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Talking Pill Bottles, Update 3,A Breakthrough for Some Medicare Plans

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 […]

A breakthrough for Talking Medication Labels

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 […]

Going to a show; a musical, a play, dance show or opera can be too painful in the first years after vision loss. There’s no doubt that seeing the stage set, the actors and their gestures perhaps even their expressions, is a great part of the enjoyment. Even watching the audience can be fun. Some […]

A brailler is embossing “fruit tea sampler” on the cardboard lid of a box of tea. August has ended and the school year is beginning. What about stretching your brain by learning braille? The Hadley School offers free tuition by mail or the internet. If you have a patterning kind of brain, it’s not hard […]

If the arrows, numbers and On/Off print information on your electronics and appliances are becoming a blur, it is tempting to continue as before. But what is really happening? Most likely you are setting the washer and the remote (remote control for your TV, stereo etc.) from memory, guesswork or waiting till you can ask […]

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 […]

There are plenty of excellent blind cooks, and some brilliant ones like Christine Ha who won the Master Chef contest a few years ago. This post is not meant for them, but for anyone new to cooking without using vision. And also for the tired and hungry who want a summer dinner without stress or a lot […]

Vision loss and Personal Recovery

WHEN YOU CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES

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When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes

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Vision Loss and Personal Recovery

Talking Pill Bottles, Update 3,A Breakthrough for Some Medicare Plans

A breakthrough for Talking Medication Labels

Why Go To See a Show When You Have Lost Most of Your Sight?

Braille Reading Changes Your Brain: But It’s Hard Work

Velcro, Hi-Marks and Spotters: the Private World of Bump Dots

Information When You Need It, Where You Need It: Audio Labelers

Cut It in Half: the Time, the Heat and the Food