• Skip to main content
  • Skip to search
  • Skip to accessibility settings
Lighthouse Guild
  • Our Services
    • Healthcare Services
      • Become a Patient
        • Request an Appointment
        • TeleVisits
        • Our Providers
        • FAQ
      • Refer Patient
      • Optometry & Eye Exams
      • Behavioral Health Services
      • Diabetes Care & Endocrinology
      • Podiatry
      • Occupational Therapy
      • Primary Care Services
      • Adult Day Health Care
    • Support Services
      • Tele-Support Groups
        • Tele-Support for Parents
        • Tele-Support for Teens
        • Tele-Support for Young Adults
        • Tele-Support for Adults
        • Tele-Support Presentations
      • Assistive Technology Training
      • Independent Living Support
      • Orientation & Mobility
      • Youth and Teen Support
        • Preschool Services
        • Children’s Program
        • Teen Programs
        • Young Adult Programs
        • Youth Employment Program
      • Academic & Career Services
        • Scholarships
    • Training
      • Assistive Technology Training
      • Professional Training
        • eLearning for Professionals
        • Low Vision eGuides
          • Overview
          • Clinician’s Guide to Low Vision Practice
          • Vision Loss: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask!
          • Guide Techniques
          • Effective Color Contrast and Making Text Legible
    • Research
      • Research Studies
      • Vision Science Awards
      • Pisart Award in Vision Science
      • Bressler Prize in Vision Science
      • Oberdorfer Award in Low Vision Research
  • Technology
    • Technology Center
      • About Our Technology Center
      • Featured Technology for People with Vision Loss
    • On Tech & Vision Podcast
    • Tech & Vision Blog
  • Take Action
    • Request an Appointment
    • Find a Support Group
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
    • Become A Partner
    • Share Your Story
    • Join a Mailing List
    • Advocate
    • Participate in Research Studies
  • Become a Patient
  • Vision & Health Blog
    • Eye Diseases & Conditions
    • Living with Vision Loss
    • Preventing Vision Loss
    • Research & Advancements
    • Tech & Vision
  • Donate
  • MyCare Portal
    • Patient Portal
    • Request an Appointment
    • Login
    • Create an Account
    • FAQ
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Events
    • Press Releases
  • About
    • Mission & History
    • Board & Leadership
    • Publications
    • Financials
    • Careers
    • Volunteer
    • Our Clients
    • Locations & Directions
    • Media Inquiries
    • Contact
  • On Tech & Vision Podcast
  • Refer Patient
  • Donate
  • Refer Patient
Technology & Resources

Technology Center

Contact
Vision rehabilitation with Irisvision device

In this Section

  • Featured Technology for People with Vision Loss
  • Featured Technology for People with Vision Loss

Premier Assistive Technology Resource

At Lighthouse Guild, we are dedicated to providing exceptional services that inspire people who are visually impaired to attain their goals. Connecting individuals to technology to make their world easier to negotiate has always been one of our essential services.

Lighthouse Guild’s Technology Center is the largest and foremost premier assistive technology resource in the U.S. The Center is a hub connecting innovators and users to advance technological development for our community and beyond.

A State-of-the-Art Tech Facility for All

The Center occupies 11,000 square feet at Lighthouse Guild’s New York City headquarters, offers a one-stop resource for vision care, rehabilitation, and technology training.

People who are visually impaired as well as anyone who needs help using technology can come for: 

  • Assessments by Lighthouse Guild experts to determine visual capacity, lifestyle, personal goals, and comfort with technology.
  • Opportunities to try out and learn how to use cutting-edge and basic technology devices. 
  • Solutions such as: wearable devices that convert text to speech, recognize faces, and identify currency; devices that use virtual reality technology to maximize useful vision; magnifiers, CCTVs, computers, and eyeglasses.
  • Training by our experienced occupational therapists.
  • An Optic Shop with a selection of frames.

Anyone interested in our Technology Center offerings needs to get an assessment by a vision care expert to determine visual capacity, lifestyle, personal goals, and comfort with technology. You will then need the vision care expert to provide a referral for you to receive a Technology Evaluation with a Lighthouse Guild Occupational Therapist (OT). The OT will work with you to find the best device to fit your needs and training to ensure optimal use and safety.

For more information, go to our Technology Center Q&A section.


Smart Home

Some of the newest technology controls the home environment. In the Center’s Smart Home, people can experience technology such as the ability to change their thermostat, turn lights on and off, answer the phone, and lock their door via voice command. The Smart Home provides office, utility room, kitchen, and living room settings for users to try the latest innovations.

Installation assistance is available for setting up technology at home. Continuing education for professionals who train people with vision impairment on devices is also available. 

  • Technology Available for People With Vision Loss

  • On Tech & Vision Podcast

    Improving Visual Impairment with Technology

    This episode’s big idea is about using augmented reality, machine learning, and soon fifth-generation (5G) connectivity to improve vision. …

  • Blog

    Sports and Exercise Tips for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

A Community of Innovators

By hosting conferences and special events, the Center will create a community of professionals who work on issues related to vision impairment: developers, entrepreneurs, academics, and physicians. 

Developers will have a dedicated work space in the Center. Lighthouse Guild has been connecting to high-tech leaders and spreading the news of their innovations through its podcast, On Tech and Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts — where our President and CEO interviews top vision scientists and developers about their life-changing work.

Become A Partner

Like never before, technological advances are poised to benefit people with visual impairment. And Lighthouse Guild is uniquely positioned to drive those advances in a way that will have a profound impact. For more information or to support this bold new initiative.

Partnership Opportunities
Hands reaching out
Lighthouse Guild
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn

Contact info:

Lighthouse Guild

800-284-4422 TTY 711

250 West 64th Street,
New York, NY 10023

Copyright © 2022 Lighthouse Guild

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
Theme
Theme