Hello again. I just sent Lin a snapshot of my new, flip light from Ott Lite. It is tiny, palm of my hand tiny. It takes three AA batteries and has a clip on the back so you can hang it up for hands-free use. It can also lie flat on the table.
I just got batteries into it this morning so I cannot tell you much more about it. It is cute. Actual functionality? No real clue at this point. I will take it along with me when we travel and see if it has a good use.
Keep it in my purse with some of the 10,000 other things I have acquired since I became visually impaired….Do airlines give the visually impaired a greater weight allowance because of all our STUFF? They should.
At least a lot of the assistive stuff I have is assistive technology and does not add any weight. My vision rehabilitation therapist (VRT) had been messing around trying to get my last ‘present’ downloaded. It was a chore and she was not exactly successful.
I gave up on it and just purchased it myself. It was $10. When I cannot afford $10 you folks will know. The website will suddenly be asking for donations?! Just kiddin’.
So what was this she was trying so hard to get for me? It is an app called Digit-Eyes. If you want to look at it for yourself do a general search and the App Store will pop up with it. Do a search in the App Store and it will tell you they don’t have it. Go figure. Technology is weird.
According to the ad, Digit-Eyes allows those who are visually impaired to identify objects by reading their UPC (Universal Product Code) and EAN (European Article Number) codes. You can ‘often’ also hear product ingredients and preparation instructions. Digit-Eyes also must be European because it speaks 10 languages! (Americans are not stupid, no matter what has been suggested to me. The reason I don’t speak fluent French is because the closest community of native speakers is five hours away! Zero practice opportunities. Really.)
Digit-Eyes is supposed to allow you to print audio labels. You’ve packed away grandma’s china? Record “grandma’s china” on Digit-Eyes, print an audio label and stick it on the box. Next time you are rummaging in the attic, use your Digit-Eyes app to read the label to you.
Now, according to my VRT, those boxy, scanny things that are appearing in magazines and such are actually audio labels and this app can read them to you. I don’t have a lot of interest in hearing product information from a magazine, but what my VRT told me was attractions are now posting audio labels! Use Digit-Eyes to read audio labels at the zoo and learn all about the animals. You don’t have to struggle with the signs any more! Too cool.
Back to the CYA stuff: I am not recommending this stuff. Purchase at your own risk but if you do purchase anything we would love to hear a product review.
Which reminds me: I have been ‘graduated’ from BVS services. I no longer have experts feeding me ideas. Please, please, PLEEEEZE start feeding us and everyone else your ideas. We are in this together. Help one another.