The InstaCart App is a Grocery service app that may be available to you and you can order groceries and have them delivered right to your door. The accessible app lets you choose from stores in your zip code and lets you choose the items you want and then just place your order. A qualified shopper will seek out the grocery list and deliver them to your door! You can even be in contact with the shopper as they shop. Just in case the item you...
The Free Braigo App in the App Store not only does quality OCR, the Brig App does some very interesting Object recognition, too. Jeff Thompson gives a quick demo of this new OCR app which actually does quite a good job reading the text and the accessibility is sweet. It would be nice to be able to open the created text in another app or copy the text to a word processing app but that doesn’t seem to be happening. You can save the photos here...
Blind Abilities Presents: Senior Services for the Blind and the Silver Tsunami Senior Services for the Blind is available from your State Services. Paul mattsen, a counselor in the Senior Services Unit talks to us about what they offer and what the future looks like as the Baby Boomer’s Silver Tsunami approaches. With the vast number of seniors and the inevitable increase of people seeking blind services, state agencies are looking for ways to...
Cheryl responds to a question about how to do laundry from a blindness perspective. A few other community members toss in their own tips as Cheryl gives us a comprehensive overview of tackling laundry and the trappings and logistics on a campus, apartment and at home. Sorting colors from whites, soap choices from gel packs to liquid and dry detergents. Cheryl covers this and there are a lot of good tips in this cast for you to pick and choose...
Just Freeze It! By Lucie We often get frustrated when seeking out information online that is presented in an image format. I was seeking some information about freezer times and products that freeze well for the independent living skills portion of Blind Abilities. I came across this wonderful website called; www.thelabelsgroup.com and they had an image with the desired information. I found their contact us link and stated my need and who it...
Blind Abilities Presents an interview with Leonard Olijar, Director, Bureau Of Engraving & Printing, an agency of the U.S. Treasury Department responsible for the printing and safeguarding of the United States currency. Mr. Olijar talks about the Currency Reader Program featuring the iBill Money Reader, the EyeNote and IDEAL Money Reader smart phones apps available free in the App Store and Google Play Store respectively. He also offers an...
The Bespecular App just hit the App Store and we are excited for you to give it a try. We have been Beta testing the Bespecular App and now you can find out for yourself how well the team has put together this app for the Blind to use their camera and find out the info through a team of sighted volunteers describing the images you captured. Go to the App Store and download Bespecular today! Thank you for listening! You can follow us on Twitter...
Lori Thompson returns to the Kitchen and gives a demonstration on how she organizes her canned goods, contacts, phone numbers and more by using a inexpensive device made by #Caliber. this accordion like case holds and indexes the PermaBraille index cards that she has Brailled her information upon. You can get the PermaBraille 3x5 index cards from the American Printing House web site by clicking here. You can find Expandable accordion style index...
Household Jobs Down and Dirty: Bathing the Bathroom In this episode Lori Thompson goes through the process that she uses to clean some of the fixtures in the bathroom. Follow along as Lori cleans the Tub and Shower area using quality products and proven techniques. Check out more podcasts from the Household category and enhance your household maintaining skills. Thank you for listening! You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at...
Cheryl, @MoeLucie, brings us some tips and tricks for the Dishwasher. Yes, even the dishwasher has to be taken care of to ensure the best opportunity for your dishes to come out sparkling clean. In this brief podcast Cheryl brings us tips that her Uncle, a dishwasher technician, has told and instructed her as well as her extended family. Be sure to check out the entire Household category to ensure you have all the skills needed to maintain a...