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- From: Nimer <nimerjaber1@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:38:07 -0600
Look at the third or fourth article about educational software.
"every time I say something they find hard to hear
they chalk it up to my anger
and never to their own fear"
Ani Difranco: I'm Not A Pretty Girl 1995
Nimer M. Jaber
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Subject: Fred's Head Companion - American Printing House for the Blind
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:13:14 +0000
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Low Vision Aids from Ocutech
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Posted: 19 Mar 2009 11:09 AM PDT
Low vision impacts almost everything a visually impaired person does.
Seeing family from across the room, recognizing friends from a distance,
seeing signs and packages in the grocery store, watching TV from a
comfortable distance, and seeing the beauty in the world around you are
all undermined from visual impairments such as macular degeneration.
We're sure you can add many additional visual activities that you miss
because of low vision.
You shouldn't let macular degeneration or other visual impairments leave
you sitting around, isolated and depressed. Ocutech's bioptic telescopes
may help you to regain your visual connection to the world around you.
Ocutech, Inc., founded in 1984, is a developer of innovative hi-quality
bioptic telescopes for the visually impaired. With grant support from
the National Eye Institute (NIH) and the Ontario (Canada) Ministry of
Health, Ocutech bioptic systems have been carefully developed and
studied and have been preferred 3 to1 in independent clinical
trials.^DNB Ocutech VES-bioptic telescopes are used by thousands of
visually impaired individuals throughout the world.
The original Ocutech bioptic telescope, called the VES, was invented by
Ocutech's president, Russ Pekar, Ph.D., who is himself visually
impaired. Dr. Pekar knows personally the needs and challenges faced
daily by the visually impaired, and he is devoted to creating low vision
aids that are effective, easy to use, attractive and comfortable to wear.
In 1996, Ocutech received worldwide attention when it created the first
and only autofocusing bioptic telescope called the VES- AutoFocus. The
development project took over 6 years and almost $1 million to complete.
Now, thousands throughout the world wear the VES- AutoFocus and
experience the closest to normal magnified vision possible from a low
vision aid. Individuals who had never been successful with bioptic
telescopes gained new-found freedom with the VES- AutoFocus.
Products include:
* VES-AutoFocus Telescope System
* VES-II, available in 3x, 4x, and 6x.
* VES-Mini that allows binocular magnification
* Image Minifier and Field Viewer developed for retinitis pigmentosa
and other field constricting disorders.
Ocutech
109 Conner Dr, Ste 2105
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Toll Free: 800-326-6460
Phone: 919-967-6460
Fax: 919-967-8146
Email: Info@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Info@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Visit Ocutech's website to learn how bioptic telescopes can help
individuals with macular degeneration or other visual impairments
accomplish things they thought they would never do again:
http://www.ocutech.com <http://www.ocutech.com>.
Three Books about Blindness & Related Topics
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Posted: 19 Mar 2009 10:29 AM PDT
While looking through The Braille Forum
<http://www.acb.org/magazine/2008/bf022008-13.html> from the American
Council of the Blind <http://www.acb.org>, I found the following three
books and wanted to share them with you.
Words in My Hands
Diane Chambers has a degree in therapeutic recreation and is a sign
language interpreter. She has also written, /Words in My Hands: A
Teacher, A Deaf-Blind Man, An Unforgettable Journey/. This is a true
story about Bert Riedel, an elderly deaf-blind man who played classical
piano. Before he lost his sight and hearing to Usher syndrome, he was a
dentist in Lombard, Ill. Diane met Bert when he was 86 years old and
taught him how to read tactile sign language.
While the story illustrates psychosocial factors that complicate the
disabilities of deafness and deaf-blindness, it carries an inspirational
message as well. It shows that miracles can happen where there are
dedicated professionals and caregivers.
For more information about the book, visit www.ellexapress.citymax.com
<http://www.ellexapress.citymax.com> or contact Diane Chambers at
303-591-1040.
As I See It
/As I See It/ by Robert Theodore Branco is a collaboration of events and
facts presented by a blind adult. It discusses a wide variety of topics
relating to blindness, including discrimination, myths, adaptive
technology, training, legislation, etc. The book's ISBN is 9781434323521
and is available through http://www.authorhouse.com.
Dealing with Vision Loss
Blind since birth, Fred Olver has devoted his life to demolishing
stereotypes and breaking down barriers, and as a rehabilitation teacher,
he has taught others facing vision loss to do the same. Now Olver
presents a comprehensive guide for anyone directly or indirectly
affected by vision loss in his book, /Dealing With Vision Loss/
(published by AuthorHouse).
Olver offers answers and hope for individuals losing their vision, their
family members, parents of visually impaired children, those who
interact with the visually impaired on a regular basis and people
interested in pursuing a degree to work with the visually impaired.
/Dealing with Vision Loss/ is also a vast resource of practical
information, explaining how to find everything from talking watches to
braille playing cards to magnifiers.
For more information, go to www.dealingwithvisionloss.com
<http://www.dealingwithvisionloss.com>, or contact Fred Olver at
314-226-9699.
Braille Writer Repair
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Posted: 19 Mar 2009 08:13 AM PDT
Braillerman
Alan Ackley has been repairing Perkins Braillers for more than twenty
years. He learned about braille and braillers in his spare time from his
day job at the Iowa Commission for the Blind (ICB), where he worked
first in the accounting department and now works in the library. After
experimenting on his own with a "guinea pig" brailler provided by the
ICB, "Braillerman" received factory training in Brailler repair and
reconditioning and has worked on over 2000 Braillers for people and
institutions all over the United States and Canada.
Ackley Appliance Service
4301 Park Avenue #540
Des Moines, IA 50321
Phone: 515-288-3931
Email: aackley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:aackley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Web: http://www.braillerman.com
The Selective Doctor
Bring your brailler back to life! The Selective Doctor, Inc.,
specializes in the repair of Perkins braillers. You can send your
brailler to:
The Selective Doctor, Inc.
P.O. Box 28432
Baltimore, MD 21234
Free matter shipping is accepted. Please insure your brailler. The
company will include the cost of return postal insurance to your
invoice. For more information, call 410-668-1143 or Click this link to
email braillerrepair@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:braillerrepair@xxxxxxxxx>. You
may also visit the website http://www.selectivedoctor.com
<http://www.selectivedoctor.com>.
Educational Software for the Blind
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Posted: 19 Mar 2009 07:10 AM PDT
Hugh Haggerty operates a website that offers a variety of educational
software and games. Many are specifically designed for people who are
blind or losing vision. One such program helps you learn braille using a
standard computer with adapted keys.
HAGGERTY ASSOCIATES was founded in 1981 in Cranbury, New Jersey.
Original software designs included educational programs for Secondary
Schools. As time went on, the company branched out into accounting
software for Credit Unions, and eventually into hosting and designing
websites for small business and organizations.
"Today, our main focus is educational software. This software includes
Mathematical software, Physics, Biology, Science, and testing and
instructional software. Some of our software is FREE."
Click this link to visit http://www.hahaggerty.com
<http://www.hahaggerty.com>.
Tweet from JAWS
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Posted: 19 Mar 2009 06:19 AM PDT
Are you on Twitter? Isn't it amazing how popular this micro-blogging
site has become? Now Twitter can be even easier to use with scripts for
JAWS that allow you to tweet from anywhere in Windows.
Jawter, in essence, can turn your screen reader into a Twitter client.
You can read tweets from the people you follow, write a tweet to your
own Twitter page, reply to someone's tweet and activate any link they
might send. Blind Cool Tech has a podcast you can listen to in order to
learn more about Jawter, click this link to download
<http://media.libsyn.com/media/bct/bct1319Jawter.mp3>.
Click this link to download the Jawter scripts for JAWS from
RandyLapTop.com <http://randylaptop.com/2009/02/08/jawter-2>.
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