter AS
Pilestredet 75C, Postboks 5915
Majorstua, 0308 Oslo
Norway
+47 23 21 55 50
+47 23 21 55 51 (Fax)
Web site: Blindes Produkter catalog
E-mail: firmapost@blindesprodukter.no
This Norwegian company has an online catalog of more than 900 products for people who blind and visually impaired. The product description is only in Norwegian, but you'll find English links on the catalog home page to help you navigate in the catalog. The site is, however, most useful for people in Norway.
Bossert Specialties, Inc.
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.
Capabilities
6805 W. 88th Avenue
Westminster, CO 80021
866-866-9100 (Toll free)
720-214-0339
http://capabilities.com
E-mail: info@capabilities.com
Capabilities provides a wide range of lifestyle products for health, comfort, and independence. Low vision products include daily living aids, large print products, magnifiers, talking clocks and watches, lighting, sunshields, writing aids, recorders and players, telephones, and video magnifiers.
Carolyn’s Low Vision Products
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.
Clotilde
Clotilde, LLC
PO Box 7500
Big Sandy, TX 75755-7500
1-800-545-4002
E-mail: customer_service@clotilde.com
Quilting supplies, sewing notions, needle threaders, regular and adaptive sewing supplies.
CraftOptics Telescopes

P.O. Box 5282
Madison, WI 53705
888-444-7728 (Toll free)
888-444-6762 (Fax)
http://craftoptics.com
E-mail: info@craftoptics.com
CraftOptics Telescopes offer clear, hands-free magnification at an ergonomic working angle and distance. The telescopes are designed for artists, craftspeople, and hobbyists of all types, including knitters, jewelers, card players, and model builders.
Dynamic Living, Inc.
95 West Dudley Town Road
Bloomfield, CT 06002
888-940-0605 (Toll free)
860-683-4442
860-243-1910 Fax
www.dynamic-living.com
E-mail: info@dynamic-living.com
Request a free catalog
Dynamic Living offers the following products for people with low vision: clocks and watches, magnifiers, talking products, voice interactive products, telephones, recreation, kitchen products, magnifiers.
E.A.R.S. for EYES Program
1-800-843-6816
www.earsforeyes.org
E-mail: info@earsforeyes.org
Find Audiotapes that Teach Adaptive Daily Living Skills
E.A.R.S. for EYES is a nonprofit public charity that provides free self-study audiotapes that teach adaptive daily living skills to people who are blind and visually impaired, along with their caregivers. The lessons are modeled after current blind rehabilitation techniques and include the following topics: eating skills, kitchen techniques, food preparation, getting around in the house, grooming, doing laundry, managing medications, and using the telephone.
Find Low Vision Support Groups in Your Area
Use The E.A.R.S. for EYES National Directory of Low Vision Support Groups to find a low vision support group in your local area.
En-Vision America, Inc.
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.
EnableMart
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.
ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia, Inc.
2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 305
Arlington, VA 22201
703-525-3268
703-525-3585 (Fax)
703-525-3553 (TDD)
www.ecnv.org/FAQ/clothing.html
E-mail: info@ecnv.org
Resources for clothing designed specifically to provide independence in dressing for persons with physical disabilities.
Enhanced Vision

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.
Future Aids: The Braille Superstore
2190 Dolphin Crescent
Abbotsford, BC
V2T 3T1 Canada
800-987-1231 (Toll free and Fax)
www.braillebookstore.com
E-mail: info@braillebookstore.com
Future Aids offers a Braille Workshop and a wide range of braille products: housewares, toys and games, books, calendars, greeting cards, printing services, signage, business cards, and a computer lab.
HearMore Products
42 Executive Boulevard
Farmingdale, NY 11735
800-881-4327
800-281-3555 TTY
631-752-0689 Fax
www.hearmore.com
E-mail: sales@hearmore.com
Products for people with hearing impairments, including alert systems, door sensors, smoke detectors, adapted clocks and watches, telephone amplifiers, adapted telephone systems, TTY and TDD systems, computer software and access, and deaf-blind products.
Horizons for the Blind
Horizons for the Blind
2 North Williams Street
Crystal Lake, IL 60014-4401
800-318-2000 (Toll free)
815-444-8800 (Voice and TDD)
815-444-8830 Fax
E-mail: mail@horizons-blind.org
Provides braille, large print, and audiocassette instruction in crafts; plants and gardening; and recipes. Also offers knitting, crocheting, and sewing needles and craft supplies.
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.
Keitzer Check Writing Guide
5324 Ingleside
Leesburg, FL 34748
352-326-3437
www.checkwritingguide.com
A multipurpose device designed specifically to aid people who have difficulty writing. The guide can help in writing and cashing/depositing checks, purchasing and cashing travelers checks, and can also be used as a signature guide for right/left handed people, allowing financial independence.
Lindave Vision
P.O. Box 5152
Fallon, NV 89407
www.lindavevision.com
E-mail: info@lindavevision.com
Products include electronics, household products, lamps, magnifiers, telephones, health products, watches, and clocks.
LS&S Group
145 River Rock Drive
Buffalo, NY 14207
800-468-4789 (Toll free)
866-317-8533 (TTY)
877-498-1482 (Fax)
www.lssgroup.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.
Magnifiers and More, LLC
7775 Mentor Avenue
Mentor, OH 44060
440-946-3363
440-946-8899 (Fax)
www.magnifiersandmore.net
E-mail: cbetter@magnifiersandmore.net
Find Training, Optical & Non-Optical Aids, and Support
Magnifiers and More is a low vision resource that provides training, optical and non-optical aids, and support to help people with limited vision live independent, productive, and fulfilling lives. Magnfiers & More also offers four vision support groups to provide assistance and share information with the low vision community. An informational newsletter for people with low vision and their families and friends is available by mail several times a year.
Magnifying Aids
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.
Mons International, Inc.
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.
My Vision Aid, Inc.
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.
NanoPac, Inc.
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.
OCUTECH Inc.
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.
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.
Perkins School for the Blind
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.
RehabMart
Discount Rehabilitation and Medical Supplies
150 Sagewood Drive
Winterville, GA 30683-1563
800-827-8283 (Toll free)
706-213-1144
603-843-2144 (Fax)
www.rehabmart.com
E-mail: info@rehabmart.com
Offers a wide range of blindness and low vision products and equipment, including braille, canes, home management devices, writing aids, large print, magnifiers, talking products, men's and women's watches, and toys and games.
Resources for Rehabilitation
22 Bonad Road
Winchester, MA 01890
781-368-9094
781-368-9096 (Fax)
www.rfr.org
E-mail: info@rfr.org
Publishes a wide range of publications that enable people with disabilities and chronic conditions to remain independent:
- Individuals with a disability or chronic condition
- The parent of a child with a disability
- The adult offspring of an older parent with one or more disabilities
- A professional service provider
Also produces a series of large print materials designed for distribution to clients and patients.
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
105 Judd Street
London WC1H 9NE
England, UK
+44 20 7388 1266
+44 20 7388 2034 (Fax)
www.rnib.org.uk
E-mail: helpline@rnib.org.uk
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) offers information, support and advice to over two million people in the UK with sight problems.
The RNIB's research library is Europe's largest, most comprehensive, and diverse collection of print and electronic materials covering all aspects of partial sight and blindness. Some materials are also available in braille and audio formats. You can search the online catalog for items in the collection.
The RNIB's online shop sells a variety of accessible products, such as clocks, games, lighting, talking book players, telephones, and publications.
Sammons Preston Roylan
P.O. Box 5071
Bolingbrook, IL 60440-5071
800-323-5547 (Toll free)
800-547-4333 Fax
www.sammonspreston.com
E-mail: CustomerSupport@SammonsPreston.com
Rehabilitation equipment and supplies for the professional and for home, designed to maximize independence and facilitate everyday activities, such as dressing, bathing, grooming, and eating; therapeutic games, and assessment kits for occupational, physical, speech and recreational therapists.
Savvy Senior
Savvy Senior is a national information service devoted to older Americans and the families who support them. Through a variety of media, Savvy Senior provides information and resources via its nationally syndicated newspaper column, senior newswire service, resource books, and weekly radio program and television features on NBC, CNBC, CNN, and Retirement Living TV.
Savvy Senior's resources include:
- Assistive Devices
- Caregiving and Support Services
- Employment
- Finances and Retirement
- Government Resources and Assistance
- Health Resources
- Housing, Long Term Care, and Universal Design
- State and Local Resources
See It Bigger
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.
Seniorstore.com
P.O. Box 738
Auburn, NY 13021
800-704-5913 (Toll free)
www.seniorstore.com
E-mail: seniorstore@msn.com
Large print books and videos, nostalgia gifts, music, exercise videos. Low vision products, talking products, talking gifts.
ShopLowVision.com
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.
SightConnection
9709 Third Avenue NE, #100
Seattle, WA 98115-2027
800-458-4888 (Toll free)
206-525-5556 (Voice/TDD)
206-525-0422 (Fax)
www.sightconnection.com
E-mail: csbps@csbps.com
SightConnection is the retail operation of Seattle-based Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted (CSBPS). 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. SightConnection revenue helps support the broad range of programs provided by CSBPS.
SightConnection 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 SightConnection.
SightMart

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.”
Speak To Me Catalog
PMB 154
330 SW 43rd Street, Suite K
Renton, WA 98055-4976
800-248-9965 (Toll free)
www.speaktomecatalog.com
Specializes in products that talk, sing, play music, or record messages. Products include talking clocks, watches, greeting cards, music boxes, calculators, novelties, bibles, books on tape, radios, games, toys, talking thermometers, and digital recorders.
Spiral Eye Needles
PST Innovations
Creator of the Spiral Eye Needle
P.O. Box 49605
Blaine, MN 55449-0605
952-937-0445
www.spiraleyeneedles.com
E-mail: Jessi@spiraleyeneedles.com
Spiral Eye side threading needles have an opening on the side of the eye and thus stay threaded longer. They are self-sharpening and available in three different sizes for a variety of sewing and craft projects.
Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc.
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.
The Low Vision Store

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 Low Vision Store
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.
Tiresias (United Kingdom)
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
Vision Dynamics
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.
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The VES-II by Ocutech. Click on image to enlarge.
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