(LOL) _Lots of
Links !:(Updated January 2004)
Disclaimer of Endorsement
(LOL) _Lots of
Links !:
(Updated January 2004)
Disclaimer of Endorsement
NOTE ON WEBSITES: The following websites contain useful information related to the services, needs, and issues of concern to people with visual impairments.
Topics from A to Z: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Abacus:
Abilitations, Inc. (adaptive equipment for recreation, therapy & movement)
ABILITY CULTURE: Culture, Arts and Entertainment for People with Disabilities
Ability Hub
Ablenet, Inc.
Abledata
About Blindness
Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals
Access 20/20 Braille, Large Print, Audio and Disk Access Services
Access Art
Access Board
Accessibility Guidelines and
Standards
Access U.S.A. Alternate Media Access Service (including signage)
Access World subscription information
Accessibility Guidelines from World Wide Web Consortium
Accessibility Resources Online
Accessible by Design Web Access Site
Accessible CD ROM and other learning media
Accessible Games Book
Accessible Graphing Calculator:
Accommodations for College Students with Disabilities
Accommodations in Statewide Tests for Students with Visual Impairments
Accredited College and University Professional Preparation Programs:
ADA Compliant Signs (see also Braille Signage)
ADA Homepage, Department of Justice
ADA Requirements for Truncated Domes (Detectable Warnings on Wheelchair Ramps)
Adapted and Assistive Technology
Adaptive Technologies for Learning and Work Environments
Adaptive Technology Consulting (ATC)
Adaptive Technology Product Fact Sheets
Adaptive Technology Resource Center:
Advocacy Consortium for College Students with Disabilities
AFB Textbooks and Instructional Materials Solutions Forum:
Agencies for Blind and Visually Impaired People
A Guide to Making Documents Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
AIRCVH (Association of Instructional Resource Centers for Visually Handicapped) Directory
Albinism:
Alliance for Technology Access
Alternate Assessment for Students with Severe Disabilities (NYS)
Alternative Format Guidance Memo
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Council of the Blind:
American Foundation for the Blind Careers and Technology Information Bank
American Printing House for the Blind, Inc
Any Browser Campaign for Accessible Web Design
A-Prompt: Web Accessibility Demo for Web Authors
Artic Technologies: Accessibility appliances for the blind and visually
impaired
New York State Education
Department Student Assessment
Assistive Technology from TSBVI
Assistive Technology from EVAS
Assistive Technology Funding and Transfer
Atlas Talking Maps and the Global Positioning System (GPS)
Australian Statewide Vision Resource Center
Automotive Safety Issues for Persons with Disabilities
ASA/Noise Ultrasonic Eyeglasses for the Blind (Leslie Kay)
Assessment Compendium: Instruments for Assessing the Skills and Interests of Individuals with Visual
Impairments
Assist with Windows: Tutorials and keyboard guides to help people who are blind use popular Windows
programs
Assistive Technology: Sonar Vision glasses for the blind
Assistive Technology Training Online (ATTO):
AssistiveTech.net: Online Resource for Assistive Technology
Bell Labs Text-to-Speech: Speech synthesizer
Benetech: Technology to benefit people with disabilities (see also
Bookshare.org):
Bibliomania: E-text books and reference
Bioptic: Driving aid for people with
conditions that reduce resolution or visual acuity
Blind Initiative Guidelines
from the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
Blind Online News Service International
Blind Student’s Literacy Rights and Education Act
Blindness-Related Emailing List (BLIST) – A most comprehensive listing
Blindness Resource Center at NY Institute for Special Education includes the following
links:
BlindSoftware.com (downloadable)
Books/Reading Emailing Listserv for Blind and Visually Impaired Readers
Bookshare.org: Digital Books Without Borders (see also Benetech):
Braille Authority of North America (BANA)
Braille Book files to download from TSBVI
Braille Development Section of the National Library Service (NLS), Certification as a Braille Transcriber of
Proofreader
BrailleNote notetaker from Pulse Data International
Braille on the IEP: IDEA (PL 105-17) Regulations
Braille.org International Braille Research Center:
Braille Printers from Enabling Technologies
Braille Proofreader's Font for Sighted Persons
Braille Reading Learning Standards
Braille Revival League and web sites on braille
Braille Signs:
Braille Star from HumanWare
Braille through Remote Learning (BRL)
Braille Transcribers' listserv: BrailleTranscribers@egroups.com
Braille Transcribing (Liz Gray)
Braille Transcription Resource List from National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
Braille translation service: ghbraille
Braillewriters throughout History at APH Callahan Museum
C
Camera Obscura Blindness Related Resources:
CareerZone Transition Planning Site
Chapter 377 of the Laws of 2001
Chocolate Brailled Greeting Bars
Classic Reader Electronic Text Source
Classroom Strategies for Regular Educators who have students with visual
impairments
Closing the Gap technology resources
Cole Eye Institute at the Cleveland Clinic
Computers to Help People: includes the following links:
Core Curriculum for Blind and Visually Impaired Students (National Agenda):
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC):
CrissCross Technologies: Training for Users of Talking Computers
Cursors: Large cursors for the visually impaired
Daisy Consortium for Digital Talking Books
DB-LINK: National Information Clearinghouse for Children who are Deaf-Blind
Deafblindness and Sign Language:
Descriptive Video Service (WGBH)
Digital-Audio Electronic Textbooks from RFB&D
DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology)
- People with disabilities successfully pursuing academics and careers
Dolphin Computer Access for people who are visually impaired
Duxbury Systems Braille Translation Software
E
Early Intervention Training Center for Infants and Toddlers with Visual
Impairments
Education Grants and Contracts
Educator's Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Educational Toys from VTech Kids
Electronic Text Initiatives at NYU
Electronic Travel Aids (Tom Brennan’s site)
E-medicine World Medical Library
Enabling Devices Toys for Special Children (Switch-Activated, etc.)
English Braille American Edition 1994
Enhanced Vision Systems (Jordy, Flipper, etc.)
En-Vision America Assistive Technology (Talking Prescriptions, etc.)
Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
eSight Careers Network: Resources for people who are visually impaired
Expanded Core Curriculum of the National Agenda
Exploring College Planning Resources
Exceptional Teaching Aids, Inc.
Eye Anatomy Tutorial at Cole Eye Institute
Eye Sight The Eyesite: Ocular/medical information
F
Family Friendly Fun and Special Needs Resources
FCC Video Description Regulations
Five Minute Introduction to Braille
For Our Children’s Unique Sight (FOCUS) on Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (O.N.H.) and Septo-Optic Dysplasia, (S.O.D.):
Freedom Scientific Blind/Low Vision Group (see also Scientific
Notebook):
G
Games accessible to people who are blind:
ghbraille (Braille translation service)
Global Positioning System for the Blind
GlowDog: Reflective clothing for people and pets
Graphical Calculus Course For Blind Students
Growing Strong Guide to Blindness and Visual Impairment-Related Information and Resources (Sarah Jane Blake’s Web
site)
Guide Dog Schools (various sites):
Guide Horse Foundation:
Guidelines for Providing State Assessments in Alternate Formats For Students with Visual Impairments
Guide to Toys for Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired
GW Micro / Synapse Adaptive Technology:
H
Hadley School for the Blind:
Hands And Eyes Newsletter: Art and Learning Activities for Visually Impaired Students and Their
Friends
Handicapped Individuals and the Law
HEATH: National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with
Disabilities
Hotbraille: Free Braille Translation Service
How is College Different from High School? (Transition tips from Southern Methodist
University)
HumanWare: Assistive technology for people with visual and learning
difficulties
I
IBOT:Stair-climbing power wheelchair from Dynopower
I Can See Books E-Text Transcription Service Index:
IDEA news online information about the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act
Index Braille Embossers and WinBraille Braille editor
Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center (ITTAC):
Innoventions, Inc. – Source of Magnicam CCTV
Institute for Families of Blind Children
Instructional Materials Accessibility Act
(IMAA): Section-by-Section Analysis
Instructor's Manual for the New Programmed Instruction in Braille
IntelliTools, IntelliKeys, IntelliTalk, etc.
International Braille Research Center
International Council for Disability Resources on the Internet
International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)
International Council on English Braille (ICEB):
Internet Anagram Server at Wordsmith
J
Job Exchange (SpEdEx)
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness Online
Laboratory Task Accommodations for Students with Visual Impairments
Lernout & Hauspie (Dragon, Naturally Speaking)
Lighthouse International:
Lilli Nielsen’s Active Learning Approach and "Little Room" products:
Literacy Section of Reading Online
Literature of the Fantastic: Public Domain Literature for e-text
Liz Grey’s Links to Braille Information
Low Vision Enhancement System (LVES)
Macromedia Accessibility Resource Center:
Mathematics Accessible to Visually Impaired Students (MAVIS):
Math and Number Systems:
Michigan Severity Rating Scale
Multiple Disabilities Survey Results (APH)
National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind
National and New York State Learning Standards (NY Institute for Special Education):
National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)
National Association of Blind Students (NABS), NFB
National Braille Press Catalogue of Publications
National Center for Accessible Media
National Eye Institute Information on Eye Conditions:
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
National Library Service for the Blind (NLS):
National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation
(NOAH)
National Sports Center for the Disabled
Naturally Speaking Unofficial Information Pages
Navigator Internet Guide for Students, Parents and Teachers
Nemeth Code for Braille Mathematics
New Vision Store: Products for people with visual impairment
New York Institute for Special Education
New York State Resource Center for Visually Impaired
New York State School for the Blind
New York State Standards and Resource Guides
NYS Transition Student and Family Resources
Office of Teaching (and Certification) Homepage
Olympus Digital Voice Recorder
ONCE: The Spanish National Organization of the Blind
Optek Systems Access Technology for people with visual impairments
Opus Technologies: Braille Music fonts
ORCLISH (Ohio Resource Center for Low Incidence and Severely Handicapped):
Orientation and Mobility Severity Rating Scale
PAM-AID (Personal Adaptive Mobility Aid for the Frail Visually Impaired):
Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)
Parenting Special Needs:
Parent Network Center of Western New York
Parents of Blind and Visually
Impaired Children
Parrot Voice Mate Voice Recognition Digital Organizer
PaTTAN Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network Resources for students with sensory
impairments
PC Talking Typing Tutor for Windows
PE Central (Adaptive Education)
Polka-dots page on keyboard that work for 6-key braille entry
Professional Development and Inclusive Education
Project Gutenberg Public Domain Electronic Text Resources
Project PAVE (Providing Access to the Visual
Environment)
Pulse Data International Products (BrailleNote and Smart View)
Read 'Em and Speak - list of electronic text sources
Readers with Visual Impairments: Web Design
Considerations
ReadPlease free text-to-speech software
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Rehabilitation Recruitment Center (job listings for rehabilitation
professionals)
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision:
Repro-Tronics Products for Tactile
Graphics
Resources for Learning and Refreshing Literary Braille Skills
Resources for Parents and Teachers of Blind Kids (Debbie Day’s Site)
ROPARD (Retinopathy of Prematurity FAQ and Association):
Scan and Read: Portable (e-text) Reading machine from Premier Programming
School for the Blind Searchable Database
Science and Math in E-text and Braille (from Computers to Help People, Inc.)
Scientific Notebook (see also Freedom
Scientific/Duxbury)
The Screen Magnifiers Homepage
SEA/NASDSE Survey on Braille
Instruction
Section 508 – The Road to Accessibility
Seedlings Braille Books for Children
Sensory Tools from Robotron (Talking Compass, Braille Display Scientific Calculator, Pronto Reading Machine and BrailleMaster
software)
Software for the Blind or Visually Impaired Computer User
Special Child (for parents & caregivers of children with disabilities)
Special Education in New York
State for Children Ages 3-12: A Parent's Guide
Special Education Resources
for K-12
Speech Friendly Search Engines and Tools (Tom Brennan’s site)
Standards, Testing and Accountability
Statistics on Vision Impairment: A Resource Manual
Strategies for teaching students with vision impairments:
Students with Disabilities Transition from High School to College Guide
Tactile Colour for People with Visual Impairments
TAEVIS (Tactile Access to Education for Visually Impaired Students)
Teaching Jobs in New York State
TechAdapt: Accessible Media and e-text Services
Techno Braille® from Creative Tactile Solutions
Technology at Your Fingertips handbook
Technology Guide to Assist Students with Visual Impairments in Meeting Curriculum
Goals
Technology Literacy Challenge (TLC) Fund of NYS
Tesco Tutorials (Listening to Windows, etc.)
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI):
Text-to-Speech:
Speech synthesizer
Texas Textbook Adoption Proclamation of 1999
Textbooks in Alternative Formats (NYS Talking Book and Braille Library):
Tiresias International Information on Visual Disability (Scientific Research Unit of Royal National Institute for the
Blind):
Toccata Braille Music Transcription Software
Toshiba America Foundation Education Grants
Touch the Universe: A NASA Braille Book of Astronomy
Toys, Glorious Toys – For children with sensory impairments - From
See/Hear
Toys with Switch Activation:
Trace Resource and Development Center for Assistive Technology:
TRAID (Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities)
Transition Resource Institute in Illinois
Transition Resources: miscellaneous sources:
TravelVision Orientation & Mobility Resources
TVI Certification in NYS
and other special licenses
Unicode: Allows any character from any language or alphabet to be represented uniquely in an electronic source.
University of Pennsylvania Online Texts Collection
U.S. Department of Education Grants and Contracts
U.S. Department of Justice FREE ADA Technical Assistance CD-ROM
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (W3C®)
Using Talking Signs® Systems to Teach Blind Children O&M (TSBVI)
Vendors Specializing in Technology for the Blind (NY Institute for Sp. Ed. site)
Video TIM (Tactile Imaging Machine), similar to Optacon:
ViewPlus Technologies (Tiger Advantage Tactile Graphics):
V.I. Guide to Internet Resources about Visual Impairments for Parents and
Teachers:
Visual Healing: A Self-Help Therapy Program for Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Glaucoma and Other Eye
Disorders
Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Inc. (Kentucky)
Washington Assistive Technology Alliance
WebAble and Web Access Checklists (IBM W3C) and Projects (NCAM):
Web Access (see also Access
Board, Accessible Web Design, Accessible
Web Tools, American Council of the Blind accessible documents
guidelines, Any Browser Campaign for Accessible Web Design, A-Prompt,
EASI, Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training
Center, Macromedia, National Center for Accessible
Media, Readers with Visual Impairments, Section
508, User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (W3C®), WebAble and Web Access
Checklists, and XML: Web Accessibility Guidelines)
WinZip® Archive utility for Windows (use to unzip files to transcribe into braille or LP):
Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative:
World Trade Center Disaster Captioned Photos
XML: Web Accessibility Guidelines
The Zimmerman Low Vision Simulation Kit
Zip and Unzip Utilities:
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