A gentleman recently contacted Enhanced Vision about the wonderful experience he has had with his Acrobat Long Arm. Frank is a dental technician and he constructs false teeth for a living. His work is very detailed and prior to his Acrobat, he was not able to see well enough to work anymore.

However, with his Acrobat Long Arm, he is able to work again and he makes impeccable products for his clients. He is independent again and is working just as well as he did before he was diagnosed with low vision.

Acrobat Long Arm Key Features:
Longer arm provides flexibility to work on larger projects. You can configure the Acrobat in a variety of ways to meet your specific needs. Connect the unit to a computer monitor or TV or portable viewing panel.

• Clamps easily to a table or desk
• Can be connected to either a TV or computer monitor (Please specify when ordering)
• Auto focus 3-in-1 camera for seeing yourself up close, reading and distance viewing
• True mirror image while in self-viewing mode
• Memory settings for each camera position
• Various arms and positioning options provides maximum flexibility
• Detachable camera for use at multiple workstations
• 19″ or 22″ monitors provide up to 75x adjustable magnification
• 7 viewing modes to optimize contrast and brightness
• Wrap around dual keypad allows easy access to controls
• Computer compatible (Additional hardware required)
• Optional rolling carrying case for easy transport
• Left-hand mode
• Line markers, object locator, remote control and more…
• 2 year warranty

The Foundation of Laguna Woods Village presented a check to the Vision Club to use toward the purchase of a text enlarging reader, Merlin LCD.

The reader will help people with low vision by magnifying books, magazines, and other print or writing placed on the computer-sized desktop magnifier.

The donation of the reader came about by a donor’s specific request to the Foundation. Tom Sullivan, famous American performer, author, and motivational speaker presented his one-man show, “Adventures in Darkness”, at the Laguna Woods Village auditorium in February of this year. The show benefited the Foundation, and Mr. Sullivan, who is blind himself, requested that the donations generated from the event be used toward helping the vision impaired….

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Visit the Foundation’s website at:  http://lagunawoodsvillagefoundation.com

Enhanced Vision will be participating in the Foundation Fighting Blindness Los Angeles VisionWalk on Sunday, October 24th at UCLA. VisionWalks are community-driven 5K walk-a-thons that raise money for the Foundation Fighting Blindness. The Foundation Fighting Blindness is a non-profit organization that funds research that will lead to preventions, treatment and cures for retinal degenerative diseases. The organization puts on numerous VisionWalks throughout the year all around the country to help raise money for the Foundation.

Enhanced Vision will be joining Dr. Bill Takeshita’s team, Dr. Bill Foundation and Hopeless Records, at the VisionWalk and we eagerly donated to the team as well. Dr. Bill is a wonderful advocate for assistive technology, such as Enhanced Vision products. He goes above and beyond to generate awareness on low vision and the assistive technology available for the visually impaired.

If you are interested in participating at this event, please click here to visit the Los Angeles VisionWalk Website

If you wish to donate to Enhanced Vision’s $250 goal for the VisionWalk, click here

If you wish to learn more about the Foundation Fighting Blindness VisionWalks, click here.

Enhanced Vision is honored to be partnering with the Braille Institute of America on many different projects and campaigns this year. The Braille Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides hope and encourage for the blind and visually impaired through educational, social and recreation programs and services.

The Braille Institute provides programs and services to over 75,000 people at their five Southern California center and through more than 350 Community Outreach locations.

In order to support Braille Institute’s cause, Enhanced Vision donates a Pebble hand-held magnifier monthly to each of the five centers as a giveaway to one of their visitors.

Enhanced Vision has a Drawing Box located inside each of Braille Centers. All a visitor needs to do is fill out a Drawing form and submit it into the box. At the end of every month, a winner’s name is pulled at all five centers and a Pebble is given away.

We are so happy to hear about the great success the giveaways has been so far. The winners have expressed great joy and have already benefited greatly with their Pebbles. Enhanced Vision could not be more proud to be involved in such a great cause.

For more information on the Braille Institute of America, click here: http://www.brailleinstitute.org/

To get more great resources and to join Braille’s online community, Solutions in Sight, click here: http://www.solutionsinsight.org/

The Huntington Beach fire department lent us a hand in putting up our new flag for flag day 2010!

Aileen, our brave volunteer from HR attaches the new flag.

A job well done!

The new flag is proudly displayed in front of the Enhanced Vision headquarters.

WVU mascot uses technology that keeps him focused

When Derek Fincham was 2 months old, his parents noticed something wrong with his vision. His eyes were crossed and constantly moved back and forth.

An eye specialist diagnosed his problem as ocular albinism, the absence of pigment in the eyes, which causes a variety of problems.

At age 23, Fincham is in his second year as the West Virginia University Mountaineer mascot. His eyes are extremely sensitive to light and he also has a condition called nystagmus, which means his eyes move constantly. (continue reading…)

New equipment helps vision impaired

The Historical Society of Berks County’s Palmer Gallery has a new exhibit, The Mannerbacks: Reading’s Master Silversmiths, 1785 to 1840 running from May 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. The exhibit will explore the works of three generations of silversmiths in Reading with a focus on the nature motifs found in their works. In order to help their patrons to better appreciate and view this highly detailed craft, two Acrobat Short Arms have been placed to help magnify the displays on large LCD screens. (continue reading…)

The Amigo portable electronic magnifier and the Acrobat LCD versatile low vision magnifier are mentioned in a CBS Atlanta video segment. Click here to be redirected to the CBS Atlanta web site to view the clip.

Sharon Fowler had to stop teaching after 31 years when hemorrhages behind her retinas severely reduced her vision. "When you can’t tell who’s who and what’s flying across the room, it’s time to quit," she says. She kept playing drums in
her church band, but couldn’t see the sheet music. "They had to wave at me to tell me when to stop," says the 58-year-old
Parkersville, W. Va., resident.

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