[Blindtlk] Looking for accessible book

Tue Jan 13 23:01:21 UTC 2015

HHello,
It is so good that we have nany forums in which our questions can be answered.
My dog has been with me in any medical situation I have encountered since I got him.  He was with me in a rehab facility after a surgery for two weeks.  He was there during Fred's oopen heart surgery, that is in the waiting room during the surgery, but right in the cardiac intensive care room.
Mary and Filix

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 13, 2015, at 4:06 PM, "Hyde, David W. \(ESC\) via blindtlk" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> National Braille Press frequently has its titles available for download, and they can be presented in braille or print.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka Short via blindtlk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 1:51 PM
> To: Chris Nusbaum
> Cc: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Looking for accessible book
> 
> Thank you very much. I think someone mentioned national braille press but not a specific title. I am looking for a large print version if possible. I am not a braille reader.is it on book share or
> 
> Ericka
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jan 13, 2015, at 6:33 AM, Chris Nusbaum <cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Perhaps this has already been suggested, but "Getting Started with the 
>> iPhone" from National Braille Press is a wonderful guide for new blind 
>> iPhone users. I'm not sure of the price, but it's available both in 
>> hardcopy Braille and electron format (BRF, I believe.)
>> 
>> Chris Nusbaum
>> 
>>> On Jan 13, 2015, at 4:51 AM, Ericka Short via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Do have editing questions. Please contact me off-line.
>>> 
>>> Ericka
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 5:16 PM, Kendra Schafer <redwing731 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Get VIA from the App Store. It's an awesome app that lists different 
>>>> apps for blind people as well as people with blindness and other 
>>>> disabilities. Sorry!!! I can't help out with the book. I learned how 
>>>> to use an iPhone through training that the Oregon Commission for the 
>>>> Blind gave me. Luckly, I devices that are flat screen are uniform. 
>>>> If you learn how to use an iPhone on an iPhone 5s, then you'll know 
>>>> how to use an iPhone 6. I started on an iPhone 4s and it was my 
>>>> phone until last fall, shortly after IOS 8 came out. I switched to 
>>>> an iPhone 5 because with the latest update of the day, I could not 
>>>> use my old iPhone nearly the same any more. My iPhone 5 is my phone 
>>>> and my old iPhone 4s that I started with is now a small slow iPad or 
>>>> a slow but fancy iPod touch. I watched the last football game of the 
>>>> Ravens on my iPhone 4s and texted a friend who is also another 
>>>> Ravens fan updates on my iPhone 5. Since I don't have an iPod or an 
>>>> iPad, this is one way to make the most of an old din
> s sore I device. Both have the latest updates. 
>>>> Kendra
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 12, 2015, at 12:20 PM, Ericka Short via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> 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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