So many containers look and feel exactly alike: cans of soup, cereal boxes, spice bottles, and many more! There is a quick, free, and easy way to find out what the contents of a container are by reading its bar code. And you don’t need any vision to use it! Seeing AI You just need… Continue reading Using “Seeing AI” app to read bar codes
Category: Identifying Items
Is it canned beans or canned tomatoes? For blind or vision-impaired people identifying items from the kitchen pantry can be made easier using these strategies.
Chef Debra Erickson is the founder of The Blind Kitchen and an instructor at the Oregon Commission for the Blind. The Blind Kitchen offers adaptive tools, helpful strategies, and specialized knowledge to people who are blind or vision impaired and want to cook safely, confidently, and independently. Our collections of kitchen tools are available online as are our short instructional videos. Shipping is always free! Everyone has a place at the table in The Blind Kitchen.
Labeling clothing
Chef Debra has over 30 chef coats in various colors and styles! Q) How is she able to select the one she wants if she can’t see them? A) She uses WayAround to label clothing and many other things as well. Debra can quickly, confidently, and independently know exactly which chef coat is which using… Continue reading Labeling clothing
Using bump dots to label bottles and jars
The quickest way to identify what is inside a jar or a bottle is to read the label. If that is not an option for you because of vision loss, the next quickest way is to read a Braille label that identifies the contents. But many visually impaired people do not read braille. There are a… Continue reading Using bump dots to label bottles and jars
Be My Eyes: human eyes on demand
Be My Eyes is a service where a vision-challenged person can make a call on their Smart Phone and have a sighted volunteer look through the camera on the caller’s phone and answer the caller’s question. Download the free app to your phone or other device and activate the button that says “call a volunteer”. A… Continue reading Be My Eyes: human eyes on demand