The Norfolk & Norwich Association for The Blind
Equipment (New Products)
In the Norwich Equipment Centre
New large and small Tactile Watches are now available
The tactile markings and hands are easy to feel, the straps are leather and the opinion is that they are quite stylish, price £24.
Come and try a comprehensive selection of video magnifiers
table top and hand held from a range of suppliers including:
The new DaVinci All-in-one HD Video Magnifier with Text-to-Speech from Enhanced Vision.
DaVinci is a high performance desk-top video magnifier, featuring HD, text-to-speech and a 3-in-1 camera; Price £2195.00
Come and see us at the Norwich Centre for a demonstration.
A Merlin 24" HD desk top video magnifier from Enhanced Vision,
Using a high definition camera and monitor, HD offers a much more vibrant image and better colour representation; Price £1695.00
The Auky Hand Held Video magnifier from Visionaid. It has magnification up to 17x, user friendly buttons, a 3.5" screen, freeze frame and Anti-Blur Technology. Price: £199.
The 4.3" Pebble Hand Held Video magnifier from Enhanced Vision. Price £395. The 3.5" model which is display at the centres in Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn is now. Price £369:
The miniMax from Optima – weighing only 5oz, it has just three easily accessible buttons, magnifies up to x7 with a high contrast display.
Price: £295
The Ruby from Sight and Sound Technology: Price £355
The Compact 5 HD from Optelec - The new Optelec Compact 5 HD handheld video magnifier with a high definition camera will be on the mobile during March. Enjoy magnification from 1.5 to 18 times continuous zoom in high definition on a 5” screen. Price; £695
The Compact 7 HD from Optelec - With an adjustable magnification range starting from 2 times, the Compact 7 HD allows you to see the smallest details of photographs and objects on the ergonomically positioned, 7 -inch high brightness wide screen. Price; £1095
The ClearView One desktop video magnifier from Optelec offers a 18.5" full colour TFT flat widescreen with simple adjustment controls.
Price; £1195
The new TV-Eye from Pamtrad is now on display in NEIC. It was first shown to us at The Big Equipment Exhibition last September, it can be used for reading and writing. The TV-Eye plugs into the mains and into the TV via the AV or SCART socket images are displayed on the TV screen, displays colour, greyscale, enhanced black on white and white on black. Price; £300 plus £7 post and packing
The new i-see Video Magnifier from Professional Vision Services.
Full colour, 10 high contrast modes, reading line and reading blinds, ergonomic XY-table. Price: £1195.00
Looky+ handheld video magnifier, magnification range 2-20 times, full colour, 4 high contrast modes, weighs 200 grams. Price: £299.00
Special Offer: Purchase an i-See and Looky+ together for £1399.00
Talking Scanners
From Optelec we also have the ClearReader + Talking Scanner. This is compact and portable an integrated rechargeable battery gives 5 hours continuous use. It is easy to use and with high quality stereo sound. On display at Norwich and Kings Lynn centres. Price: £1995
This has fast text recognition and it is easy to use, compact and portable and can be used on mains or battery use. Please contact us if you would like to visit for a demonstration.
Also on display is the Sara Talking Scanner from Sight and Sound Technology; Priced £1495
New Daily Living Products available for you to try at the centres in Norwich, Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth and Cromer:
Lighted nail clippers with magnifier 2.5x ; Price: £6.75
Lighted tweezers with magnifier 6x; Price: £5.10
Olympus Voice Recorder: Price: £39.50 - at Norwich only
In the daily living display areas at Norwich and Great Yarmouth we have the Dual Voice Single Button Clock from Cobolt. This can be carried in your pocket or in a carry pouch. You can select a male or female voice to speak the time in either 12 hour or 24 hour format and also to announce the time of day, i.e. “in the morning”. Price: £39.95..
Come and try a new magnifier ideal for crossword fans – The Scribolux, it magnifiers 2.8x and has an integral light. Price: £45.80
The Big Button Mobile Phone being sold by Cobolt can be seen here, It has a high contrast keypad, a loud speaker and is hearing aid compatible. if you would like to see it please ring the Norwich Equipment Centre as we only have one and it travels around from centre to centre. Priced £49.95
Optima SeeTV Spectacle Binoculars - Designed to make watching TV easier and more comfortable. SeeTV glasses will focus on objects from 10 feet to infinity. Perfect for for TV, sporting events and theatre. Price: £26.55
The Trekker Breeze from Humanware
This very exciting Talking Sat Nav for vision-impaired people can be experienced at the Norwich Centre. Chris will be pleased to demonstrate it to you, best to let him know when you are coming.
Computer Software
The up to date version of Guide, an all-in-one Speech and Magnification Software Package has been installed on a computer in the Norwich Equipment Centre. It is marketed as "Easy-to Use and Easy-to-learn".
If you have any queries about equipment or wish for a demonstration please contact the Norwich Equipment Centre.

