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Vision and Reading Aids (19)

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AccessDome - http://www.accessdome.com
Resources for the blind. A web portal designed to enhance vision impaired and print restricted access to the web.

Blind BBS - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BlindBBS/
a list for the discussion of issues concerning the blind

Blind Confidential - http://blindconfidential.blogspot.com/
Weblog serves as a commentary on issues regarding people with vision impairments.

Blindness in Depth - http://blindness.growingstrong.org
Provides articles and links to information about the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual impact of blindness.

Blindness-Related Resources - http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/blind.html
A comprehensive list of internet resources compiled to support the blind.

Blindskills, Inc. - http://www.blindskills.com
Offers solutions and answers to questions regarding blindness, visual impairment and vision loss.

C O L O R S - http://www.colorsmagazine.com/blindness/
Features an Italian magazine that provides articles with stories about lives as a blind. Also available to download in audio readings in mp3 format.

Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted - http://www.csbps.com
Provides assorted information and resources for visually impaired people.

Empower Connection - Technology for the Blind - http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/specialed/Empowerconnection/index.htm
Information and help for people using assistive Internet technology.

http://www.99main.com/~charlief/Blindness.htm - http://www.99main.com/~charlief/Blindness.htm
Includes what to do when meeting a person with vision impairment, the signs of vision loss, legal blindness, braille and other health related links.

Kenneth Jernigan: 'power to the blind' - http://www.braillerman.com/jernigan.htm
Article on the late director of the Iowa Commission for the Blind.

Living with Vision Loss - http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=40
If you are among the more than 10 million people in North America who are visually impaired, you know how important it is to find ways to accomplish routine daily tasks.

Louis Database - http://www.aph.org/louis.htm
Database of accessible materials for people who are blind or visually impaired. Contains information about more than 145,000 titles of accessible materials, including braille, large print, sound recordings, and computer files from over 200 agencies throughout the United States.

Lowell Association for the Blind - http://www.lowellassociationfortheblind.org
LAB is a non-profit, community based organization dedicated to working with the blind and visually impaired. Serving the Greater Lowell, MA / Merrimack Valley community. Find the services, news, resources and contact details.

Modifying Games for the Blind - http://www.thegamesjournal.com/articles/GamesForTheBlind.shtml
Tips on adapting board games with tactile markings, from adding Braille markings to playing cards or game tiles, to using glue to create raised lines on map boundaries.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped - http://www.loc.gov/nls
A free US program of braille and recorded materials.

Recording For The Blind and Dyslexic - http://www.rfbd.org
Educational library for people with print disabilities, with a 77,000-title library of taped textbooks, reference and professional materials for people who cannot read standard print because of a disability.

RNIB - Charles Bonnet Syndrome - http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/public_rnib003641.hcsp
Characterized by visual hallucinations in people who have a sudden change in vision such as that brought on by macular degeneration or serious sight loss.

SeebyTouch - http://see-by-touch.sourceforge.net/index_.html
The free of charge project, especially for the blind, provides a possibility to perceive pictures over the tactile sense - consisting of a picture transforming multi-platform software and a tactile display, built up easily with help of the construction manual.

SensibleGraphics - Tactile Graphics for Blind and Visually Impaired - http://www.ks-huseby.no/sensiblegraphics
Information on tactile graphics for the blind and visually impaired. Graphic files free to download.

Sonokids - http://www.sonokids.com/
Portal for blind and visual impaired children. Accessible games, and remixers. Make a homepage for free with screenreader.

The Blind Readers Page - http://blindreaders.info/
A source of information about books and reading, blindness and other disabilities and library services for the blind and physically handicapped.

The Voice - http://www.visualprosthesis.com/voice.htm
Translates images from a camera into sounds that one hears via stereo headphones and targetting vision substitution for the totally blind.

Video Description by Narrative Television Network - http://www.narrativetv.com
Makes movies and television programming accessible to blind and visually impaired people through narration.

Vis-Ability (DK) - http://www.users.waitrose.com/~visability/
Supplies electronic aids for the visually impaired.

VisionConnection - http://visionconnection.org
Vision information and an accessible community for people who are partially sighted or blind. Searchable database of resources, and articles.

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