Blindness products.
We have a selection of products of different manufacturers for you. If you want more information to determine which product is best for you, please have a look at both the "support" section and the links with the products. The globe symbol means that you can click through to the manufacturer's website to read more on the product and the leaflet symbol means you can download a PDF leaflet by clicking on the symbol.
Note Takers and Braille Displays.
Note taker that comes with speech only, a 20 or 40 cell braille display and either a braille- or full keyboard. It is smaller than a laptop, you can make notes, check your calendar, email, browse the Internet and use Pocket PC applications.
Note taker with speech and a 32 cell Braille output. Available with a Braille or Qwerty keyboard.
The Braille version has a small LCD display.
Browse the Internet, make notes, send an email. All made much easier now!
20, 40 and 80 character Braille line. Works with all screen readers. Connects to desktop and laptop computers. No separate power suply needed, powered through USB. The Focus has an integrated Braille Keyboard that can be covered.
40 character Wireless Braille Display with a 20 hour battery life. Works with all screen readers. Connects to desktop and laptop computers. The Focus has an integrated Braille Keyboard that can be covered.
20 or 40 character Braille display that can connect to a Pacmate, a laptop or a desktop computer. No power supply needed, powered through USB. Works with all screen readers.
by EuroBraille
A portable 12 cells Braille display with integrated Braille keyboard. Control your PC, mobile phone or PDA from the Esys. Read and write text messages or documents. Also availabe in 40 cell version. Download an Esys 40 leaflet.
Printing both Braille and regular print on a single page can make things a lot easier. With the Tiger Software Suite you can print directly from Word or Excel and you can create high resolution tactile graphics.
A very compact and affordable Braille printer but still with all the advantages of the Tiger Software Suite.
We have a whole range of Braille Printers by ViewPlus.
Go to the Braille Printers page.
OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. These units "translate" printed characters into synthetic speech.
Sara is an easy-to-use desktop solution for those who are blind or have Low Vision to read a wide variety of printed material including books, mail, newspapers, magazines, and so much more.
This is the smallest text-to-speech unit ever. It can take a snapshot of printed text and convert it into synthetic speech. You can read a full A4 size page or texts on bottles. Read the press release on the knfbReader Mobile.
Turn your laptop or desktop computer into a powerful reader with Pearl and OpenBook.
The Pearl camera takes a snapshot of your document and the OpenBook 9 software converts it into speech and enlarged text.
Deaf-blind PAC Mate users will now be able to communicate more effectively with friends and colleagues in the classroom, over the Internet, via telephone, and face-to-face using refreshable braille displays and messaging and TTY software.
The colorino colour tester can recognize more than 150 colours and will announce the colour in a clear voice to you. CareTec is an Austrian company that has been designing award winning products since 1988.
Go to the BookSense Digital Audio Book Player.
Platon is the latest scientific calculator with integrated speech output. Made by Caretec Austria.
As it has more functions than there is space here, you really need to download the flyer!
