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12. MANUFACTURER
Color Star EN_11_2017_V9.0
The Color Star is a device developed by the company
CareTec International GmbH
CareTec has been developing and producing talking and tactile
aids for the visually impaired, the blind and deaf-blind as well
as the color-blind ever since 1988. Devices produced by
Caretec are sold by distribution partners all over the world:
Simple aids: AutoGraph Signature guide, Wooffy T. - Tactile
battery tester, AuPair socks sorter, Sherlock braille label writer,
AMICO - Euro Cashbox, and the CashTest - Note and Coin
Gauge with more than one million users in countries worldwide.
Sophisticated products: High-quality tactile drawing board
DraftsMan Standard, color and light measurement aids such as
Colorino, talking kitchen and bathroom scales such as talking
kitchen scale Vivienne, commercial and scientific pocket
calculators such as Platon - Scientific Calculator, tag reader
Foxy Reader Set, an ultrasonic sensor for detecting objects,
Power-Max® talking battery charger, talking tape measure
Talking Tape Measure, several Braille watches and white
canes.
Earlier developments: The first blood glucose meter that can be
used by the blind all on their own; Due to temporary production-
stop of the test strips this product is currently not available;
resumption of production is planned. First German-speaking
braille-organizer (resumption of production is not planned but
can technically be resumed at any time; the market is currently
saturated).
Awards: “Louis-Braille-Prize” awarded by the German
Federation of Blind and Partially Sighted. “Winston Gordon-
Prize” awarded by the Canadian Blind Union. First Mercur-Prize
and five Mercur-acknowledgment awards by the Viennese
Economic Chamber WKO.
CareTec International GmbH
Stubenbastei 1, A-1010 Wien, Österreich
Tel: +43 (0) 1 513-8081-0, www.caretec.at