Information Sources: Industry Sector, Research & Development

ALDS INC

Assistive Listening Device Systems
20540 Duncan Way Unit #103
Langley, British Columbia
V3A 7A3

Tel.: (604) 514-0053 (Voice/TTY)
Fax: (604) 514-0037
TTY: (604) 514-0053 (Voice/TTY)
Toll Free: 866-845-2537
E-mail:
Contacts: Paul Geyer, President; Steve Unger, Engineer; Katherine Stead

Organizational Notes:

ALDS Inc. develops and manufactures products for the deaf and hard of hearing, with sales in both Canada and the U.S. The main R&D emphasis of the company is in the areas of infrared technology and computer hardware and software for the deaf and hard of hearing. It has three different product lines: amplification systems utilizing infrared light as the transmission medium for use by hard of hearing persons; portable computerized note taking systems, in which computerized text is converted and displayed on a T.V. screen or on a projection system; and training and testing equipment for tele-coil compatible hearing aids and loop systems. ALDS sponsors graduate, undergraduate and college level projects.

: http://www.alds.com

APPLIED AI SYSTEMS INC

3232 Carp Road
Carp, Ontario
K0A 1L0
Tel.: (613) 839-6161
Fax: (613) 839-6616
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-895-1122
E-mail: griffith@AAI.ca
Contact: Ann Griffith, Vice President Operations

Organizational Notes:

Applied AI Systems was incorporated in 1983 as a company dedicated to R&D in applied AI with 15 people. In addition, services include custom system development, training, sale of intelligent robots and voice recognition products and customer support.

Intelligent mobile robots using the behaviour-based approach. Emphasis is on the development of robots that can operate in real time, dynamic, unstructured real world situations, intelligent wheelchairs and arm to assist in patient transfer.

: http://www.AAI.ca

AROGA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

150-5055 Joyce Street
Vancouver, B.C.
V5R 6B2
Tel: (604) 431-7997
Fax: (604) 431-7995
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-561-6222
E-mail: bob@aroga.com
Contact: Robert Vigerut

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.aroga.com

AVAAZ INNOVATIONS INC

1225 Wonderland Road North
P.O. Box 8040
London, Ontario
N6G 2B0
Tel.: (519) 472-7944
Fax: (519) 472-7814
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: info1@avaaz.com
Contact: T. Schneider , Director of R&D

Organizational Notes:

Avaaz Innovations develops spoken language technologies for clinical, research and educational applications. Our products are used in more than 50 countries.

We support research and clinical applications involving spoken language technology. Our in-house and collaborative R&D is directed to developing and evaluating advanced techniques in Avaaz products, and applying them to assist researchers, clinicians and consumers.

: http://www.avaaz.com

BIOLINK COMPUTER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

4770 Glenwood Avenue
North Vancouver, British Columbia
V7R 4G8
Tel.: (604) 984-4099
Fax: (604) 985-7114
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: sales@biolink.bc.ca
Contact: H. Albert Melissen, President

Organizational Notes:

The company is involved in developing software for the visually impaired and those with Dyslexia in the following environments: Windows 98, ME, Windows 2000 and .x Windows. Products for both are being marketed worldwide. Furthermore we provide in house screen reading compatible programming services.

: http://www.biolink.bc.ca

BRAILLE JYMICO INC.

4545 1re Avenue
Charlesbourg, Quebec
G1H 2S8
Tel: (418) 624-2105
Fax: (418) 624-0994
TTY:
Toll Free: 877-BRAILLE (272-4553)
E-mail: jcote@braillejymico.com
Contact: Jacques Côté, President

Organizational Notes:

: http://www.braillejymico.com

BRIDGES

2121 Argentia Rd., Suite 102
Mississauga, Ontario
L5N 2X4
Tel.: (905) 542-7232
Fax: (905) 542-7242
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

BRIDGES distributes products and provides a range of services for people with special needs and the people who support them. Persons with communication disorders, cognitive processing difficulties and persons in need of computer access adaptations such as voice input.

: http://www.bridges-canada.com

BRYTECH INC.

600 Peter Morand Crescent
Suite 240
Ottawa, Ontario
K1G 5Z3
Tel.: (613) 731-5800
Fax: (613) 731-5812
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: inquiries@brytech.com
Contact: Earl Bryenton & L. Hodge

Organizational Notes:

Brytech Inc. is an ISO 9001 registered company with experience in the design, development and manfacturing of innovative products. Our portfolio of products for domestic and export markets include the Canadian Bank Note Reader (C.N.R.), Note Teller 2 (N.T.2) for the United States and Universal Bank Note Reader (U.B.R.), talking currency readers for the visually impaired. Color Teller, talking color identifier to enable visually impaired and blind people identify the color of material and objects.

: http://www.brytech.com

CANADIAN DEAFNESS RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE

2300 René-Lévesque West
Suite 237
Montreal, Québec
H3H 2R5
Tel.: (514) 937-2191
Fax: (514) 937-2284
E-mail:
Contact: J. C. MacDougall, President

Organizational Notes:

CDRTI is a federally incorporated non-profit organization. CDRTI was founded in 1988 to meet research and training needs in the field of deafness, both on a national and international basis. CDRTI and McGill University have signed a long term agreement to cooperate in the establishment and operation of research and training programs related to deafness. The organization is run by a volunteer board of directors and a part time administrator.

Promotion of pure and applied research; literacy and deafness; employment and deafness; technology and deafness (closed captioning, TDD/TTY, computer), studies and policy development.

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CIMEQ Inc.- Centre d'innovation en microélectronique du Québec

150 Duquet
Ste Thérèse, Quebec
J7E 5B3
Tel: (450) 971-7280
Fax: (450) 971-7802
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: info@cimeq.qc.ca
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

Micro-electronics expert, the CIMEQ, collegial technology tranfer centre which develops solutions adapted to the applications in electronic circuits. Design, prototype, certification, wireless, GPS.

: http://www.cimeq.qc.ca

COMPUSULT LIMITED

40 Bannister Street
Mount Pearl, Newfoundland
A1N 1W1
Tel.: (709) 745-7914
Fax: (709) 745-7927
TTY:
Toll Free: 888-307-7707
E-mail: info@compusult.nf.ca
Contact: Paul T. Mitten, Vice-President

Organizational Notes:

Compusult is a privately-owned Information Technology and electronics company that has been in continuous operation since 1985. Our main business activity is software development. Over the past decade, we’ve been primarily involved in database applications in a Web environment. Our flagship product, Web Enterprise Suite, is used in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia to enable access to primarily geospatial information that can be shared by various organizations in a Common Operating Environment, such as standards-based Web portals. Details on Compusult and our entire range of products and services can be found on the Compusult website at www.Compusult.net .

Compusult has also been very active in the field of Assistive Technology for persons with disabilities for the past since 1993 years. Compusult researches, develops, and manufactures software and electronics products to improve the independence of persons with disabilities at work, at school and at home. In addition to our own product/service lines, we are an authorized reseller of many third-party Assistive Technology products accommodating several disability areas.

Compusult carries out research and development activities in several areas with respect to Assistive Technology for persons with disabilities, with an emphasis on workplace adaptation and accommodation, as well as computer access. Key products that Compusult manufactures and sells worldwide include the Jouse2, our various Caption Display units, Scotty wheelchair tray systems, and the U-Switch and 2-Switch controllers. Compusult also offers workplace adaptation products for blind and visually impaired employees, including TeleTalk, ScanTELL, Vindicator, Responder, DigiCite. These solutions provide access to telephone consoles, bar coded items, and electronic message displays and indicators. ScanTELL, the Talking bar Code Reader, was originally developed with the assistance of Industry Canada.

: http://www.compusult.nf.ca

DECADE TRANSMITTERS INC.

3232 Rue Richard, Unit 4
Sherbrooke, Québec
J1L 1Y2
Tel: (819) 563-4323
Fax: (819) 563-3244
TTY:
Toll Free: 888-428-4323
E-mail: info@decade.ca
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

Décade specializes in the development and manufacture of high-fidelity low-power FM transmitters for use in sound applications, aids for the hearing impaired, and information uses of all types.

: http://www.decade.ca

H.K. EYECAN LTD.

36 Burland Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2B 6J8
Tel: (613) 860-0333
Fax: (613) 596-4300
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-356-3362
E-mail: info@eyecan.ca
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

Eye-controlled computing, eye-directed communications. Manufacturer of VisionKey, the eye-controlled computer keyboard and communications aid.

: http://www.eyecan.ca

HUMANWARE CANADA

445 rue Parc Industriel
Longueuil, Québec
J4H 3V7
Tel.: (450) 463-1717
Fax: (450) 463-0120
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: ca.info@humanware.com
Contact:

Organizational Notes:

Humanware is a company first in innovation, providing high technology solutions for blind and visually impaired persons.

Technological products for visually impaired persons. Projects: Technological crenels numerical word encoding;(Victor Reader digital talking book reader, digitization and digital reader software), GPS-based navigation aid (Victor Trekker).

: http://www.humanware.com

IDON EAST CORPORATION

80 Waverley Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0V2
Tel.: (613) 233-3040
Fax: (613) 233-7088
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: mail@idoneast.com
Contact: Herbert G. Bown, Chairman & CEO, Responsible for Research Activities

Organizational Notes:

Idon East is a privately owned Canadian corporation that specializes in eLearning, information technology and management. The company's focus is "to enhance the growth, effectiveness and lifelong learning needs of organizations and its workers through the design, development and delivery of Internet/corporate intranet collaborative distance education and training solutions." IDON EAST is a full service company offering courseware development, instructional design, software products, system applications and eLearning delivery and maintenance services.

IDON EAST concentrates on two core strategic areas of business. The first area is the development of software applications to facilitate eLearning. NewMediaMentor (TM) is an eLearning content creation tool for non-technical content experts. It is an ideal tool for people rich in ideas and knowledge but lacking the technical prowess to use sophisticated HTML editors. It allows them to publish their ideas to the Web with easy- to-use templates and wizards. TMWeb (TM) is an eLearning portal product that provides an online environment for the facilitation, management and administration of eLearning content and provides various collaborative features to enhance the learning experience. IDON EAST's second strategic area is the development of interactive new media content for eLearning via the Internet.

: http://www.idoneast.com

MADENTEC LIMITED

4664, 99th Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T6E 5H5
Tel: (780) 450-8926
Fax: (780) 998-6182
TTY:
Toll Free: 877-623-3682
E-mail: randym@madentec.com
Contact: Randy Marsden

Organizational Notes:

Sister company is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Software and hardware that allow people with physical disabilities access to, and control of a computer, the internet, and their surroundings.

: http://www.madentec.com

NEIL SQUIRE SOCIETY

Suite 220, 2250 Boundary Road
Burnaby, B.C.
V5M 4L9
Tel.: (604) 473-9363
Fax: (604) 473-9364
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Gary Birch, Executive Director

Organizational Notes:

To develop devices and systems that assist people with severe physical disabilities to live, learn, work and play self-dependently, focused on creating electronic and software control interfaces and systems for operating computers, electrical apparatus in the home and various other electrical devices; make these devices available to persons who need them. Products commercially available include: Regenesis Sip and Puff, a high reliability electronic sip and puff switch; ezMorse and ezMorse for Windows, Morse code keyboard emulators for DOS and Windows; the JouseTM, a mouth-operated joystick mouse emulator; Speech Assisted Reading And Writing (SARAW), an accessible software based literacy teaching tool. Current projects include: the Remote Gateway, two versions (hands free and hand-held) of a wireless, go-anywhere, remote control for household applications for persons with mobility problems; the Neil Squire Robot, a robotic device for physical tasks around the home and workplace; specialty holders for assistive controls. Associated development work and areas of interest include: EEG applications in control (brain-machine interface development), robust voice recognition technology, telephone accessibility, bank machine interface and kiosk design. Other work includes: developing a sip and puff control system for a sailboat owned by the Disabled Sailing Association of BC; designing and building an instrument package for the IML-2 Space Shuttle mission; designing and building a special effects police radar display for the film "Jumanji".

: http://www.neilsquire.ca

PARACHUTE - ACCESS BY DESIGN

13 West Lynn Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4C 3V7
Tel: (416) 806-6122
Fax: (416) 698-8929
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail:
Contact: Gary Burton - President

Organizational Notes:

We are an interior design organization providing barrier-free, "universal design" solutions to the commercial, institutional, government and domestic sectors. Parachute is your resource centre for universally accepted design standards, accessible to all people.

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POSITRON PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS INC.

5101 rue Buchan
Montréal, Québec
H4P 2R9
Tel.: (514) 345-2200
Fax: (514) 731-8662
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: info@positron911.com
Contact: Guy Langlois, Vice-President Product Development

Organizational Notes:

Design, manufacture and market products and solutions for the Public Safety Industry.

: http://www.positron911.com

STERLING FRAZER ASSOCIATES

7352 Nathan Cresent
Niagra Falls, Ontario
L2G 7R6
Tel.: (905) 704-9806
Fax: (905) 358-0746
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: kon@strelingfrazer.com
Contact: Brian D. Kon, President

Organizational Notes:

Sterling Frazer Associates provides primary and secondary research services to companies that provide products and/or services to people with disabilities and the elderly.

Sterling Frazer Associates is a full-service marketing firm, specializing in consumer research (interviews, surveys, and focus groups), product/service evaluation and development, market expansion, and promotion. All services are individualized to the needs of each client and reports are confidential.

We look at markets that serve people with disabilities or the elderly. Emphasis is from the consumer perspective, providing companies with information they need to make a successful product/service and reduce product abandonment while decreasing time and expense to bring to market.

: http://www.sterlingfrazer.com

STR-SPEECHTECH LIMITED

#212-1001 Cloverdale Avenue
Victoria, British Columbia
V8X 4C9
Tel.: (250) 477-0544
Fax: (250) 477-2540
TTY:
Toll Free:
E-mail: products@speechtech.com
Contact: Sally Hill, Product Specialist

Organizational Notes:

STR is a private R&D corporation which was incorporated in 1989.

STR is concerned with speech analysis, recognition, synthesis, and communication, speech input/output (I/O) product evaluation, speaker recognition, and human factor research pertaining to I/O technology. It is also involved in speech encoding and synthesis; the development and modification of special purpose software for speech and signal processing, I/O applications, language teaching and linguistic analysis; and the development through in-house research of products made available under license for distribution through the private sector.

: http://www.speechtech.com

TASH INTERNATIONAL INC.

91 Station Street
Unit # 1
Ajax, Ontario
L1S 3H2
Tel.: (905) 686-4129
Fax: (905) 686-6895
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-463-5685
E-mail: tashinc@aol.com
Contact: Colin Wheeler, President

Organizational Notes:

Tash specializes in computer access in communication devices for severely disabled individuals. Electronic Aids to Daily Living for severely disabled individuals.

: http://www.tashinc.com

T-BASE COMMUNICATIONS INC

19 Main Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 1A9

Tel.: (613) 236-0866
Fax: (613) 236-0484
TTY:
Toll Free: 800-563-0668
E-mail: sayotte@tbase.com
Contact: Sharlyn Ayotte

Organizational Notes:

T-Base Communications produces of alternate format materials for government and industry in braille, large print, e-Text and audio, meeting the diverse information needs of their customers.

In order to have the opportunity to respond effectively over multiple channels in a 24 hour global communications environment, T-Base Communications research initiatives are primarily focused on ensuring information is broadly accessible to the blind community, the aging population, people with learning disabilities, low literacy skills and new Canadians unfamiliar with Canada's official languages.

Specializing in Braille, large print, e-Text and audio formats, T-Base Communications offers three main services; AccessAbill©, Transcription, and Website Accessibility.

: http://www.tbase.com