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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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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...
TOPAZ XL HD Video Magnifier

TOPAZ XL HD

The TOPAZ XL HD is the most versatile desktop video magnifier available – with the clarity and crispness of high definition plus PC compatibility. The TOPAZ XL HD uses a high definition camera to produce a clearer picture with sharper images and crisper text even at...
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.

photo of an animated laptop with the GuideConnect software opened on the main menu, which contains size large different colored blocks to easily access email, letters, websites, scanner, books, and address book.

GuideConnect

Designed for people with visual impairments, GuideConnect helps people who are losing their sight stay independent for longer. It connects you to friends and family, and provides easy access to a range of entertainment.

MirrorPad Pro

This large 17.3” touchscreen magnifier not only allows you to magnify, scan & read printed materials, but MirrorPad Pro can also magnify your phone, tablet, and computer, and even control an Android smartphone.

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.

Everest-D V5 Braille Embosser

Index Everest-D V5

Everest-D V5 Braille Embosser Everest-D V5, the pinnacle of cut-sheet braille printing and is the most versatile braille embosser on the market. Embossing up to 140 characters per second, it prints braille in any format on cut sheets of paper, supports automatic...
Front View image of the Vision Buddy Device

Vision Buddy

Vision Buddy is the world’s first all-in-one assistive device designed for the visually impaired to perform day to day tasks.

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...
Image of the Monarch laying flat with a tactile chart on the display

Monarch

This highly innovative technology along with the development of a new dynamic file type that will bring braille and graphics together in a navigable file, will bridge the existing educational gap for all blind students.