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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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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.

Photo of the a computer with the ZoomText Logo on the screen with the product box for the ZoomText software sitting on the left-hand side of the computer screen.

ZoomText

ZoomText Magnifier/Reader is a fully integrated magnification and reading program tailored for low-vision users. Magnifier/Reader enlarges and enhances everything on your computer screen, echoes your typing and essential program activity, and automatically reads documents, web pages, and emails.

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Odyssey Desktop Reader

Enhance your next reading journey with the Odyssey Desktop Reader … HumanWare’s compact, lightweight, easy-to-use text-to-speech reader features large, tactile keys and generates an incomparably streamlined reading experience.

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...
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Ruby 10

Ruby 10 and Ruby 10 + Speech The RUBY 10 video magnifier features a 10-inch touchscreen and three dedicated cameras to help you magnify letters, magazines, labels, and photos. A swing-out arm allows you to view items in your hand and write. Enable full-page OCR on the...
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.

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...
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...
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SensePlayer

The SensePlayer is more than your normal multimedia player. Read and play your favorite documents and media from a wide variety of supported file types using the tactile keyboard that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand. Access web radio, download books, make high-fidelity recordings, connect and control your mobile device, and so much more.

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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...