Fin­nish Fe­de­ra­tion of the Vi­sual­ly Im­pai­red (FFVI)

Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired is a special service provider with a social element as well as an advocacy organization for the blind and the partially sighted.

The aim of the Federation is to secure the blind and visually impaired an equal status with other Finnish citizens. To achieve this the Federation seeks to improve the capabilities and skills of the visually impaired, while also trying to influence the society at large.
The Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired

• looks after the interests of the blind and partially sighted
• is a specialist of rehabilitation from children to seniors
• provides consulting regarding employment
• provides IT training and guidance, import, sales and lending of technical aids and production of braille, large-print and audio materials as well as the transmission of newspapers, magazines and other publications by means of information technology.
• provides guide dog training
• creates opportunities for shared leisure activities
• maintains a strong network of international contacts by projects and development cooperation.

The visually impaired have established number of associations (14 regional and 11 activity related).The associations look after the interests of the visually impaired within their own areas and provide information services and arrange leisure activities. Regional associations are divided into 80 local branches.
The services of the Federation are available for all who need information and/or counselling about seeing regardless of official diagnosis of visual impairment or association membership.
http://www.nkl.fi/7 


What is BlindSquare
http://blindsquare.com/about/

BlindSquare is the Worlds Most Popular accessible GPS-app developed for the blind and visually impaired. It describes the environment, announces points of interest and street intersections as you travel. In conjunction with free, third-party navigation apps it is a powerful solution providing most of the information blind and visually impaired people need to travel independently.
Your safety is our highest priority. BlindSquare is self-voicing, announcing points of interest, intersections and user-defined points through a dedicated speech synthesizer. The most important BlindSquare functions can be accessed through an audio menu via any headset or speaker that supports Apple’s music controller. This means you don’t need to touch the screen of your phone looking for tiny buttons when you travel with BlindSquare, because many functions can be activated using the physical buttons of your headset or bluetooth speaker.
If you are blind or visually impaired, BlindSquare is your safe, reliable, and accessible GPS-solution.
BlindSquare is available for iPhone and iPad in the App Store.

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Celia
Celia is a Finnish state-owned special library which produces and provides literature in accessible formats for people who are unable to read standard printed books, due to illness or disability – including visually impaired persons, persons suffering from dyslexia and learning disabilities, developmental disabilities and muscular diseases.
http://www.celia.fi/english