This page contains details of other Visual Aid equipment. The information has been provided by the County Technician for Visual Impairment (CTVI) for the benefit of the Advisory Teachers for Visual Impairment and any support staff working within Suffolk County Council schools or the CYP department.
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Keith Phillips - County Technician for Visual Impairment
HAND HELD EQUIPMENT:
OPTELEC - FarView - An excellent Hand held Viewer - Price List
OPTELEC-COMPACT - Hand held Viewer - Price List
LOOKY - Hand held Viewer - Price
Being phased out and replaced by Pebble
TRAVELLER - Page reader battery and mains viewer - Price
VICTOR STREAM - Hand held Reader etc. More information - Price
GENERAL AND DESKTOP CCTVs:
ACROBAT - Desktop CCTV for quick scanning/reading of books - Price
OPTELEC - CLEARVIEW - Desktop CCTV - Price List
ENHANCED VISION - MERLIN - Desktop CCTV - Price
The TRANSFORMER by Enhanced Vision has just been released - This is
a very compact / light Magnifier that connects to the USB port
(The Current Price list on the Enhanced Vision website does not give a
price - the price as given as £1595 by the Enhanced Vision staff
attending the Low Vision exhibition at the NNAB centre in Norwich)
ZOOM EX - Magnifier/Book Scanner - connects via USB - Price
(The Zoom Extra comes with a 'real time' distant and close work
viewer - is also lightweight and has an all inclusive price of £2350)
MAGNILINK Student Addition - Magnifier connects via USB - Price
MAGNILINK Student Flex - Magnifier connects via USB - Price
TARGANO X-Y Table - for use with Magnifiers that connect via USB
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MAGNIFICATION SOFTWARE:
IZoom - A screen magnification product - Price - The £300 'Pen drive'
version does not have to be installed on a PC or laptop and
can therefore be used by students with any PC or laptop and
aslo works on most networked PCs.
The 'Pen Drive' version retains the students settings
Freedom Scientific - JAWS - Screen Reader and Braille converter - Price
AISquared - ZOOMTEXT - Text magnifier / reader - Price
OTHER EQUIPMENT:
Zychem (Swell Paper) Heater/Fuser - Create tactile pages - Price
(For freehand work use on the 'Swell Paper' use a Byrol Permanent
Marker pen with auto seal ink and a Round Nib)
HUMANWARE - MyREADER - (Version 2 - Multi Page reader) - Price
HUMANWARE - ScannaR - Page scanner / reader - Price
OPTELEC - Scanner CleaReader - Page scanner / reader - Price List
Tuff Trux Trolley - very useful for transporting VI pupils equipment
ASH TECHNOLOGY:
LIBERTY SOLO - Stand alone viewer - Battery or mains - Price
Distance Camera - For use with SOLO
(Note: SCHOLAR combines a distance and close camera)
Prisma - For use with SOLO to read documents
OPTI LITE - Desktop reader - Battery or mains - Price
SOFTWARE:
Freedom Scientific - JAWS - Screen Reader and Braille converter
AISquared - ZOOMTEXT - Text magnifier / reader - Price
TO ALL MY READERS - Technology constantly changes and this page will try to keep up with the latest developments that I am aware or items which are currently being used by students within Suffolk County Council Schools.
Keith - CTVI