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Assistive Technology Vendor List
Note: This list is not inclusive of all vendors that provide these types of services. You may find more vendors for particular services by looking in your local white/yellow pages or through other technology resources. All service descriptions mentioned in this list are subject to change.
Trainers (Keyboarding/Computer)
AccessAbility, Inc. (AAI)
Northern CA team
175 Mason Circle, Concord, CA 94529
Toll-free: 888-322-7200
Phone: 415-751-6455
Fax: 415-751-7600
URL: http://www.4access.com
Distributor for many leading manufacturers, including: Ai Squared, Alva Access Group, Baum Elektronik, Dolphin Computer Access, Duxbury, Enabling Technologies, Freedom Scientific, GW Micro, Handy Tech GmbH, Pulse Data International, and Telesensory.
Ackley Appliance Service
Alan Ackley
4301 Park Avenue, #540, DesMoines, Iowa 50321
Phone: 515-288-3931
URL: http://braillerman.com
Complete Perkins Brailler repair.
AI Squared
PO Box 669, Manchester Center, VT 05255
Phone: 802-362-3612
Fax: 802-362-1670
Email: sales@aisquared.com
URL: http://www.aisquared.com
Manufacturer of ZoomText Level I & II - large print and speech software.
Alva Access Group, Inc.
USA Office
436 14th Street, Suite 700, Oakland CA 94612
Toll-free: 888-318-2582
Phone: 510-451-2582 (Sales)
Fax: 510-451-08786270
Email: info@aagi.com
URL: http://www.aagi.com
Manufacturer of braille displays and speech and large print access for Macintosh.
American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
1839 Frankfurt Avenue,
PO Box 6085,
Louisville, KY 40206-0085
Toll-free: 800-223-1839
Phone: 502-895-2405
Fax: 502-899-2274
Email: info@aph.org
URL: www.aph.org
Vendor for taped tutorials.
American Thermoform Corporation (ATC)
1758 Brackett Street, La Verne, CA 91750
Toll-free: 800-331-3676
Phone: 909-593-6711
Fax: 909-593-8001
Email: sales@atcbrleqp.com or techsupport@atcbrleqp.com
URL: http://www.atcbrleqp.com
Supplier of braille embosser paper.
Blinksoft Inc.
Pamela & Jerry Retzloff
707 Meadow Place N, Newcastle, WA 98056
Phone: 425-430-8800
425-291-9001 (Cellular)
Email: info@blinksoft.biz
URL: http://blinksoft.biz
Provides training on all operating systems using JAWS, Window-Eyes, OpenBook, Kurzweil 1000, BrailleNote or VoiceNote, Zoomtext, Magic, and Duxbury with any braille embosser. All operating systems and applications supported by the specified access products. Serves King, Snohomish, Pierce, Thurston and Kitsap Counties.
Computer Bank Charity
Don Brasher
28029 197th Ave. SE, Covington, WA 98042
Cell: (206) 779-6435
Email: compbank@yahoo.com
Vendor can provide refurbished PCs to clients. May also assist with refurbishing PCs.
Computers & Assistive Technologies, Inc.
9413 SE Federal Hwy, Hobe Sound, FL 33455
Phone: 772-546-8950
Fax: 772-546-8951
Email: support@computerassistivetech.com
URL: http://computerassisttech.com/index.htm
Repair, maintenance, and support for computer and adaptive equipment (including Braille Lite notetakers).
CrissCross Technologies
110-64 Queens Boulevard, #406, Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: 718-268-6988
Email: info@crisscrosstech.com
URL: http://www.crisscrosstech.com
Vendor for many taped tutorials.
Dolphin Computer Access LLC
60 E Third Avenue, Suite 130, San Mateo, CA 94401
Toll-free: 866-797-5921
Fax: 650-348 7403
Email: info@dolphinusa.com
URL: www.dolphinusa.com
Manufacturer of Lunar, LunarPlus and Supernova software.
Enabling Technologies
1601 NE Braille Place, Jansen Beach, FL 34957
Toll-free: 800-777-3687
Phone: 772-225-3687
Fax: 772-225-3299
Email: enabling@brailler.com
URL: http://www.brailler.com
Manufacturer of the Romeo (single-sided) and Juliet (interpoint) embossers.
Ferguson Enterprises
104 Anderson Avenue, Manchester, SD 57353-5702
Phone: 605-546-2366
Fax: 605-546-2212
Email: info@fergusonenterprises.com
URL: http://www.fergusonenterprises.com
Vendor for many products, including specialty products.
Freedom Scientific
11800 31st Ct. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805
Toll-free: 800-444-4443
Phone: 727-803-8600
Email: info@freedomscientific.com or sales@freedomscientific.com
URL: http://www.freedomscientific.com
Manufacturer of JAWS speech software; Magic large print software; note- takers: Braille 'n Speak, Type 'n Speak, Braille Lite 18 & 40 and disk drives; PowerBraille braille display; Openbook Ruby scanning software; and more.
Global Computer Supplies
West Regional Location
Gary Mantey (Senior Corporate Account Manager)
921 W Artesia Boulevard, Compton, CA 90220
Toll-free: 888-845-6225
Phone: 310-637-6191
Fax: 310-635-0523
Email: gmantey@globalcomputer.com
URL: http://www.globalcomputer.com
Vendor for various computer and office supplies.
GW Micro, Inc.
725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825
Phone: 260-489-3671
Fax: 260-489-2608
URL: http://www.gwmicro.com
Manufacturer of VocalEyes and WindowEyes.
Humanware
175 Mason Circle, Concord, CA 94529
Toll-free: 800-722-3393
Email: info@humanware.com
URL: http://www.humanware.com
Manufacturer of braille displays, braille embossers, CCTVs and the Braille Note 18 & 32 note-taking devices.
Innoventions Inc.
5921 S Middlefield Road, Suite 102, Littleton, CO 80123-2877
Toll-free: 800-854-6554
Phone: 303-797-6554
Fax: 303-727-4940
Email: magnacam@magnacam.com
URL: http://www.magnacam.com/magnacam
Manufacturer of the Magnacam portable CCTV system.
Iowa Department for the Blind
524 Fourth Street, Des Moines, IA 50309-2364
Direct POs to:
Project ASSIST with Windows
Iowa Department for the Blind
524 Fourth Street, Des Moines, IA 50309-2364
Toll-free: 800-362-2587
Phone: 515-281-1333
Fax: 515-281-1263
Email: assist@blind.state.ia.us or Horsman.Jolene@blind.state.ia.us (Information on Aids and Devices)
URL: http://www.blind.state.ia.us
Vendor for various taped tutorials.
JBliss Imaging Systems
100 W. El Camino Real, Suite 68, Mountain View, CA 94040
Toll-free: 888-452-5477
Phone: 650-940-4115
Tech support: 350-940-4117
Fax: 650-903-4136
Email: info@jbliss.com
URL: http://www.jbliss.com
Manufacturer of three Versatile Image ProcessingÔ programs that run under Windows 95/98. Key features include: visual displays with text attributes optimized for the user, top-rated synthetic speech synchronized with the visual display, access to print, as well as electronic documents and magnified picture viewing and capture.
Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc.
14 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 01730-1402
Toll-free: 800-894-5374
Fax: 781-276-0650
Email: info@kurzweiledu.com or support@kurzweiledu.com
URL: http://www.kurzweiledu.com
Manufacturer of Kurzweil 1000 scanning software and other reading systems.
Leading Edge Vision
Aileen Zaken
14807 N. Forestdale Dr
Rathdrum, ID 83858
Toll-free: 1-877-551-6658
Cellular: 208-818-1553
Fax: 208-687-2923
Email: aczaken@msn.com
URL: www.leadingedgevision.com
Distributor of Telesensory, Optelec, Clarity, and Ash Technology video magnifiers. Provides in-home demonstrations and training.
Libertel Associates
283 Swanson Drive, PO Box 506, Dresden, TN 38225
Toll-free: 800-748-8535
Phone: 901-364-5045
Fax: 731-364-2719
Email: libertel@iswt.com
URL: http://www.libertelassociates.com
Authorized dealer for Plantronics split headsets.
National Braille Press (NBP)
88 St. Stephen Street, Boston, MA 02115
Toll-free: 888-965-8965
Phone: 617-266-6160
Fax: 617-437-0456
Email: orders@nbp.org
URL: http://www.nbp.org
Offers a variety of books in braille and information on Windows.
Next Generation Technologies, Inc.
Edward S. Rosenthal, President/CEO
20006 Cedar Valley Road, # 101, Lynnwood, WA 98036
Phone: 425-744-1100
Email: edward@ngtvoice.com
URL: http://www.ngtvoice.com
NGT, Inc. specializes in alternative PC access technologies. As such, NGT builds custom hardware solutions to support speech input/voice output technologies. NGT provides AT evaluations to support state-funded and corporate accommodations. It provides end-user training in adaptive technologies. NGT is the manufacturer of JawBone technology, which provides interoperability between Jaws for Windows and Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional. In addition, NGT sources most supporting application software and related peripheral technologies.
Service available throughout Washington State.
Repro-Tronics, Inc. (RTI)
75 Carver Avenue, Westwood, NJ 07675
Toll-free: 800-948-8453
Phone: 201-722-1880
Fax: 201-722-1881
Email: support@repro-tronics.com (Customer Support), info@repro-tronics.com (General Information) or sales@repro-tronics.com (Sales)
URL: http://www.repro-tronics.com
Manufacturer of Tactile Image Enhancer.
Tarantella, Inc.
425 Encinal Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1900
Toll-free: 888-831-9700
URL: http://www.tarantella.com
Manufacturer of LPWin large print software.
Telesensory
650 Vaqueros Ave., Ste. F, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Toll-free: 800-804-8004
Fax: 408-616-8720
Aileen Zaken, Distributor
Cellular: 208-808-1553
Email: aczaken@msn.com
URL: http://www.telesensory.com
Manufacturer of the Aladdin line of CCTVs. Direct CCTV orders to Aileen Zaken.
Teletron Services Co.
4415 Aurora N., Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-633-0789
Authorized repair for TeleSensory and Optelec CCTV systems.
Top Dot Enterprises
Dean Marteneau
2219 Rucker Ave., #204, Everett, WA 98201
Phone: 425-876-4406
Email: deamar@sound-computing.com
URL: http://www.sound-computing.com
Basic to advanced computer training. Win95, 98, ME, NT and packaged applications. Internet Explorer; Outlook Express; Outlook 97/2000; Eudora email; Word 97/2000/XP; basic Excel 97/2000/XP; basic PowerPoint 97/2000/XP; basic Access 97/2000/XP; Goldwave and Soundforge audio editors; and RealPlayer, Media Player, and Winamp audio players. OmniPage Pro; Acrobat Reader 4/5; FTP Explorer and FTP Voyager; HyperTerminal; and TeraTerm. JFW and Window-Eyes screen readers. Dragon Naturally Speaking with and without Jawbone JAWS scripts. Alva and Powerbraille displays. Braille ‘n Speak, Braille Lite, Type ‘n Speak, and Type Lite. DOS, ASAP, Vocal-Eyes, Jaws for DOS screen readers, Commo DOS terminal, and Unix shell accounts.
Service available statewide. Lengthy trainings to distances of more than 60 miles (south of Tacoma or Eastern Washington) may incur per diem charges.
VideoEye Corporation
10211 West Emerald, Boise, ID 83704
Toll-free: 800-416-0758
Phone: 208-323-9577
Fax: 208-377-1528
Email: sales@videoeyecorp.com (Sales) or support@videoeyecorp.com (Technical Support).
URL: http://www.videoeyecorp.com
Manufacturer of the VideoEye CCTV systems.
Vision Aid Services
Ralph Sherman
6032 SE Pardee Street, Portland, OR 97206
Toll-free: 800-473-3195
Fax: 503-774-1120
Email: Ralph@thevision.ws
URL: http://www.visionaid.com
Authorized dealer for a number of products, including CCTVs, computer monitors, computers, ZoomText LP/SP software, remote color cameras, V-MAX, and more.
Warranty/Return Info: A return authorization number must be requested from MagniSight or from Vision Aid Services. Customer pays for return freight and insurance. CCTVs will be repaired on site and can be returned if unsatisfactory for two weeks if they are EVS, and for four if they are from MagniSight, although Mr. Sherman would prefer to hear sooner.
Vision Matters
Ken Twergo
271 N Hayden Bay Drive, Portland, OR 97217
Toll-free: 888-216-1912
Phone: 503-283-4908
Fax: 503-283-4968
Email: iwlvp@quik.com
Authorized dealer for PulseData and Optelec CCTV systems, Dolphin, AI Squared, and various (high quality) low vision aids.
Warranty/Return Info: Machines may be returned for any reason within 30 days of receipt. The entire purchase price will be refunded, provided that the machine is in “substantially new” condition. The shipping charge will not be refunded. Two year warranties come on these machines; extended warranties are available for purchase.
Vision Technology, Inc.
8501 Delport Drive, St. Louis, MO 63114-5905
Toll-free: 800-560-7226
Phone: 314-890-8300
Fax: 314-890-8383
Email: vti@visiontechinc.com
URL: http://www.visiontechinc.com
Manufacturer of MouseCam and Vision Excel CCTV systems.
Xerox Imaging Systems
9 Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA 01960
Toll-free: 800-248-6550, Ext. 2110 (Technical Support); 800-275-9376 (Product Information and Referral to Sales Staff).
URL: http://www.xerox.com/go/xrx/template/013.jsp
Sells Reading Edge and Reading Advantage (computer-based) scanners.
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