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Find and Share College Notes Online with Notelog

Is College turning out to be a bit tricky for you? I do recall that my first year was difficult, if only because there was such a world of experiences and activities to go through. The actual courses weren't that difficult, but if you mixed the obviously...

Published Fri, Jan 22 2010 3:41 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: College, Education, Educational aids, Accessible media, Internet, Web sites, Interaction, Students, Free stuff, Note-taking

Save Those Plastic Bags

The scenario: A visually impaired couple moves into their new home. After a couple of months, they realize that they have more garbage bags than they need. However, they have not bought any garbage bags since they got married. Where did all of the garbage...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 3:13 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Household hints, Adaptation, Kitchen hints, Housekeeping, Shopping, Organizing, Groceries, Dog guides

Get Notified If Someone Logs into Your FaceBook Account

With all the privacy issues surrounding Facebook recently, you may be keeping a closer eye on your FaceBook account activity. Use this built-in Facebook feature to get notified when a computer besides your own accesses your account. Even if you've...

Published Wed, May 12 2010 12:19 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Tutorials, Internet, Self-defense, Safety, Social media

The Priority Barrier

by Donna J. Jodhan I don't think that fellow vision impaired persons would be too shocked to hear mme ask this question: Is there a priority barrier in the midst of our society? What exactly am I talking about? It is this: Do we face a priority barrier...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 4:10 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Advocacy, Interaction, Accommodations, Equality, Civil rights

Accessible HD Radio

Digital radio broadcasting has been a slowly emerging technology over the past several years. This technology, similarly to its television counterpart, promises to deliver richer sound as well as affording stations the opportunity to multiplex programming...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 4:44 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Accessibility, Speech products, Electronics, Technology, Entertainment, Music, Radio, News resources

Demonstrate Braille With Cards From APH

I'm going to give a presentation on how to read braille. Do you know of anything I could use as handouts? APH Alphabet Card Folder . Designed to raise the awareness of braille among print readers, this card displays the braille alphabet, a sample...

Published Mon, Jul 19 2010 3:15 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Advocacy, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Low vision, Braille, Parents, Communication, Interaction, Blindness resources, Free stuff, Reference cards

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

SPECIAL OFFER! Your Choice of FREE Case with Purchase of Refreshabraille 18 Unit

For a limited time, purchase APH's popular Refreshabraille 18 at the regular price and receive a carrying case absolutely FREE! Order using catalog number 1-07445-05 and receive the Refreshabraille 18 along with a FREE genuine leather Carrying Case...

Published Thu, Dec 16 2010 10:42 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Educational aids, Teaching aids, Special education, APH products, Reading, Braille, Electronics, Writing, Assistive technology, Shopping, Note-taking, APH spotlight

AudioTag: Get the Title of Music Found in Files and Videos

We've all been there: you hear a song in a commercial, over the radio, or in a video clip and you can't figure out who the artist is. AudioTag scans your files or YouTube videos and returns a list of matches. You can use AudioTag by uploading...

Published Thu, Dec 30 2010 4:45 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Web sites, Audio, MP3, Research, Music, Databases

Recreational Sports; A Benefit to the Blind

A Canadian perspective by Donna J. Jodhan As an avid ice skater and as someone who has recently become more interested in cross country skiing, I have decided to do my best to push the benefits of recreational sports for blind persons. Here in Toronto...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 3:55 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Advocacy, Sports

Reach Out and Teach: Helping Your Child Who is Visually Impaired Learn and Grow

The empowering guide that taught parents and teachers how to promote the development of young children with visual and multiple impairments has been updated and reconceptualized to reflect today's families' concerns and the latest research findings...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 8:14 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Education, Educational aids, Teaching, Teaching aids, Special education, Parents, Books, Ebooks

Cooking with a Gas Grill

By Michael Russell Cooking foods with a gas grill has exploded in popularity over the years. 60%-80% of all grilling is done over a gas grill. This is due in part because there are so many advantages in cooking with a gas grill over using a charcoal grill...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2011 5:42 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: APH products, Kitchen hints, Cooking

Tips to be Safe in the Kitchen

by Ruth Coleman It is so important to be safe in the kitchen, especially when you have a visual imparity. I wasn’t born blind, but in 1993 blindness began to creep up on me. After having surgeries, and countless rounds of medications to which I had significant...

Published Sun, Jan 23 2011 11:18 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Adjusting to blindness, Low vision, Tutorials, Household hints, Safety, Kitchen hints, Blindness, Newly blind, Cooking

Ten Uses for a Toaster Oven

Here are a few of the things you can use a toaster oven for. Tell us in the comments how you use yours. Warm plates before serving. Many large ovens only go down to 200°F which can be too high. A counter-top oven goes lower. I like heating plates for...

Published Wed, Jan 26 2011 4:28 AM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Low vision, Adaptation, Kitchen hints, Cooking

How to Be a Modern Gentleman

How to Be a Modern Gentleman from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit If it seems like chivalry is dead, you'd be incorrect in assuming such. However, women recognize that it is becoming harder and harder to find the type of man who has...

Published Thu, Jan 20 2011 9:37 PM by Fred's Head from APH

Filed under: Interaction, Relationships, Dining out

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