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<DIV>Hi Mary Ann,</DIV>
<DIV>It is actually called a Pen Friend, I always mix it up. It looks like
a microphone. It comes with recordable stickers. You can put the stickers on
almost anything, except fabric. There are several buttons on the “pen” , one
allows you to record your voice onto the sticker by holding the button down,
touching the sticker with the point of the “pen” and talking into the microphone
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<DIV>I use rubber bands with pieces of cardboard taped to it and put the sticker
on the cardboard so I can reuse the stickers.I also put them on my spice bottles
(On the lid so when I get a new bottle, I just switch lids to reuse the sticker)
so I can find what I need when cooking.</DIV>
<DIV>I work at the Hartford Artisan’s Weaving Center and use the rubber bands on
the spools and bobbins to help me identify colors.</DIV>
<DIV>I don’t know how much it costs, but it has made life much easier for me.
Since I reuse the stickers, the cost is low once you have the pen.</DIV>
<DIV>I recently found a phone app called “SeeingAI”. It is free for now and it
is very, very helpful. It can read documents by taking a picture of it. The app
helps you center the document so it gets the whole thing. It can also help you
with products by the bar code. If you move your phone camera lens around the
product and it starts to “see” the bar code, it beeps faster and faster until it
“sees” the whole code. Then it takes a picture(by itself) and tells you what the
product is and other information. I find this app helpful in cooking.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>I hope I explained these clearly without
rambling. If you have any other questions, I would be more than happy to answer
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Joanna</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>What is a 'friend pen', as you mentioned in your suggestions,
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Arial>On Wednesday, September 27, 2017 11:41 PM,
Justin Salisbury via CT-NFB <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hi Deb,<BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I'm glad to hear that you are exploring the possibilities enabled
by nonvisual techniques. These will generally be more dependable once you
practice them. Anything you learn nonvisually is still useful while you have
some residual vision, and the research and collective experience of Blind people
indicate that sleepshade training can get you the best results. <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>I think, if you want to narrow down what kinds of things you want
to focus on after looking at general things like cane travel and Braille, it
might be best to start with the areas where you are finding yourself struggling.
It's hard for many of us to just churn out a list of things to learn, but if you
give us certain activities that matter to you, we could probably help even
more.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Aloha!<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Legislative Committee Chair<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Honolulu Chapter<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Email: <A href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu"
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<DIV dir=ltr>LinkedIn: <A href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury"
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<DIV dir=ltr><BR> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a
fire.” <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>William Butler Yeats<BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] Question<BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>i have low vision{ still can see , middle vision blurry}, but i
thought that the ideas sent to you were great. even though I can see some,
still have difficulty with seeing things. thanks to all who send in suggestions.
thanks to Joanna, her tips are great, use all of them. i just got stick on
lights in my cabinets. helps really good{ if you still have some
sight}.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Eileen Torow<BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 11:46 AM, jobo15--- via CT-NFB
wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>> Hi Deb,<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> I have RP so I lost my vision slowly. Here are a few things I
did <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> while I had some usable vision left :<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> 1. Got a cane as soon as I could. It helped me "see" more than
I <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> really did.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> 2. Streamlined my wardrobe: Black, Navy, gray and denim for
skirts and <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> pants. Got tops that I could use with any of the bottoms.
Also, I <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> can't do braille (I'm told I am a scrubber, can't pick up dot
3 and 6) <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> So I use safety pins in different combos to tell me
colors.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> 3. I streamlined the cleaning products in my house. Each
product is in <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> a totally different type of container that I can pretty much
touch the <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> container and know what it is.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> 4. Got a "friend pen" to label my spices. I also found a new
app <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> called SeeingAI which is free for now. It can find the bar
code on <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> products and tell me what it is and any cooking directions. It
also <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> reads documents and short text easily.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> 5. I found the biggest help was to DE clutter while I could (I
wasn't <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> as good as I should have been with this). Organize as much as
you can, <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> it will keep you from being frustrated with not seeing like
you did <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> before.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> 6.When people offer to help, take them up on it. If you keep
saying <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> no, they will stop offering and we all need help
sometimes.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> 7. This is the most important! Be kind to yourself. Find
something <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> that you can do alone that gives you peace.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> I had the hardest time giving up the last of my vision. It got
to the <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> point that trying to see took up so much energy that I had no
energy <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> left to do things. I gave up trying to see and decided to
"Walk by <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> faith, not by sight".<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> I hope this helps.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> Good Luck and God Bless.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> Joanna<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> -----Original Message----- From: Deb Reed via CT-NFB<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2017 5:59 PM<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> To: <A href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org"
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<DIV dir=ltr>> Cc: Deb Reed<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> Subject: [Ct-nfb] Question<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> Hi Everyone,<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> I still have some usable vision, but have recently lost some.
What <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> things that you use as a blind person, would be advantageous
for me to <BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> learn while I still have some vision? Thanks.<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> Deb Reed, President<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> National Federation Of The Blind<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> Central CT Chapter<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> Phone - 860-973-3679<BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>> Email - <A href="mailto:deb.reed57@gmail.com"
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