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Every year, TIME highlights the Best Inventions that are making the world better, smarter and even a bit more fun. TIME evaluates each contender based on key factors, including originality, creativity, influence, ambition and effectiveness. The result: 100 groundbreaking inventions …

The Sydney Braille Forum conducts an annual Braille Writing Competition for New South Wales school students who use braille as their literary medium. Students, parents, teachers and friends are invited to this celebration of achievements made possible through braille. Last night saw the …

People tell us that the articles they enjoy most in this newsletter involve people stories. For someone new to low vision or sight loss, it can be very encouraging to hear of others living successfully with Low Vision. So please send …

Since the late 1990’s, the ClearView desktop electronic magnifier has been the ‘bread and butter’ for customers of Quantum who require a high quality, easy to use desktop magnifier, and continues being so today. Nearly eight years ago speech output was …

Low Vision International from Sweden have done it again with another new high-quality product delivering excellent capabilities. The MagniLink TAB is a complete and mobile tablet solution with high performance and user-friendly operation. It’s space saving design makes it ideal for use …

Sometimes when we get a new product, we read the instruction manual, but it only gives us half the information we need. Sometimes we discover a novel use for a product that we have been using in other ways for …

Congratulations Peter! We have always known about his fantastic customer service because you are constantly telling us. Peter always goes the extra yards to ensure everyone chooses the right product and knows how to use it.   Peter Cracknell has …

At last we have a large electronic magnifier you can fit on a lap cushion and read a book!   We have talked about the Clover 10 magnifier before. It now comes with a new “Assist” reading stand to transform …

OrCam MyEye has been generating a staggering amount of news. Such is the interest and excitement about OrCam that it has been featured on prime-time news and current affairs for the last year and continues to feature in newspapers and …

The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) provide wonderful resources for anyone with Low Vision to assist them access the Library services.   SLQ has electronic video magnifiers as well as 5 computers fitted with the Zoomtext Magnifier Reader program and …

Mercury 12 is the first Windows based tablet PC and Video Magnifier combined.   It’s ideal for anyone who wants one portable device that functions as a full featured laptop as well as a scanner and Magnifier. Everything you need …

One of the great pleasures of working at Quantum is meeting the many wonderful people who rise to the challenges that life has sent them with great determination and aplomb.   Losing your vision can be a traumatic event that …