Vision Australia Equipment Solutions News – Edition 5 - March 2012 Hello again everyone, We are back and raring to go again with Christmas seeming to be such a long, long time ago. Words of wisdom.We thought we’d start a new section in our ES news. With each issue we will have some simple words of wisdom to help you through the day. They will feature towards the end of each Equipment Solutions news so read through and we hope you enjoy them. Please note that each product or section starts with ** (star star), so that it is easy to jump to the next product or article. ** New products available nowThe Equipment Solutions team has been beavering away reviewing a heap of new products. The newest addition to the range are handy cane holders. Read below for more information. ** Bevria Magnetic Cane Holder Clips for mobility and support canesCode: ES4422 & ES4423 Price: $15People with support and mobility canes often need the use of both of their hands when getting around and are annoyed by often dropping their canes to the ground. These magnetic clips by Bevria are clipped on to the cane when required and then can be attached to any part of your clothing using a magnetic clasp design, so that both hands are free for use but still keeping the cane within easy reach. When you are ready, the cane is easily to pick up in your hand again. ** New products coming soonFasten your seatbelts! These exciting products are not yet available but give us a call towards the end of April and we can let you know when they are in. ** Daylight Foldi rechargeable LED lampPrice: $150With a nifty fold up design this desk lamp is portable and rechargeable. The lamp head with 30 LED globes folds out and this action switches on the lights. Folding the head back in switches it off. Features an easy carry handle. Powered by 3xAA batteries that are recharged via USB cable. ** i-loview handheld video magnifierPrice: $650Designed by Samsung engineers, this has fantastic image clarity for a handheld electronic magnifier. It also has a very neat zoom feature. You take a snapshot of some small print, like the labelling on a product, and then zoom in to magnify the print. You then use the joy stick control to pan across the image to read. The i-loview can also connect to a larger TV screen if you wish. **Other product news**Prices go down for the talking tape measure:Code: ES7600 Price: $99.For all you handy people out there.Features: 5 metre (16ft) talking builder's tape measure that announces measurements to the nearest millimetre (1/16"). Clear English male voice. Measurements can be added to memory to enable total measurements up to 999.99m. Readings can be taken in feet/inches, metres, centimetres or millimetres and can be converted at the touch of a button. Powered by a 9 volt battery. ** General InfoAccessible apps for Apple devicesWe have gathered information from a heap of users of iPhones and iPads to put together a list of accessible apps. You can find it out this page of the Vision Australia website:http://www.visionaustralia.org/info.aspx?page=2572 And don’t forget our online shop for other goodies at www.visionaustralia.org/shop or call us on 1300 84 74 66. This issue’s words of wisdom.Always remember you're unique.Just like everyone else. Until next time.The Vision Australia Equipment Solutions team.