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Cranmer Abacus
Self-contained, pocket-sized calculating device that can be used for such functions as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and calculating square and cube roots.  Informational website:  http://sun1.aph.org/index.htm

Coin Abacus
Helps students with visual impairments learn to add and subtract money.  Adds adds and subtracts coins and dollar bills with voice input.  Informational website: http://www.onionmountaintech.com/

Protractor, Braille/Print
Bold large type numbers and Braille dots mark the degrees along the half circle of this 180-degree protractor.  Informational website:  http://www.aph.org

Geometry Tactile Graphics Kit
Designed to help students maser a variety of geometric concepts.  Informational website:  http://www.aph.org

Aurora Angled-Jumbo-Display Desktop Calculator
Standard enlarged calculator with 12 digits.  Features a big number of angled displayed that performs math calculations and speaks results.  Informational Website:  http://www.maxiaids.com 

Audio Graphing Calculator
An audible graphing calculator program designed for use by individuals who are blind or have low vision or visual dyslexia.  This on-screen graphing calculator displays graphs or other sets or y-versus-x data both visually and audibly as a tone graph. Informational website:  http://www.viewplustech.com

Sci-Pod Low Vision Scientific Calculator
Large display calculator that allows people with low vision to perform scientific, statistical and trigonometric calculations.  However, it does not have graphing capabilities.  Informational website:  http://www.maxiaids.com

AUDIOCALC
Talking calculator that provides speech feedback responses for all keys.  Informational website:  http://www.maxiaids.com

ViewScreen
ViewScreen is a calculator screen magnifier.  The panel works with an overhead projector to enlarge and project the image of a T1 calculator handheld screen using any standard overhead projector.   Informational website:  http://www.ti.com

Scientific Notebook
Math/text processor that allow assignments, calculations, and graphs to be completed in one document directy on a computer.  Uses natural notation for mathematic input.  Scientific Notebook has onscreen magnification up to 400%, or magnification software may be used.  In addition, the user can customize each document up to a font size of 72 points, which will print at that size as well.   Informational website:  http://www.mackichan.com

 

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