Resource & Insights Hub

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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Explore product highlights, comparisons, and training resources to help you choose and use assistive technology with confidence.

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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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Duxbury Braille Translator

Duxbury Braille Translator is used by virtually all of the world’s leading braille publishers. No one supports more languages than Duxbury Systems. DBT supports over 180 languages in either uncontracted or contracted (when such rules exist) braille. The software can product contracted and uncontracted literary, mathematics, and technical braille. 

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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.

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.

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BrailleCoach – Logan 6Dot

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

Image of the BrailleSense 6 Braille Notetaker from the top view showing the refreshable braille display, LED screen display, and perkins style keyboard

BrailleSense 6

Designed for long lasting performance the BrailleSense 6 notetaker lets you speed through tasks and stay connected and productive all day.

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Envision Glasses

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

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Braille Buddy – Braille Embosser

Braille Buddy - a braille embosser that is so versatile it can meet the demands of everyday users! 25 characters/second – the fastest embosser at the price Quality single-sided braille High-resolution tactile graphics – multiple dot heights for greater detail Braille...
ClearView+ 24 inch Full HD Ultra Flexible Arm

ClearView+ HD (22″)

Convenient use The ClearView+’s smoothly sliding reading platform helps you to navigate around documents. On the ergonomic wrist pad you can rest your hands next to the controls while reading. The “one touch” brake instantly and effortlessly freezes the position of...
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MagniLink iTAB

MagniLink iTAB is a portable and flexible solution that makes it possible to use an LVI video magnifier with your iPad. 

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ClearView+ Full HD 24″ (Speech)

Quick Overview Does reading your newspaper or favorite book become too tiresome with a video magnifier? Do you lose time searching through text? Now enjoy the Optelec ClearView+ Speech, a completly new approach for the integration of OCR and text-to-speech technology...