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| Fiber Optic Reading Magnifiers for the Visually Impaired |
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| An advertisement for the tapers sold in Japan in the 1990s |
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This
device fuses thousands of glass fibers together and stretches them so that they
form a taper that provides distortion free magnification and increased illumination
across a printed page. These features coupled with the frictionless page contact
surface facilitates reading for people with visual impairment. Our tapers have
a patented design that improves ergonomics and increases contrast| Walter P. Siegmund Brief Bio 1925-2012 Walter was Eli's partner in founding and creating TaperVision. |
| · | TaperVision Inc. |
| · | TaperMags provide low distortion images! |
| · | The magnified image has uniform brightness that is even brighter than the surrounding page! |
| · | The real image is formed on the top surface and can be viewed simultaneously with both eyes! |
| · | The print is much larger because the image is closer to the eye than when using a lens magnifier! |
| · | Viewing is more comfortable because a larger area of the page can be scanned without changing head position, as is necessary with a lens magnifier! |
| · | TaperMags can be easily moved around the page with no focusing! |
| · | Annoying reflections are easier to avoid! |
| · | TaperMags can be used with reading glasses! |
| US patent #5,511,141, Peli E, Fiber Optic Reading Magnifiers, 4/23/96 |
| US patent #5,600,751, Peli E, Fiber Optic Reading Magnifiers, 2/4/97. A fiberoptic magnifier based on these patents was manufactured and distributed by Taper Vision Inc., Pomfret, CT |
| NIH/R43-EY1500(SBIR I) Fiber Optic Reading Magnifiers for Visually Impaired Awarded to TaperVision Inc. (E. Peli, President) |
| NIH/R43- EY11569 (SBIR I) Large, Light-Weight Fiber Optic Reading Magnifier Awarded to TaperVision Inc. (E. Peli, President) |
| NIH/R42-EY1500(SBIR II) Fiber Optic Reading Magnifiers for Visually Impaired. Awarded to TaperVision Inc. (E. Peli, President) |
| Peli E, Fine EM, Kirschen MP. (1996) Reading with a stand magnifier effect of number of letters on reading rate. Technical Digest on Vision Science and its Applications, Technical Digest Series. [PDF 24 KB] |
| Peli E, Siegmund WP. (1996) A novel fiber optic reading magnifier for low vision reading. Vision '96 V International Conference on Low Vision. Proceedings. [PDF 308 KB] |
| Fine EM, Kirschen MP, Peli E. (1996) The necessary field of view to read with an optimal stand magnifier. Journal of the American Optometric Association 67:382-388 [PDF 648 KB] |
| Peli E, Siegmund WP. (1995) Fiber-optic reading magnifiers for the visually impaired. J Opt Soc Am A 12(10): 2274-2285 [PDF 796 KB] |
