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

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

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

Functional Vision: A Bridge to Learning and Living:

This video, featuring internationally known experts, gives an overview of low vision and the process of a functional vision assessment. It highlights the importance of assessing low vision needs and presents the basics of how such an assessment is accomplished...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 3:44 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Low vision, Reading, Writing, Health and beauty, Orientation and mobility, DVD

APH InSights Large Print/Braille Art Calendar

This beautiful twelve month large print/braille calendar features the artwork of visually impaired artists. Includes months, days, holidays, and moon phases. Use at a desk or hang on a wall. Pages fold over easily. Makes a Great Fund-Raiser Art calendars...

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 3:34 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, APH products, Large type books, Low vision, Braille, Parents, Students, Newly blind, Family life, Organizing, Art, Role Models, Time management, Schedules, Calendars

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

Shut the Box: An Accessible Game from the A T Guys

Shut the Box is a classic dice game with the goal of removing all of the numbers from the board. Each number from 1 through 9 is on the board. After rolling the dice, you remove the numbers corresponding to your roll. In addition to being a fun party...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 10:36 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching aids, Computer games, Speech products, Mathematics, Audio, Free stuff, Windows

AppleVis: Makes It Easy To Find Accessible Apps

From the website: "AppleVis is a community driven website that was created in response to a demand for somewhere that collected information on the accessibility of apps developed for Apple's iOS devices. Additionally, we aim to build a directory...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 6:14 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Accessible media, Tutorials, Accessibility, Web sites, Cell phones, Computer software, Blindness resources, Macintosh, Databases, Audio Information Services

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

DaisyWorm: An Audio Book Reader for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

A simple yet powerful DAISY audio book reader By the Association for the Blind of Western Australia Inc supporting the 2.02, 2002 and 2005 formats with full or partial audio. Features include: Full navigation of the book structure (dependent on book markup...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 10:27 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Reading, Audio books, Cell phones, Computer software, Students, UK Resources, Macintosh

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