Products intended to support, train or replace a person's capacity to receive, send, produce and process information in different forms, including communicating by language, signs and symbols, receiving and producing messages, carrying on conversations and using communication devices and techniques. Included are, e.g. devices for seeing, hearing, reading, writing, telephoning, signalling and alarming, information technology. Assistive products for office administration, information storage and management at work, see 28 21.

Devices used for turning pages in e.g., books, newspapers and magazines. Operating sticks, see 24 18 15.

Software based system able to transform digital documents (e.g. text files) into voice output

Web based services that transform digital documents into audio files

Stands, boards, manuscript holders, and cushions for holding or supporting reading and writing materials, e.g. paper and books. Reading desks, writing desks and standing desks, see 18 03 06. Bed tables, see 18 03 15.

Devices for assisting a person to write a signature or hand-written characters in the desired position or to produce a printed signature using a stamp.

Devices that enable a limited area of text to be visible at one time.

Devices and software for reading aloud printed or digital text with an electronic voice. Included are reading machines, reading pens, screen readers and electronic voices.

Scanners and software used to recognize and transform printed text into digital format. Included are hand-held scanners.

Software used for the scanning and recognition of documents. Included are e.g. OCR software with text-to-speech technology.

Hardware system that transforms the text written in paper document into alternative forms (e.g. enlarged text, synthetic speech, or tactile).

Included are, e.g. software for DAISY players and e-book readers.

Included are, e.g. ball pens, pencils, brushes, drawing compasses, rulers, set squares, and holders for the above.

Devices for producing embossed Braille characters on paper with a special stylus or a stick.

Included are manual and electric typewriters and e.g. Braille typewriters.

Stationary electric Braille typewriters

Manual Braille typewriters

Materials for hard copies with special effects for tactile recognition.

Portable devices for storing information with the use of braille.

Software for writing, editing, organizing and storing text and multimedia materials. Included are e.g. software for word prediction, Braille and DAISY. Office software and industrial software, see 28 21 12.

Word processing software specifically designed to facilitate the use by people with motor, cognitive or sensory disabilities.

Software for command and control or text input to computers by speech (speech-to-text programs).

Systems that allow to control a computer, or other devices, through gaze

Input devices controlled by electric signals activated by brainwave signals (EEG), by facial muscle movements (EMG) or by eye movements (EOG).

Software that allow to modify the functioning and behavior of input devices (e.g. mouse, keyboard, switches, ....) through adjustments and filtering (e.g. filtering out involuntary repeated keypress, or allowing "hot keys" and "short cuts")

Software for enabling drawing and painting activities with computers. Office software and industrial software, see 28 21 12.

Products for training and developing reading skills, e.g. strategy, approach and performance.

Products for training and developing writing skills. Included are e.g. assistive products for training in typing.

Manual Braille writing equipment, see 22 13 27. Portable note-taking devices for Braille, see 22 13 36.