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Welcome to
Eye-Link
Minnesota

Our mission is to provide adaptive technology and related training to Minnesota Residents who are blind or visually impaired.
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The technology we provide often includes text to speech software to make using a computer easier, talking GPS’s to help with independent mobility, and mobile document readers that work on cell phones.

Founded in 2000, Eye-Link Foundation was created to provide funding resources to many visually impaired who cannot afford these costly adaptive technologies.

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Here are some of the adaptive technologies:

Topaz OCR – The TOPAZ OCR combines video magnification and text-to-speech features into a single desktop video magnifier. The high-definition camera produces a clear picture with sharp images and crisp text. The OCR camera displays a document on the touchscreen, and then TOPAZ processes, acquires, and reads aloud the document.

SmartLux Digital Handheld Magnifier
 – Smartlux Digital is a portable handheld video magnifier that will aid in viewing pill bottles, menus, stove top dials and shopping lists.

BrailleNote – 
BrailleNote is a specialized computer with a braille keyboard, text-to-speech synthesizer, and braille output display. BrailleNote is commonly used in work and school environments.

CCTV
– closed circuit television (CCTV) or video magnifier is a device that projects a magnified image of printed text, handwriting, and photographs onto a large monitor. CCTV helps the visually impaired to read printed materials and see what they are writing. The DaVinci, a hybrid CCTV, combines the ability to boost font and character size with an optical scanner. The scanner reads the document to the user.

JAWS – 
Job Access with Speech (JAWS) is software package to convert on-screen text elements into text-to-speech or braille display.

ZoomText Screen Magnification Software – 
ZoomText Screen Magnifier is a screen magnifier for Microsoft Windows that assists the visually impaired by increasing the size font and characters.

Desktop & Laptop Computers
 – A powerful and reliable computer is necessary to run software such as JAWS.
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Helping people gain access to the accessible tools
they have been denied.

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Eye-Link Minnesota
PO Box 43985
Minneapolis, MN 55443


Our email address is: [email protected]
Call us: 763-561-6967
Eye-Link Minnesota
Attn:
Jeff Thompson
6835 East River Road
Fridley, MN 55432

Jim Justesen, President
Lori Thompson, Secretary
Kelly McCrary, Director
Jack W. Weber, Director
Jeffrey Thompson, Director Applications
Tim Dallmann, Director Corporate/Foundation Development
Erik Jothen, Treasurer
Anne Justesen, Director Donor Development
Thomas Mason, Director Social Media

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