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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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close up image of the braillesense 6 mini which is a white braille notetaker with a perkins style keyboard, and refreshable braille display

BrailleSense 6 Mini

With the BrailleSense 6 mini, you can read books, write reports, complete assignments, send emails, share documents, and stay connected. The BrailleSense 6 Mini is built to go with you, where you need to go.

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Envision Glasses

Envision Glasses – Articulating everyday visual information into speech. And, with this information, comes the feeling of independence and the perception of possibilities.

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Explorē 5

Explore 5 Handheld 5" Video Magnifier Quick Overview HD image quality: Brilliant 5˝ LCD screen and sharp HD autofocus camera 2X-22X magnification: Sharpness and clarity at the touch of a button Customizable: More than 18 enhancement modes The smallest, lightest 5˝ HD...
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MagniLink TAB 2 with Surface Pro 8

This tablet solution based on a Microsoft Surface Pro with 12.3” screen gives the user a complete mobile solution. The unit is perfect for any smaller task, as well as for long term reading. Use it as a video magnifier with built in OCR, or as a complete computer with access to everything – gives endless possibilities!

Image of the PEARL scan and read camera plugged into a HP Laptop, scanning a textbook with the words on the screen

PEARL

The PEARL, combined with JAWS, Fusion, or OpenBook scanning and reading software, brings blind and low vision users instant portable access to printed material with an array of human-sounding voices.

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MagniLink Mini

MagniLink Mini is ideal for use in classrooms and workplaces where the user frequently need to move the video magnifier between different rooms and locations.

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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.

Max Event telescopic glasses Eschenbach

MAX TV Event Telescopic Glasses

These hands-free, head-mounted glasses provide 2.1x magnification AND can be adjusted so that each eye lens is able to be focused separately [±3 diopters], making the system adaptable to most patients! The glasses will focus on objects from distances of 3 meters [10...
image of the HIMS Braille eMotion Braille Display, a long 40-cell display that is black with a Perkins style keyboard

Braille eMotion

Braille eMotion is a multi-media braille display with new dimensions in braille connectivity.

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...