As a visually impaired person, as with almost any disability, you have to learn to accept it and do what you can with what you have. When you are in a relationship, it’s important that the other person knows that you will ask for help when you need it. The exceptions being situations that are dangerous or […More…]
The new $5 bill coming out this spring will have a larger number 5 in high contrast purple on the back for easier identification by visually impaired people.
See a promo at moneyfactory.gov
From pokernews.com:
Hal Lubarsky provided one of the greatest stories of the 2007 Main Event, becoming the first legally blind player to cash in the WSOP Main Event. Lubarsky’s great run ended on Day Four when he couldn’t catch a straight on the river to pull ahead of Scott Freeman. On a board reading […More…]
Read this interesting article about stem cell research that is being done in the UK that may restore vision lost due to retinal degeneration.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0708/07080101
Yep. It’s true. I just got back from Kauai where I went snorkeling.
Snorkeling as a visually impaired person can be serene and surprising.
Snorkeling at Lydgate where it is very easy for begineers to see colorful fish, I didn’t actually see any fish except for a quick flash of red once.
However, when I was snorkeling at […More…]
I used to get mad when I would get scraped on the head by low hanging branches, now I get even! I sometimes carry a pair of handheld garden clippers in my back pocket when walking to places I commonly go.
That way I can trim any low hanging branches or bushes encroaching on the sidewalk […More…]
Having Retinitis Pigmentosa makes it challenging for me to take the typical color blindness tests. I tried the Ishihara test at Ishihara Test for Color Blindness and was unable to see any numbers until after I read the answers and looked again. I was then able to make […More…]
Cane tips come in two sizes, 1/2 inch and 5/8 inch. I wasn’t sure why so I bought both. It turns out that the smaller 1/2 inch size is for replacing the straight tip that comes on the cane while the larger 5/8 inch size slides over the existing tip. I found it easier to slide […More…]
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Download and Install
3. Hardware Setup
4. Software Setup
5. First Recording
6. Getting Help
7. Summary
1. Introduction
Twenty years in storage. Cracking open the cardboard boxes full of records was a nostalgic return to the 70s and 80s. Looking through the now giant-seeming album covers brought back many great memories. I had always held out hope that someday […More…]
The recent court decision that paper money in the USA must be made more accessible to the visually impaired and the recent release of yet another dollar coin with all of the same problems as previous dollar coins is a perfect opportunity to make our currency more accessible and save the government money at the […More…]