8/21/18 Shared by Be my Eyes More Than A Smart Cane For any white cane users out there, can you imagine getting turn-by-turn directions from your cane? Or having the ability to detect objects with it? Imagine no more, it’s here! Young Guru Academy (YGA), a non-profit organization founded in Turkey, cultivates leaders to realize […]
Category: Blind Life
Don’s Snack Attack aims to provide a ‘little bit of lightness’ at the courthouse
8/21/18 Shared by Giovanni Francese, From the Chicago Sun Times August 21, 2018 ByAshlee Rezin @Ashlee_Rezin | email 08/18/2018, 03:53pm Don’s Snack Attack aims to provide a ‘little bit of lightness’ at the courthouse Link to video: https://chicago.suntimes.com/video/don-bell-snack-attack-leighton-criminal-courthouse-working-360/?jwsource=cl The man who runs the concession stand that occupies about 400 square feet in the lobby […]
Game-Changing Technology: A Review of the Horizon Smart Glasses from Aira
7/30/18 Game-Changing Technology: A Review of the Horizon Smart Glasses from Aira; Deborah Kendrick Product Reviews and Guides What do ant hills, printer jams, and new neighbors have in common? They represent moments when Aira agents helped me with an otherwise impossible task or, at the very least, reduced to a mere fraction the time […]
Is Your Micro Market ADA Compliant?
7/3/18 From Vending Market Watch – Is Your Micro Market ADA Compliant? BY EMILY REFERMAT ON MAY 1, 2018 The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) sets standards that allow those with disabilities to patronize business establishments. This includes locations with vending machines, which were named in the “Side Reach” section of the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design, […]
Can dark chocolate improve vision?
5/21/18 Shared by Nicky Gacos, President NABM Can dark chocolate improve vision? Monique Tello, MD, MPH Posted May 03, 2018 It was very fitting: I had just finished a square of 86% cacao dark chocolate when I got the email about yet another study suggesting health benefits of dark chocolate. In addition, I had just returned […]
The Sightless Visionary Who Invented Cruise Control
4/6/18 Shared by SmartBrief By David Sears smithsonian.com March 8, 2018 The Sightless Visionary Who Invented Cruise Control Self-driving cars were far from Ralph Teetor’s mind when he patented his speed control device. In late 2011, Steve Mahan, executive director of California’s Santa Clara Valley Blind Center, who is legally blind, told Google engineers […]
Elimination of the increased standard deduction for blind people.
12/5/17 Shared by John Pare Dear Fellow Federationists: Thank you for all of your calls and emails regarding the elimination of the increased standard deduction for blind people. So, here is where we stand as of today (Wednesday, November 15). The House bill has gone to the House floor and will most likely be voted […]
Goodbye to the Home Button, Hello to Face ID; What Might This Mean for Blind and Low Vision iPhone Users?
10/19/17 Shared by the AppleVis Editorial Team Goodbye to the Home Button, Hello to Face ID; What Might This Mean for Blind and Low Vision iPhone Users? By Serina Gilbert | September 13, 2017 With the announcement of Apple’s brand new iPhone X the blind and vision impaired community has been buzzing about one […]
Arizona BEPB program
8/30/17 Shared by Nicky Gacos, NABM President, and Allen Curry of Arizona Watch this YouTube clip on the Arizona BEPB program. Program gives new life to legally blind business owners – The Business Enterprise Program teaches people who are legally blind to be their own business owners. https://youtu.be/bD8MMRDVLx0
New NLS website launch
7/11/17 Shared by Denise Avant, NFBI President via IL-Talk SUBJECT: New NLS website launch The new NLS website is currently scheduled to go live at the longstanding NLS URL of www.loc.gov/nls this coming Sunday, July 9th. <x-apple-data-detectors://15> There will be no change to the URL for the homepage. Your bookmarks to the longstanding NLS URL for the homepage […]