[accesscomp] Fw: Dan's tip for January 16, (Resource List for Parents of Blind Children)

From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:15:16 -0800
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Subject: Dan's tip for January 16, (Resource List for Parents of Blind Children)


Resource List for Parents of Blind Children

American Printinghouse for the Blind 2013

Submitted by Rita

 

 

General info and organizations

Wonder Baby http://www.wonderbaby.org/  

 

Fred's Head http://aph.org/fh/index.html 

 

National Federation of the Blind http://nfb.org/ 

 

American Council of the Blind http://acb.org/ 

 

Hadley School for the Blind http://www.hadley.edu/ 

 

Learning Braille

Hadley School Free Braille Courses http://www.hadley.edu/braillecourses.asp 

 

Braille Bug (teaching basic braille to kids) http://www.braillebug.org/ 

 

Braille Transcriber's Course http://nfb.org/braille-certification 

 

Online lessons in braille transcribing 

http://www.brl.org/transcribers/index.html 

 

Buying a cane

Ambutech http://www.ambutech.com/ 

 

NFB Free White Cane http://nfb.org/free-cane-program 

 

Parents Teaching Cane Travel

The Care and Feeding of the Long White Cane 

http://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/fr/fr15/issue1/f1501tc2.html

Early Explorers Program http://nfb.org/earlyexplorersprogram 

 

Gadgets, Gear and Games

Maxi Aids Vision Store http://www.maxiaids.com/store/ProdIndex.asp?idstore=1 

 

Independent Living http://www.independentliving.com/ 

 

Braille Bookstore http://www.braillebookstore.com/ 

 

Blind Mice Mart https://www.blindmicemegamall.com/bmm/shop/Home 

 

Perkins Brailler http://www.perkins.org/store/braillers/ 

 

Mountbatten Brailler http://mountbattenbrailler.com/ 

 

Braille, eBooks and Audio Books

Seedlings Braille http://www.seedlings.org/ 

 

Bookshare https://www.bookshare.org/ 

 

Learning Ally http://www.learningally.org/ 

 

RoboBraille (converting documents) http://robobraille.org/frontpage 

 

Lutheran Braille Workers (free religious books) http://www.lbwinc.org/ 

 

American Printing House http://www.aph.org/ 

 

Other Sources of Children's Braille Books 

http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?FolderID=2&SectionID=6&DocumentID=1249 

 

Audible http://www.audible.com/ 

 

Talking Books http://www.loc.gov/nls/tbt/index.html 

 

LibriVox http://librivox.org/ 

 

Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ 

 

Toys Blind Kids Like

List of toys for disabled children 

http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?SectionID=82 

 

National Organization of Parents of Blind Children list of toys 

http://nfb.org/nopbc-good-toys-blind-kids 

 

How Does a Blind Child Play? http://www.blindchildren.org/edu_dev/3_2_2.html 

 

Videos on Blindness Skills

Washington State School for the Blind http://www.youtube.com/user/WAStSchBlnd 

 

Finding Used Gear

Blind Bargains http://www.blindbargains.com/ 

 

Recycled Aids for the Visually Impaired 

http://www.facebook.com/groups/184351638314293/ 

 

Also try eBay or Craigslist.

 

Software and Technology

Kurzweil Text-to-Speech http://www.kurzweiledu.com/default.html 

 

NVDA (free screen reader) http://www.nvda-project.org/ 

 

JAWS (most common screen reader) 

http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/fs/jaws- product-page.asp 

 

Using VoiceOver on Apple Products 

http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/ 

 

Braille Software http://duxburysystems.com/ 

 

Funding Sources

Lion's Club http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/our-work/sight-programs/assistance-

requests.php 

 

State Schools and Commissions for the Blind 

http://sdsbvi.northern.edu/wwwresources/list.htm 

 

Grants and Scholarships for Blind Children 

http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?Documentid=1845

 

 

Computers for the Blind

Here is your chance to have a powerful computer with software allowing blind 
and visually challenged persons to be able to join family and friends, doing 
what they are doing.

Each computer comes complete with monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and all 
associated cables. It also comes with preloaded software. Software includes: 

Open Office for word processing/book keeping, NVDA screen reader, demo version 
of Window-Eyes (will function for 30 minutes before computer restart), and 60 
day demo version of ZoomText. For a donation of only $100, the Texas Center for 
the Visually Challenged will send your newly refurbished computer right to your 
door. As of this morning, they have sent over 4,100 computers to visually 
impaired individuals. Computers can only be shipped to the United States or 

Canada.

Call Lee Mann at 214 340 6328 for full information. Please pass this 

information on to other people who may need an inexpensive, fully accessible 
computer.

 

Horizons for the Blind, a Crystal Lake, Ill based not-for-profit organization, 

announces the launch of directionsformeTM (directionsforme.org), an exciting 

new Internet based service that makes consumer packaging information available 

in an accessible online format for people who are blind, visually impaired or 

simply have trouble reading the increasingly small print on packages or 

labels.

There are limited resources, if any, for visually impaired consumers to access 

this information. Many websites are not designed to be fully or even partly 

accessible for text-to-speech screen readers, Braille output devices, screen 

magnifiers and web-enabled cell phones.

This important information is often ignored because of the difficulty in 

seeing it. Some of this information is of a convenient nature but drug 

interaction and allergy warnings could be life threatening. Gaining 

comprehensive access will foster self sufficiency and allow consumers to lead 

more healthy and independent lives.

directionsforMeTM was designed specifically for the blind and visually 

impaired consumer and employs innovative methods to simplify the user 

experience. 

Skip to Main Content: Allows you to bypass repetitive information contained on 

each web page.

Subject Headings: Lets you go directly to the information you want without 

wading through content you do not.

Formatting: After consulting and testing with actual users, information on the 

directions site is set up in the most efficient and understandable way 

possible.

The Directions website will address a glaring disconnect between consumer 

product manufacturers and this underserved population.

The easy-to-use format makes directionsforMeTM appealing to a wide range of 

consumers. With the amount of information on consumer products increasing 

dramatically and the print size decreasing just as significantly, many 

consumers, particularly the growing senior population, are having trouble 

reading the information on packages and labels.

Through a licensing agreement with Gladson, Directions features over 300,000 

products in food, health and beauty and general merchandise categories. It 

provides consumers a consistent, one-stop source for preparation directions, 

nutrition facts, ingredients, allergy/drug interaction warnings and more.
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