Company Profile

View Plus Technologies Inc (AKA: ViewPlus Technologies Inc)
Profile last edited on: 4/7/17      CAGE: 3HFF0      UEI: WKR3BN28RSX5

Business Identifier: Braille embossers (braille printers) and Braille translation software
Year Founded
1996
First Award
1998
Latest Award
2016
Program Status
Inactive
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Location Information

1853 Sw Airport Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97333
Location: Single
Congr. District: 04
County: Benton

Public Profile

ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. provides products for people with print and sensory disabilities worldwide. The firm offers a range Braille printers; Ink and Braille printers; Tiger Software Suite 4.0 for Braille translation; IVEO Hands-on-Learning System (Version 2.0) that enables users to learn through touch, sound, and sight; and Audio Graphing Calculator that provides the functionality of handheld scientific calculators that are used in the classroom. The company also offers Beginning Braille Aide that provides Braille to blind employees or students; Office Production Assistant that enables large organizations to provide Braille documentation to blind users; Accessible Math Tools that provides Nemeth worksheets and embossed tactile graphs; and Inclusive Tactile Learning for teachers with students in need of extra assistance. Connections with high-power IT companies allow ViewPlus products to integrate seamlessly with the mainstream. The company continues to receive development support from Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Assistive Technology Vendor Program. ViewPlus worked with Hewlett Packard's Specialty Printing Systems group to incorporate HP Inkjet into ViewPlus® new ink and Braille products, the Pro Ink Attachment and Emprint Color Tactile Printer. In 2005, ViewPlus accepted an invitation to join Hewlett Packard's Assistive Technology Partner program. 3M technology has also been utilized in the IVEO Tactile Touchpad. Current ViewPlus products include: a line of four Tiger® Braille printers of various speeds and sizes, two HP Inkjet ink and Braille systems, the IVEO Tactile-Audio System, the Tiger Software Suite (Braille translation software and tactile graphics design studio), as well as the Audio Graphing Calculator.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
25-49
Revenue Range
2.5M-5M
VC funded?
No
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
N/A

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2016 1 NIH $150,000
Project Title: Software for Automatically Making Diagrams Accessible
2014 1 NIH $148,375
Project Title: Improving Blind People's Graphical Information Literacy
2014 2 NIH $1,150,000
Project Title: Polymer Roller for Production of Improved Braille and Tactile Graphics
2010 2 NIH $921,442
Project Title: Software for Automatic Conversion of Professional Journals to Fully Accessible Fo
2009 2 NIH $981,232
Project Title: Accessible Graphical Display for Numberical Data

Key People / Management

  John A Gardner -- President

  Vladimir L Bulatov

  James A Gardner

  Christian H Herden

  Peter S Langner