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Interesting reading

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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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