Sites of Interest to Blind and Visually Impaired People

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• Software and Hardware Manufacturers
• Software and Hardware Distributors
• Organizations
• Information
• Making Homes Accessible
• Radio Stations
• Audio and Electronic Books
• Research Projects
• Software Projects
• Hardware Projects
• Useful Servers

Software and Hardware Manufacturers

• Advanced Access Devices
• Alva
• Arkenstone
• Baum Elektronik GmbH
• Blazie Engineering
• Blind Software
• Design Science
• Duxbury Systems
• Electronic Visual Aid Solutions
• Enabling Technologies
• EuroBraille
• Freedom Scientific
• Handialog
• Handy Tech Elektronik GmbH
• Henter-Joyce
• IBM Accessibility Center
• Index Braille
• JP Software
• KGS
• Krown Manufacturing
• La O.N.C.E.
• MicroTalk
• Neovision s.r.o.
• NextUp Technologies
• Papenmeier
• Pulse Data International
• RC Systems
• Reading Made Easy
• Robotron Sensory Tools
• Sound Foresight
• Syntha-Voice Computers
• Telesensory
• Tieman
• VirTouch
• Vision Technology - Low Vision Aids and Products

Software and Hardware Distributors

• AccessAbility
• Arizona Hearing Online
• BRL, Inc.
• Computers & Assistive Technologies Inc.
• Entering Your Ear Systems
• Frontier Computing
• HumanWare
• Independent Living Aids
• Missing Link Technologies
• Sighted Electronics
• Speak To Me
• Technologies for the Visually Impaired
• Techno-Vision Systems Ltd.

Organizations

• Advocates for Sight Impaired Consumers
• Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians
• American Council of the Blind
• American Foundation for the Blind
• Associated Services for the Blind
• Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• National Federation of the Blind
• National Library for the Blind
• Royal National Institute for the Blind
• Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Information

• Career Guide for People with Disabilities
• Guide to Braille Resources
• How Albinism Affects Vision

Making Homes Accessible

• Contrast and Color
• Creating Accessible Kitchens for the Visually Impaired
• Guide to Room-by-Room Repairs for Easy Accessibility for Disabled Loved Ones
• Home Modifications for People with Vision Loss
• Lighting in and around the Home: A guide to Better Lighting for People with Sight Loss

Radio Stations

• ACB Radio: Schedule RealAudio WinAmp WindowsMediaPlayer
• VoicePrint: Schedule RealAudio

Audio and Electronic Books

• Auditory Books
• Baen Free Library
• The Braille E-Text Library
• International Electronic Braille Book Library
• National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
• On-Line Books Page
• Project Gutenberg
• Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
• VisuText

Research Projects

• Daisy Consortium
• E-Access Bulletin
• Equal Access to Software and Information
• Fostering Independence Through Refreshable Braille Technology
• International Braille Research Center
• International Council on English Braille
• Linux Access
• Linux Accessibility Resource Site
• Linux for the Visually Impaired
• National Information Standards Organization - Talking Book Standard
• NIST Rotating-Wheel Braille Display
• Open eBook Forum
• Speech Technology Resources: Directory of Speech Technology related web sites.
• Sun Microsystems' Accessibility Program
• Web Accessibility Initiative

Software Projects

• Braille and Speech Access
• Inspired Code for the Visually Impaired
• Software Speech Synthesizers
• Text-Mode Applications

Braille and Speech Access

• ASAP: Screen Reader for DOS
• ASAW: Screen Reader for Windows
• Brass: Braille and Speech Server for Linux
• BrlSpeak: Braille and Speech Mini-Distribution of Linux
• BRLTTY: Braille Display Driver for Linux/Unix
• EmacSpeak: Speech Output Subsystem for Emacs
• GAP: GNOME Accessibility Project
• Gnopernicus: Screen Reader for GNOME
• Hal: Screen Reader for Windows
• HPR: Home Page Reader
• Jaws: Screen Reader for Windows
• Jupiter: Kernel-Based Speech System for Linux
• MathPlayer: Speaks and Displays Mathematical Notation in Web Pages
• OutSpoken: Screen Reader for Windows
• Screader: Screen-Based Speech System for Linux
• SpeakUp: Kernel-Resident Speech System for Linux
• SuSE-Blinux: Braille Display Driver for SuSE Linux
• UltraSonix: Speech Access for X
• Window Bridge: Screen Reader for Windows
• Window-Eyes: Screen Reader for Windows
• XVIL: X Access for Linux
• YASR: Screen-Based Speech System for Linux

Software Speech Synthesizers

• Festival: Multi-Lingual Text to Speech System
• Hadifix: Text to Phoneme Converter for German
• Mbrola: Phoneme to Speech System
• Natural Voices
• ViaVoice: High-Level Text to Speech System

Text-Mode Applications

• Braifo: SGML to Braille Converter
• EdBrowse: Editor and Web Browser
• Links: Web Browser
• Lynx: Web Browser
• TRPlayer: RealAudio Player
• WWW: Web Browser

Hardware Projects

• Alva Braille Displays
• Blazie: Blazer, Braille Lite, Braille 'n Speak, Power Braille, Type Lite, Type 'n Speak, Versa Point
• BrailleNote
• Freedom Box
• Papenmeier: BrailleX
• Handy Tech: Bookworm, Braille Top, Braille Wave
• Tieman: Braille Voyager
• UltraCane: White cane augmented with ultrasound sensors.
• XVI: X-Terminals for the Visually Impaired

Useful Servers

• WordSmith Anagram Server
• WordSmith E-Mail Dictionary

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