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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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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...
Merlin 24 HD video magnifier littlegirl

Merlin Ultra

Merlin ultra – Desktop Magnifier for Low Vision The new affordable Merlin ultra magnifier offers high definition color and contrast, resulting in a beautiful crystal clear picture with vibrant colors. See for yourself what makes Merlin ultra magnifier the greatest...
Victor Reader Stratus 12 M standalone view

Victor Reader Stratus

The Victor Reader Stratus12 M plays DAISY and MP3 books and music on CDs, SD cards, and USB flash drives. It has built-in text-to-speech to play computer text documents. In addition to the next and previous arrow navigation of Stratus4 M, the Stratus12 M includes a...

Ruby

For the many people who need help reading text and seeing details because of low vision, traditional magnifying glasses work only up to a point. The RUBY video magnifier takes handheld magnification to the next level and beyond. The RUBY’s 4-inch, full color, high...

ViewPlus Emprint Spotdot

ViewPlus Emprint Spotdot - World's Only Braille and Color Ink Embosser! 50 characters/second – single-sided braille  The highest resolution tactile graphics – 8 dot heights Prints braille and color ink on the same page Formats Word and Excel documents for braille...
Image of woman wearing envision glasses, wearable for low vision and blind to snap a photo outside

Envision Glasses

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

Onyx OCR Video Magnifier

ONYX OCR

The ONYX OCR magnifies and reads aloud any document. The clear voice, magnification and high contrast makes reading so much easier. Comfortably change your focus from reading magnified texts yourself, to letting the ONYX OCR read them to you when reading becomes too...
Side Front View of the New IrisVision Live 2.0 Headworn Magnifier

IrisVision Live 2.0

IrisVision Live 2.0 - Your Gateway to Enhanced Vision! Get set for an epic visual voyage with IrisVision Live 2.0! Discover why Live 2.0 is the future of sight - the lightweight, portable headset that goes everywhere you go and helps you see it all. You can view...
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.

Ruby 7 HD handheld video magnifier

Ruby 7 HD

Portable Magnification with PivotCam™ Rotating Camera The portable RUBY 7 HD makes reading easier. The seven-inch screen can display more text and magnifies materials up to 24 times. This ultra-portable device can go anywhere with ease. The RUBY 7 HD is easy to learn...