Monday, October 3, 2011

What does legally blind look like

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I use these images as examples in my presentations. Open this link: getting close to legally blind 20/20 20/40 20/70 20/100 definition...

Contest for a Free Computerized Brailler

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Winning a Mountbatten brailler could be one of the greatest gifts for your child. HumanWare 2011 Braille Literacy Scholarship Program Hu...
Sunday, October 2, 2011

Mac and Voice Over

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I have had several students graduate and have someone talked them into going Mac instead of PC with JAWS-- RIGHT before a major life change....

FIND command- Access Information in Books FAST

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The way blind people can find information in books has changed dramatically. Years ago, a blind child would sit in class with the multiple...
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Saturday, October 1, 2011

College made for children with Learning Disabilities

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This is brand new and I do not know anything about it, but intrigues me on the possibilities it may bring. You may also want to check it out...
Friday, September 30, 2011

NVDA-totally Free - Forever Talking Software

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NVDA is an Australian company that was started by a young college blind man, and friend of mine. The young blind man could not afford $1000 ...
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Braille Note Made Easy

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I was talking with a father last night at a conference in another state who was explaining they had just purchased a Fabulous new APEX for t...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Start Young & Take a Multi-Sensory Approach to Teaching

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When your child is a baby, hold and cuddle them often. While you are walking around describe what you are seeing and when they are old enoug...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Windows 7-Speed Up Your Computer

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Has your computer slowed down over time. Here are some quick tricks to improve its speed and performance. Windows 7- Speed up Your Compute...

XP-Speed up Your Computer

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So has your computer slowed down over time? Here are a few things you can do to make marked improvements on the speed and performance of you...
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Low Vision- Enlarge Text and Wrap it to Window for Easy Reading

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If you would like more options on how to see better while working in WORD, this may do the trick for you Low Vision- Enlarge Text and Wrap...

Low Vision - SEE the Internet Better

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Low Vision - SEE the Internet Better Open Internet 1. Hit the command CTRL+ continuously until you get the screen to the size you want—ho...

Microsoft Outlook, with or without JAWS

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Most of these steps will work in Outlook 2003, but will definitely work in 2010, so if you were thinking of upgrading but were unsure how yo...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Education Nation -WHO & WHAT

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There are more than 350 people meeting in New York this week to talk about the education of American children. Our nation's children are...

JAWS, Inserting Symbols & Office 2010

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Office 2003 and 2010 both offer thousands of symbols to insert into documents. However, if you were to go into the symbols option (Alt+I, th...

Install a Free Version of Talking Software

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There are many types of talking software from PC to voice over and Snow Leopard on Mac, but the one I prefer is JAWS talking software, thou...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Learning How to Sew Blind

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A blind person learning how to sew puts a new spin on the term blind stitch. I want all my students to learn to sew but it really is up to t...

Enhance your SIGHT--see more at any distance

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Think of space age technology or "Star Trek" and you describe the JORDY (Joint Optical Reflective Display) The JORDY™ headset, ...

Low Vision- get a LARGE cursor & find it FAST

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Low Vision – Increase the cursor size and add effects so you can find it FAST 1. Turn on Computer 2. Go to the Internet by clicking Find...

Low Vision - simple ZOOM effects in WORD

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Here are some Low Vision tips to see Words in Word better 1. Open Word 2. CTRL+N to open another new document, and ALT+TAB between these ...