Braille
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Shadows in
the Dark
Welcome
to Shadows in The Dark. A premier provider of Braille Cards and Gift items.
Please feel free to browse our web site to learn more about us, or even
purchase our products.
Pac
Mate by Freedom Scientific The world's
first accessible Pocket PC device, PAC Mate provides access to everyday
Windows-based desktop data and software applications. By utilizing JAWS® for
the Braille and speech output, the 8-dot keyboard in the BNS model works like
a personal data assistant. Run Pocket PC versions of popular software programs
to manage your information internally or sync up and share data with other
devices. Surf the Internet and send and receive email with the addition of a
modem. PAC Mate is the definitive handheld computer for those who are blind.
Optek Systems
Optek Systems supports and distributes a wide range of electronic products that
assist people with a disability throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Braille Transcription & Pressing Services
National Braille Press is one of the world's leading producers of braille.We make it easy
for you. Everything is computerized, so we can transform your printed materials quickly
and economically. Our customers include airlines, restaurants, hotels, museums, school
systems, computer companies, the Library of Congress, the Department of Justice, plus a
wide range of small businesses.
Dancing Dots and the Goodfeel Braille Music
Translator As a blind musician, I have known firsthand the frustration of
not having timely access to braille scores. In 1992, I began to pursue my dream of a
solution that would greatly shorten transcription times and increase the amount and
variety of music brailled. I am pleased to announce: the solution is here! The GOODFEEL
Braille Music Translator has genuinely revolutionized braille music transcription.
GOODFEEL has harnessed the power and speed of the personal computer to reduce
transcription turnaround times from months or years to mere hours! GOODFEEL lets you
choose what to transcribe and when!
DotsPlus DotsPlus is a
device-independent typeface developed for blind readers that intends to encompass a large
set of symbols in addition to standard braille. Braille code is combined with the raised
representations of symbols not normally encompassed by braille, such as the math symbols
for integral and summation. The method is not limited to mathematics, of course, but the
philosophy is best demonstrated using math
Raised Dot Computing: iMegaDots-i, the world's most
advanced braille translation program This web document contains information on
braille, on MegaDots, and the rest of the Raised Dot Computing product line. It now
contains huge resource lists on blindness issues.
QUIK-SCRYBE Braille transcription service
QUIK-SCRYBE is a fast, reliable company which transcribes documents into braille. Since
1984, we have transcribed into braille; personal letters, flyers, brochures, textbooks,
manuals, etc. With speed and reliability. Now, QUIK-SCRYBE has gone interpoint.
Repro-Tronics Homepage
Repro
- Tronics is the designer and manufacturer of the Tactile Image Enhancer, Flexi - Paper
tactile imaging paper, the Thermo Pen II, and Tactile AudioGRAPHICS. These products
are designed to assist blind and visually impaired individuals in the creation and
understanding of tactile graphic images. Explore this site and gain an understanding of
how each of these unique products can assist in deciphering and designing tactile images.
Tack-Tiles®
Tack-Tiles® Braille Systems are
interchangeable with standard LEGO®-type blocks. They provide a unique bridge, a
smoother, shorter, more interesting path to Braille literacy.
Telesensory
Products Telesensory develops, manufactures and distributes state-of-the art information access
tools for people who are blind. We focus on providing complete access solutions through
our wide range of integrated and stand-alone products. Products include tactile and
audio-access software for both DOS and Windows, refreshable Braille displays, synthesized
speech systems, optical character recognition systems and Braille embossers (printers).
Tieman
BV Holland Tieman is specialized in the development, production and marketing of
products for the blind and visually handicapped.The company was founded in 1975. The CCTV
(Closed Circuit Television) was developed for customers with a poor vision. Its practical
design was the beginning of the development of an extensive range of CCTV's and other
products for people with various visual handicaps. The advent of the personal
computer and the invention of the Braille cell, which uses piezo electric technology,
created a break-through for Tieman in the 1980's. The link between the computer and the
Braille alphabet was made! This meant the road to regular (University) education was open
to blind people and scores of job opportunities in (non) profitmaking organisations were
created.
Braille & Your Computer--The Basics
If you have a personal computer, you already own most of what you need to do your own
Braille. You need just two more items: Translation software and a Braille printer. Braille
translators exist for every popular computer--from the Apple II family to the Mac to
MS-DOS to Windows. First, you tell the translator to "read" your original file,
which it will do in a few seconds. Then it creates a new file in grade 2 Braille,
automatically formated to fit on Braille paper (usually 25 lines down the left margin and
40 characters across), and complete with Braille page numbers.
