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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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Image of the Patriot ViewPoint for Low Vision, Wearable virtual reality technology headset

Patriot ViewPoint

Wearable Samsung virtual reality technology let’s you be completely hands free while doing the things you enjoy at both near AND distance!

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...
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...
Front Image of the Victor Reader Stream 3

VictorReader Stream 3

Featuring a fully tactile interface, the Victor Reader Stream 3 is a handheld digital audio player to enjoy your media content. This assistive device lets you listen to books, newspapers, web radio, music, podcasts, and other online resources. Simple to use for anyone who is blind or living with a visual impairment, the Stream talking book player packs all your media into place and gives 15 hours of battery life, leaving more time to enjoy media content.

Activator

The Activator is a new kind of Braille display concept: it extends the proven features of our Braille displays – such as the concave Braille cells and the patented ATC technology for automatic switching – with forward-looking innovations from unprecedented hardware and software solutions in a modern design.

OrCam Read

OrCam Read is an intuitive handheld device designed to create an independent, effortless and enjoyable reading experience for people with low vision and visual impairments including reading difficulties related to age-related vision loss, mild to moderate low vision or reading fatigue.

Topaz OCR video Magnifier

TOPAZ OCR

It reads to you! Enjoy faster reading and better comprehension with less fatigue The multi-featured TOPAZ OCR magnifies and reads aloud any printed document. The clear voice, high-definition magnification and high contrast makes reading so much easier. Comfortably...
front view image of the Acrobat HD Ultra Desktop Magnifier - a black monitor with white text "Acrobat HD Ultra - See near, far, and everything in between" on the screen with the camera on top of the monitor

Acrobat HD Ultra

Acrobat HD Ultra is a complete system featuring a Full 3-in-1 HD camera with a 22”, 24”, or 27” high resolution HD screen.

Max Detail Glasses Eschenbach

MAX Detail Glasses

Do you have trouble reading books, newspapers, the print on computer screens, labels on medicine bottles, ingredients on food packages, train schedules, recipes, menus in restaurants, or mail? Eschenbach has manufactured a new product that will take the effort out 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.