Ultrasonic glove boosts independence for visually impaired Posted by Vivien Chang on May 18, 2015 at 10:30 in Blind & Visually Impaired Back to Blind & Visually Impaired Discussions Around two million people in United Kingdom are living with some form of visual impairment. As well as using traditional walking sticks or guide dogs, there […]
Blind well have a gun
Manx Blind Welfare Society is inviting teams to join its acoustic shooting day, being held as part of Vision Awareness Week 2015. Teams will have a chance to learn about the sport, and have a go, during the event at Corrin Court in Onchan on September 19. Designed for the visually impaired, but open to […]
Isle of Man News Monday, August 10th 2015 00:00 Public challenged to lose sight for charity walk
People are being challenged to think about how easily they would be able to get around the Island if they were to lose their sight. The Manx Blind Welfare Society will mark Vision Awareness Week next month – as part of that it’s holding the “Walk My Way” event on September 20th. The blindfolded guided […]
The following used equipment is in stock.
Aspire Consultancy Refurbished & Ex-Demo Equipment Pacmate Omni QX420 £799.00 Freedom Scientific 20 cell braille display £399.00 Index Basic S single sided Braille embosser £500 Index Basic D double sided Braille embosser £750 Index Everest double sided Braille embosser £995 Hims Braille Sense +32 with Sense Nav GPS option £1500
New mobile phone now available from Aspire
SmartVision by KAPSYS replaces several dedicated devices : mobile phone, digital magnifier, NFC tag programmer/reader, voice-controlled FM radio, voice-controlled music and audio book players… STATE-OF-THE-ART ACCESSIBILITY Designed to be accessible to anyone with low or impaired vision, SmartVision by KAPSYS features a “hybrid” user-interface so you […]
The contact lenses that magnify words on demand and are controlled by winking
VisionAidTech @VisionAid_Tech · Feb 19 The contact lenses that magnify words on demand and are controlled by winking http://dailym.ai/1zS7SXe
For Sale
Boxed Braille sense +32 £1500 or near offer. as new blaze EZ still boxed. £395 or near offer.
York Blind and Partially Sighted Society
As a society we operate several activity groups and one of which is a exercise class for our members. Unfortunately our current instructor is leaving us and we are looking for somebody to replace them. We ideally require an instructor for chair based exercise only and would be available to operate the class on a […]
Blind land speed record
A BLIND daredevil has smashed a world speed record after reaching an astonishing 200mph on an airfield near York. Father-of-two Mike Newman, 52, who was born blind, reached 200.9mph at Elvington Airfield yesterday in a modified Nissan GT-R, while guided by a navigator over a radio link. Mike, who set the previous world land speed […]
for sale
The following used equipment is in stock. Pacmate Omni QX420 £799.00 Freedom Scientific 20 cell braille display £399.00 Index Basic S single sided Braille embosser £500 Index Basic D double sided Braille embosser £750 Index Everest double sided Braille embosser £995 Hims Braille Sense +32 with Sense Nav GPS option £1500