December 2009 - Fred's Head - The Network of Care

Compact+ Hand-Held Electronic Magnifier

This ultra-bright widescreen electronic magnifier enlarges up to 10X and fits in your pocket or purse. Snapshot function holds one image of an area being magnified so that image can be brought closer to the eye. Features: Three zoom levels: 5X, 7.5X,...

Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 3:01 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Aging, APH products, Low vision, Reading, Electronics, Technology, Assistive devices, Assistive technology, Students, Magnification devices, Mail, Travel, Shopping

How to Do a *** Self Exam

How to Do a *** Self Exam from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit Worldwide, *** cancer is the second most common type of cancer after lung cancer. [1] Over 500,000 people die from *** cancer each year. [2] If it's detected early enough...

Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 2:43 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Health and beauty

Why I Turned to Chess

by Donna J. Jodhan Up until about six years ago, chess had just been a dream of mine; that is, all I wanted to do was just learn to play. I had bought a slim Braille booklet on the basics and rudiments of chess back in the early 90s along with an adaptable...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2009 4:36 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Advocacy, Computer games, Blindness, Newly blind, Role Models

50 Free Online Documentaries You Need to See

Documentaries provide us with some of the most effective learning methods of all. Though often biased, documentaries give us first-hand accounts of the people and situations that drive our culture, and allow us inside access to some of the most remote...

Published Sun, Dec 13 2009 11:55 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: College, Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Low vision, Internet, Homework helpers, Streaming audio, Students, Movies, Television programs

Hey Twitbrain, Can You Beat-My-Tweet?

Plenty of creative uses for Twitter have emerged over the past year. One of the most creative, perhaps, is the use of bots to create customized games on Twitter. Here's two that BlindBargains.com found to entertain, amuse, and perhaps lower your productivity...

Published Mon, Dec 14 2009 2:26 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching aids, Reading, Accessibility, Computer games, Web sites, Mathematics, Recreation

Tweetstones: an Accessible Game on Twitter

Plenty of creative uses for Twitter have emerged over the past year. One of the most creative, perhaps, is the use of bots to create customized games on Twitter. Here's one that BlindBargains.com found to entertain, amuse, and perhaps lower your productivity...

Published Mon, Dec 14 2009 2:16 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Accessibility, Computer games, Web sites, Free stuff, Recreation

Artwiculation in the Classroom

Plenty of creative uses for Twitter have emerged over the past year. One of the most creative, perhaps, is the use of bots to create customized games on Twitter. Here's two that BlindBargains.com found to entertain, amuse, and perhaps lower your productivity...

Published Tue, Dec 15 2009 12:40 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Reading, Accessibility, Internet, Computer games, Web sites, Writing, Recreation

Stay On Your Feet with These Winter Products

I'm not a fan of winter. All that ice and snow. Constantly worrying about slipping and falling. Even the simplest walk can become dangerous. Here are a few products to help you stay upright on the ice and snow this year. This ice carpet is one of...

Published Tue, Dec 15 2009 1:31 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Household hints, Safety, Assistive devices, Housekeeping, Travel, Dog guides

Illuminating Book Cover

Love reading when there's a slot of time available? Then you might want to check out what Hammacher has with the Illuminating Book Cover. This is the patented book cover that illuminates your reading material anywhere without requiring a separate...

Published Tue, Dec 15 2009 11:25 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Aging, Low vision, Reading, LED products, Assistive devices, Travel

Balabolka: Free Text-to-Speech for Windows

I'm always excited to find another screen reader, especially when they are free. Actually, I can't take credit for this find, BlindBargains.com was the first one I saw talking about it. Balabolka is a Russian word, meaning "chatterer"...

Published Wed, Dec 16 2009 12:01 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Aging, Low vision, Reading, Speech products, Assistive technology, Audio, Computer software, Free stuff, Windows

Waterproof Shower Speaker with iPod Dock Transmitter

If you don’t like to keep your iPod or electronic book reader in the shower with you, this dock is a better option. It’ll allow for you to listen to your music or that great book in the shower while your player is tucked safely away in a much dryer spot...

Published Tue, Dec 15 2009 11:48 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: College, Reading, Electronics, Household hints, Audio, MP3, Students, Entertainment, Music

Finally, Posted Notes for the Visually Impaired

How many of you have received a document at work or school with one of those little posted notes attached? How do the sighted folks write on those little things? How do they read them? I always wished they had posted notes in a size that I could write...

Published Wed, Dec 16 2009 2:26 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Employment, Aging, Low vision, Household hints, Writing, Communication, Note-taking

ScannedPDFtoWord: Document Conversion Website

Here's an effective free option for turning scanned text into digital text that can then be used with a wide range of programs and tools, including text-to-speech. Normally, creating useful digital text from the PDF files made with standard flatbed...

Published Thu, Dec 17 2009 2:38 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: College, Employment, Education, Reading, Internet, Web sites, Writing, Assistive technology, Homework helpers, Students, Free stuff, Note-taking

Celebrate Mary Ingalls' Birthday with the American Printing House for the Blind

Join us in the museum on Saturday, January 9, from 10:00 a.m. until noon for a celebration in honor of the birth of Mary Ingalls. Mary was the older sister of "Little House" author Laura Ingalls Wilder, who said “My sister Mary is the reason...

Published Fri, Dec 18 2009 1:00 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: APH news

Shoot Da Me!

Shoot Da Me is an arcade style game similar to Bop-It. When you hear the sound on the left, hit left arrow key, same goes for the right. When you hear the sound in the middle, press the up arrow key! There are many terrific modes, such as a 3D game, a...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2009 3:42 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Directional tracking, Accessible media, Computer games, Audio, Blindness, Recreation, Windows, Entertainment

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