From MasterChef to Cookbook Author

May 14, 2013

You may recall reading about Christine Ha here on the blog – she was the very first legally blind contestant on the reality show MasterChef – not only that, but she won the whole thing! Since winning the show back in September, Christine has been hard at work creating her very own cookbook – Recipes [...]

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Running Blind

May 10, 2013

When I was in high school, I ran track – looking back, I’m not entirely sure why as I really do not enjoy running (at all).  Nevertheless, I endured two years of track – those grueling practices, shin splints from the hurdles…until I switched over to tennis, which I must say I enjoyed much more. [...]

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Creating a Functional Low Vision Kitchen

May 8, 2013

Before vacationing in Disney in mid-April, I had a lot on my plate.  Besides being swamped with tax preparation, I was also in the midst of a kitchen renovation.  Key decisions were needed before leaving so that work could begin while my daughter and I were away.  This way, we would miss the bulk of [...]

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ZoomText ImageReader Tips & Tricks – Document Export Options

May 2, 2013

So you’ve got ZoomText ImageReader up and running. You’ve been getting some really excellent OCR results, and you want to be able to email that Sports Illustrated article about the NFL draft to your friend. Luckily, ImageReader gives you a number of different document formats you can export to.  PDF and Word retain the actual [...]

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Sewing Without Seeing

April 30, 2013

I like the idea of sewing but even when I had perfect vision, after each and every project, I would swear to myself that I would never sew again.  For those of you who still enjoy the battle but struggle with threading those pesky needles, here is a link with some great low vision sewing [...]

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Using Disney’s Handheld Device for Audio Description

April 26, 2013

In my recent blog post about my upcoming Disney vacation, I received some advice in the comments that really clung with me throughout my Disney experience:  “just let the kid inside of you out – nobody knows you and will remember you.”  Thank you.  It didn’t take long for me to incorporate this philosophy. But [...]

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Visually Impaired Pro Dance on DWTS

April 23, 2013

I must admit, I do not watch Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) – not because it doesn’t look like an interesting show, but I just can’t add ANOTHER one into my repertoire   Plus, I did take a ballroom dancing class in college which ended in a concussion so maybe ballroom dancing and I just [...]

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New ZoomText Workshops

April 19, 2013

We recently added even more in-person training sessions into our schedule!  If you are a teacher that needs to know how to use the latest screen magnification technology, an IT professional that assists low-vision clients, a student or current ZoomText customer who is looking to know how to get the most out of ZoomText, then [...]

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Check out the ZoomText ImageReader Webinar

April 12, 2013

As you have probably heard, we recently released ZoomText ImageReader, a companion product to ZoomText that makes printed text accessible. Put an item (book, magazine, document, etc.) underneath the included document camera, snap a picture, and a few seconds later the text appears in large, high-contrast fonts and is read aloud in natural-sounding voices. The [...]

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Free iOS Apps for the Visually Impaired

April 9, 2013

I went to a terrific presentation at the CSUN conference entitled 25 Free Apps for Low Vision – not all of the apps discussed were specifically designed for the visually impaired, but they are all helpful in their own ways.  Some are for independent living, some are for accessing news, some are just interesting.  I [...]

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