Belva Smith, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us iCanConnect, which is a national program that provides free equipment such as tablets, smart phones, computers and braille equipment for people who have both vision and hearing impairments and meet the federal disability and income guidelines. Check it out here: Click here for additional information […]
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Consumer Highlight: Kristy Bex
It was a beautiful fall day when I traveled to Bloomington, Indiana to meet Kristy Bex. I traveled to meet Kristy to learn about her very first job at Employbridge and how assistive technology made her very first job possible. When talking with Kristy, I learned that she was born in Bedford, Indiana. She and […]
Monday Tech Tip: O6-Free Your Eyes
Belva Smith, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us 06-Free Your Eyes device that allows you to control your phone without looking and how this is helpful for people who are blind or have low vision. Check it out here:
Monday Tech Tip: Seeing AI app updates
Belva Smith, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads shows us some new features in the Microsoft Seeing AI app. This app allows you to use your smart phone to get verbal descriptions of people, text, and objects. Check it out here:
Monday Tech Tip:Accessibility Tech Support Telephone #’s for Apple & Microsoft
Belva Smith, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads shares with us the accessibility tech support telephone numbers for Apple and Microsoft. Check it out here:
Consumer Highlight: Dave Brodzinski
Dave was born in Michigan and has lived in northern Indiana area all of his adult life. He was born 2 1/2 months premature. Due to him being premature, he was kept in an incubator. While in the incubator Dave suffered from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), which is a disease of the eye affecting prematurely […]