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Welcome to the NanoPac Resource Hub! Discover customer success stories, find local organizations and state agencies specializing in visual services, learn about eye conditions causing vision loss, access training materials on assistive technology products, and explore other industry resources.

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Braille Printer Comparison Chart

Braille Printer Comparison Chart

Braille Printers NanoPac will be pleased to help you select the best Braille printer for your needs.  Braille printers, (Braille Embossers), work best with Braille translation software such as Duxbury. Click on one of the Brailler links below for more information:...

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Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic Retinopathy: Although diabetes does not necessarily lead to diabetic retinopathy, people with the diabetic retinopathy may experience a condition in which their diabetes causes blood vessels that feed the retina of the eye to break. The resulting damage may...

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Glaucoma

Glaucoma: Glaucoma is a serious eye disease caused by a build-up of pressure in the eye that damages the optic nerve which transmits impulses to the brain that create sight. Glaucoma affects side vision causing the edges of the visual field to fade, although glaucoma...

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Retinitis Pigmentosa

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP): Retinitis Pigmentosa is actually a group of inherited diseases that affect the retina of the eye causing a degeneration of photoreceptor cells. These cells are what capture light enabling us to see. When these cells degenerate, patients...

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Cataracts

Cataracts: Cataracts are a clouding of the eye's lens that causes blurriness and loss of vision. The word cataract literally means waterfall and when a cataract is severe it's like trying to see through a waterfall. Cataracts occur when the protein that makes up the...

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Macular Degeneration

Macular Degeneration  or Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Macular degeneration or age related macular degeneration is a degenerative disease of the retina that causes progressive loss of vision in the center of the eye. There are two types of age-related macular...

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Sample Output from Duxbury with inline print

Duxbury Braille Translator

Duxbury Braille Translator is used by virtually all of the world’s leading braille publishers. No one supports more languages than Duxbury Systems. DBT supports over 180 languages in either uncontracted or contracted (when such rules exist) braille. The software can product contracted and uncontracted literary, mathematics, and technical braille. 

Clearview Go with Lady at Home reading a magazine

ClearView Go

Overview - Available in 15" and 17" ClearView GO offers the same reading comfort, ease of use, and functionality as a desktop video magnifier, but in a compact and foldable design. It is the ideal solution for people who need magnification at different locations. With...
Angled Side Image of the Brailliant BI 20X from below

Brailliant BI 20X

Brailliant BI 20X is the ideal portable 20–cell refreshable braille display that you can pair with your favorite devices or use with standalone applications.

image of the clover book pro with a magnified view of a 4 x 6 photo of a little girl with blond hair being licked by a white and brown dog

CloverBook Pro

CloverBook Pro, from SightCare, offers a large, 12.5-inch FHD screen with full-page text-to-speech scanning; all in a light, foldable, extremely portable unit, complete with an attractive protective carry case.

Mountainbatten Brailler Tutor showing top view

Mountbatten Brailler Tutor

The Mountbatten Brailler Tutor is the complete Braille learning center for children and their teachers. As a professional resource, the Mountbatten Brailler Tutor offers exceptional connectivity and software to simultaneously support flexible teaching and educational...
Photo of the front of the Index Basic V5

Index Basic-D V5

The Basic-D V5 is simply one of the most popular portable embossers in the world. It produces single or double-sided braille on continuous fanfold paper.

Merlin Elite Pro with man reading

Merlin elite Pro

  Full HD Video Magnifier & Full Page Text-to-Speech Merlin elite Pro will read your favorite book or article aloud with a simple push of a button. Read along with ease as the magnified text is displayed and read to you. View photographs and other images in...
image of the Mantis Q40 with a full QWERTY keyboard with a refreshable braille display below

Mantis Q40

The Mantis Q40 is the first-ever Bluetooth® QWERTY keyboard and 40-cell refreshable braille display that you can pair with your screen reader or smartphone or simply use as a standalone device. Either way, you have braille at your fingertips, every time.

Side view image of the Elumentis LED Lamp. Small base with control button on the bottom, a tall stand, and then the light on top.

Elumentis LED Lamp

The Elumentis LED Lamp provides bright, adjustable illumination with intuitive operation. It’s a great option for those with low vision because it allows users to select the optimal light color temperature and brightness level they need to maximize their viewing...
Everest-D V5 Braille Embosser

Index Everest-D V5

Cut-Sheet fed Embosser Everest-D V5 is the most versatile Braille embosser available, embossing Braille in any format on cut-sheet paper.  Speed 400 A4 pages per hour +20% vs. V4 High resolution tactile graphics Automatic booklet format printing Horizontal and...