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Vision Enhancement
(Just the Table of Contents)

Vol. 7 No. 1, Winter 2002

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VISION WORLD WIDE, INC. NEWS

  • IMAA Act Will Provide Equal Access to Textbooks
  • We Are Vision World Wide, Inc. - NOT "Vision World"
  • Do Good Every Time You Shop Online
  • Overview of Vision Enhancement
  • Subscription / Renewal Application
  • All About Us (VWW)

READERS ASK

  • Recording Video Description Using Your VCR
  • Accessible Cell Phone Manuals
  • More Sources for Zenith Talking VCR
  • Defining Varying Degrees of Vision Loss

FEATURES

  • Common Sense Tips - Organizing Your World by Amy Pais, M.S.
  • Understanding Vision Loss from Pathological Myopia by Richard L. Windsor, O.D. & Laura K. Windsor, O.D.
  • How Long Before Nutriceuticals Become Available And Will They Require Prescriptions? by Mildred Frank
  • Tips for Successful Television Viewing

  CONSUMER PROTECTION

  • H-P Product Recall
  • Save Money: Use Your Cell or Internet Phone!

MEDICAL / RESEARCH

  • Visudyne Treatments Not Covered Now By Medicare
  • Medicare Now Covers Glaucoma Detection Eye Exam
  • New Treatment For Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
  • Coca-Cola For Your Eyes?
  • The Straight Dope On Alternative & Complementary Medicine

UNIQUE PROJECTS

  • Choices for Children Campaign Launched
  • NLS and Mystic Seaport Initiate 2-Year Joint Pilot Progrwuam

TECHNOLOGY

  • Ray Charles Slots Make Gambling Accessible
  • TALX: The Talking Mobile Phone
  • BrailleNote is Now Multi-Lingual
  • Equipment Needed To Receive DVS On TV
  • Digital Talking Bible Again Available
  • SCANACAN: A Tool For Independence
  • VideoTIM: Will It Replace the Optacon?
  • Road Runner Again Available in UK

LIBRARY CORNER

  • One-millionth C-1 Machine Produced
  • Canadian Institute Expands Digital Library
  • Microsearch Makes Library Collections Accessible Online
  • Braille Music Scores/Books Now on Internet
  • Jewish Braille Institute Expands Its Outreach
  • New Discussion List Launched for Librarians & Library Patrons
  • Changes in the RNIB Talking Book Service by Joyce Bis

PUBLICATIONS

  • Say You…! Video
  • New From Samizdat
    • British Literature CD
    • Children's Book CD
    • American Literature CD
    • World Literature CD
    • Non-Fiction CD
    • Religion CD
    • Arabian Nights
    • Canada: Literature & History
    • Australia: Literature & History

EDUCATION

  • Online Language Courses Becoming Popular in Japan
  • New Research Report On Computer Technology in Postsecondary Education
  • New Online Courses From EASI
  • The Disability History Museum
  • How Braille Began

NEWS & EVENTS

  • Talking Book Industry Now A Major Business
  • Youth Sports Festival
  • A Major Victory For Descriptive Video
  • Security Issues Delay Swiss E-Voting
  • Visions 2002: Seeing the Light 

BYTES & CHIPS

  • CSUN 2002 Conference Proceedings Online
  • Kitchen Crawlers: New Discussion List
  • QuickBooks IS Accessible
  • KeyRead: Screen Reader for Mac & Windows
  • Special Window Scheme for Macintosh

WIT AND WISDOM

  • Just Look To A Child
  • Pomp and Circumstance
  • If Noah Lived Today

RESOURCE DIRECTORY

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

  • Dover Large Print Classics - Dover Publications
  • Window-Eyes - GW Micro, Inc.
  • The Advantage Canes - Revolution Enterprises, Inc.
  • The Primer - Innoventions, Inc.
  • Low Vision Centers of Indiana
  • Wellspent.org - Vision World Wide
  • SightConnection.com - CSBPS

 

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Indianapolis, IN 46220-5481


Phone: 317-254-1332
Toll Free: 800-431-1739
Fax: 317-251-6588
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