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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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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...
Kurzweil 1000 Box

Kurzweil 1000

Kurzweil 1000 is an advanced reading tool for people who are blind or severely visually impaired. It works on a personal computer in conjunction with a flatbed scanner and synthetic speech to convert the printed word into speech.

Logan 6Dot Braille Coach Image

BrailleCoach – Logan 6Dot

The 6dot BrailleCoach is a device that uses RFID technology to identify and speak recorded information linked to Braille embossed tags.

magnilink pro

MagniLink Pro

MagniLink Pro - Video Magnifier for Professional Users MagniLink PRO is intended for visually impaired professionals at work. It is a very complete system right from start and it will cover the needs for most users in most situations. MagniLink Pro Features Superior...
image of the ViewPlus Color Elite Braille Embosser from the front

ViewPlus Color Elite Braille Embosser

Meet the NEW VP Color Elite! A high-speed braille production embosser – now with high-quality color ink!

humanware explore 8 video magnifier on its stand viewing a magazine underneath

Explorē 8

The explorē 8 is a touchscreen portable magnifier that is ideal for anyone with vision loss who needs an electronic reading aid for magnifying documents.

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...
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...
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 Amigo 8 displaying the Amigo Logo on the screen

Amigo 8

Introducing: The New Amigo 8! ..... for Low Vision Users. Portable HD Desktop Magnifier On The Go High Definition • Lightweight • Portable Amigo makes undetectable text visible again with the help of Dynamic Contrast, a proprietary feature that enhances the contrast...