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Technology Manufacturers and Distributors – NSW

MANUFACTURERS and DISTRIBUTORS
B&H Australia
Contact Person	Andrew Bell
Address	Unit 2, Byfield Street, North Ryde, NSW 2113
Telephone	(02) 9870 7222
Fax	(02) 9870 7333
E-mail	Abell@bhaustralia.com.au
Web Address	www.bhaustralia.com.au
Products	Mimio A range of office products.
New Horizons Educational Computing Services
Address	Postal Address: P.O. Box 658, Armidale, 2350 NSW Street Address: 147 Faulkner Street, Armidale, 2350 NSW
Telephone	(02) 6776 0200 or 1800 023 069
Fax	(02) 6771 1050 or 1800 808 656
E-mail	nhinfo@nh.com.au
Web Address	www.nh.com.au
Products	Educational software
Kookaburra Educational Resources
Address	P.O. Box 265, Kempsey, NSW 2440 (Head Office)
Telephone	1300 766 997
Fax	1300 768 997
E-mail	sales@kookaburra.com.au
Web Address	www.kookaburra.com.au
Products	Educational textbooks, Technology, Stationery & Teacher Resources
Optek Systems
Contact Person	Terry Kenaghan
Address	P.O. Box 227, Rydalmere, NSW 2176
Telephone	(02) 9891 6600
Fax	(02) 9891 6875
E-mail	terryk@mpx.com.au
Web Address	members.optusnet.com.au/~terryk/
Products	Braille Displays: RBT 40 & Alva CCTV: Aladdin range, Magni-Cam, VVT Music: Toccata, ODL, Magni-Ccata, Scanning: POET, Magnireader, Kurzweil 1000, Kurzweil 3000 Screen Magnification Software: MAGic Screen Readers: JAWS Translation: Duxbury, BrailleAlign, Enterprise2 Moon Translator
Advanced Software Pty Ltd
Address	PO Box 654, Mona Vale, NSW 1660
Telephone	(02) 9997 1931
Fax	(02) 9997 4392
E-mail	info@advancedsoftware.com.au
Web Address	www.phonicsalive.com
Products	Phonics Alive products
HumanWare
Contact Persons	Ron Hathaway Anthony Kirkpatrick
Address	(P.O. Box 944) Suite 2, 7-11 Railway Street, Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153
Telephone	(02) 9686 2600
Fax	(02) 9686 2855
E-mail	au.sales@humanware.com
Web Address	www.humanware.com
Products	CCTVs: Smartview range, MyReader, Notetakers: Braille/VoiceNote range, Maestro etc O & M: Braille/VoiceNote GPS system
Quantum Technology Pty Ltd
Contact Persons	Lee Kumutat (Product Manager, Blindness)
Address	(P.O. Box 390) 5 South Street, Rydalmere, NSW 2116
Telephone	(02) 9684 2077
Fax	(02) 9684 4717
E-mail	info@quantech.com.au software@quantech.com.au hardware@quantech.com.au
Web Address	www.quantech.com.au
Products	Braille Displays: Combibraille range CCTVs: Clearview range, range of hand-held CCTVs Notetakers: Blazie notetakers, PACmate Scanning: OPENbook, OBK Screen Magnification Software: BigShot, ZoomText Xtra Level 1 & 2, MAGic Screen Readers: JAWS, Vocal-Eyes, Window-Eyes Translation: Monty Other: Handi Cassette, Language Master
Royal Blind Society
Contact Persons	Equipment Centre
Address	4 Mitchell Street, Enfield, NSW 2136
Telephone	(02) 9334 3333
Fax	-
E-mail	Clientliaison@rbs.org.au
Web Address	www.rbs.org.au
Products	A range of low-tech products. Large Print (regular) calculators. Sony 4-track cassette recorder
Scholastic
Address	Lindfield Office Street Address: 345 Pacific Highway, Lindfield, NSW 2070 Postal Address: PO Box 579, Lindfield, NSW 2070
Telephone	(02) 4328 3555
Fax	(02) 9416 9877
E-mail	customer_service@scholastic.com.au
Web Address	www.scholastic.com.au
Products	Educational software.
Sydney Micro
Address	2 Gerroa Avenue Bayview. NSW. 2104 Australia
Telephone	1300 13 92 92
Fax	Fax: 02 9999 3625
E-mail	support@sydneymicro.com.au
Web Address	www.sydneymicro.com.au
Products	Mimio
Typequick
Address	Street Address: 12/33 Ryde Road, Pymble, NSW, Australia 2073 Postal Address: PO Box 72 Gordon, NSW 2072
Telephone	(02) 9498 7433 or 1800 808 078
Fax	(02) 9499 2247
E-mail	typequic@typequick.com.au
Web Address	www.typequick.com.au
Products	Touch Typing Software: Typequick, Typequick for Students
VisionChart
Contact Person	Mark Bowdern
Address	48 Bentley St, Wetherill Park, NSW, 2164
Telephone	1800 06 7278
Fax	02 9725 2568
E-mail	sales@visionchart.com.au
Web Address	www.visionchart.com.au
Products	eBeam and FreeBeam A range of office products.

Technology Manufacturers and Distributors – Australia

MANUFACTURERS and DISTRIBUTORS
Edsoft
Address	2 Apollo Court (P.O. Box 314), Blackburn, VIC 3130
Telephone	(03) 9878 4899 or 1800 338 873 Sydney – (02) 9481 8800
Fax	1800 674 899 Sydney – (02) 9481 8800
E-mail	linda.zugai@bigpond.com.au
Web Address	www.edsoft.com.au
Products	Educational software
Greygum Software
Address	Check website for resellers.
Telephone	-
Fax	-
E-mail	support@greygum.com.au
Web Address	www.greygum.com.au
Products	Educational software.
Novitatech
Address	Street Address: Days Road, Regency Park SA 5010 Postal Address: PO Box 2438, Regency Park 5942 SA
Telephone	(08) 8243 8348 or 1800 243 246
Fax	(08) 8243 8337
E-mail	assistivetech@novitatech.org.au
Web Address	www.novitatech.org.au
Products	A range of adaptive technologies (hardware and software) for all disabilities. Of particular interest to VisionEd: Keyboards: Keyboard letters, keyboard skins, BigKeys keyboards, cherry keyboards, alphasmart Mouse: Kids Ball, KidTrack
Royal Society for the Blind (RSB)
Contact Person	Low Vision Products Marketing Officer, Laura Andrew
Address	Knapman House 230 Pirie Street Adelaide SA 5000
Telephone	(08) 8232 4777
Fax	(08) 8232 4807
E-mail	LAndrew@rsb.org.au
Web Address	www.rsb.org.au
Products	A range of low-tech products. Computer and television magnifiers
Robotron Sensory Tools
Address	15 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, VIC 3166
Telephone	(03) 9568 2568
Fax	(03) 9568 1377
E-mail	info@sensorytools.com
Web Address	www.sensorytools.com
Products	Calculators: Leo (has braille display) Compasses: C2 Talking Compass Notetakers: Aria Scanning: Pronto, Galileo, Rainbow Translation: BrailleMaster
Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB)
Contact Person	VisEquip
Address	201 High Street, Prahran, Melbourne, VIC 3004
Telephone	(03) 9520 5588 Freecall 1800 33 55 88
Fax	(03) 9520 5585
E-mail	visequip@rvib.org.au
Web Address	www.rvib.org.au
Products	A variety of products. Talking Scientific Calculator (from RNIB)
Spectronics
Address	Street Address: Unit E1 Commercial Court, 130 Kingston Road, Underwood Postal Address: PO BOX 88, Rochedale, QLD 4123
Telephone	(07) 3808 6833 or 1800 999 718
Fax	(07) 38086108
E-mail	mail@spectronicsinoz.com
Web Address	www.spectronicsinoz.com
Products	A range of educational, adaptive software and hardware. Of particular interest to VisionEd: Keyboards: BigKeys keyboard Touch screens: Magic Touch Screen Trackballs and Switches
The Happy Mac
Contact Person	Jennifer Cole
Address	(03) 9571 6763
Telephone	-
Fax	-
E-mail	-
Web Address	-
Products	TTAPS: Touch Typing a Program for Schools

Technology Manufacturers and Distributors – International

MANUFACTURERS and DISTRIBUTORS
AiSquared
Address	P.O. Box 669, Manchester Centre, VT 05255A, USA
Telephone	(802) 362-3612
Fax	(802) 362-1670
E-mail	sales@aisquared.com
Web address	www.aisquared.com
Products	Screen Magnification Software: Bigshot, ZoomText Xtra Level 1 & 2
ALVA Access Group
Address	436 14th Street Suite 700, Oakland CA 94612
Telephone	888 318-ALVA (2582)
Fax	(510) 451-0878
E-mail	info@aagi.com
Web Address	www.aagi.com
Products	Embossers: Enabling Technology embossers Organisers: Parrot Screen Magnification: inLarge, ZoomText Xtra, Dolphin Products Screen Readers: OutSPOKEN, WindowEyes, Dolphin Products Translation Software: Duxbury
American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
Address	P.O. Box 6085 (1839 Frankfort Avenue), Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085 USA
Telephone	(502) 895 2405
Fax	(502) 899 2274
E-mail	info@aph.org
Web Address	www.aph.org
Products	A variety of products. Large Print Maths Software: Maths Flash Touch Typing Software: Talking Typer for Windows
Artic Technologies
Address	1000 John R. Road Suite 108 - Troy, Michigan 48083 USA
Telephone	(248) 588-7370 Help (248) 588-1425
Fax	(248) 588-2650
E-mail	Info@artictech.com Help@artictech.com
Web Address	www.artictech.com
Products	CCTVs: VVT Notetakers: BrailleDesk 2000, TransType 2000/2000X Synthesisers: DecTalk Express

Bavisoft
Address	P.O. Box #8 Dewitt, NY 13214 USA
Telephone	-
Fax	-
E-mail	help@bavisoft.com support@bavisoft.com Sales@bavisoft.com
Web Address	www.bavisoft.com
Products	Games designed for those with a vision impairment.
BetaCom Corporation
Address	450 Matheson Blvd. E., Unit 67, Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 1R5, Canada
Telephone	905-568-9977(Canada)
Fax	905-568-9925 (Canada)
E-mail	info@betacom.com
Web Address	www.betacom.com
Products	VisAble products including the large print scientific calculator and the VVT.
Dolphin Computer Access
Address	-
Telephone	-
Fax	-
E-mail	info@dolphinuk.co.uk
Web Address	www.dolphinuk.co.uk
Products	Scanning: Cicero Screen Magnification Software: LunarPlus,Lunar ScreenReader: SuperNova, Hal Translation Software: Cipher
Don Johnston
Address	26799 West Commerce Drive, Volo, IL 60073, USA
Telephone	(800) 999 4660 (USA)
Fax	-
E-mail	info@donjohnston.com
Web Address	www.donjohnston.com
Products	Educational intervention products.
Duxbury Systems
Address	270 Littleton Rd., Unit 6, Westford, MA 01886-3523 USA
Telephone	(1-978)692-3000 (USA)
Fax	(1-978)692-7912 (USA)
E-mail	info@duxsys.com support@duxsys.com
Web Address	www.duxburysystems.com
Products	Duxbury and Megadots translation software.
EspSoftWorks
Address	-
Telephone	-
Fax	-
E-mail	Info@espsoftworks.com Jnorth@espsoftworks.com
Web Address	www.largeprintreviews.com/espgames.htmlcom
Products	Accessible games software for those with a vision impairment (e.g. Shades of Doom).
Freedom Scientific
Address	11800 31^st Court North, St. Petersbury, FL 337 161805
Telephone	(727) 803 8000 (USA)
Fax	(727) 803 8001 (USA)
E-mail	Info@FreedomScientific.com
Web Address	www.freedomscientific.com
Products	Braille Displays: Focus and PowerBraille Embossers: Braille Blazer and VersaPoint Duo Notetakers: Blazie Notetakers, PACmate Scanning: Vera System Screen Magnification Software: MAGic Screen Readers: JAWS Web Access: Connect Outloud
Games for the Blind
Address	-
Telephone	-
Fax	-
E-mail	sales@gamesfortheblind.com
Web Address	www.gamesfortheblind.com
Products	Accessible games for those with a vision impairment. Some are designed to work with a screen reader and others have in-built speech/sounds.
GMA
Address	-
Telephone	-
Fax	-
E-mail	Davidgreenwood@gmagames.com
Web Address	www.gmagames.com
Products	Accessible games for software for those with a vision impairment.
GW Micro
Address	725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN46825, USA
Telephone	(260) 4893671 (USA)
Fax	(260) 4892608 (USA)
E-mail	webmaster@gwmicro.com
Web Address	www.gwmicro.com
Products	Screen Reader: Window Eyes
IntelliTools
Address	-
Telephone	-
Fax	-
E-mail
Web Address	www.intellitools.com
Products	Computer products for special education. IntelliKeys, Key Guards, ClickIt, Switches and OverlayMaker.
Kurzweil Educational Systems
Address	14 Crosby Drive Bedford, MA 01730-1402, USA
Telephone	781 276 0600 (USA)
Fax	-
E-mail	info@kurzweiledu.com
Web Address	www.kurzweiledu.com/
Products	Kurzweil 1000 and 3000 scanning and reading software.
RJ Cooper and Associates
Address	27601 Forbes Rd. Suite 39 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Telephone	949-582-2749 (USA)
Fax	949-582-3169 (USA)
E-mail	info@rjcooper.com techsupport@rjcooper.com
Web Address	www.rjcooper.com
Products	Email software: IcanEmail Keyboards: BigKeys keyboards, On-screen keyboards Mouse Pointers: BIGGY, BIGGY-light Screenreaders: KeyRead Touch Screen: Magic Touch Screen Trackballs and switches Other software: Find The Buttons
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Address	RNIB Customer Services, P.O. Box 173 Peterborough, PE2 6WS, United Kingdom
Telephone	44 0 1733 370777
Fax	44 0 1733 238541
E-mail	Exports@rnib.org.uk
Web Address	www.rnib.org.uk
Products	A range of adaptive technology. Of particular interest to VisionEd is the Talking Scientific Calculator.

Organisations– Australia

ORGANISATIONS
Association for the Blind of Western Australia
Address	Street Address: Victoria Park (Main Centre), 16 Sunbury Road, Victoria Park WA 6100 Postal Address: (PO Box 101, Victoria Park 6979)
Telephone	(08) 9311 8202 or 1800 658 388
Fax	(08) 9361 8696
E-mail	mailbox@abwa.asn.au
Web Address	www.abwa.asn.au
Blind Citizens of Australia (BCA)
Address	87 High Street Prahran VIC 3181 03 9521 3433 1800 033 660 TTY: 03 9521 1200
Telephone	(03) 9521 3433 or 1800 033 660 TTY: (03) 9521 1200
Fax	(03) 9521 3732
E-mail	bca@bca.org.au
Web Address	www.bca.org.au
Board of Studies
Address	Street Address: 117 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Postal Address: GPO Box 5300, Sydney NSW 2001
Telephone	(02) 9367 8111
Fax	-
E-mail	clientservices@boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au syllabus@ozemail.com.au
Web Address	www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au
Low Incidence Unit, Queensland
Address	Corner Park and Merton Roads, Woolloongabba 4102 Qld
Telephone	(07) 3240 9333
Fax	(07) 3240 9300
E-mail	LowIncidenceUnit.LIU@qed.qld.gov.au
Web Address	http://education.qld.gov.au/curriculum/
NSW Department of Education and Training
Address	GPO Box 33, Sydney NSW 2001
Telephone	(02) 9561 8000
Fax	-
E-mail	-
Web Address	www.schools.nsw.edu.au
The Guide Dog Association of NSW & ACT
Address	Street Address: 5 Northcliff Street, Milsons Point NSW 2061 Postal Address: PO Box 107, Milsons Point NSW 1565
Telephone	(02) 9922 4211
Fax	(02) 9923 1094
E-mail	info@guidedogs.com.au
Web Address	www.guidedogs.com.au
Royal Blind Society
Contact Person	Equipment Centre
Address	4 Mitchell Street, Enfield, NSW 2136
Telephone	(02) 9334 3333
Fax	-
E-mail	Clientliaison@rbs.org.au
Web Address	www.rbs.org.au
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
Contact Person	Adaptive Technology Centre
Address	361-365 North Rocks Road, North Rocks, NSW 2151.
Telephone	(02) 9872 0317 (ATC) or (02) 9871 1233 (Switch)
Fax	(02) 9873 3870 (VisionEd)
E-mail	-
Web Address	www.ridbc.org.au
Royal Society for the Blind (RSB)
Contact Person	Low Vision Products Marketing Officer, Laura Andrew
Address	Knapman House 230 Pirie Street Adelaide SA 5000
Telephone	(08) 8232 4777
Fax	(08) 8232 4807
E-mail	LAndrew@rsb.org.au
Web Address	www.rsb.org.au
Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind (RVIB)
Contact Person	VisEquip
Address	201 High Street, Prahran, Melbourne, VIC 3004
Telephone	(03) 9520 5588 Freecall 1800 33 55 88
Fax	(03) 9520 5585
E-mail	visequip@rvib.org.au
Web Address	www.rvib.org.au

State Library of New South Wales
Address	Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000
Telephone	(02) 9273 1583 TTY (02) 9273 1541
Fax	(02) 9273 1254
E-mail	access@slnsw.gov.au
Web Address	www.slnsw.gov.au www.slnsw.gov.au/access/

The Association of Independent Schools NSW
Contact Person	Robyn Yates
Address	-
Telephone	9229 2845
Fax	-
E-mail	-
Web Address	www.studentnet.edu.au
Vision Australia Foundation
Address	454 Glenferrie Road, Kooyong VIC 3144
Telephone	(03) 9822 1111
Fax	-
E-mail	-
Web Address	www.visionaustralia.org.au

Organisations – International

ORGANISATIONS
American Council for the Blind
Address	1155 15th Street, NW, Suite 1004, Washington, DC 20005 USA
Telephone	(202) 467-5081 (800) 424-8666 (US)
Fax	Fax: (202) 467-5085
E-mail	Info@acb.org
Web Address	www.acb.org
American Foundation for the Blind
Address	11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York, NY 10001 USA
Telephone	(212) 502-7600 (USA)
Fax	(212) 502-7777 (USA)
E-mail	afbinfo@afb.net
Web Address	www.afb.org
American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
Address	P.O. Box 6085 (1839 Frankfort Avenue), Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085 USA
Telephone	(502) 895 2405
Fax	(502) 899 2274
E-mail	info@aph.org
Web Address	www.aph.org
National Federation of the Blind
Address	1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230, USA
Telephone	410 659 9314 (US)
Fax	-
E-mail	nfb@nfb.org
Web Address	www.nfb.org
Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
Address	4 Maunsell Road (Private Bag 99941), Newmarket, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Telephone	0800 24 33 33 (NZ)
Fax	-
E-mail	general@rnzfb.org.nz
Web Address	www.rnzfb.org.nz
Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Address	RNIB Customer Services, P.O. Box 173 Peterborough, PE2 6WS, United Kingdom
Telephone	44 0 1733 370777
Fax	44 0 1733 238541
E-mail	Exports@rnib.org.uk
Web Address	www.rnib.org.uk
The Canadian Institute for the Blind
Address	National Office, 1929 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ONM4 G3E8, Canada
Telephone	416 486 2500
Fax	416 480 7677
E-mail	-
Web Address	www.cnib.ca/

Other Technology and Educational Resources

NAME	WEB ADDRESS	TYPE OF INFORMATION
ABLEDATA	Www.abledata.com	Information regarding assistive and rehabilitation technology.
Adobe	www.adobe.com	Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free download for access to PDF files.
Apple Special Needs – Disability Resources	www.apple.com	Special needs information and downloads for the Apple Computer
Access Technology Institute	www.cathyanne.com	Online training courses for people who are blind or VI.
Bobby	www.etre.com/tools/accessibilitycheck/	Web accessibility guidelines and testing.
California state University, Northridge – Centre on Disabilities	www.csun.edu/cod/	An excellent range of resources regarding technology for students with disabilities.
EASI	www.rit.edu/~easi	Equal Access to Software and Information
E-Bility	www.e-bility.com/index.php	Resources for people with a disability.
Education Network Australia	www.edna.edu.au	Educational resources (including lesson plans)
Electronic Braille Book Library	www.braille.org/braille_books/	Collection of online electronic books in braille format. (over 1000 books)
Encyclopedia Britannica	www.britannica.com	Search the Encyclopedia Britannica online.
Hear a Book Service	www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/hearbook	A non - profit organisation based in Hobart serving people with Print Disabilities throughout Australia and New Zealand.
I.B.M. Access Centre	www.ibm.com/able	Information for people with disabilities.
Internet Classic Archive	http://classics.mit.edu/	Collection of online electronic classical literature.
Macquarie Dictionary	www.macquariedictionary.com.au	Australian national online dictionary.
MicroSoft Accessibility	www.microsoft.com/enable/	Information and downloads regarding accessible MicroSoft technology.
Project Guttenburg	www.gutenberg.net	Collection of free online electronic books.
Recordings for the blind and dyslexic	www.rfbd.org	Educational library for people with a print disability.
References on web accessibility	www.w3c.org/wai/references/	Web accessibility reference list.
Special Education Technology British Columbia	www.setbc.org www.setbc.org/res/guides/default.html	Technology curriculum (K-12) and other resources.
Tiresias	www.tiresias.org	Research, larger fonts etc
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired	www.tsbvi.edu	Excellent technology and other VI-related resources.
Trace Research and Development Center (American spelling)	http://trace.wisc.edu	Research into IT access.
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)	www.w3.org/wai	Guidelines for web accessibility.
White Pages	www.whitepages.com.au	Telstra's white pages.
Yellow Pages	www.yellowpages.com.au	Telstra's yellow pages.

Access Technology Manufacturers and Distributors

Royal Blind Society

Scholastic

Sydney Micro

Typequick

VisionChart

Edsoft

Novitatech

Royal Society for the Blind (RSB)

Spectronics

The Happy Mac

BetaCom Corporation

Dolphin Computer Access

Don Johnston

Freedom Scientific

GW Micro

IntelliTools

Kurzweil Educational Systems

RJ Cooper and Associates

Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children

Royal Society for the Blind (RSB)

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