January 2010 - Fred's Head - The Network of Care

How Better Customer Service to Special Needs Consumers Can Increase Revenues and More

by Donna J. Jodhan This is a statement that I preach to my clients every day. If you improve your customer service to special needs consumers then there is no doubt that you will accomplish some very astounding benefits such as: You will increase your...

Published Tue, Jan 26 2010 4:54 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Advocacy, Interaction, Blindness

Liblouis: a Free Braille Translator

Liblouis is an open-source braille translator and back-translator. It features support for computer and literary braille, contracted and uncontracted translation for many, many languages (Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish,...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 2:51 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Braille, Mathematics, Writing, Computer software, Free stuff, Windows, Macintosh

Using a Flat Cooktop Stove

Message: How do you lign up a pan on the burners of these new cooktop stoves if you are blind? I use one of these cooktop stoves and I am totally blind. First of all, you can feel that there is a texture on the otherwise smooth cooktop where the burners...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 10:04 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Low vision, Braille, Tutorials, Accessibility, Safety, Kitchen hints, Household appliances, Cooking

Free High Quality Audio Books at AudioOwl

AudioOwl offers an extensive collection of high quality public domain audio books. They are helpfully organized by genre, including children and teen/young adult. You can browse by genre, or search the entire site by author, title, or key words. A selected...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 9:23 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching aids, Reading, Audio books, Accessible media, Web sites, Homework helpers, Audio, MP3, Streaming audio, Students, Podcast, Free stuff

American History In Video

From the website: "American History in Video provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of American history, 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection's wealth of video and multiplicity...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 2:28 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Accessible media, Web sites, Homework helpers, Streaming audio, Students, Movies, Information services

HoverCam Scans Documents Quickly, Will it Work with Open Book or Kurzweil?

The USB-powered HoverCam X500 uses a digital camera to take a snap shot of a document and is designed to replace the much bulkier traditional flatbed scanner. It takes a snapshot of the document placed beneath its lens in a split second, much like a camera...

Published Thu, Jan 28 2010 10:36 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Employment, Reading, Accessibility, Electronics, Technology, Students

Vividbraille

From the website: "Vividbraille takes pride in creating a brand that seemingly is impossible to categorize. The founder and designer, Brock Willsey likes to refer to his brand as simple "metaphoric and intelligent." His idea of a futuristic...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 11:11 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Braille, Web sites, Clothes, Shopping

What Do I Do with All This Oil?

You're deep frying dinner and wondering whether you should keep the oil or toss it out. Old school was to let the oil cool and store it. This is no longer the case. Once you use oil for deep frying, throw it out. The food that you cook will leave...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 3:35 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Safety, Kitchen hints, Cooking, Storage

Flower Etiquette

So you want to purchase some flowers for a friend. That's very nice! Let's make sure your flowers are sending the right message and that they are appropriate for your situation. Here are tips on the etiquette of flowers: Choose the Right Flower...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2010 4:52 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Household hints, Shopping, Relationships

Update Twitter from the Address Bar

Here's a quick way to update your Twitter account. You can use a keyword bookmark to quickly post something to Twitter from the address bar in any browser. This trick works by simply passing the message as a keyword to a specially formatted URL. Once...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 4:27 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Accessibility, Internet, Writing, Time management

94 secret Windows shortcuts

Ed Bot over at ZDNet has a list of some cool shortcuts for Windows. These are mostly for Windows 7 but may work in Vista and XP as well. "The shortcuts I’m referring to involve the shell command, which is curiously undocumented in the Windows 7 Help...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 1:29 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Accessibility, Technology, Computer aids, Windows, Time management

World at Your Fingers

This comprehensive set of tactile world maps provides an excellent opportunity for developing map-reading skills. World At Your Fingers features a large tactile reference map showing the major oceans and land masses of the Earth using high-contrast raised...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 9:10 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Low vision, Braille, Accessible media, Tactile aids, Web sites, Assistive devices, Students, Geography

How Long Can I Freeze Poultry

Should you ever need to know. Fresh Chicken/Turkey: 12 months Fresh Duck/Goose: 6 months Fresh Giblets: 3 months Cooked Poultry Dishes or Meat: 6 months Fried Chicken, cooked: 4 months When in doubt, throw it out! Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 3:47 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Kitchen hints, Cooking, Storage

Nominate a Legend for the Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame for Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field is now accepting nominations for 2010 induction consideration. If you are interested in learning more about the process for submitting a nominee to join the 44 inductees, please visit: http...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 10:57 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: APH news

Microsoft's Mouse for People with Low Vision

Did you know that Microsoft has a mouse for people with low vision? Basically, it's a mouse with a built-in zoom feature. Here's a video about it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVCUWcMV8FIfeature=player_embedded Click this link to see all the...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 4:19 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Aging, Low vision, Electronics, Computer aids, Assistive devices, Assistive technology, Magnification devices, Windows

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