Labelling items in the kitchen is very important when you’re blind especially as one tin feels much like another. You would not want to pour chopped tomatoes on your Weetabix when you really wanted to pour baked beans on them now would you, but other items that can easily be labeled are the containers you […]
Author: David Odell
Talking Combination Oven
— the talking combination oven as sold by Cobbold Systems had come up in conversation a number of times but I had never met anybody who had actually owned one of them. None of the comments I heard were particularly favourable but I was in need of a new microwave oven so I decided to […]
Are Smartphones Always the Best Option
This article is not to determine which kind of smartphone to buy but whether to bother purchasing a smartphone at all. The Catalyst for this article was when I heard a presenter of a blog for blind and visually impaired people make a comment that all people should use smartphones and that he could not […]
Specialised Equipment from Specialised Dealers
During the past year I have purchased four new items, all of which could be classified as specifically for blind people and I also purchased them from companies that can be classed as specialising in equipment for the blind. Some people complain that having to pay a premium for specialised equipment and then another premium […]
Some Short Posts
Audible talking books some people have recently asked me why I spend £7.99 a month getting one credit for one audiobook where as a blind person there are some talking book services available to me for virtually nothing. Well the first thing to state is that £7.99 is a headline price and there are far […]
Blindness is not contagious, but neither is Death
The title of this post has been taken from a book I have just been listening to. The book is entitled blindness by Jose Saramago I heard about this book on a podcast called in touch which is on BBC Radio 4 every Tuesday evening. To find more out about this book, which is also […]
Position of your Microwave Oven
I recently purchased a microwave combination oven and after unpacking it from its box a friend of mine positioned it in the kitchen for me and she put it on the work surface with the right hand side of the oven almost touching a wall. I politely pointed out that this was a stupid place […]
Guided Walking at a Distance
when the government introduced social distancing to the UK that was the end of me being able to leave home independently as I would not be able to tell how far people were away from me and follow any guidelines within a shop or supermarket. guided walking would also be difficult as it means having […]
Lock Your Socks
One of the simplest and most useful AIDS I have bought since I’ve become visually impaired was a packet of items that come under various different names (such as Socks Lock, SockSnaps, SoxLox ) but all have the same purpose and that is to keep your socks paired together. I only knew that these gadgets […]
I spend my days looking at nothing
I spend my days looking at nothing But if I see something I know it’s not there I read with my ears And type with my voice I can no longer read or write So I don’t have a choice Inside I guide myself with my hands With walls and doors to greet But tables […]