Products for the Blind and Visually Impaired

The companies and organizations below manufacture or distribute adaptive products used by people who are blind or have low vision in the United States. Product lines change over time, so use the company links for the most current product and purchasing information.

Adaptive Technology Companies and Product Resources

Ambutech
Ambutech is well known for mobility canes and cane accessories. Its product line includes folding and rigid mobility canes, identification canes, telescopic canes, cane tips, support canes, and other mobility accessories.

American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
APH produces and distributes educational and independent-living products for people who are blind or have low vision. Its products include braille and tactile learning materials, technology such as the Monarch multi-line braille display, classroom tools, and accessible educational resources.

Enhanced Vision
Enhanced Vision manufactures low-vision equipment including portable and desktop electronic magnifiers, reading systems, and OCR products that can enlarge printed material or read text aloud.

Envision
Envision develops wearable and mobile assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. Envision Glasses and related smart-glasses products can read text aloud, describe scenes, identify objects and colors, recognize people, and provide hands-free access to visual information.

Freedom Scientific
Freedom Scientific develops products for blind and low-vision computer users. Its best-known products include the JAWS screen reader, ZoomText magnification software, Fusion, Focus refreshable braille displays, OpenBook, and several electronic magnification products.

HumanWare
HumanWare produces a broad range of blindness and low-vision technology. Products include BrailleNote and Brailliant braille devices, Victor Reader audio-book players, StellarTrek GPS and OCR devices, electronic magnifiers, embossers, and other orientation and mobility products. HumanWare also offers Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses through its U.S. product line.

Optelec
Optelec develops equipment for low vision and blindness, including portable and desktop video magnifiers, text-to-speech reading systems, optical aids, and other products designed to improve access to printed and visual information.

Orbit Research
Orbit Research develops relatively affordable braille and tactile technology, including Orbit Reader braille displays and book readers, multi-line Orbit Slate displays, tactile graphics products, accessible calculators, digital magnifiers, and other blindness products.

OrCam
OrCam develops wearable and handheld assistive devices for blind and low-vision users. Products such as OrCam MyEye can read text, recognize faces and other visual information, while OrCam Read products provide portable text-to-speech and reading assistance.

SELVAS BLV, formerly associated with HIMS products
SELVAS BLV provides the BrailleSense family of braille tablets and notetakers, Braille eMotion displays, SensePlayer media and OCR devices, GoVision low-vision products, and other technology. This is the current product source for many devices that longtime users may remember under the HIMS name.

Tactile Engineering
Tactile Engineering develops the Cadence tactile graphics tablet, a dynamic tactile device designed to provide access to changing graphics, multi-line braille, graphs, diagrams, maps, and other visual information through touch.

ViewPlus
ViewPlus manufactures braille embossers and tactile-graphics technology. Its product line includes portable and production braille embossers, tactile graphics systems, Tiger Software Suite, and tools for creating accessible math, science, maps, and other graphics.

Note: Listing a company on this page is for informational purposes and does not constitute an endorsement by Listening Acuity. Before purchasing an expensive adaptive device, consider requesting a demonstration or trial whenever possible to make sure the product fits your needs.