SUCH A SITE
This is
the website of Glenda Such, feel free to write me at
suchasite1@gmail.com. This
Website is being updated frequently with additional information and new topics.
The last update to the site was made on May 19, 2019. The focus of this
website is to provide multiple forms of resources, information, new concepts,
and even some entertainment.
Below is a
table highlighting a few of the topics which I focused on so far, then
below the table are the links to go to the pages for the actual information on
the topics
The alphabetized links below take you to the pages where those topics are
addressed,
but first check out the next two items:
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IMPORTANT: Click Here To Listen To a Sample of How
Someone Who Cannot See Could Enjoy Superman One Movie using Audio description.
ALSO IMPORTANT, I am inviting you to go to the page on
this site on audio description. If you click on this link you can listen to a
sample of part of The Wizard of Oz. You can hear how it enables someone who
can't see the screen, to understand what is happening in this highly visual
movie. Then you might be interested in clicking on the link a few lines below
to go to my page on this site on Audio Description and hear other movies in this
format.
Acupressure
Points you can do yourself for everything from boosting your Immune System, to
relieving pain, to reducing stress, to helping you sleep.
American’s
with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, overviews, how it
Impacts Students Entering Post-Secondary Institutions, How it Effects Employment
Opportunities, What Cases has the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Had on
Issues Relating to Blindness or Low Vision, What are the Legal Questions being
asked by Employers about Hiring or Retaining Someone with a Visual Impairment
and What Legal Answers are They Getting, What Resources are Available for People
with Visual Impairments for their Legal Rights under the ADA and the Rehab Act
of 1973. Those are just a few of the Topics you will find if you click or enter
on this link.
Android
Smart Phones for the Visually Impaired or Blind. A list of ways to make an
Android Cell Phone more accessible, talk the text on the screen, make print more
visible, turn the phone into a scanner, magnifier, be a way to maintain a
calendar of appointments, read the denominations of paper currency and so much
more. Click on this link to see what I have found. While I am not an authority
on Androids, I have tapped resources and people who use Androids and are in the
field of Assistive Technology.,
Apps which I have found
interesting for anyone to use, and are also accessible for someone using voice
over. The apps cover a wide variety of uses which are too long to cover here. I
provide my opinion of the app and a very basic review of how it works and a
link to the app on the Apple app store. Click on this link to find out which
apps I recommend.
Audio Description, before I say anything else, this
page contains direct links to the actual movie sound tracks with audio
description for over 230 movies. Check some of them out and you will find the
quality to be excellent. If you have full vision, try experiencing movies the
way people with low or no vision might enjoy a movie. Now, beyond all the 260
plus movies, there is an explanation of what audio description is, how it
started, what audio described movies are in the cinemas and on TV, and so much
more is at your disposal if you click on this link.
Brain and its parts, how it Works Including Memory
Storage and body memory, how thoughts are made, and the Sympathetic and
parasympathetic Nervous System, as well as Information on a few other Body
Systems such as the Respiratory, Nervous, and the blood vessel system. Click on
this link to learn all about the Brain and the other systems.
Do You Know Why Something is called a Certain Name? Do
you Know some Things Have Names When You Never Knew They Did? Are you using
Things The Correct Way they Were Made to be used or Eaten? Do you Know What
Myths are untrue? Click or enter on this link and have fun with the trivial bits
and pieces of life. This is my page to find out if you know about the little
things in life which might be a bewilderment, or, we might be doing something
not in the way it was intended. I have compiled a page of videos which go over
these items. Click or enter on this link to learn all about these things. I
hope you enjoy them as much as I did in finding them for this page.
Ear and the Hearing System, its parts, how we hear
certain sounds. Click on this link to learn more about the way people hear.
Emojis That Work on Windows and Apple/Mac Platform
with their full meanings and can be cut and pasted from this site for your use.
Click on this link to learn of and paste the right expression to your
messages.
Employment Resources
for Job Seekers. A Huge List of Job Search Engines and Job Boards Specific to
Various Fields and Professions, From Technology, to the Health Industry, to the
Non-Profit Environment, to the Wide Range of the Arts, to the Restaurant Field,
to Jobs in the Government, and on and on. Click on this link to see the page
which is extremely long and your Interest May be Many Pages Down from the Start.
The list Overall is Over 12 Pages Long.
Eye and the Visual System, the parts and how they Function, also How do we have
depth perception and what does the eye have to do with seeing Color? Click on
this link to get the answers to that question and more.
Face book Keyboard Shortcuts
which can be used by anyone including those using a screen reader. Click on this
link to see the document copied from Face book's Help Section.
Financial resources list for assistance
with eye care the costs of medications by patient assistance programs through
drug manufacturers, and assistance with finding resources to aid in affording a
service animal. Click on this link to see if there is anything for you or
someone you know.
International Organizations,
Services, Agencies, and Offerings for People who are Visually Impaired or Blind.
The links on the page you will go to by clicking or entering on this link will
provide you with the names and contact information for reaching out to them for
information or services. The countries included are extensive thanks to several
sources I tapped into for this growing new part of my site.
Increasing the Size of Print Which is Displayed on a
Windows Computer. By clicking on this Link, You Will Learn of The Various Built
In and Software Remedies To Make the Print on A Windows Computer Larger and
Enhanced for Someone with Low Vision.
iPhone and a little iPad. This includes user's
guides for iPhone 6 through the iPhone 10. Also, there are
instructions to be able to make changes in some of the iPhone settings, such
as the Siri voice, new mail and new text tones, battery draining components, how
to create text replacements, customizing your phone, and more. There is an audio
lesson by me on how to dictate using Siri and proper punctuation. Click on this
link to see all that is on the page for iPhone users. For those wanting
information about Voice Over, see the Voice Over link at the bottom of this page
that lists all the links on my site.
JAWS, (Job Access with Speech) Screen Reading Program,
with links to reference sheets, You Tube Videos, and many Webinars by Freedom
Scientific on using JAWS with a wide variety of programs as well as how to work
with Amazon and Target. Click on this link to learn more about JAWS.
Keyboards with iPhone and iPad,
includes an audio recording describing the key layouts and some of their basic
functions, a video which gives a full list of the Keystroke Commands with the
Bluetooth keyboard on the iPhone and iPad for navigation, editing, mailing,
surfing the web and more. Click on this link to find out more about this
topic.
Low Vision, Visually Impaired, and
Blindness related medical Information, Resources, Agencies, Organizations,
Services, Research, Vision Simulations, Sports Organizations, Rehabilitation
Techniques, Benefit Finders, Discounts, and more. Click or enter on this link to
find all of those items.
Nature Sound Videos
which were compiled from ones posted on You Tube, including ones of birds,
rain, the ocean, Summer night sounds, early morning sounds, and much more. Click
on this link to listen and find out if any help you to relax, sleep, or just
take a nice break.
Mindfulness Guided Meditation with explanations' of its beginning and purpose.
There are many recordings to help you as they guide you through the process of
body awareness, awareness of breath, anxiety relief, self appreciation, and ones
that assist in helping you sleep. The recordings vary with some having a
Single Voice, others with A Voice with Music and yet others with the
Sounds of Nature. Click on this link to explore and experience the benefits of
the recordings and information.
NVDA, a Free Screen Reading Program, this
page covers everything from Downloading the program Link, through the
User’s Manual to the Instructional Videos on using NVDA created by the American
Foundation for the Blind. Click on this link to learn about this free
program.
Siri Commands and Capabilities. A complete list of all
the things Siri can do to let you be more informed, on time, communicative, as
well as amused. Click on this link to see the page which is linked to documents
I created
Sleep Apnea, if you or someone you know snores then you
want to click or enter on this link to learn how danger of a serious health
problem might be knocking at your door. The page has information from its
definition, causes, symptoms, ways to learn if you have it, diagnosis process,
treatments, the history of the CPAP, all about how it works, newer versions of
the CPAP, Tips from the FDA on the CPAP, How to sleep with it on, and
alternatives to treating and managing sleep apnea other than using a CPAP type
of device.
Stargardt's Eye Disease, Information from Diagnosis to
research to potential future treatments. Click on this link to learn more
about this rare eye disease.
Trivia Facts About Everything from Why Things Have the Names They Have, What
Things Are Called When You Never Thought They Had a Name, Myths That Just Are
Not True, Things the Body Can do Which You Might Not know, and so much more
information are All on This page which is the same as the one listed earlier on
my site. It is replicated here under Trivia for Those Who Would Look for it
Using That Word. If you click or enter on this Link, you will go to that same
page which is filled with many, many trivial pieces of information.
Vendors, a comprehensive list of those who Sell
products which Might Be Helpful for People who have low vision, are visually
impaired, or are functionally or totally Blind. This includes vendors selling
Assistive Technology, Canes, Talking Products, Large Print Products and much
more. Click on this link to explore what is available through these
vendors.
Voice Over on the iPhone and iPad.
This will take you to a page of many instructional videos and lessons
specifically designed for helping users with the Voice Over program. This will
include many videos by the Hadley Institute and also other instructors on using
Voice Over with various apps on the iPhone and iPad. It also will provide
instruction on using Voice Over itself. This page will always be growing not
only with additional videos but with lessons I will create or provide that other
instructors have created. Click on this link to find all those items.
Note: there are some
graphics on this page which have not yet been coded for accessibility. They are
two animated upward rolling signs with the words welcome in colorful letters on
a black background. One on each side of the name of this site, such a Site.
Also, there is a multi-color flashing decorative bar of lights below my
narrative that is also right above the Table of topics. Then below the table is
a bar of a reddish colored glass horizontal decorative bar . Then a
decorative chrome bar is right above the starting of the list of links for this
website. As soon as I can apply the appropriate html code to these objects, I
will remove this explanation as the graphics will then read what they are when
the screen reading programs move over them.