Teaching a blind high school student
A quick online search led me to this.

A Beginner's Guide to Access Technology for Blind Students

It covers all the essentials


Screen Access Software
Braille Embosser
Notetaker
Scanner and Optical Character Recognition


I am essentially listing things from that article It seems like something that was written years ago, but I assume, it should be a good starting point for you. 

Further, the city I live in does have a national institute on speech and hearing, which includes folks who are sight challenged. If this is something serious, I can drive up there and talk to someone and hook you up with a professor or something.