CTEBVI Higher Ground 2022

Virtual Exhibit Hall

Welcome to the CTEBVI Virtual Exhibit Hall!

On this page you will find a directory of exhibitors, followed by detailed information and resources from each exhibitor.

You can check the Schedule Overview of exhibitors' available times to help plan your Virtual Exhibit Hall experience. You can also connect with exhibitors and other Exhibit Hall visitors in the #exhibit-hall channel on Slack.

Enter the Exhibit Hall


Once on Zoom, select "Breakout Rooms" from the meeting toolbar, and choose the Breakout Room for the exhibitor you wish to visit. Please make sure you're using Zoom version 5.3.0 or higher in order to choose between Breakout Rooms.

Enjoy!



Academy of Music for the Blind

AMB is a nonprofit institution that solely addresses the needs of blind musically talented students 5-to-18 years of age. Remote classes and onsite classes in Whittier are offered every Saturday from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. One-on-one teaching as well as social interaction for the students . . . it doesn't get any better!


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.


Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.OurAmb.org

Also check out:

Get in Touch

Email us at: info@ouramb.org

Access Ingenuity

Access Ingenuity serves clients across the nation, we provide accessibility services and solutions for people with disabilities and organizations that serve them.

Our services include document accessibility services, website and mobile app accessibility evaluations, training, low vision magnification systems, braille displays, screen reading and screen magnification software, scan and read solutions, as well as voice recognition and learning disability software.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 9am - 12pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.accessingenuity.com

Get in Touch

Email us at: ianr@accessingenuity.com

Actual Tactuals Braille

Actual Tactuals Braille provides comprehensive and easy-to-use books for those learning to read and write braille. Saves time for teachers, and students experience success. Contractions are introduced in a completely systematic way and EVERY contraction is taught INDIVIDUALLY!


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.actualtactuals.com

Also check out:

Get in Touch

Email us at: ActualTactuals@gmail.com

American Printing House for the Blind

Since 1858, The American Printing House for the Blind has operated in Louisville, Kentucky, as the world's largest nonprofit organization empowering people who are blind or visually impaired by providing accessible and innovative products, materials, and services for lifelong success. Our vision is for an accessible world, with opportunity for everyone.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 12pm - 2pm
Friday: 12pm - 2pm


Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.aph.org


APH Features:

• The Braille Refresher Questions Program consists of a weekly email that links to a single braille-related question created in Survey Monkey. Participants receive immediate feedback based on the answer they choose. To subscribe to these emails, please send a message to BrailleImprovement@aph.org including your name, email address, and title (e.g., braille transcriber, parent, O&M specialist). The APH Accessibility Hub website gives checklists for things like accessible MS Word documents, accessible Outlook messages, meeting planning, and more. Kyle will talk about the Braille Refresher program and APH’s Accessibility Hub in the workshop “Refreshing Braille and Accessibility Base Camp,” Saturday, April 9 from 2-3 PT.

• In late summer 2022, APH will introduce Polly: an electronic braille curriculum device that brings gaming to learning braille - complete with an electronic slate, Perkins keyboard, and online teacher portal. Be the first to hear the latest Polly news and updates by signing up for our waiting list at https://www.aph.org/polly-wait-list/

• Building on Patterns is a systematic, comprehensive, and balanced literacy program designed to teach young children, from Pre-K through second grade, to read and write using braille. Learn more at https://aphbop.org/

• The Illinois Braille Series is designed to introduce UEB braille code to adults who are transitioning from print to braille literacy. This two-volume set includes raised print letters, braille, tracking guidelines, practice activities, writing drills, an interesting variety of reading selections, and progresses from uncontracted to contracted braille. Learn more at https://www.aph.org/search-results/?fwp_search_term=illinois+braille+

• The Tactile Graphics Image Library (TGIL) is a free online resource that puts tactile graphics at your fingertips. Teachers, students, and transcribers can easily download over 2,000+ images and create stand-alone tactile graphics or graphics designed to supplement existing materials. Different types of graphics include maps, diagrams, graphs, and more! Learn more at https://www.aph.org/an-inside-look-at-the-tgil/

• Finding accessible textbooks shouldn’t be hard, so we make it easy. At APH, we’re driven to make sure students with visual impairments can receive their accessible textbooks as quickly as possible. Learn more at https://www.aph.org/educational-resources/accessible-textbooks/


APH Links:

Get in Touch

APH Sales:
sales@aph.org

American Thermoform Corporation

American Thermoform is a world-wide leader in the production and distribution of braille products and supplies for the blind and visually impaired. Braillo is a manufacturer of high speed production braille embossers / production braille printers.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 10am - 4pm
Friday: 10am - 4pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

American Thermoform website:
www.americanthermoform.com

Braillo website:
www.braillo.com

Get in Touch

Patrick Nunnelly
pnunnelly@americanthermoform.com

A.T. Guys

Your access technology experts, featuring technology solutions for school, work, and play. Accessible products including the Versa paperless braille slates, Orbit and Canute braille displays, Bluetooth headsets and speakers, the BlindShell Classic 2 accessible cell phone, portable power banks, WayAround tags for labeling, and much more. Also available for individual and group training in-person or virtually.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 11am - 2pm
Saturday: 11am - 2pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.atguys.com/

Get in Touch

Email us at: support@atguys.com

Braille Wear

Ready made and customized embroidered accessories such as tote bags, T-shirts, and more. Braille and print available. Embroidered pictures available. All tactile designs.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 4pm
Friday: 10:30am - 2:30pm
Saturday: 9am - 10am and 11am - 4pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.braillewear.shop/

Get in Touch

Email us at: braillewear4u@gmail.com

California Department of Rehabilitation

The California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) works with people who have disabilities to help them get jobs, develop or promote in their current jobs, live on their own, and enjoy a life equal to others.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.dor.ca.gov

Also check out:

Get in Touch

Email us at: BlindInfo@dor.ca.gov

California School for the Blind

The California School for the Blind is located in Fremont, California and provides a multitude of services to blind and visually impaired children and young adults across the state.Our vision is to touch the lives of every blind and visually impaired student in California and beyond, whether it be through direct service, consultation, assessment, professional development for Teachers of the Visually Impaired, or specialized training for families. With innovative on-campus programming and a thriving Outreach department, we are well on our way to achieving this goal.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.csb-cde.ca.gov

Also check out:
Video: Considering CSB | Tuesday Tea

Get in Touch

Email us at: gvue@csb-cde.ca.gov

CViConnect

CViConnect provides visually accessible educational materials for learners with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). The CViConnect Professional Edition is primarily a web-based platform paired with the Activities that run on the iPad. Professionals can utilize baseline data to assign CViConnect’s Activities or create their own accessible content for their student. The system is designed to allow a student’s educational team to work collaboratively in order to provide a consistent approach at school and home.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am-10am, 3pm-5pm
Friday: 12pm-1:30pm
Saturday: 9am-1pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
cviconnect.co

Also check out:
Sign-Up Today!


Get in Touch

Email us at: info@cviconnect.co

Dancing Dots

Promoting inclusion, literacy and independence for blind and low vision musicians since 1992. Accessible music notation software combined with related publications and training. Evaluation software available at no cost.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 2pm
Friday: 10am - 4pm
Saturday: 9am - 3pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.DancingDots.com

Also check out:

Get in Touch

Email us at: info@DancingDots.com

Elegant Insights

Elegant Insights offers a distinctive collection of jewelry, gifts, and accessories, all handcrafted, made in the USA, and embossed in braille or with precision engraving.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.elegantinsightsjewelry.com

Get in Touch

Email us at: l.legendary@elegantinsightsjewelry.com

HIMS, Inc.

We believe that everyone should have the chance and tools to reach their personal, vocational, and academic goals. At HIMS, we build our products and applications with a braille-first design specifically classroom, giving kids that chance. Ask HIMS today about our refreshable braille notetakers and displays, and how they might help your student.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
hims-inc.com

Get in Touch

Email us at: sales@hims-inc.com

HumanWare

HumanWare is a global provider of assistive technology for the blind and visually impaired. HumanWare manufacturers braille, GPS, speech and magnification technology.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 12pm and 1pm-3pm
Friday: 9am - 12pm and 1pm-3pm


Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.support.humanware.com

Get in Touch

Email us at: kevin.hughes@humanware.com

Irie-AT Low-Vision & Braille

Irie-AT is a distributor and training center for a wide range of braille and low-vision products. At Irie-AT, we don't sell boxes; we specialize in providing excellent and affordable solutions, training and service. Our product offerings include IRIE and Viewplus braille embossers, tactile graphics software, wide range of Rehan and Clover video magnifiers, reading machines, computer magnification software, mobile devices and much more!


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 4pm
Friday: 9am - 4pm


Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.irie-at.com

Also check out:

Get in Touch

Email us at: sales@irie-at.com

LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired - San Francisco

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides education, training, advocacy, and community for blind individuals in California and around the world. Founded and based in San Francisco since 1902, the LightHouse is one of the largest and most established comprehensive blindness organizations in North America, with a wide variety of programs to suit a wide variety of needs, as well as a rich network of blindness advocates and professionals.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.lighthouse-sf.org

Also check out: www.adaptations.org

Get in Touch

Email us at: info@lighthouse-sf.org

PlayopolisToys

Because children develop critical skills while they’re playing, PlayopolisToys sells toys that engage children from birth through age five years. We specialize in sensory toys that invite play with appealing colors, fascinating shapes, distinctive textures, and attention-grabbing lights and sounds. Toys well suited for inclusive play and the needs of the blind and visually impaired.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 10am-11:30am and 3pm-4:30pm
Friday: 9:30am-10am, 12pm-2pm, and 3pm-4:30pm
Saturday: 10am-11:30am and 12:30pm-2pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.playopolistoys.com


Special Discount for CTEBVI Conference Attendees

Thinking back over the 30 years that I’ve been consistently exhibiting and occasionally presenting at CTEBVI Conferences, I have treasured memories. Most are of the people I’ve met. Thank you one and all for making first Playworks, then PlayopolisToys a destination of choice when visiting the Exhibit Hall.

I made this list and checked it thrice to insure that CTEBVI Conference attendees get our best ever prices on toys most purchased by teachers of the blind and visually impaired. But I didn’t stop there. You also get a 20% discount on all not already discounted products at our website. You’ll find even more toys to delight the young and the young at heart.

Click here to browse special discounts.

Get in Touch

Email us at: christina@playopolistoys.com

D.I Electronics - QwertyCase

We research and develop assistive technology devices for the visually impaired. Our product “QwertyCase” is the easiest way to use your Smartphone. For the first time in the world, Perkins keyboards, Qwerty keyboards and telephone dials are on one device. QwertyCase makes it easier to use a smartphone and faster to input text. And you can use the Voice Over command without touching the smartphone screen.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 2pm - 5pm
Friday: 2pm - 5pm
Saturday: 2pm - 4pm


Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.qwertycase.com

Also check out:

Get in Touch

Email us at: choi@qwertycase.com

Raising Cane Shop

Raising Cane is bringing the lightest and most durable canes for the blind, that a group of blind world travelers have determined to be the cane of choice to have. These canes are new in the US market and are produced in Europe.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 12pm to 5pm
Friday: 9am to 3pm
Saturday: 9am to 3pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.raisingcane.shop

Get in Touch

Email us at: office@raisingcane.shop

Sterling Adaptives

Sterling Adaptives supplies a full range of computer hardware and software, peripherals and assistive technology products including (but not limited to) Closed Circuit Magnifiers, Computer Screen Access, Magnification, OCR readers, Refreshable Braille, Braille Printers, and accessible software for those having difficulty using Windows based computers. We are well known for providing the high quality standards of service that you demand, and your students deserve.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 9am - 1pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.sterlingadaptives.com

Get in Touch

Email us at: john@sterlingadaptives.com

The Seeing Eye Inc.

The Seeing Eye located in Morristown, NJ is the oldest existing dog guide school in the world. We provide trained dog guides to qualified blind and visually impaired people from all over North America.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.seeingeye.org

Get in Touch

Email us at: whitec@seeingeye.org

ViewPlus Technologies

Empowering people worldwide by providing equal access to information through our advanced embossing technology, robust software applications and innovative touchpad solutions.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 1pm - 5pm
Friday: 1pm - 5pm
Saturday: 9am to 12pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.viewplus.com

Also check out:

Get in Touch

Email us at: sales@viewplus.com

Wayfinder Family Services

Wayfinder Family Services (formerly The Junior Blind of America) ensures that children, youth and adults facing challenges always have a place to turn.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 10am - 3pm
Friday: 10am - 3pm
Saturday: 10am - 2pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.wayfinderfamily.org

Get in Touch

Email us at: mlucas@wayfinderfamily.org

WeWALK Smart Cane

WeWALK Smart Cane brings cutting edge technology to the traditional white cane, providing greater independence and safety to blind and visually impaired users. The tremendous impact the Smart Cane has had on users has earned the Smart Cane "Best Invention" from Time; Amazon named WeWALK the "Start Up of the Year for 2021"


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 12pm-4pm
Friday: 11am - 2pm
Saturday: 12pm - 4pm

Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.wewalk.io

Also check out:
Video: WeWALK Together

Get in Touch

Email us at: sadik@wewalk.io

YesAccessible!

The foremost computer and keyboarding tutor for the blind! 99 fun and interactive lessons teaching the entire keyboard, text editing and navigation, dialog controls, and JAWS/Fusion commands.


Schedule

Come visit our Breakout Room in the Zoom Exhibit Hall during the following times:

Thursday: 9am - 5pm


Check the Schedule Overview


Resources

Our website:
www.yesaccessible.com

Also check out:

Get in Touch

Email us at: info@yesaccessible.com

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