2018 NFB Convention Orlando, Florida Exhibitors Product/Service Description

2018 NFB Convention Orlando, Florida Exhibitors Product/Service Description

2018 NFB Convention Orlando, Florida Exhibitors Product/Service Description Listed alphabetically below are the companies and organizations participating as exhibitors at the 2018 National Federation of the Blind Convention. For each exhibitor we have listed the company or organization name, table number, product and/or service exhibited, and website, if provided to us by the vendor. 3DPhotoWorks Location: A19 Website: http://www.3dphotoworks.com A T Guys: Your Access Technology Experts Location: A23 Product or Service: Affordable technology for your busy lifestyle. Keyboards, speakers, headsets, and more for iPhone and Android. Micro- Speak Digital Voice Recorder, Aftershokz bone conduction headsets, and much more. Website: https://www.atguys.com Aira Tech Corp Location: B1 & B2 Website: https://aira.io/ Amazon Location: A7 & A8 Product or Service: Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1- Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit www.amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews. Website: http://www.amazon.com Page 1 American Printing House for the Blind Location: A27-A29 Product or Service: APH is the world’s largest company devoted to making products for people who are blind and visually impaired, and is the official supplier of educational materials for blind students in the U.S. working at less than college level. Visit our shopping site at shop.aph.org, or call 800- 223-1839 for more information. Website: http://www.aph.org/ Automattic (WordPress.com) Location: B30 Website: https://wordpress.com/ Bookshare / Benetech Location: C5 Product or Service: Bookshare is an ebook library that makes it easier to read with over 600,000 titles in audio, braille, and large text. Bookshare is free for qualified U.S. students and under $1 per week for adults. Website: http://www.bookshare.org C&P - Chris Park Location: B21 Website: http://www.chrisparkdesign.com/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Location: C27 Product or Service: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administers several critical programs.Please visit the CMS booth to learn more about these programs. Website: http://www.cms.gov Charter Communications Location: B15 Website: www.Spectrum.net Page 2 Christian Record Services for the Blind Location: C29 Product or Service: Christian Record provides free reading materials in braille, audio, and large print, and camps through National Camps for Blind Children. Website: http://www.ChristianRecord.org Colorado Center for the Blind Location: D1 Product or Service: NFB Training Center - distribute brochures, DVDs and other marketing materials Website: http://www.cocenter.org Connecticut Association of Blind Students Location: A41 Product or Service: Join CTABS at our candy buffet, featuring old classics such as Pop Rocks, Smarties, Bazooka, and more! Support a rebuilding division, and fill up a bag for only $10. Website: http://www.nfbct.org/ Creative Adaptations for Learning, CAL Location: A43 Product or Service: Legible Tactile Illustrations ... Flashcards, books, games Website: http://www.cal-s.org Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind Location: B16 Website: https://www.dallaslighthouse.org/ Deaf-Blind Division of the NFB Location: C24 Product or Service: Gildan cotton T-shirts. The shirts have the NFB logo on the front, where the pocket is usually placed. Further, the back of the shirts are printed with fully raised “puffy” white Braille alphabet. Website: http://www.nfbdeaf-Blind.org Page 3 Duxbury Braille Software - Accessible - MAC & Win Location: B25 Product or Service: Duxbury Systems accessible braille software that is easy to use by beginners and sophisticated enough for experts! We are proud to announce new releases of DBT WIN, DBT MAC, NimPro (for transcribers) Perky Duck for Windows and Perky Duck for MAC, and QuickTac for Windows and hopefully for MAC. Literary, Math, Tactile Graphics all braille embossers, over 160 languages, and brilliant free technical support. Come see what is new at the company that is making braille literacy possible in North America and around the world. Website: http://www.DuxburySystems.com Educational Testing Service (ETS) Location: B11 Website: http://www.ets.org Enhanced Vision/Freedom Scientific/Optelec Location: A9-A18 Product or Service: VFO is the world’s leading assistive technology provider for the visually impaired and owner of the brands Ai Squared, Enhanced Vision, Freedom Scientific, Optelec and The Paciello Group. All of the VFO brands have a long history of developing and providing innovative solutions for blind and low vision individuals, helping them to reach their full potential. Website: http://vfogroup.com En-Vision America Location: B19 Product or Service: En-Vision America is an innovative technology company specializing in enhancing the lives of people with low vision and print impairment. Since 1996, En-Vision has been a pioneer in the assistive technology field, inventing and perfecting audible bar code scanners and accessible prescription labels such as ScripTalk talking labels and prescription readers. Website: http://www.envisionamerica.com Envision, Inc. Location: B17 Website: https://www.envisionus.com/ Page 4 Federal Bureau of Investigation Location: B20 Website: https://www.fbijobs.gov/ Feel Good, Inc. Location: C10 & C20 Product or Service: Feel Good, Inc. provides portable TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) units offering wide variety of benefits, including alleviating back, nerve and diabetic pain and migraines. Website: http://www.feelgoodinc.org Google, Inc Location: A5 & A6 Website: http://www.google.com Guide Dog Foundation, "Live Without Boundaries" Location: A35 Product or Service: The Guide Dog Foundation provides guide and service dogs, free of charge, to qualified people who seek the increased freedom, mobility and companionship these dogs bring. Website: http://www.GuideDog.org Guide Dogs for the Blind Location: C19 Product or Service: Come by and visit us at the Guide Dogs for the Blind table and take away some great information and GDB giveaways too! take a simulated Guide Dog walk & enter a raffle to win a stuffed guide dog!! Website: htt://www.guidedogs.com Guide Dogs of America Location: A31 Product or Service: Guide Dogs of America provides guide dogs and instruction in their use, free of charge, to blind and visually impaired men and women from the United States and Canada. Website: http://www.guidedogsofamerica.org Page 5 Guiding Eyes for the Blind, guide dog training pro Location: C17 Product or Service: Guiding Eyes breeds and trains exceptional guide dogs to partner with people who are blind or visually impaired. Website: http://www.guidingeyes.org HiDow Location: C31 Product or Service: Tens units Website: http://www.hidow.com HIMS - A braille company connecting the dots! Location: B9 Product or Service: HIMS, Inc. is a global manufacturer and distributor of Braille, magnification, and accessible medical devices. At HIMS, innovation is driven by customer feedback, and many of our employees rely on our products in their own lives. We strive for what could be better in order to bring you the best. Website: http://www.hims-inc.com HumanWare Location: B31-B36 Product or Service: Website: http://www.humanware.com independent living aids, LLC Location: C8 & C9 Product or Service: independent living aids, Products for Your Active Independent Life, make your life easier with the superb selection of low- vision aids, tools and technology from ila. For Low Vision and Totally Blind Website: http://independentliving.com Insidevision - InsideONE Location: C11 Product or Service: Insidevision has created insideONE the first braille tactile tablet running windows 10 both for the blind and sighted people. Website: http://www.insidevision-us.com Page 6 International Christian Braille Mission Location: C18 Product or Service: Braille Christian literature Website: http://www.icbminc.org Irie-AT Location: C3 Product or Service: Your one-stop source for the latest in accessible smartphones & tablets, braille, video magnifiers and computer access. Website: http://www.irie-at.com JPMorgan Chase & Co. Location: B8 Website: https://www.jpmorganchase.com/ JW.ORG Location: C12 Product or Service: JW.ORG makes spirituality accessible with RTF, Notetaker, MP3, and screen readers. Free downloads are available in over 900 languages, and Braille literature in over 40. Website: http://jw.org Leader Dogs for the Blind Location: C22 Product or Service: Empowering people who are blind or visually impaired with lifelong skills for safe and independent daily travel since 1939. All Leader Dog services are provided free of charge to clients. Website: http://www.leaderdog.org LightHouse for the Blind in San Francisco Location: B22 Product or Service: LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is the place where blind people come to learn skills to gain confidence and independence. At the LightHouse people connect with resources, peers and mentors. Every day we prove that with training in braille, cane travel, and adaptive technology, blind people can live the lives they want as competent and confident employees, students, and community members. Our exhibit will have displays of our unique tactile

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