Tyflokabinet - National Adaptive Technology Centre

The National Adaptive Technology Centre provides its services for blindand visually-impaired individuals, for schools, government agencies, social and labour offices, commercial companies, and others. The Centre embraces the complete scope of adaptive devices ranging from simple aids of everyday use of advanced electronic equipment. To make the use of any device most effective, it is necessary to conduct an expert assessment of its suitability for a particular visually-impaired individual and to provide adequate user training.
Provides services in Centre of Evaluation and Testing, which was established in year 1996 with kindly assistance of EENAT funds.

The Centre provides specific services in the following areas:

• comprehensive information on equipment acquisition, technical parameters, prices and operation;
• suggestions for improvements of existing aids as well as initiating of new products in collaboration with developers, manufacturers and distributors;
• user feasibility assessments of newly introduced technology (both domesticand imported);
• assessment and demonstrating of advanced adaptive technology;
• testing, evaluating and advisory in area of access technology - Centre of Evaluation;
• recommending of financial contribution for special access technology for Social Welfare Offices;
• advanced technology user training courses;
• co-operation with Social Welfare Offices, Labour Offices, health insurance companies, special schools, employers and others who are in any way involved with the visually-impaired;
• exhibitions, presentations, seminars both for specialists (local and government authorities) and the public;
• scientific and educational activities: directing of seminar papers and diploma theses, compiling of assessment reviews and expert opinions;
• proposing changes in the legislation and regulations governing the distributionof adaptive technology etc.