Gayle Unplugged
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A message from Gayle Yarnall, Director, Perkins Products:
Welcome to the lighter side of Perkins Products. This part of our website is also known as "hints for real life". We will cover real life and how blind people cope with the situations that occur about fifty times a day. I do not claim that all the ideas you find here will be mine. I will take them from any place I find them. Be careful what you say to me because it may show up here. Some of these were submitted by other blind people. If you read this you will know who you are. Thanks for your help.
(Gayle Yarnall is herself blind and uses in her daily life many of the very same products sold by Perkins Products. Click on the entries below to read Gayle's latest thoughts.)
Learning Braille Made Easy, or At Least Easier
I grew up being one of those kids who fell through the cracks when it came to learning braille. If I wrote with a thick black ink pen I could, very, very slowly, read what I wrote. I never could easily read large print. So, I did not read.
Tables Turn
Although I often write about technology, I do often use this blog to discuss personal experiences. If you are looking for technology tips, you will not find any in this blog entry.
Do You Have Your Digital NLS Player?
Does everyone who is registered with the National Library Service book reading program have their wonderful new digital player? Although I am a big fan of the smaller talking book players, I still often turn to the NLS player.
Saying Goodbye
In January, the blindness field and the Planet Earth lost three people who always worked towards making changes that would make life better for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Why I Do What I Do
I have often mentioned how I have been working with adaptive technology since 1977. This is way more than half of my life. Recently, it seems like I have been so wrapped up in the technicalities of surviving through tough economic times and changes in the field, that I forget why I am really here.
Apple does it again
You may have read my past rants about using the "new and wonderful" Television with the even more wonderful and totally inaccessible cable systems. Essentially people who are blind really have no way to use all of those wonderful menu systems. Well, that is really no longer true.
Another Holiday Season?
Where do the months go? It seems like no sooner do I take the tree down than it is time to put it up once again.
So you think you no longer need your Perkins Brailler?
Set your Perkins Brailler on the kitchen counter. It's a great conversation piece and can still be used to label useful household documents.
Keep It Contained
Gayle Yarnall highlights the many advantages to using containers for gardeners who are blind or visually impaired.
Sudoku anyone?
For Sudoku lovers (or those who think they might want to spend endless hours trying to be Sudoku lovers) we now have the answer to your prayers.
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