Shubham Banerjee aged 13, from California has invented a braille printer expected to sell for around $400. And he has got venture capital funding to produce it! Soon you will be printing a braille message on greetings cards anytime you like. Check last week’s post.
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On September 30 2014 OptumRX, the mail order pharmacy for some large insurance companies including United Health Care, announced that it is beginning the roll out of the ScriptTalk medication label reader. (Check the photo above and the original post below.) ScripTalk is the premier talking medication label device. As well as the full details […]
Read more "Talking Pill Bottles, Update 3,A Breakthrough for Some Medicare Plans"OptumRx launched the Scriptalk Talking Medication Label Reader for all its mail order pharmacy customers on Tuesday September 30. This is great news because they are the mail order pharmacy for United Health Care and other big insurance companies. Click or enter on this link for the details and please comment on my comparison of […]
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Here is a post about the PenFriend mentioned in Talking Pill Bottles Part 2 . It is the first of a group of posts about alternatives to print labels. The PenFriend was a breakthrough in labeling for anyone who struggles to read printed instructions or information. When it appeared, my colleague Eleanor Martin and I […]
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This is a prototype from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)reposted from the Boston Herald. The photo shows an index finger with a ring on the first joint with a maybe one inch square device sticking up from the ring. It seems to be a miniature OCR (optical character recognitions device). Oh! the ease, speed not […]
Read more "Experimental Finger Device Reads Print"Here’s a link to the Washington Times article about a contact lense with a tiny camera which gives audio information for street crossing. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/15/google-floats-new-contact-lens-help-blind-cross-st/?mc_cid=24efc7bc0b&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID
Read more "Google Developing Contact Lens for Visually Impaired, Re-post from Washington times"Vision Loss and Personal Recovery has been specially constructed for easy access by anyone who is adjusting to vision loss. Whether you are able to read clear or large print, or are using ZoomText, Magic, or a screen reader, the website is simple to use. So much of the first years of vision loss are […]
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What would people with vision loss have done without Steve Jobs? He gave his staff such a hard time with his perfectionism, but he gave people with vision loss great riches because he insisted that iPod Touches, iPhones and iPads have the screen reader – voiceover – built in. It works seamlessly from the moment […]
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It’s expensive, revolutionary, and the first shipment has already sold out. It’s called the Orcam. Notices, store and street names, and the faces of friends may all become identifiable again with the Orcam. As you may know too well, depending on your spouse or friend or a passer-by to assist you is a struggle. But […]
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