[NFBMO] Question on additional independent living training as a full-time working blind adult

[GeneCoulter at Charter.net]

For reading mail if you have an iPhone an free app called Seeing AI
works very well  for going through mail and also reads bar codes on
products. Of course, there is the KNFB reader on the iPhone as well but
there is a cost for it.

Gene Coulter



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From: NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ali via NFBMO
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 12:58 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Ali <aliherky at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBMO] Question on additional independent living training
as afull-time working blind adult

Hi Mike,
I have heard great things about the mobility services at the Society for
the Blind. I do know some one that works at RSB that you could talk to,
but she is not a mobility instructor but an RT. Do you live in the St.
Louis area?

Ali

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Walker \(US\), Michael E via NFBMO" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org
To: "nfbmo at nfbnet.org" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org Date sent: Mon, 11 Mar 2019
15:35:05 +0000
Subject: [NFBMO] Question on additional independent living training as
afull-time working blind adult

Hi,

In the state of Missouri, how common is it for blind people to need
additional independent living training while they are working full-time?
Say I move into a different apartment to be closer to my job. If I found
out I needed more O and M training, would I contact St. Louis Society
for the Blind and Visually Impaired first, or RSB? Do blind people
usually take vacation to accommodate the training conflicting with work
hours? Can an O and M specialist help on recommendations regarding which
apartments are good from that perspective, during the search, or is it
best to go through conventional channels like apartments.com?

My other question on independent living is: What are the different ways
in which blind people deal with mail? On another mailing list, I heard
about the optacon, but would like to learn more about my options. Is OCR
more common? For large stacks of mail, is it possible to get a reader?
How does one find a reader?

Thank you,
Mike
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