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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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Customer Spotlight: Fullerton Public Library

Customer Spotlight: Fullerton Public Library

In the small rural town of Fullerton, Nebraska, home to around 1,500 residents, the local library plays a vital role in supporting the community. When we spoke with Laurel Marlatt, Director of the Fullerton Public Library, she emphasized her mission to ensure the library meets the needs of everyone, including those with vision loss.

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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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StellarTrek

StellarTrek - Leading the Way in Orientation and Mobility The StellarTrek, as the name suggests, is an exceptional digital orientation and mobility assistant with state-of-the-art GPS technology and a user-friendly tactile interface with buttons to guide you along...
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.

photo of the HIMS QBraille XL 40-cell braille display with perkins style keyboard

QBraille XL

The QBraille XL replaces the need for special keystrokes with the intuitively placed function keys found on all QWERTY keyboards.

BrailleSheet 120

BrailleSheet 120

  BrailleSheet 120 Braille Embosser The IRIE BrailleSheet 120 gives you fast, high-quality braille and tactile graphics at your fingertips! Embossing at 120 CPS this double-sided embosser gives you Library of Congress standard braille, the highest-resolution tactile...
Man using Merlin Mini to read a document

Merlin Mini

Merlin mini offers the same reading comfort, ease of use, and functionality as a desktop video magnifier – but in a compact and foldable design. The Merlin mini is available in your choice of a 15” or 17” screen. A 3-in-1 rotating camera allows you to magnify text and...
JAWS product image - picture of computer monitor with the JAWS logo on the front and JAWS box next to it

JAWS

JAWS, Job Access With Speech, is the world’s most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with a mouse.

Featured image of the CloverBook Pro XL from the front

CloverBook Pro XL

NEW CloverBook Pro XL from SightCare – a new, larger-screen version of the popular CloverBook Pro! Boasting a 16-inch touchscreen display, the CloverBook Pro XL not only gives more screen space, but also offers a wider scanning area so you can scan & read documents up to 11″x17″ in size.

ClearView+ 24 inch Full HD Ultra Flexible Arm

ClearView+ HD (22″)

Convenient use The ClearView+’s smoothly sliding reading platform helps you to navigate around documents. On the ergonomic wrist pad you can rest your hands next to the controls while reading. The “one touch” brake instantly and effortlessly freezes the position of...
Adjustable Table Hand Crank

Accella Adjustable Tables

Accella Adjustable Tables are attractive and modern, this height-adjustable table is ideal as a wheelchair accessible activity table or computer workstation.

Logan 6dot Braille Maker

Logan 6dot Braille Label Maker

The 6dot Braille Label Maker is ergonomically designed to be portable and easy to use anywhere.  It has a built in Braille keyboard that supports all grades of Braille in virtually every language.  The powered embossing makes for high quality Braille labels that are...