Welcome to February's edition of New Product Guide. We have lots of great things to share with you this month, including the long awaited Braille Scrabble, some new magnifiers and a great mini braille display that'll be brilliant for taking out on your travels. There's the usual new product news but also a good choice of sale items to browse too! So, read away and please do also give us feedback on our products that you already have, or what you'd like to see out there and available to buy. Your comments are always so useful to us.
What's new
Board game - Braille Scrabble (GB95)
Braille Scrabble is finally back and great for everyone to join in on this game of strategy and words! It's the same in style, as well as price, as the Large Print version but for the added tactile 'screen' to the premier squares on the playing board. There's braille on the printed large print letter tiles. Priced £29.00 and £34.80
Lighting
To sit alongside our lighting range we've now just launched a third version of our Lighting guide. What's new in this guide, I hear you ask?
There are more new products to find out about and the usual top tips on lighting your home, as well as information on light bulbs and the different types available. The guide is still free and available in print (IP412), Braille (IP412B) and audio CD (IP412CD)
Clocks and watches
Let us introduce you to some new, RNIB developed tactile watches as well as easy-to-see talking calendar watches - all good value for money and adding choice to the watches currently available. Read on to find out more.
RNIB Tactile watches - two watch straps and sizes
What's different about our tactile watches? Apart from the great low price, our gold-coloured tactile watch has a repositioned clasp, at the three o'clock position, making for easier access to the silver watch face. The cleverly protected easy-grip winder is also positioned at a four o'clock position to help prevent any accidental snagging or damage. There's the extra inclusion of the bold black clock face numbers displayed on the protective lid of the watch too. Available with a leather strap in large (CW184) or small (CW185) or a gold-coloured bracelet strap in large (CW186) or small (CW187). Priced £24.99 and £29.99
RNIB Talking calendar watch - two strap options
Adding to our talking calendar watches, choose either a black leather strap (CW188) or perhaps one for the ladies - a beaded elasticated strap in pearlised black, white and gold-coloured beads (CW188BEAD). Press the button once to hear the time or twice to hear the time and date in a natural English male voice. There's also a facility to turn the voice off as/when it's not required, leaving just the easy-to-see analogue face. Priced £24.95 or £29.94
Radio controlled easy-to-see watch with black leather strap
No more worrying if the time is right as the atomic radio receiver in this water resistant watch ensures split-second accuracy and sets the time automatically. With a clear white, easy-to-see face and contrasting bold black hands and numbers. The watch has a gold-coloured case that sits well against the black leather strap.
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There's an easy grip winder for adjusting the time manually when no radio signal available
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It's splash proof but not suitable for use while swimming, bathing or in the shower
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Available in two sizes: large (CW189), small (CW190)
Priced £29.95
Phones and mobiles
Powertel 711 talking cordless extension telephone (DH351)
If you enjoy having a talking cordless phone in your home, here's an extra option, so you can base them in different parts of the house. Works with the Powertel 710 or Doro PhoneEasy 110W cordless landline phone or indeed, any compatible base units using GAP technology. All you need is a mains power socket to charge. Priced £58.32 and £69.98
Reading
Who's up for puzzles? Braille brain teezers
How about a pocket book of Sudoku in uncontracted braille (Grade 1)? There's 101 puzzles divided into four different levels of skill: painless, tricky, nasty and migraine. (22853402) Priced at £2.99
If crosswords are more enjoyable then The Daily Telegraph has some cryptic crosswords 65 in uncontracted braille (Grade 1). The Daily Telegraph's cryptic crosswords 65 (22949703) is priced at £5.99
Braille or email magazine subscriptions available:
To continue to get your games and puzzles fix, how about subscribing to our monthly braille or email magazine, Conundrum? There are crosswords, anagrams, general knowledge quizzes, Sudoku and logic puzzles. Conundrum will keep you busy for hours and at just 76p per issue, you can't go wrong. Enjoy the comfort of delivery to your front door each month or directly in to your email inbox. Things couldn't be simpler!
Big Print Puzzle book bumper pack (TC21381)
Enjoy traditional puzzles such as crosswords, word searches, Sudoku to word pyramids and ladders, number towers and word links. All in 16 point font or bigger. So, if you're new to our Big Print Puzzle books, why not buy issues 3 and 7 together, as a bumper pack and pay just £2.95 Saving £1.29!
For sports fans: Cricket fixtures
Love cricket? Cricket Fixtures includes all ICC Champions Trophy and domestic fixture dates as well as reviews from test matches and special articles on the Ashes and 'Crickets once and future greats'. Available to order for dispatch week commencing 4 March. Available in braille (TC20250), DAISY (TC21218), email (CF) Priced £2.95
How about some shared reading books for children?
Standard print and braille: We have some great new shared reading books which have been adapted to include braille on clear interleaved sheets, or on clear labels stuck to the pages of the book itself. Great for some quality family time, or a class of children all reading together. Prices range from £6.99 up to £13.99 with titles such as Library Lion, Make Way for Ducklings, My Penguin Osbert - eight titles to choose from in all.
Giant print and braille: How about everyone reading together? Eight really popular children's titles in giant print and braille, adapted by the Access2books project. Each book contains text in 75 point font giant print and contracted braille with enlarged illustrations. Titles include Guess How Much I Love You, Kippers Toy Box, Owl Babies and The Very Hungry Caterpillar and prices range from £23.99 up to £25.99.
Braille
Seika mini portable 16 cell braille display (HT296)
Roughly the size of a paperback book, this mini braille display lets you read information in braille and control your portable devices while on the move. Connect via Bluetooth to your laptop or your iPhone for braille input and output. You can also use the Seika mini on its own to make notes, use the calculator and a number of other useful applications.
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eight key braille keyboard
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four function keys and two navigation joysticks
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battery life up to 10 hours.
Priced £899.00 and £1,078.80
Magnifiers - all shapes and sizes
As well as the introduction of some new magnifiers to our range, we've also just launched our second edition of our popular guide, 'Choosing your magnifier'. It's still free of charge and promotes correct and easy use of magnifiers as well as explaining about all the different types of magnifiers available, including our latest - all up to our maximum strength limit of 6 times. Choosing your magnifier is available in large print (IP419P), braille (IP419B) and audio CD (IP419CD).
Illuminated 'dome' magnifier - 3 times (MAG76)
This unique, lightweight 'dome' magnifier provides a clear distortion-free image with its double-lens design; great for using in poorly lit environments. The three times magnification is fixed, even at different viewing heights and has a built-in LED providing bright contained light. Supplied with a protective cloth pouch, this magnifier is priced at £82.95 or £99.54.
easyPOCKET magnifier - choice of 3 x or 4 x magnification
This is a brilliant, credit card sized pocket magnifier with a bright, built-in LED light that turns on as you slide out the lightweight lens from the protective case. Available in two sizes and prices:
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three times magnification with silver case (MAG70) Priced £29.95 and £35.94
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four times magnification with blue case (MAG71) Priced £32.95 and £39.54
Handheld economy magnifier
This lightweight magnifier is great for short term reading, especially those really tiny food labels we can never really read. The transparent handle incorporates a 15mm, circular, 5 times spot magnifier; ideal for detailed tasks.
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1.5 times magnification, rectangular lens (MAG73) Priced £12.95 and £15.54
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2.5 times magnification, circular lens (MAG74) Priced £7.95 and £9.54
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3.25 times magnification, circular lens (MAG75) Priced £6.20 and £7.44
Moving on from magnifiers that fit in your pocket, to electronic handheld video magnifiers and to an even bigger one that sits on your table. Both of these next two products are a perfect compromise between the portability of hand-held video magnifiers and a desktop video magnifier. Read on to find out more.
i-loview portable video magnifier (HC78)
The i-loview is one of our larger sized portables with a built-in auto-focus camera, providing distance viewing. Zoom in on departure boards, bus numbers, classroom boards or other information from a distance. For desk-top work, you can flip out the stand and angle the screen towards you for a more comfortable reading position. The i-loview magnifies from two to 120 times. Priced £845.00 and £1,014.00
Compact 7HD portable video magnifier (HC79)
Read in high definition with the Compact 7HD on the seven inch screen and a high definition camera to deliver a more detailed image with crisp, clear text. Simply press the below-screen button for the base to be released, angling the screen towards you to read in a more ergonomic position. Magnifying levels range from two to 24 times. Priced £1,095.00 and £1,314.00
Magnilink Mira desktop video magnifier (HC77)
If it's heavy duty, static reading magnification that you're after, why not consider the Magnilink Mira CCTV. Read your newspaper with greater ease, your favourite book or even for when you fancy flicking through those family photos. This bespoke 18.5 inch matt screen minimises reflections and glare and makes for more comfortable reading, especially if you have a high sensitivity to bright lights. Enjoy flicker free text even at very high levels of magnification. Magnification levels range from 2.8 to 59 times. Priced £1,600.00 and £1,920.00
Mirrors with magnification
Here are two stand-alone, rotating magnifying mirrors that we think will suit both the man of the house as well as the ladies of us who love just that bit of dazzle.
Chrome magnifying mirror with adjustable stand (5x) (DM28)
The fold up/down style silver stand on this mirror enables you to not only store and travel flat but to angle the mirror up to suit you. Be confident it stays in place too with the sturdy yet flexible joints to position to the right height for you. This silver framed mirror has a true image on one side and a five times magnification on the other. Priced £19.95
Black and gold-coloured magnifying mirror with stand (10x) (DM29)
This large, black and gold-coloured double sided mirror has a sturdy circular base decorated with imitation jewels making it an attractive addition to any dressing room. This has a true image mirror on one side and a ten times magnification on the other. Priced £32.95
Please note, for safety reasons you should never leave a magnified mirror in direct sunlight either indoors or outside.
It's sale time!
This time of year always brings our annual sale so you can't go wrong from stocking up on your Big Print and braille stationery, eyeshields, clocks, watches and USB memory stick players; there's plenty to choose from!
Our sale started on 1 February and ends on Thursday 28 March (or whilst stocks last - whichever comes sooner).
Stationery 2013!
We have just some of our 2013 range of Big Print and braille stationery left so it's not too late to get yourself, or a friend organised for this year!
Big Print Wall Calendar (DS03) priced at £2.81 and £3.38 (was £3.75 and £4.50)
Braille Pocket Date Calendar (BB10) priced at £2.81 (was £3.75)
Mobility
iGlasses® - walking with more head-height confidence
There's £20.00 permanently off our ultrasonic obstacle detection device, the iGlasses®. Developed by RNIB and AmbuTech, these glasses are designed to be used as a secondary mobility device alongside a cane or guide dog. Worn like spectacles the iGlasses provide vibration feedback when you near a potential hazard at head and chest height. Aimed at giving you more confidence to explore your surroundings. The frames and arms are black with either clear (ME14) or brown tinted lenses (ME14TINT).
Priced £59.99 and £71.99 (was £79.99 and £95.99)
RNIB Razor styled men's eyeshields
The men's Razor eyeshield frame is a stylish, protective eyeshield frame, solid black in colour with a large lens area and a smooth rubber feel. Available in five filter colour options and priced £23.99 and £28.99 (was £29.99 and £35.99)
RNIB Audrey ladies eyeshields
The Audrey styled eyeshield frame is a stylish, protective eyeshield frame, black in colour with a fashionable large lens area. It has a fine design detail with a splash of diamante on the arms. Available in all five filter options and priced £23.99 and £28.99 (was £29.99 and £35.99)
All things canes:
Bevria folding long canes: A four-section reflective aluminium folding long cane fitted with a Ball race overfit tip. Different lengths available ranging from 102 cm (40 inches) to 152 cm (60 inches). All priced £23.99 and £28.79 (was £29.99 and £35.99)
Other extras on sale:
Labelling
Clocks and watches - especially with the clocks changing in March!
Easy-to-see clocks
Radio controlled small easy to see wall clock (CC35) priced £16.99 (was £19.99)
Radio controlled large easy to see wall clock (CC34) priced £29.75 (was £34.99)
Talking watches
Black/silver talking watch with stopwatch and plastic strap in two sizes, small (CW90) and large (CW92) priced £6.76 and £8.11 (was £7.95 and £9.54)
Radio controlled talking alarm watch (CW157) priced £21.71 and £26.06 (was £28.95 and £34.74)
RNIB talking calendar watch with black leather strap (CW169) priced £15.26 and £18.31 (was £17.95 and £21.54)
Both of the below styles are priced at £27.96 and £33.55 (was £34.95 and £41.94)
Auto-synchronised talking watch with bracelet strap available in large (CW153) and small (CW154)
Auto-synchronised talking watch with leather strap available in large (CW162) and small (CW161)
Easy-to-see watches
Water resistant easy to see watch with small white leather strap (use for swimming, bathing) (CW151WHITE) priced £12.74 and £15.29 (was £14.99 and £17.99)
Chrome finish easy-to-see watch with easy-fasten strap available in Jumbo size (CW71), large (CW72) or small (CW76) priced £10.19 and £12.23 (was £11.99 and £14.39).
USB memory stick player
Sapphire 3 USB memory stick player (DH309)
Listen to your talking newspapers and magazines with this great table top USB memory stick player. It has dark wood-effect sides with a black front and 4 function buttons including slots for your SD card and USB memory stick. Priced £19.99 and £23.99 (was £24.99 and £29.99)
Lighting
Desktop
How about some good lighting at a lower price?
OTTlite portable light (DH312 BLACK) priced £29.07 (was £34.20)
27 watt desk light (DH336) priced £36.51 (was £42.95)
Daylight black desk light (DH338) priced £31.40 (was £36.95)
Floor standing
OTTlite 18 watt floor standing (DH334) priced £76.49 (was £89.99)
Ottlite 24 watt floor standing light (DH335) priced £72.20 (was £84.95)
How about a bookstand?
With fifteen percent off our bookstand with a built-in light, now is a great time to see how effective they are. Try it in the kitchen or for general daily. Available in black (DH295BLACK) or white (DH295WHITE), this stand is now available at £21.20 (was £24.95)
General - for the home
There's so much we want to share and with little space, so rather than miss things out - here's just a few more offers on things for the home:
Handheld video magnifiers
SmartView Versa plus portable video magnifier (HC48) priced £405.00 and £486.00 (was £450.00 and £540.00)
MiniMax portable video magnifier (HC64) priced £265.50 and £318.60 (was £295.00 and £354.00)
Crystal portable video magnifier (HC62) priced £296.65 and £355.98 (was £349.00 and £418.80)
Reading
DAISY gift box sets with twenty percent off
Polly the party fun fairy, by Daisy Meadows: Polly the party fun fairy can't help with pass the parcel without her magic party bag of fun. Can Rachel and Kirsty rescue it in time for the Brownies' party? Suitable for reading ages: 0 - 7 years. Children's stories: Magic and Fairytales (800133) priced £3.19 (was £3.99)
The Tamuli Trilogy, by David Eddings: This fantasy box set follows Sparhawk and friends as they travel to the Tamul Empire, far to the east. Contains the titles; Domes of fire, The shining ones and Hidden city. Fantasy fiction (801582) priced £15.99 (was £19.99)
Computing for seniors, by Sue Price: Just because you're not a member of the Digital Generation doesn't mean that you can't make computers an important and pleasurable part of your life. This book enables seniors to enjoy all the benefits of using a personal computer. It presents compact, easy-to-understand tutorials on dozens of computer topics. Computers and IT (801120) priced £8.79 (was £10.99)
Life in cold blood, by David Attenborough: Reptiles and amphibians ruled the world for nearly 200 million years and today there are still over 12,500 of them. David traces the story of their evolution and overturns the myth that these creatures are just primitive killers to reveal them for what they truly are. Natural History - Non-fiction (801036) priced £16.00 (was £20.00)
DAISY audio books (new titles) - made to order service:
Each book is made to order in DAISY format, with no frills packaging and is priced according to length, £9.99 fitting on to one CD or £14.99 for those fitting on to two. Everything below is priced £9.99 unless otherwise stated. Here's what's been released since our Christmas edition of NPG:
Crooked house, Agatha Christie (803970)
Fiona's fate, Fredrica Alleyn (803954)
A ring has no end, Thomas Armstrong (803955)
When the fat lady sings, David W Barber (803956)
The weeping and the laughter, Noel Barber (803957)
The shy person's guide to life, Michael Bentine (803958)
Salem's lot, Stephen King (800221)
A little princess, Frances Hodgson-Burnett (803969)
The magic tree: poems of fantasy and mystery, David Woolger (803960)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J K Rowling (800083)
Prince Caspian, CS Lewis (800204)
Stars look down, AJ Cronin, £14.99, (803961)
Lirael, Garth Nix (800078)
Rebecca, Daphne Dumaurier (801038)
Glasgow's grand central hotel, Jill Scott and Bill Hicks (803661)
Ava the sunset fairy, Daisy Meadows (802742)
At my mother's knee - and other low joints, Paul O'Grady (801443)
Battles of Thrush Green, Miss Read (803962)
Hatter's castle, A J Cronin, £14.99, (803963)
Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen (800196)
A casual vacancy, J K Rowling (803972)
Jill's leading ladies, Jill Allen-King (803574)
The bad beginnings, Lemony Snickets (800061)
Rivals, Jilly Cooper, £14.99 (803988)
Curious wine, Katherine V Forrest (802477)
The edge, Dick Francis (803989)
Tales from the Animal Hospital, David Grant (803991)
100 minute Buddha, Jinananda (803992)
The house by the Churchyard, Sheridan Le Fanu, £14.99, (801941)
The story of English, Robert McCrum (803993)
Carra, my autobiography, Jamie Carraghe (802572)
The black book, Ian Rankin (803215)
The garden of evening mists, Twan Tan Eng (803964)
Swimming home, Deborah Levy (803965)
Bring up the bodies, Hilary Mantel (803804)
The lighthouse, Alison Moore (803966)
Umbrella, Will Self (803967)
Narcopolis, Jeet Thayil (803968)
The girl in the painted caravan, Eva Petulengro (803996)
The return of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle (803999)
Towers in the mist, Elizabeth Goudge (803997)
Killashandra, Anne McCaffrey (803998)
Tales of Beedle the Bard, J K Rowling (801256)
Dorothy's war, Ruth Hamilton (800123)
King Cotton, Thomas Armstrong (804012)
The way it was: glimpses of English cricket's past, Stephen Chalke (801782)
Body of evidence, Patricia Cornwell (804014)
The Milly-Molly-Mandy omnibus, Joyce Lankester Brisley (804015)
The Bees, Carol Ann Duffy (803411)
Voyager, Diana Gabaldon, £14.99, (802015)
Crystal line, Anne McCaffrey (800717)
The great philosophers: an introduction to western philosophy, Bryan Magee (804016)
Prophecy, S J Parris (803517)
Once blind, twice sighted, Ramsey Baxter (804024)
In the beginning there was darkness: A blind person's conversations with the Bible, John Martin Hull (804017)
Beauty: a retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, Robin McKinley (804018)
Trustee from the tool room, Nevil Shute (804019)
Two lives, Vikram Seth (801333)
War horse, Michael Morpurgo (801064)
Break no bones, Kathy Reichs (804021)
Fifty shades freed, E L James (803681)
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, £14.99, (801735) 2 CD's
Annabel, Kathleen Winter (804057)
Angel pavement, JB Priestley (804058)
Beasts in my belfry, Gerald Durrell (804059)
A clubbable woman, Reginald Hill (804060)
Touching the world, Cathy Birchall and Bernard Smith (804061)
Ordeal by innocence, Agatha Christie (804062)
Collected cat stories, Stella Whitelaw (804063)
The magical maze: seeing the world through mathematical eyes, Ian Stewart (804064)
The conqueror, Georgette Heyer (804065)
The fairacre festival, Miss Read (804066)
Deserving of his diamonds, Melanie Milburne (803615)
The white dragon, Anne McCaffrey (803267)
An utterly impartial history of Britain: Or 2000 years of upper-class idiots in charge, John O'Farrell (801066)
The ravenscar dynasty, Barbara Taylor Bradford (800314)
The sound of laughter, Peter Kay (800349)
Great expectations, Charles Dickens (800921)
A town like Alice, Nevil Shute (801549)
Season of storms, Susanna Kearsley (803433)
Fairy Gold: a naughty fairy causes trouble, Gwyneth Rees (803444)
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New Product Guide, February 2013. Editor: Caroline Woodward
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