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Cane hook
Product type: Mobility aids
Manufacturer: Ambutech
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Neil
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"A plastic gadget that enables you to hook your cane on to flat surfaces, such as a work top, or rest it on the back of a chair, leaving your hands free until you want to use your cane again." As described by RNIB
Glowmat
Product type: Household products
Manufacturer: Glowmat
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Neil
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The glowmat is a 5 inch (approx 13 centimetres) square drink coaster that glows in the dark and charges by light. It is a 'post-it note' yellow colour.
JAWS (Job Access with Speech) version 13
Product type: Assistive technology
Manufacturer: Freedom Scientific
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Charlie Allen
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JAWS 13 is a screen reader programme which can be downloaded onto Windows computers.
Cliffden Hotel
Venue type: Hotels
Location: Cliffden Hotel Entrace on Cliffden Close, Dawlish Road, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 8TE
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Charlie Allen
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The Cliffden Hotel is a hotel designed for the blind and partially sighted.
National Gallery - Metamorphosis Titian 2012 exhibition
Venue type: Museums and galleries
Location: National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Prof Whitestick
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The information desk is always very helpful and will take you to the exhibition if asked. There are stairs and a lift to the exhibition. The audio guide is touch screen and is unsuitable. Braille and large print guides are available.
ZoomText
Product type: Assistive technology
Manufacturer: Ai Squared
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Daniel Warrington
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ZoomText is a screen reader which is a specialised type of software that converts electronic text to speech and outputs it to headphones, speakers or refreshable Braille devices, in line with user preferences.
Zoom EX
Product type: Assistive technology
Manufacturer: Humanware
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Daniel Warrington
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The Zoom EX is an OCR reader which takes scanned text and converts the scanned image into to an electronic text file, which can be saved and edited. The Zoom EX also provides text to speech.
Max Colour Video Magnifier
Product type: Assistive technology
Manufacturer: Enhanced Vision
Rating: 4 Star rating
By: Daniel Warrington
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The Max Colour is a CCTV which is designed like a computer mouse that plugs straight into your TV and magnifies the text on any documents such as newspapers.
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