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

Giving And Receiving Directions; While Walking With A Sighted Guide

Instead of allowing others to grab onto you while you are walking with them, you will find that it is both safer and more comfortable for you to hold onto their arm. Let others know that this is your preference and demonstrate for them how this technique...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 6:35 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Advocacy, Tutorials, Interaction, Newly blind, Travel, Orientation and mobility

ENVISION Videos from APH

These fun, 20-minute videos are part of APH's Homegrown Video Series. They feature Emmy the Emu, and share information about how to use the ENVISION training program. The viewer will meet a low vision optometrist, a teacher of the visually impaired...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 4:28 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Low vision, Blindness, DVD

Braille in the Open Office

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) has released an extension for the OpenOffice.org Writer that enables users to save documents as Braille or to send them directly to a Braille embosser. “odt2braille” ( http://odt2braille.sourceforge.net...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 11:02 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Braille, Adaptation, Writing, Computer software, Free stuff, Windows

Desktop Stick-On Number Lines, Large Print/Braille

APH's Desktop Stick-On Number Lines are great for reinforcing beginning number concepts such as counting, sequencing, number recognition, number relationships, addition, and subtraction. Use the self-adhesive number lines on a student's desk or...

Published Fri, Aug 06 2010 4:44 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching aids, APH products, Low vision, Reading, Braille, Tactile aids, Mathematics

The Clothing, Lingerie and Apparel Dictionary

From the website: "A dictionary of womens clothing and lingerie terms and phrases complete with definitions. Why would someone go to all of this trouble? This project was started after we got really tired of not understanding what something meant...

Published Mon, Aug 09 2010 4:36 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Household hints, Web sites, Clothes, Shopping

Share Files Over Miles

FilesOverMiles is a direct file sharing tool for quickly and securely sending files over the internet. There is no installation or sign up and transferred files are not stored anywhere. To start, simply choose the file on your computer and FilesOverMiles...

Published Mon, Aug 30 2010 4:08 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Internet, Technology, Web sites, Free stuff

Everyone Likes to Play Games Including the Blind

by Alena Roberts When you think of video games, you likely don’t think of the blind playing them, but this isn’t the case. From games that have been adapted to be playable by the blind, to mainstream games that the blind figure out how to play without...

Published Tue, Aug 31 2010 4:17 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Accessibility, Computer games, Web sites, Interaction, Audio, Blindness resources, Free stuff, Newly blind, Blindness organizations, Teenagers

Amazon's Clearence Bin

Once again, our friends at BlindBargains.com have found a great resource for saving money. I checked out the site and was amazed at the items available. Here's what they had to say! "Like many other grocery stores, Amazon inevitably ends up with...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 11:03 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Household hints, Web sites, Family life, Shopping, Groceries

On the Way to Literacy: Discovering the Magic of Reading: Elizabeth's Story Video and Booklet

This video and booklet explore ways that parents and teachers of children with visual impairment can make reading aloud an enjoyable experience. Provides a compelling account of the value of reading to young children. Recommended ages: birth to 5 years...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 4:06 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Education, Educational aids, Special education, APH products, Reading, Children, Parents, DVD

Changing Voice Profiles with Jaws

The following tip comes from the Tech Access Weekly blog. It explains how to easily change your voice profiles in JAWS 11. Click this link to play this audio tip . Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 3:35 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Windows, Screen readers

ShowTribe.com: for Those Who Love TV

A community site for those who love watching TV, ShowTribe will let you interact with people who share your passion. Discuss all your favorite shows and (hopefully) find new ones to watch. On the site, you can “pledge” to watch shows that others recommend...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 5:17 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Web sites, Interaction, Television programs, Social media

My Signature is No Different

by Donna J. Jodhan If there is anything in this world that puts me on an equal footing with the mainstream person it is this: Signatures that are almost impossible to decipher. It does not matter you can see or not, at the best of times it is almost impossible...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 6:16 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, APH products, Writing, Assistive devices, Newly blind

Save Money on Shipping with Free Boxes from USPS

The US Postal Service is so familiar, so seemingly old school, it's easy to overlook some of the neat things they do. Things like let customers order Priority Mail boxes online, have them delivered, then pick them up for mailing. Currently, there...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 1:24 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Household hints, Free stuff, Accommodations, Mail, Audio Information Services

Handy List of Discontinued APH Products

To aid in ordering, especially for our Federal Quota customers, we've published a new list of discontinued products . This is a list of major APH products that have been discontinued in the last year. Some of these products may continue to have replacement...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 11:39 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: APH products, Shopping, Time management

Online Blood Pressure Chart

Blood pressure is the force that the blood is putting on arterial walls and is one of the principal vital signs. This website, the Blood Pressure Chart does a simple job of storing your results and presenting them in a friendly manner. You can look at...

Published Tue, Aug 10 2010 12:55 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Low vision, Web sites, Health and beauty, Free stuff, Databases, Time management

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