[Ohio-talk] Blind Photography Workshop

[mzavoli at roadrunner.com]

 Getting the Picture: Blind Photography with JudithDixon 
 
Saturday August 19, 2:00 PM ? 4:00 PM 
 
Community Room, Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library 
 
40 West 20th St 
 
New York, NY 10011 
 
Registration is free, and it?s required. Email 
ChanceyFleet at nypl.org
 or 
leave a message at (212)621-0627 to reserve your spot. 
 
Let us know whether you?d like to attend in person or participate remotely 
via Google Hangouts. 
 
 
 
for blind people, using a camera to gather information has definitely been 
a game-changer. Not only can it take pictures, the camera on a smartphone 
can be used to detect light, recognize currency, identify objects, and 
much, much more. 
 
 
 
This workshop will focus on concepts and skills that must be mastered by 
blind users to successfully use the camera to take pictures with an iPhone. 
With such concepts grasped and skills acquired, blind persons can 
participate in the wide variety of activities afforded by the use of a 
camera on an iDevice. 
 
 
 
Most blind people who have seen little or nothing in their lives have 
minimal experience with a camera. Explanations of the many factors needing 
consideration when taking a picture will be 
 
discussed. These include such things as distance, lighting, glare, and 
shadows. 
 
 
 
Once the photography basics have been covered, then eight types of 
activities using an iPhone's camera will be demonstrated. They include: 1. 
Detecting Light; 2. Identifying Currency; 3. Detecting Colors; 4. 
identifying Objects; 5. Scanning Barcodes and QR (Quick Response) Codes; 6. 
Scanning Text; 7. Capturing Images to Deposit Checks; and 8. Obtaining 
assistance. 
 
 
 
Participants will have a chance to try out their own photography skills. 
 
 
 
it can be very beneficial and rewarding for blind people, a group not 
generally thought to be photographers, to develop and improve their camera 
skills. The independence gained from successful use of the 
information-gathering apps can reap great benefits both 
 
professionally and personally. 
 
 
About the Presenter 
 
Judith M. Dixon is Consumer Relations Officer at the National Library 
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress in 
Washington, DC. During her thirty-six years at the library, she has been 
concerned with all aspects of reading and access to information by people 
with print limitations. In recent years, the advent of new technologies has 
brought about an increased availability of information access through many 
types of assistive devices and services and she has been in the forefront. 
 
 
 
Dr. Dixon earned a B.A. from Stetson University, DeLand, Florida in 1974; 
an M.A. from Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, in 1976; and a 
Ph.D. in clinical psychology also from Adelphi in 1980. Dr. Dixon was the 
2005 recipient of the Francis Joseph Campbell Award from the American 
Library Association for her many years of excellent work in the field of 
library service for blind and physically handicapped persons and for her 
pioneering efforts in the area of electronic braille materials on the 
Internet through the NLS service, Web-Braille. She was also the 2009 
recipient of the American Foundation for the Blind's Gallagher Award for 
serving as an outstanding role model to others who have vision loss. 
 
 
 
In addition to publishing numerous articles, she edited the 
 
volume "Braille into the Next Millennium" published by the 
 
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically 
 
Handicapped, Library of Congress in 2000. She served as Chair of the 
Braille Authority of north America from 2007 through 2011 and Secretary of 
the International Council on English Braille from 2008 to 2016. 
 
One of her hobbies is writing books for National Braille Press about things 
that are important to her. These include braille and mobile devices. She 
has authored or co-authored nine titles. They include: Label It! Braille 
and Audio Strategies for Identifying Items at Home and Work; Get the 
Picture! Viewing the World with the iPhone Camera; Anyone Can Play: 
Accessible Games for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch; Out and About: Our 
Favorite Travel Apps; The Abundant Bookshelf: Reading Books on an iPhone, 
iPad, or iPod touch; and Go Where You Wanna Go: Using GPS on the iPhone 
 
-- 
Chancey S. Fleet 
Assistive Technology Coordinator 
Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library 
(212) 621-0627 

Milena Zavoli