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Adaptive or Assistive Products

Tools that allow a person with a disability to do things that able-bodied people do without help (other than computer access or communication aids)
A white textbox with "Cat" typed in black text and, to the right, the word translated in UE Braille 2.

A webpage that translates text typed into a textbox into braille.

A wand-shaped device with menu options on the surface and a speaker above.

A portable “all-in-one” talking bar code scanner that aids visually or print-impaired individuals with the identification of items via the product’s bar code or UPC. Using text-to-speech and digital voice recording technologies, it allows users to access an on-board database of product descriptions, along with a tailored set of recorded voice messages. 

A woman painting while wearing glasses with a white panel across the lenses.

An assistive device that enhances the functional vision of a person who has low vision. It helps users see what's in front of them in real-time, including painting, traveling, and watching TV. 

A black smartphone with tactile gridlines over the surface.

Devices that include a special tactile grid that enables the user to feel what is on the screen. Using a combination of vibration, sound, and visual information the user can start to become digitally sighted. The tactile grid is a transparent embossed grid of dots laid over the smart devices screen which with the specialized technology enables the user to feel the digital world.

A hand holding a black video magnifier that has 4 lines of black text on a yellow background.

Video magnifiers that are suitable for people who need help to read a text and browse details because of low vision. They can be used to read labels, prescriptions, bills, maps, schedules, price tags, receipts, menus, and other items.

A Z-shaped blue document reader above a book, the page of which is projected onto a laptop.

Readers that capture images of materials such as documents, textbooks, artwork, devices, and 3D objects.

A picture of a world map on a phone screen.

An app that allows users to control the camera on an iPhone and turn it into a document camera for large-screen projection.

A gray rectangular device with a speaker at the top and menu options below, including radio, microphone, flashlight, playback speed control, and other options.

A device for listening to the Bible, Bible studies, sermons, music, educational content, humanitarian content, and more. Users can use as their own personal audio Bible, purchase to distribute on mission trips or learn and share a new song, Bible story or verse.

A small black rectangular device on a neck strap with three icon buttons on the front: a telephone, a microphone, and a computer.

A device that gives users wearing Oticon hearing aids control over all functions: changing the hearing programs or regulating the hearing aid volume and the connection to all audio, entertainment and communication devices. This device sends audio signals directly to both ears, transforming the hearing aids into two small wireless headphones.

An article's heading highlighted in yellow, below it there is a text and a picture below the text with menu options to pause, play, page up and down, and move forward and back. 

A DAISY player application (app) that works on smartphones and tablets, customized for use by the visually impaired and other print disabled.