[infoshare] vision resource fair
- From: Rachel <rachel720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:37:48 -0400
Greater New York Council of the Blind presents
"Open eyes, Open Minds"
A resource fair showing services and products
for people who are blind or visually impaired
Date & time: Saturday June 6th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Selis Manor Auditorium, 135 West 23rd Street, Manhattan.
Free coffee and door prizes.
For more information, visit www.acbny.org/open.htm.
Commercial exhibiters:
Maxiaids: All kinds of products with speech, large print, and
braille, and specialized devices such as magnifiers, voice recorders,
bold pens and bold-lined paper, braille writing tools, and more.
CTech: CCTV's from handheld to desktop, computers with screen
magnification and speech, electronic note-taking devices with speech
and braille output, electronic dictionary with speech and screen
magnification, Victor STream digital talking book player, KNFB print
reader, and more.
Touch Graprics: Talking tactile tablet (touch-sensitive device with
speech output), along with tactile and large print maps that now speak to you.
Tekserve: Apple computers now have built-in screen magnification and
speech at no extra cost!
Nonprofit exhibiters:
New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped
Lighthouse International
Jewish Guild for the Blind
Visions, Vacation Camp for the Blind
Helen Keller National Center (deafblind)
School of Optometry, State University of NY
Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, Baruch College
New York Institute for Special Education
New York City Department of Education, Vision Services
Creative Adaptations for Learning
Andrew Heiskel Braille and talking Book Library
Xavier Society for the Blind
Matilda Ziegler Magazine
Jewish Museum
rubin Museum
mount Vernon Hotel Museum
seeing Eye
GUiding Eyes for the Blind
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Networks
Coalition on Vision and Aging
National Association of Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
National Federation of the Blind
American Council of the Blind
Demonstration of activities of daily living
Robert White
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