Vendors of Mobility Devices that require Fixed Transmitters

This is a list of systems that tell a blind user about a nearby item. These devices rely on fixed signal generators.

Click here for mobility devices that do not require fixed transmitters

Compusult Limited

40 Bannister Street
Mount Pearl Newfound A1N 3C9
Canada
709-745-7914 or 888-388-8180 v
709-745-7927 f
hear-it@compusult.nf.ca
NaviTELL

General Sign Co Ltd

The Avenue, New Southgate
London N11 1NF
United Kingdom
+44 181 361 6777 v
+44 181 368 6122 f
Natural VoiceUnit: fixed sign issue infrared signal, picked up by handheld receivers

hedo Software und Systeme GmbH

Klausner Ring 18
D-85551 Kirchheim/Mchn.
Germany
+49 89 9048990 v
+49 89 9046183 f
Not sure of model name

Royal National Institute for the Blind

Sales and Marketing, Bakewell Rd, Orton Southgate
Peterborough PE2 6XU
United Kingdom
+44 1733 370777 v
+44 1733 238541 f
sberrill@rnib.org.uk
fixed radio beacon gives signal to handheld receiver

Seal

Corso Francia 98
I-10093 Collegno (Torino)
Italy
+39 11 411 2255 v
+39 11 403 3384 f
Pilot Light: fixed infrared transmiter sends signals to handheld receiver

Talking Signs

812 North Blvd
Baton Rouge LA 70802
504-344-2812 or 888-825-5746 v
504-344-2811 f
ward@talkingsigns.com
talking signs using infra-red, using technology developed at Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute

TeleSensory Systems

520 Almanor Ave.
Sunnyvale CA 94086
408-616-8700 or 800-804-8004 v
408-616-8720 f
info@telesensory.com
Marco handheld receivers

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