This post is referred to in my new book: When You Can’t Believe Your eyes, Chapter 10, section: “where to shop.” by DeAnn Elliott with additional information from Hannah. Aira is a big name in AI apps for people with vision loss. It’s a subscription service but with some free assistance too. Their agents use […]
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When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery, a How To guide for people losing sight and their families was published in July 2019, including an accessible version. “Does Your Pill Bottle Talk” is mentioned in Chapter 7. October is the “You Can Save Lives Too” month. Start with your own! If […]
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This post is referred to in Chapter 7: A Home That Works for Everyone, in my new book When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: vision Loss and Personal Recovery , published this month. Buying online is getting popular and can be easier than getting to the store. There are big variations in how accessible online […]
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Guest post by Jennifer Harnish. Dr. Harnish is the Director of Rehabilitation services at the Carroll Center for the Blind with a doctorate in clinical psychology. She is an advocate for policy, training, and therapeutic support for those with visual impairments. Jennifer has been legally blind since 1997 from Retinitis Pigmentosa. She is the mother […]
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WHEN YOU CAN’T BELIEVE YOUR EYES: VISION LOSS AND PERSONAL RECOVERY, a “How To” guide for people losing sight and their families is being published in July 2019, including accessible versions. This post is referred to in Chapter 12: Becoming a whole Person Again. When you are coping with the loss of good vision the […]
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Once you’ve got the kitchen and bathroom surfaces in hand, you can start on their floors. A vacuum cleaner-broom combo works best for any dry floor including kitchen and bathroom. Put your hand (wearing thin disposable gloves,) on the kitchen floor in a few places to check the dirt level especially under appliances and fixtures. […]
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When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery, a how-to guide for people losing sight and their families is being published in July 2019, including accessible versions. This post is referred to in Chapter 7: A Home That Works for Everyone It’s good to start with something simple you can get your […]
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The Amazon Echo is a new kind of smart computer, that is controlled by your voice. It was launched in 2014 but has now really caught on. It is housed in a black tube. You use it by talking to it, like Siri on an iPhone. The word to wake the Echo, it’s called the […]
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by Brian J. Coppola On November 24, 2014, I picked up my medication at my local Walmart pharmacy. For the first time I swiped the special label on the package using the ScripTalk Patient station. This type of label is called a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) label and has a tiny chip in it. The […]
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Here is the latest information listing all the health insurance companies that now offer the ScripTalk labels from their mail order pharmacies. Some pharmacies also provide ScripTalk at local pharmacies. (Check out the information below the list.) Unfortunately Walgreen’s developed their own talking prescription device. It is much less efficient in all ways. The Scrip […]
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