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Visual Impairment Related Sites

Adobe PDF Access

Information on universal access for ADOBE Acrobat.

 

A. I Squared

Makers of Zoom Text, enlargement software for DOS/Windows, and Visability, scanning enlargement software for Windows.

 

Alva B. V.

Makers of screen enlargement "enLarge", speech output "outSpoken", and Braille output.

 

American Council of the Blind

Organization of Blind and Visually Impaired persons.

 

American Foundation for te Blind

Organization for Blind and Visually Impaired persons.

 

 American Printing House for the Blind

Providers of special media, tools, and materials needed for education and life.

 

American Thermoform Co.

Maker of Braille Embossors and Tactile imaging systems.

 

Artic Technologies

Makers of speech output equipment for the visually impaired.

 

Biolink Computer Reserach Technology

Makers of Protalk speech output system for Win '95 and Win NT

 

Blind Programing Site

This site has resources for those who use Braille nad speech output in programming.

 

Blind + Linux (BLINUX)"

Resource for blind user of Linux

 

Braille Remote Learning

This site features a course on learning Braille via the WWW and e-mail

 

Braille Resources

All sorts of good stuff about Braille.

 

Dolphin Computer Access LTD.

Products for people with visual impairments

 

Don Johnston

Product for people with special needs.

 

Dotsplus

One way of making mathematical symbols accessable to those with visual disabilities.

 

Duxbury Systems

Braille translation software.

 

EconoNet International Speech Series

Makers of an inexpensive Windows screen reader Simply Talker. They also make some utilities which make the Internet more accessible

 

Empowerment Zone

The Empowerment Zone has all sorts of useful information such as using Windows via keyboard comands and tutorials on using various programs with speech output

 

Enabling Technologies Co.

Braille Printers and other products for people with visual and reading disabilities.

 

Freedom Scientific

Makers of a wide variety of hardware and software including screen readers, screen magnifiers, text-to-speech, talking notetakers, Braille notetakers, and Braille embossers.

 

G.H. LLC

gh is a leading provider of braille translation services, tactile graphics, and accessible HTML for the disabilities community.

 

GW Micro

Maker and reseller of several programs for people with visual impairments.

 

HumanWare

Maker of products for people with visual impairments.

 

Index Embossor Co.

Makers of Braille embossors

 

JawBone

This set of macros and scripts are designed to make it feasible to use JAWS (Job Access With Speech) and Dragon Naturally Speaking.

 

JBliss Imaging Systems

Makers of a Text-To-Speech and Web Browsing software with enlargement and speech output

 

Keyboard Alternatives & Vision Solutions, Inc.

Resellers of all sorts of alternative computer input devices

 

Kurzweil Educational Systems

Makers of Printed Text-Speech Systems

 

Library of Congress

Along with its print material the Library of Congress also provides reading material in alternate formats including Braille and an audio cassette tape.

 

MathTalk

This company produces a program which allows one to use speech input to produce mathematical Braille (Nemeth Code)

 

MicroTalk Co.

Maker of ASAP Speech output software.

 

MindMaker Inc.

Makers of Text Assist an inexpensive speech output program for reading text in Windows Programs.

 

Multi-line refreshable Braille display breakthrough

Experimental Braille output device.

 

MicroTalk Co.

Maker of ASAP Speech output software.

 

Multi-line refreshable Braille display breakthrough

Experimental Braille output device.

 

National Braille Press

Organization which has Braille translation and other services.

 

National Federation of the Blind

Organization of Blind and Visually Impaired persons.

 

Optelec U.S. Inc.

Makers of low vision aids,

 

Optek Systems

Makers and resellers of Braille software and hardware

 

Ostrage Software

Maker of the RoadRunner a small device which plays computer text files audibly.

 

OVAC

Okay Vision-Aide Corp. Maker of low vision aid including video enlargers.

 

R F B & D

Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic makes book available in alternative formats for people with reading impairments.

 

Repro-Tronics

Maker of products to assist blind and visually impaired individuals in the creation and understanding of tactile graphic images.

 

Science Access Project

This project has created sever peices of software and hadware for use by people who are blind, most notably the TIGER tactile graphics embossor

 

Screen Magnifiers Home Page

A good general page of information on screen magnifiers and other useful information about low vision. There is a non-frames version of the Screen Magnifier Home Page page

 

Sighted Electronics

Providers of computer systems and adaptive technology for persons with blindness or visual impairments

 

TAEVIS

Tactile Access to Education for Visually Impaired Students. Purdue's Braille and Tactile Graphics production facility.

 

TeleSensory

Maker of products for blind and low vision people.

 

Text-To-Speech

Information on Dec-Talk speech synthisizers and links to information to a few other types of synthisizers

 

Virtouch Mouse

Makers of the Virtouch Tactile Mouse

 

Virtual Reality Mouse

This is a force feedback mouse wich allows the user to feel screen elements.

 

Visionware Software Inc.

Makers of LP DOS a Windows compatible screen ensargement package.