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Assistive Technology Serves Multifold Purposes:

Assistive or Adaptive Technology is any hardware or software that enhances people with disability's life; it is rehabilitative device for people with disability. AT ranges from simple device like a cane to high technology such as braille display and reading machine, and screen reader and speach input software. Assistive technology has been used by visually impaired and people with disability for gaining: Independence >Education Employment <Health and Fun.

Assistive or Adaptive technology companies and venders:

Freedom Scientific

Freedom Scientific offers JAWS, the screen reader software; MAGic® with Speech, Keyboard, and SMA! Focus 14 Blue FREE with Focus 80 Blue or with Focus 40 Blue. RUBY® XL HD, OpenBook® with PEARL®, and much more.

Cambium Learning Technologies

Kurzweil 1000 is the software that makes printed or electronic text accessible to people with vision loss. It embodies communication and productivity tools to ease and enhance the reading, writing, and learning experience.

GW Micro Inc.

GW Micro offers include Window-Eyes screen reading software, Readit Wand, and ReadEasy Move scanning, reading devices.

Hims, Inc.

HIMS, Inc. manufactures assistive blindness and low vision technology, will feature BrailleSense notetakers with new v8.0 Firmware, Braille EDGE 40 Braille display with 7 basic notetaking functions; CANDY and CANDY GRIPS 5.0" LCD HD portable handheld magnifiers and popular LifeStyle HD desktop video magnifiers.

Duxbury Systems Inc.

Duxbury systems is a provider of software for Braille since 1975.

American Printing House

APH is a company devoted solely to making products for people who are visually impaired, and is the official supplier of educational material for blind students in the U.S.

E.A.S.Y. LLC

E.A.S.Y. LLC develops and markets freehand sketching technology for the blind and visually impaired. The technology enables personal production, digitizing, editing, reproduction, and electronic sharing of raised-line tactile graphics.

Electronic Brailler LLC

Online Braille education (BERT) and Cosmo the classroom friendly Braille writer and Braille embosser

Human Ware

HumanWare develops products for blind and visually impaired people, including the BrailleNote and Brailliant productivity devices for the blind; Victor Reader the digital audiobook players; and the SmartView family of electronic magnifiers.

En-Vision America

Talking Bar Code Scanner with Internet capabilities. ScripTalk Station Accessible Audible Prescription Reader lets you be safe, private, and independent access to prescription labels...and it's free!

Independent Living Aids

ILA is privately-held mail-order company in the United States of products for individuals with vision loss.

IRIE-AT Inc.

IRIE-AT is the distributor of Index Braille embossers, Kapten Mobility GPS devices, and Alva Braille Displays by Optelec.

MegaVoice

MegaVoice provides solar-powered digital audio players. MegaVoice makes intuitive players probably ideal for teaching, training, educational and humanitarian messages for oral learning in the world.

National Braille Press

The national press provides Braille and tactile products.

PLEXTALK

PLEXTALK is a line of digital talking-book players and recorders for the visually impaired and/or dyslexic. the Pocket (PTP1), PTN2, and PTR2, are some of the products.

Perkins School for the Blind/Perkins Products

The Perkins School for the Blind/Perkins Products provides assistive devices and technology training and assessment for children and adults with vision loss.

Optelec IRIE-AT

Optelec provides assistive technology for the blind and visually impaired. Product includes electronic video magnifiers, text-to-speech/OCR, and daily living aids such as talking watches.

Project RAY & Odin Mobile

The Project RAY & Odin Mobile developed special service for the blind and visually impaired World's first smartphone & mobile.

assistive tech guys

AT guys provides product and Service such as iPhone accessories, Quantum bar code scanner, video magnifiers, the iBill money identifier, executive cases, and more.

ABiSee Inc.

ABiSee Inc. Developer and manufacturer of electronic text-to-speech and magnifying devices for the blind and visually impaired.

Accessamed

Accessamed sels Digital audio labeling. Accessible prescription drug labeling.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Office of Product Development

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is manufacturing organization that produces all U.S. paper currency. BEP will exhibit a variety of sample coupons that display a series of proposed tactile features for possible inclusion into U.S. banknote designs.