Labelling

This section includes labelling equipment that can assist with the identification of everyday items.

Products to guide your hand to a specific point if you are blind or have low vision. The products include plastic 'bumps' which can be secured to a surface to provide a tactile cue to a specific point and fluids that set hard to provide a tactile reference point. Mats with a high contrast, or which glow, are also included and are intended to guide the user to the location of objects placed on top of the mat.

Braille or Moon labels including self-adhesive material for producing Braille or Moon labels, kits for producing the labels, and ready-made Braille or Moon self-adhesive labels. These labels could be used to label items such as food containers and CDs.

Portable devices that can scan compatible labels/tags which each can have a recording stored on them. The label/tag can then be attached to a household item which thus is more easily identifiable as scanning their tag will announce what they are.

Devices that can provide audible messages stating what a specific item is, or what it contains. For example, pressing a button on the device may identify a tin as "A can of beans". Some labels attach to the container using magnets. Talking labels require set-up before use, this may involve pre-recording an audible message and sticking the device to the item to be identified. You will require one talking label for each item you wish to identify.

Replacement controls or devices to facilitate the operation of appliance controls.  These include tactile markers which can be felt to identify the position of a control.

Cards and labels which can record a short message. This could be a recording of a personal greeting or a description of what the label is attached to. Therefore these cards and labels may be used to identify objects, used for reminders to take actions or, if attached to photographs, as memory prompts of people of importance to the user.