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Quartet Technology, Inc. 
Contact Person: Scott Hamer
Address: 11 School Street
No. Chelmsford, MA 01863
Phone: (508)251-4432
FAX: (508)251-4951
Website: http://www.qtiusa.com
Product Description: Voice and switch activated E.C.U.'s computer access.

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R.J. Cooper & Associates 
Contact Person: R.J. Cooper
Address: 24843 Del Prado
Suite 283
Dana Point, CA 92629
Phone: (714)240-4853
FAX: (714)240-9785
Email: rj@rjcooper.com
Website: http://www.rjcooper.com
Product Description: Come say "Hi!" to inventor, author, researcher, and developer, RJ.
 Play with software, hardware, and the Cooper Car.

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Raised Dot Computing, Inc. 
Contact Person: Susan Haldiman
Address: 408 South Baldwin Street 
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608)257-9595
FAX: (608)257-4143
Email: info@ordcbraille.com 
Website: http://www.duxburysystems.com/ as of July 28, 2000
Product Description: Mega Dots, braille translation software.

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Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center 
Contact Person: Molly Doyle
Address: Ctr. F/Applied Rehab. Technology
7601 E. Imperial Hwy
Downey, CA 90242
Phone: (562)401-6800
FAX: (562)803-8892
Website:   http://www.rancho.org/  
Email: mdoylecart@aol.com
Product Description: Assistive Technology Center (service delivery, information and referral)

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RapidText 
Contact Person: Glory Johnson
Address: 230 Newport Center Drive Suite 250
Newport Beach, CA 92660-7510 
Phone: (714)644-6500
FAX: (714)644-5706
Email: gloryj@rapidtext.com 
Website: http://www.rapidtext.com unable to access July 28. 2000

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Recording For The Blind & Dyslexic 
Contact Person: Maggie Fehr
Address: 20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: (609)520-8050
FAX: (609)520-7990
Email: info@rfbd.org
Website: http://www.rfbd.org  
Product Description: Textbooks in recorded format and electronic text. Also a provider of
 four-track player/recorder equipment.

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Repro-Tronics, Inc. 
Contact Person: Dave Skrivanek
Address: 75 Carver Avenue
Westwood, NJ 07675
Phone: (201)722-1880
FAX: (201)722-1881
Email: davesrepro@aol.com
Website: http://www.repro-tronics.com
Product Description: Tactile products for blind and visually impaired.

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RESNA 
Contact Person: James Geletka 
Address: 1700 North Moore Street Suite 1540
Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: (703)524-6686(ext. 303) 
FAX: (703)524-6630
Email: jgeletka@resna.org
Website: http://www.resna.org

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Robotron
Website:http://www.robotron.net.au/
Product Description:  Braille-display scientific calculator, Pronto reading machine, BrailleMaster multilingual publishing software

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Saltillo Corporation 
Contact Person: David Hershberger 
Address: 2143 TR 112
Millersburg, OH 44654
Phone: (330)674-6722
FAX: (330)674-6726
Website:  http://www.saltillo.com/
Email: aac@saltillo.com
Product Description: Affordable communication products for non-speaking individuals.

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Scientific Learning 
Website:  http://www.scilearn.com/
Product description:  Powerful computer-based programs
to improve language and reading 

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Seiko Instruments
Website:  http://www.seiko-usa-cpd.com/

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SEMERC 
Contact Person: Keith Reeves 
Address: 1 Broadbent Road
Watersheddings Oldham, 0L1 4LB 
UNITED KINGDOM 
Phone: (161)627-4469
FAX: (201)779-0179
Product Description: Windows and Mac software for learning disabilities (K-6) and
 assistive technology for Windows and Macintosh. Membrane free touchscreens and various
 input devices.

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SenseAbility 
Contact Person: Ed Vitu
Address: 7700 Leesburg Pike
Suite 420
Arlington, VA 22043
Phone: (703)883-9797
FAX: (703)883-9798
Email: autofunc@tmn.com
Product Description: The Galileo Reader - easy to use, easy to understand, several
 language options. The SmarTalk speech synthesizer for PC - light weight, compact,
 inexpensive.

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Sentient Systems Technology, Inc.
Contact Person: Joanne M. Kaufmann
Address: 2100 Wharton Street
Suite 630
Pittsburgh, PA 15203-1942
Phone: (412)381-4883
FAX: (412)381-5241
Email: sstsales@sentient-sys.com
Website: http://www.sentient-sys.com
Product Description: Sentient Systems Technology, Inc. develops and manufactures communication
 products designed to open a whole new world of possibilities for individuals who are
 non-speaking. We offer a flexible, easy-to-use language communication system which can be
 used on multiple-platforms ranging from paper products, digitized speech-output aids,
 dedicated devices with built-in ECu, to communication software for Mac and DOS computers.
 Brands include: DynaVox 2 & 2c, DynaMyte, DigiVox 2, DigiTalk 1, and DynaSyms.

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Sighted Electronics, Inc. 
Contact Person: David Pillischer
Address: 464 Tappan Road
Northvale, NJ 07647
Phone: (201)767-3977
FAX: (201)767-0612
Website: http://www.sighted.com
Product Description: Braille printers, Papenmeir Braille Displays, Index Braille Printers,
 THIEL Braille Printers.

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Slater Software 
Contact Person: James E. Slater
Address: 351 Badger Lane
Guffey, CO 80820
Phone: (719)479-2255
FAX: (719)479-2254
Email: jimslater@earthlink.net
Website: http://www.slatersoftware.com/
Product Description: Software using picture symbols, speech, and text to boost literacy and
 communication.

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Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute 
Contact Person: Deborah Gilden
Address: Institute - 4th Floor
2232 Webster Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415)561-1665
FAX: (415)561-1610
Email: debby@skivs.ski.org
Website: http://www.ski.org/Rehab/
Product Description: Offers wide variety of sensory aids to assist blind, deaf-blind,
 and low-vision individuals with vocational, educational, and daily-living activities.
 Featured will be Talking Signs in pedestrian crosswalk indicators and for accessible ATM's,
 vibrating indicators for voltmeters and clogged vacuum cleaners, and computer vision for
 detecting and reading signs. 

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SoftTouch/KidTECH 
Contact Person: Jo Meyer
Address: 4182 Pinewood Lake Drive 
Bakersfield, CA 93309-9318 
Phone: (805)396-8676
FAX: (805)396-8760
Website:  http://www.funsoftware.com/softtouch/
Product Description: Software based in music for young children and teenagers who have
 multiple disabilities.

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Special Needs Project World Wide 
Contact Person: Hod Gray
Address: 3463 State Street
Suite 282
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Phone: (805)683-9633
FAX: (805)683-2341
Website: http://www.specialneeds.com
Product Description: SNP World Wide is a unique source of books, videos, and recorded
 material in the world of disabilities.

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Sprint
Website:  http://www.sprint-crs.com/
Email:  cheryl.benoit@mail.sprint.com 
Product Description:  California Relay Service is a telecommunications relay service, which provides full telephone accessibility to people who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech disabled. Specially trained Communication Assistants (CAs) complete all calls and stay on-line to relay messages electronically over a text telephone 

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Sun Microsystems 
Contact Person: Earl Johnson
Address: 901 San Antonio Road
MS UCUP02-103
Palo Alto, CA 94043
Phone: (408)863-3151
FAX: (408)863-3228
Email: earl.johnson@sun.com 
Website: http://www.sun.com/tech/access
Product Description: JAVA Accessibility.

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Synapse
Synapse Adaptive
3095 Kerner Blvd., Suite S
San Rafael, CA 94901
FAX 415-455-9801
TEL 415-455-9700
Email:  info@synapseadaptive.com
Website:  http://www.synapseadaptive.com/
Product Description:  NaturallySpeaking Products, speech recognition

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Synergy 
Contact Person: Dawn Russell 
Address: 412 High Plain Street 
Suite 19
Walpole, MA 02081-4263
Phone: (508)668-7424
FAX: (508)668-4134
Email: synergy@wn.net 
Website: http://www.speakwithus.com/
Product Description: The SynergyMaac and SynergyMaac Carry are integrated systems providing
 portable augmentative communication and environmental control, as well as a full-functioning
 computer. Our systems are slim, lightweight, rugged and weather resistant. Free trial use.

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Syntha-Voice Computers, Inc. 
Contact Person: Glen Kostyshyn
Address: 304-800 Queenston Road 
Stoney Creek,
Ontario, L8G 1A7 CANADA 
Phone: (905)662-0565
FAX: (905)662-0568
Website: http://www.synthavoice.on.ca
Product Description: Screen access software for the blind using speech, braille, or
 large print output for DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95.

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Tack-Tiles / Los Olvidados, Ltd. 
Contact Person: Kevin Murphy
Address: Post Office Box 475
97 Forrest Street
Plaistow, NH 03865
Phone: (603)382-1904
FAX: (603)382-1748
Website:  http://www.tack-tiles.com/
Email: braille@tack-tiles.com
Product Description: TACK-TILES (R), an innovative Braille teaching tool based on a
 popular building block set.

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Tash International, Inc. 
Contact Person: Lisa Sharp
Address: Unit 1 - 91 Station Street
Ajax, Ontario, L1S 3H2 CANADA
Phone: (905)686-4129
FAX: (905)686-6895
Email: tashcan@aol.com
Website: http://www.tashint.com
Product Description: Come to the most fun booth around! Buddy buttons galore, computer
 access, environmental control, and communications aids.

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Technology for Education
Website:  http://www.tfeinc.com/
Product Description:  Technology for Education (TFE) is a computer technology company that specializes in Assistive Technology and learning products 
we offer competing solutions and devices from literally hundreds of manufacturers and publishers. 

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Technologies For The Visually Impaired 
Contact Person: John Panarese
9 Nolan Court
Hauppague, NY 11778
Phone: (516)724-4479
FAX: (516)724-4479
Email: tvii@concentric.com
Website: http://www.tvi-web.com
Product Description: Adaptive devices for the blind and visually impaired.

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Teledyne Brown Engineering 
Contact Person: Melanie Koontz
Address: 300 Sparkman Drive
P. O. Box 070007
Huntsville, AL 35805
Phone: (800)944-8002
FAX: (205)726-1743
Email: melanie.koontz@pobox.tbe.com
Product Description: The Imperium 200H Environmental Control Unit enables severely
 disabled people the ability to control their environment at home or in a hospital.
 This includes lights and appliances, built-in telephone, Infra red devices such as TV,
 VCR, CD Player, and cable.

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TeleSensory Corporation 
Contact Person: Jim Fagan
Address: 465 North Bernardo Avenue 
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: (415)960-0920
FAX: (415)966-8476
Email: info@telesensory.com 
Website: http://www.telesensory.com
Product Description: For more than 28 years, Telesensory Corporation has been providing
 information access products for visually impaired people. Products include braille displays,
 access software and more.

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Telex Communications, Inc. 
Contact Person: Patti Dufrefne 
Address: 9600 Aldrich Avenue, South 
Minneapolis, MN 55420
Phone: (612)884-4051
FAX: (612)884-0043
Email: pro.sound@telex.com
Product Description: Telex will exhibit the EDAT Digital Editor Duplication System for audio
 cassette & CD, and the narrator & Tutor Talking Book products.

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TextHELP! By LORIEN SYSTEMS 
Contact Person: Paula Gibson
Address: Ankalon Industrial Estate 
25 Randalstown Road
Antrim County Antrim BT41 4LJ 
Phone: (004)418-49428105
FAX: (004)418-49428574
Product Description: TextHELP!, Reading and Writing Software especially for dyslexia - 
 Lorien Keypad: the on screen keypad with word prediction for people with limited movement.
 The single switch communicator talking work processor with work prediction for people who use
 switch input.

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Trace Research & Development Center 
Contact Person: Rachael Bower
Address: S-151 Waisman Center
155 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608)262-6966
FAX: (608)262-8848
Email: bower@trace.wisc.edu
Website: http://www.trace.wisc.edu/
Product Description: Research on access to computers and next-generation information systems;
 cooperative electronic library on disability (CoNet).

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UCLA Extension On-Line/Home Education Net 
Contact Person: Chris Moggia
Address: 924 Westwood Boulevard Suite 650
Los Angeles, CA 90024 
Phone: (310)794-8484 x229 
FAX: (310)794-8424
Email: moggia@then.com
Product Description: If you can click a mouse, you can learn online! Find out how you can
 receive the kind of high-quality continuing education you're looking for in a way that
 suits your needs with UCLA Extension online courses.

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United Braille, Inc. 
Contact Person: Sherie Starkie
Address: 75 Old Orchard Road
Los Gatos, CA 95033
Phone: (408)353-4920
FAX: (408)353-4109
Email: unitedbrl@aol.com
Product Description: Manufacturer of refreshable braille cells and displays. Custom
 engineering available upon request.

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Universal Learning Technology 
Contact Person: Barbara Ross
Address: 39 Cross Street
Peabody, MA 01960
Phone: (508)538-0036
FAX: (508)531-0192
Email: ulte@cast.org
Product Description: Ultimate Reader and Ultimate Kidbooks highlight and speak text from
 any source. 

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Ultimate CaptionWorks and QuickCaption for Word add open captions to any video.
USA/Direct, Inc. 
Contact Person: Tom Gorman
Address: 24 Bunker Drive
Bellemead, NJ 08502
Phone: (908)874-6361
FAX: (908)874-0103
Product Description: Market Research Services

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Van Lent Systems B.V. 
Contact Person: R. Van Lent
Address: Lithoyensedijk 25A
Lithoyen the Netherlands 5396 NC
Phone: 31-412-485701
FAX: 31-412-485709
Product Description: Manufacturer of very high quality 17" Black & White and Full Color
 CCTV equipment.

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ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. 
Contact Person: Peter Langner
Address: 3223 NW McKinley Drive 
Corvallis, OR 97330
Phone: (541)754-4002
FAX: (541)754-0042
Email: lanfnerp@physics.orst.edu
Product Description: High Resolution Personal Tactile Graphics and Braille Printer.
 This printer has a resolution of 20 dots per inch, the highest resolution of any embossing
 technologies on the market. The laser can print graphics and braille from any environment.

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Vision Advantage, Inc. 
Contact Person: Ron De Long
Address: 47423 Medina West
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Phone: (760)340-0014
Email: visadv1@aol.com
Product Description: Your one source for solutions for your partially sighted clients.
 Booth display will feature latest video image enhancement systems.

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Vision Technology, Inc. 
Contact Person: Daniel Meyer
Address: 40 Worthington Drive
Maryland Heights, MO 63043
Phone: (314)878-0933
FAX: (314)878-6562
Email: vti@visiontechinc.com
Website: http://www.visiontechinc.com
Product Description: We manufacture and distribute the MousCam VideMagnification Systems for
 individuals with low vision. They are full-featured hand held CCTV's which are easy to use
 and connect to any TV.

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VisuAide 
Contact Person: Renee Gosselin
Address: 841, Blvd. Jean-Paul Vincent 
Longqueuil, Quebec J4G I R3
Phone: (514)463-1717
FAX: (514)463-0120
Email: renee@visuaide.ac.ca
Product Description: Innovative and high quality products for visually impaired individuals.

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WesTest Engineering Corporation 
Contact Person: Mary Lynds
Address: 810 West Shepard Lane 
Farmington, UT 84025 
Phone: (801)451-9191
FAX: (801)451-9393
Email: mary@darci.org 
Website: http://www.darci.org
Product Description: DARCI Products - DARCI Too, a universal computer access device and
 the DARCI CARDS, PCMCIA based computer access.

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Words+ Inc. 
Contact Person: Philip Lawrence
Address: 40015 North Sierra Highway 
Building B-145
Palmdale, CA 93550-2101
Phone: (805)266-8500
FAX: (805)266-8969
Email: phil@words-plus.com
Website: http://www.words-plus.com
Product Description: Most advanced augmentative communication systems utilizing dynamic
 display pictographic language and text to speech, with word prediction. Also offering
 computer access.

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Zygo Industries, Inc. 
Contact Person: Larry Weiss
Address: Post Office Box 1008
Portland, OR 97207-1008
Phone: (503)684-6006
FAX: (503)684-6011
Website: http://www.zygo-usa.com
Product Description: Augmentative communication aystems and environmental controls.

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