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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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MagniLink Mini

MagniLink Mini is ideal for use in classrooms and workplaces where the user frequently need to move the video magnifier between different rooms and locations.

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Splay

The world’s first big screen, portable desktop magnifier – Splay portable foldable monitor and projector works as a mobile magnifier camera. Simple plug and play any device with HDMI connection anywhere – magnifying on the go!

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Mantis Q40

The Mantis Q40 is the first-ever Bluetooth® QWERTY keyboard and 40-cell refreshable braille display that you can pair with your screen reader or smartphone or simply use as a standalone device. Either way, you have braille at your fingertips, every time.

Traveller HD Portable Video Magnifier by the numbers

Traveller HD

Take it anywhere Unlike desktop magnifiers, the Traveller HD allows you to comfortably read letters, newspapers and other materials at the dining table, in bed, or in your favorite chair. Wherever you are, at home, in the office, at school or on vacation, the...
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Index Basic-D V5

The Basic-D V5 is simply one of the most popular portable embossers in the world. It produces single or double-sided braille on continuous fanfold paper.

EYE5 Glasses

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

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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...
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Ruby XL HD

HD Magnification in an Ultra-Portable Package The all-new RUBY XL HD puts crystal clear, high-definition magnification in the palm of your hand. At just 10.5 ounces, the slim RUBY XL HD goes anywhere with you. The five-inch screen brings out even the finest details....

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.

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insideOne+

insideONE+ a Windows computer with an integrated 32-cell Braille display and Perkins-style keyboard for school and work