[Blindtlk] Viewpoints features gadgets for knowing product packaging info, keeping track of medications, etc.

[Pete]

The recent two episodes of Viewpoints features several products to help the
blind know what is on the label of a product as well as some gadgets to keep
track of your medications.  you can hear about "Directions for Me", several
bar code scanners, etc.


ViewPoints 1139 9-28-11 Gadgets for taking charge of your medications
Keeping track of multiple medications to be taken on different schedules can
be challenging at best and even more so if you can't see well enough to
distinguish the containers or read the instructions. Hosts Nancy Goodman
Torpey and Peter Torpey describe several products and techniques for
facilitating this process. MedCenter includes a digital reminder with up to
4 settings a day. There are also wireless bottle caps that send reminders to
your cell phone. You can use PenFriend to create audio labels for containers
yourself. 

ViewPoints 1138 9-21-11 Directions for Me and Bar Code Scanners If you can't
read what's on the package, it's hard to know what's inside it. Hosts Peter
Torpey and Nancy Goodman Torpey discuss several software and hardware
options you can use to identify food, health and beauty products and many
other items. They even provide nutrition data, ingredients, directions and
other useful information. These include a free web-based tool called
Directions for Me and several stand-alone bar-code scanners. 

ViewPoints is a weekly, half hour radio program / podcast that covers a wide
variety of topics of interest to people with low vision.  You can learn more
about the show, find links to the podcasts as well as show archives and show
notes at the URL:
www.ViewPointsPlus.net

You can also visit us on Facebook by going to:
www.facebook.com/viewpointsplus





 The recent two episodes of Viewpoints features several products to help the
blind know what is on the label of a product as well as some gadgets to keep
track of your medications.  you can hear about "Directions for Me", several
bar code scanners, etc.


ViewPoints 1139 9-28-11 Gadgets for taking charge of your medications
Keeping track of multiple medications to be taken on different schedules can
be challenging at best and even more so if you can't see well enough to
distinguish the containers or read the instructions. Hosts Nancy Goodman
Torpey and Peter Torpey describe several products and techniques for
facilitating this process. MedCenter includes a digital reminder with up to
4 settings a day. There are also wireless bottle caps that send reminders to
your cell phone. You can use PenFriend to create audio labels for containers
yourself. 

ViewPoints 1138 9-21-11 Directions for Me and Bar Code Scanners If you can't
read what's on the package, it's hard to know what's inside it. Hosts Peter
Torpey and Nancy Goodman Torpey discuss several software and hardware
options you can use to identify food, health and beauty products and many
other items. They even provide nutrition data, ingredients, directions and
other useful information. These include a free web-based tool called
Directions for Me and several stand-alone bar-code scanners. 

ViewPoints is a weekly, half hour radio program / podcast that covers a wide
variety of topics of interest to people with low vision.  You can learn more
about the show, find links to the podcasts as well as show archives and show
notes at the URL:
www.ViewPointsPlus.net

You can also visit us on Facebook by going to:
www.facebook.com/viewpointsplus