Vistas Store Provides Gifts for Low and Partially Sighted
The Braille Institute Has a Gift and Shopping Alternative Is Local for Folks With Vision Difficulty
Voice-activated television remotes, talking watches and devices that tell you the color of the shirt you’re wearing—no, they’re not props from the latest sci-fi movie—they’re some of the newest items at Braille Institute’s Vistas store.
If you’re shopping for someone who is having trouble seeing the numbers on their watch or reading the small print in the daily newspaper, then the mall might not be the best place to find the perfect gift. Braille Institute’s Vistas store offers a welcome alternative for shoppers searching for gifts for someone whose vision isn’t as good as it used to be.
The Vistas store is a one-stop shop for items you would be hard-pressed to find at the local mall, including hundreds of useful adaptive devices such as talking keychains, clocks and scales, special adaptive cooking devices that tell users when a glass is full of liquid and a wireless electronic locator for items that tend to get lost around the house, i.e., keys, glasses or cell phones. For technology-savvy people, the store also offers talking computer software and closed-circuit televisions that enlarge printed material.
