[Blindtlk] Looking for accessible book

Mon Jan 12 22:21:51 UTC 2015

Afternoon, Ericka,

         Rather than learn the opperating system of my Androidd, I 
just go into the Verizon store where the staff will do what I need 
I.E. send text messages, in-put a contact etcc. this way you need not 
bother others or learn your phone if such is your priority.
Hopefully, your provider has a store that is convenient relative to 
where you live.
CarAt 12:20 PM 1/12/2015, Ericka Short via blindtlk wrote:
>I am sure the book I am looking for is on book share. I am looking 
>for a iPhone for dummies guide for the visually impaired. I have an 
>iPhone 5s and can minimally work the sling. Want to get the best 
>bang for the buck. Anyone help? I know there's a book about 
>voiceover. Is there one that explains the most popular apps like one 
>drive and others? Smart phones are a new world to me. I have helpers 
>but one can only be annoying so long. Others hell lives too :-)
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Ericka
>Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 12, 2015, at 9:33 AM, Peter Donahue via blindtlk 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Good morning everyone,
> >
> >   I can't say much more than what others have said. All of my 
> dental visits with my guide dogs have been trouble-free. In 2012 I 
> needed to have 5 teeth extracted requiring conscious sedation. 
> Because I would be anesthetized for the procedure the dentist 
> requested that someone accompany me for this visit. This is 
> standard procedure for any patient undergoing a procedure requiring 
> anesthetization so it's not a blindness thing. Since I would not be 
> in a position to manage Johnny during the procedure I asked Mary to 
> stay with him until I woke up and was able to manage him myself. We 
> took cabs too and from the dentist's office again something highly 
> recommended for patients requiring anesthesia for their procedure. 
> This was the only dental visit when I needed to arranged to have 
> Johnny supervised while my teeth were being extracted.
> >
> >   I had a single tooth extraction in 2008. For this procedure the 
> dentist used novocane and I was fully conscious for the procedure. 
> Johnny remained with me during the procedure and all went well. 
> Hope this helps.
> >
> > Peter Donahue
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry Gomes via blindtlk" 
> <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > To: "'Christopher-Mark Gilland'" <clgilland07 at gmail.com>; "'Blind 
> Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 8:10 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Guide dogs and the Dentist
> >
> >
> >> I haven't had a problem so far with my current dentist. The room is big
> >> enough for her to lie near the chair, and the dentist and the 
> assistant have
> >> encouraged it. If that changed, I'd leave her home. I don't want 
> her to get
> >> stepped on or to be in the way and cause problems by being in the way.
> >>
> >> Sherry
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> >> Christopher-Mark Gilland via blindtlk
> >> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 6:59 AM
> >> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> >> Subject: [Blindtlk] Guide dogs and the Dentist
> >>
> >> Guys,
> >>
> >> This may seem like a somewhat off-the-wall question, but I got to thinking
> >> this morning...  Tomorrow, I have a dental appointment.  Now, I 
> myself am a
> >> cane user, and don't have a dog.  Never have.  I'd love to get one one of
> >> these days, but that's another topic entirely.  LOL!  Anyway, as 
> most of you
> >>
> >> probably know, a dentist office in general would be fine for a service
> >> animal, like a guide dog, but once they call you back for your 
> appointment,
> >> most of you probably know that for one thing, those rooms are pretty small
> >> as is.  Now, of corse, if you're at a place like I was as a kid 
> where there
> >> is no privacy, and you're out in the bare butt openning with all other
> >> children, then that's another story, but again, that's a topic for another
> >> day.  But generally speaking, most of the time, 95 percent the time, those
> >> rooms are going to be not only quite little, but quite narrow as well.
> >> Then, you put the dental chair in there, plus the cart with the 
> tray of tool
> >>
> >> instruments, plus usually a desk with a computer, then you take 
> the dentist
> >> and his/her assistant dental
> >> hygienist, it's going to get super super crouded!  This said, you can't
> >> exactly put the dog under the chair, as for one, the chair moves, which if
> >> not careful could hurt the dog, 2, if you're getting novicayne, and are
> >> anything like me, you're gonna yelp pretty loud when they stick 
> ya, which of
> >>
> >> corse would alarm the dog... Good? Fido, nice? Fido... LOL!  Just kidding.
> >> But seriously, my point being, where the heck do you all  stash 
> the dog when
> >>
> >> in the back room?  OK, if it was a regular family physician appointment,
> >> then yeah, ok, that wouldn't be an issue.  Just lie the dog down 
> out of your
> >>
> >> way and the doctor's way, as most examining rooms are big enough 
> to do that,
> >>
> >> but not so much a dentistry room.  Do you all just leave the dog 
> out in the
> >> waiting room?  Surely, if you're going by yourself, you don't do that. Uh,
> >> skeuze me, sir?  uh, like, I'm blind and am going back in the 
> back, will you
> >>
> >> watch ma dog?  Um... Yeah... me thinks not.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> So, what do you all normally do?  I know there are certain times you just
> >> can't! take the dog, much as you'd probably like to.  Is this one of those
> >> times?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Chris.
> >>
> >>
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