This list is not intended as a complete listing, nor an endorsement of any listed company or their products.
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Allied Technologies Inc.
Low Vision Aids
and
The Low Vision Store
Have merged!
11440 Lakeland Dr., North, Suite 101
Maple Grove, MN 55369
(800) 267-5350 Fax: (763) 425-9889
e-mail:
lowvisionstore@yahoo.com
website:
Allied Technologies Inc.,
The Low Vision Store
Offers Zoom Text screen magnification software and Kurzweil products.
ALVA Access Group, Inc.
Vision Cue
436 14th Street, Suite 700
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 451-2582
(888) 318-2582
fax (510) 451-0878
e-mail:
info@aagi.com
website:
ALVA Access Group,
Vision Cue
Makes braille displays and software, including, inLARGE Macintosh screen magnifying software and outSPOKEN Windows and Macintosh screen reader software.
American Thermoform Corporation
1758 Brackett Street
La Verne, CA 91750
(909) 593-6711
(800) 331-3676
fax (905) 593-6711
e-mail:
sales@atcbrleqp.com
website:
American Thermoform Corporation Home Page
They sell Braille supplies, printing equipment and refreshable braille displays.
Artic Technologies International, Inc.
1000 John R Road, Suite 108
Troy, MI 48083
(248) 588-7370
fax: (248) 588-2650
e-mail:
info@artictech.com
website:
Artic Technologies Accessibility Home Page
Manufactures speech synthesizers, screen reading software, and fast, low-cost computers and sells a wide variety of screen magnification software, scanners and notetakers.
Beyond Sight
5650 S. Windemere
Littleton, CO 80120
(303) 795-6455
fax: (303) 795-6425
e-mail:
jim@beyondsight.com
website:
Beyond Sight Home
Sells Jaws, Window Eyes, LapTalk screenless laptop computer, onsite training and distance learning services as well as a variety of talking products including GPS and games, plus some used items.
Biolink Computer Research & Development Ltd.
4770 Glenwood Avenue
North Vancouver, British Columbia V7R 4G8, Canada
(604) 984-4099
fax (604) 985-7114
e-mail:
sales@biolink.bc.ca
website:
Biolink access programs for the blind and low vision impaired
1. Protalk32 for Windows, screen reading software for Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT version 4.X, Windows 2000 and Windows XP supported by a number of Braille drivers and built-in Microsoft SAPI version 5 and optional Microsoft SAPI 4 speech;
2. Provision 32, a screen enlarger for Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT version 4.X, Windows 2000 and Windows XP, with optional Microsoft SAPI version 5 and Microsoft SAPI 4 speech support;
3. Biolink Accessible MP3 player;
4. The Biolink Accessible Document Reader; and
5. Internet Access Plus.
Duxbury Systems, Inc.
270 Littleton Road, Unit 6
Westford, MA 01886
(978) 692-3000
fax: (978) 692-7912
e-mail:
info@duxsys.com
website:
Duxbury Systems -- braille translation software
Makes Duxbury Braille Translator (DBT) (Windows, Macintosh, DOS, and UNIX) and MegaDots (DOS or Windows) braille translation software. DBT supports grade 1 and 2 translation in English, Spanish, French, and other languages. DBT and Megadots can produce contracted and uncontracted braille, mathematics, and technical braille.
Electronic Visual Aid Specialists (EVAS)
P.O. Box 371
Westerly, RI 02891
(800) 872-3827
(401) 596-3155
fax: (401) 596-3979
TTY: (401) 596-3500
e-mail:
contact@evas.com
website:
EVAS Home Page -- Access Technology and Turn-key Computer Systems for People with Disabilities.
To view their narrated Company Presentation click:
Electronic Vision Access Solutions (EVAS) teamed with Dell Computer Corporation to build Turnkey Computer Systems. This is an alliance formed to address the computing needs of people with disabilities and to complement agencies' efforts to implement Section 508's technical standards.
EVAS offers a wide range of access technology products for people with disabilities, including speech synthesizers, screen readers, refreshable braille displays, braille and tactile graphics printers, large print software, CCTVs, OCR reading systems, specialized keyboards, ability switches, TTYs and voice recognition software.
Enabling Technologies Company
1601 NE Braille Place
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
(800) 777-3687 Fax: (800) 950-3299
e-mail:
enabling@brailler.com
website:
Braille Printers from Enabling Technologies
Manufacturers and distributors of, among others, the Romeo and Juliet braille embossing machines (Romeo is portable and brailles on one side of a page and Juliet does double sided brailling).
Ferguson Enterprises
104 Anderson Ave.
Manchester, SD 57353-5702
(605) 546-2366 Fax: (605) 546-2212
e-mail:
Info@FergusonEnterprises.com
website:
Ferguson Enterprises
Sells computer accessibility hardware and software.
Freedom Scientific Blind/Low Vision Group
11800 31st Court North
St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805
(727) 803-8000
(800) 444-4443
fax (727) 803-8001
e-mail:
General Information e-mail
website:
Freedom Scientific: Assistive Technology for people with vision impairments & sensory disabilities
Products include screen reading software for the blind, magnification software for those with low-vision, and other products for accessible scanning
and reading, as well as braille displays, notetakers, and the PacMate, an accessible PDA for the blind. The Freedomscientific Newsletter is available from their website.
GW Micro
725 Airport North Office Park
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
(260) 489-3671
fax (260) 489-2608
e-mail:
sales@gwmicro.com
website:
GW Micro
Manufactures Window-Eyes, a screen reader for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Home and Professional, Server 2003, and Vista. Also sells Portable
SenseView, one of the smallest hand-held CCTVs available; Braille Sense, first Braille notetaker offering notetaking and entertainment in one package;
Voice Sense, pocket size Braille notetaker; and Small-Talk Ultra, one of the smallest ultra personal computers – a full-featured, talking Windows XP computer,
that fits in the palm of your hand.
HumanWare
175 Mason Circle
Concord, CA 94520
(800) 722-3393
e-mail:
info@humanware.com
website:
HumanWare
Their hardware includes braille displays, braille notetakers and embossers, and their software includes outSpoken, JAWS, Duxbury, MegaDots, and Picture Braille for graphics. Their speech products include synthesizers, scan and read systems, and related software.
IBM Accessibility Center - Special Needs Systems
1400 Burnet Road
Austin, TX 78758
(800) 426-4832
Web site link:
IBM Accessibility Center
Their telephone system is very user friendly. When you call the 800 number the first selection you are offered is for "IBM Solutions for the Blind or Visually Impaired". There you can receive information on the Home Page Reader. Other options and services are available.
Innovative Rehabilitation Technology, Inc. (IRTI)
13453 Colfax Highway
Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 274-2090
Sales (800) 322-4784
fax: 530-274-2093
e-mail:
info@IRTI.net
website:
The IRTI home page
Among a wide variety of products, they distribute talking computers, screen reading software, speech synthesizers, screen magnifiers, CCTV's and recreational products.
JBliss Imaging Systems
100 W. El Camino Real, Suite 68
Mountain View, CA 94040
(650) 940-4115
(888) 452-5477
Tech Support: (650) 940-4117
fax: (408) 369-7612
e-mail:
info@jbliss.com
website:
Low Vision Products - JBliss Imaging Systems
Sell a variety of software for persons with low vision, such as VIPinfoNet, Internet Browser software. Also have entire computer systems.
LS&S LLC
Mail Correspondence to:
P.O. Box 673
Northbrook, IL 60065
Package delivery to:
1808-G Janke Drive
Northbrook, IL 60062
1-800-468-4789: Customer Service, Sales & Repairs
1-866-317-8533: TTY/TDD
Fax Number: 847-498-1482
General Number: 847-498-9777
website:
LS&S, LLC - Products for the Visually Impaired & Hard of Hearing
Among many other products, has ZoomText & LP-DOS screen magnification software. Items also include voice-activated telephones and TV screen enlargers.
NanoPac, Inc.
4823 S. Sheridan Rd., Suite 302
Tulsa, OK 74145
(800) 580-6086
fax (918) 665-0361
e-mail:
info@nanopac.com
website:
NanoPac
NanoPac is headquartered in Oklahoma and provides computer products and services to individuals, who are either blind or have low vision, in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Texas.
Optelec
6 Liberty Way
Westford, MA 01886
(978) 392-0707
(800) 828-1056
fax: (978) 692-6073
Customer Service e-mail:
CustomerService@Optelec.com
website:
Optelec, leader in Low Vision and Speech & Braille Solutions
Among other products, offers ClearView video magnifiers and Traveller portable video magnifier.
PDS-Personal Data Systems, Inc.
100 W. Rincon Avenue, Suite 103
Campbell, CA 95009
(408) 866-1126
fax: (408) 866-1128
e-mail:
info@personaldatasystems.com
website:
Personal Data Systems Home Page
They carry a wide variety of access equipment and can help plan your system.
RC Systems, Inc.
1609 England Ave.
Everett, WA 98203
(425) 355-3800
fax (425) 355-1098
e-mail:
info@rcsys.com
website:
RC Systems - Text to Speech and Voice Synthesis Products
They manufacture Doubletalk speech synthesizers.
Sighted Electronics, Inc.
69 Woodland Avenue
Westwood, NJ 07675
(201) 666-2221
(800) 666-4883
fax: (201) 666-0159
website:
Sighted Electronics- Braille Displays, Braille Printers, Braille Software, CCTV Magnifier,
WinBraille a true Windows driver for Braille Embossers that produces Braille from almost any windows application. Additionally, they have the El Braille Assistant, Elba a Linux Based note taker/computer with a Braille display, Index Basic D or Basic S Braille Embossers as well as the Everest and 4x4 Braille Embossers. There is also O.B.R., Optical Braille Recognition, where you can place Braille on a scanner and convert it back to text or save Braille text as a Braille Text File on disk. O.B.R. software can work as a Braille copy machine when using the Index line of Braille Embosser.
EL 1-D Braillex Braille displays.
EL 2-D (two dimensional) Braillex Braille displays which give a tactile representation of information located on a computer screen vertically as well as having a standard horizontal display.
Thinkzo Systems
Computer Software Products and Consulting Services from Thinkzo Systems
Offers software development and JAWS screen reader scripting.
Universal Low Vision Aids, Inc.
8 East Long Street, Suite 210
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 224-6465
fax (614) 224-2258
The products include screen readers, speech synthesizers, Braille printers, note takers, Braille displays, reading machines, and complete computer systems.