Suggest a Product
We work with inventors regularly to help them flesh out their ideas to the point where they have products ready for manufacture. So, if you have a product idea, we’d love to hear from you.
Help us help you.
When we develop products, it’s always good to hear from the people who use them so we can make sure we’re hitting our mark. And because our egos are (mostly) in check, we like to collaborate with other inventors to help them get their products ready for market. It’s all just part of our mission to make the world a more accessible place where people with vision loss and multiple disabilities can lead the most independent and productive lives possible. Keep reading to see how you can get involved.
Test a Product
As a product tester, you’ll be providing a great service to not just us, but to the entire community with vision loss by making sure our designs are not only useful, but easy-to-use. All you need to do is qualify and we’ll get in touch with some instruction and some products to test.
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Are you interested in testing upcoming products? As part of our vision to make the world a more accessible place, we want to hear your insights to better design innovative products and services for lifelong success and to provide the best possible solutions for challenges that arise in the classroom and beyond.
Even if you have participated in a field test or shared your contact information in the past, please update our records by filling out a new copy of the APH Field Tester Form.
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The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is seeking field test evaluators for Light Tales: Nature’s Sights and Sounds. The field test prototype includes color/tactile overlays that are designed for use in combination with a light box but can also be used as a standalone product. The transparent overlays feature short, rhyming verses in both large print and braille with lively tactile and color images of various animals, insects, flowers, seashells, and more. Light Tales: Nature’s Sights and Sounds can be used to practice counting skills, tactile and visual scanning, color identification, tactile discrimination skills, sequencing, literacy skills, and much more. This prototype is ideal for young tactile/print readers in kindergarten and early elementary grades but could also be enjoyed by older students and sighted peers.
Teachers of the Visually Impaired, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and parents are especially encouraged to participate as field test evaluators and use the prototype with their students. Field evaluators must already have access to a light box.
If you are interested in evaluating Light Tales: Nature’s Sights and Sounds, please email Karen Poppe at kpoppe@aph.org by August 30, 2026. Field testing begins in mid-September and extends through the end of November 2026. Field test sites will be selected based on geographic location, number of students available to test with, and the type of instructional setting. The number of available field test prototypes is limited.
Take a Survey
Surveys help inform us of the greatest needs in the community so we can gear our efforts on making sure those needs are met. Select the button below to learn about our latest survey.
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Each year, APH selects one research focus area to guide future product development. This year’s focus is Low Vision Technology—and we want to hear directly from the people who use it and support its use.
Who we’re inviting:
- Teachers and professionals who support individuals with low vision
- Parents of children with low vision
- Adults with low vision
We invite you to share what technology actually works, what’s missing, and what needs improvement.
Your feedback will directly inform how APH develops new low vision products and enhances existing ones—from early childhood through adulthood.
Take the survey today:
- Focus on Low Vision Technology: Vision Professionals Survey
- Focus on Low Vision Technology: Adult Consumers-Parents/Guardians Survey
Your experience matters—and it will shape what comes next.
Questions? Contact Lee Huffman (lhuffman@aph.org)
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APH is considering updates for the Symbols and Meanings Guidebook, and we need your feedback. Please take a few minutes to complete this SAM Guidebook questionnaire to help make Symbols and Meanings the best it can be.
If you have any questions or concerns, contact Heather Spence at hspence@aph.org.
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Help APH improve the Functional Vision Learning Media Assessment (FVLMA) Kit and tool kit NEWT.
Studies and Focus Groups
Explore our current focus group opportunities. Your participation helps!
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Help us preserve the legacy of Blind Musicians! Do you know of a blind musician who should be included in the Blind Musicians Collection? Submit their name and information and we will add them to the collection!