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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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MirrorPad Pro

This large 17.3” touchscreen magnifier not only allows you to magnify, scan & read printed materials, but MirrorPad Pro can also magnify your phone, tablet, and computer, and even control an Android smartphone.

ClearView+ 24 inch Full HD Ultra Flexible Arm

ClearView+ Full HD 24″

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...
side view image of the orcam myeye pro showing the navigation bar and slow up shot of the camera

OrCam MyEye Pro

Meet the OrCam MyEye Pro: a wearable visual impairment solution designed to empower daily independence. Instantly read text from any book & screen, recognize loved ones, and easily identify products – all communicated in real-time.

Sample Output from Duxbury with inline print

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. 

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...

StellarTrek

StellarTrek - Leading the Way in Orientation and Mobility The StellarTrek, as the name suggests, is an exceptional digital orientation and mobility assistant with state-of-the-art GPS technology and a user-friendly tactile interface with buttons to guide you along...
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Taptilo

Taptilo is a smart braille learning device that makes braille learning fun and easy! 

ViewPlus EmBraille Braille Printer

ViewPlus EmBraille

The ViewPlus EmBraillie is compact and highly portable with easy to use tractor fed paper. Making it the perfect choice for the classroom, busy professional, or at home. 25 characters per second High-Quality single sided Braille Tractor-fed Quality Tactile Graphics...
ViewPlus Columbia Braille Printer

ViewPlus Columbia

The ViewPlus Columbia is the perfect blend of tactile graphics and Braille at 120 CPS. Large format paper and industry leading tactile graphics all in a convenient desktop embosser. 120 characters per second 400 pph (A4 Paper Size) Double Sided Braille Printing...

EYE5 Glasses

Eyedaptic EYE5 glasses optimizes the user’s functional peripheral across a wide range of use cases.