SUCH A SITE
This is the website of Glenda Such, feel free to write me at
suchasite1@gmail.com.
Because this Website is updated frequently with additional topics and
information, please refresh or reload this website to make sure the most
recent version is being displayed. The last update to this site was made on
January 4, 2021. This website has a broad scope of topics and
subjects. A sampling of those subjects include assistive technology, smart
phones with their virtual assistants, including Apple's Siri and Samsung's
Bixby, how to use screen readers such as JAWS and the free programs
NVDA and voice over , using Zoom Conferencing with a visual impairment,
information which could be helpful for people who have a visual impairment or
are blind, simulations of various types of low vision, and where to purchase
products which might be helpful for those with a slight vision reduction
or a total vision loss. Along with those subject areas are pages on audio
described movies, exercises which are audio described, Mindfulness Practices,
Acupressure, sounds of nature, trivia facts, Emojis useable for both Windows and
the Apple platforms, information about the workings of the human brain, and
facts about the ADA and Rehabilitation Act of 1973. As stated before, there are new subject areas
added frequently to this website and upon returning to this site, it is important to refresh or
re-download this website to make sure the most current version is being viewed.
See below for links to those pages on Such A Site.
Voice Over: Apple's Built-in Speech Output To
Use All iPhones/iPads And Many Apps Without Using Eyesight |
Siri, Learn To Use It In Your Daily Life , Get
Useful facts, And What To Say To Be Amused By Siri |
Samsung owners, learn about Bixby, how to use
it , it's your built in virtual assistant, a competitor of Siri. |
Mindfulness Guided Meditation, Be in the
Present, Have Less Stress, Be Kind To Yourself And Your Body |
Audio Description, find links to Hear Movies
And Their Sound Tracks, learn movies on Netflix and in theatres |
Zoom Conferencing When Visually Impaired,
Listen to the Audio Book by Jonathan Meson |
Acupressure: Where To Press to relieve All
Types Of Pains, Stress, And To Boost The Immune System |
Exercise workouts, Chair Yoga, Cardio
Workouts, and more with full Audio Descriptions |
What you should know When Glasses Cannot
Correct Vision, Resulting In Low vision, And/Or Legal Blindness |
Simulations to See things with low vision from
different eye conditions. |
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Low Vision and Blindness: Information,
resources, How to Do Things, research, etc. |
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ADA and The Rehab Act of 1973, FAQs for
Students, Employees, Service Providers, Events, and Small Businesses |
Employment - see the 35 Search Engines for
Finding General Jobs or Ones Just in Your Field
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All About the Brain, how it Works, Memories,
and more.
Nature Videos: Real Life Sounds and Videos of
The Ocean, Birds, Forests, Rivers, Cicada, And Crickets |
Apps For iPhone/iPad Are reviewed, Tips Given
for Its Use, And All Are Voice Over Friendly |
Products for People Who Are Visually Impaired
or Blind, Who Sells Large Print, Talking, and Braille Items
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Financial Assistance: benefits, grants, other
forms of Financial Help from various Sources for various needs
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Ways to Cook, Prepare Food, Manage Money and
Clothes, Shave, Put-on Makeup, with Low or No Vision.
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Sleep Apnea, definition, how it's Diagnosed,
Treatments, types of CPAP Machines and how to Clean them
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Androids: Accessibility for the visually
Impaired
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JAWS and
NVDA Screen Reading Programs,
Tutorials, Reference Sheets, and more. |
Trivia facts about many things including the
brain, how things got their names, are their names for certain
things, and more.
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The
Visual and
Hearing Systems, how they work, and
Things to Assist Their Functioning. |
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The
alphabetized links below take you to the pages where
those topics are addressed, but first check out the next
two items:
:
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 find links to sites with
many 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 sites with the actual sound
tracks with audio description for hundreds and hundreds
of 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., beyond the links to sites with
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.
Exercise
through stretches, Chair Yoga, Gentle Workout Sets, and
Much More to come for people to participate in those
activities whether you have vision or not. Click on this
link to find a growing number of audio MP3 files created
by Blind Alive and posted with their permission on Such
A Site.
iPhones: how to use, customize, tips,
repairs or replace parts
Utilizing Voice Over Screen reader
Siri, General daily Use and Fun
Increasing Print Size on Windows Computers
Audio Description and Movies
Acupressure methods for relief
Exercise workouts, Chair Yoga, and more with
full Audio Description
ADA and Rehab Act
Low Vision and Blindness
Employment - see the 35 Search Engines
All About the Brain
Vendors for Specialized Products
A few forms of Financial Assistance
Relaxing by Mindfulness Meditation
Sleep Apnea, All Its Components
Access to Androids for visually Impaired
JAWS and
NVDA Screen Reading Programs.
Some interesting trivia facts.
Nature Videos: Ocean/Birds/Forests/cicada
and more
The
Visual and
Hearing Systems.
Exercise workouts, Chair Yoga, and more with full Audio
Description
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ADA and Rehab Act |
Low Vision and Blindness |
Employment - see the 35 Search Engines
|
All About the Brain |
Vendors for Specialized Products
|
A few forms of Financial Assistance
|
Relaxing by Mindfulness Meditation |
Sleep Apnea,
All Its Components |
Access to
Androids for visually Impaired |
JAWS and
NVDA Screen Reading Programs. |
Some
interesting trivia facts. |
Nature
Videos: Ocean/Birds/Forests/cicada and more
|
The
Visual and
Hearing Systems. |
|
The alphabetized links below take
you to the pages where those topics are addressed, but first check out the next
two items:
:
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.
Exercise through stretches, Chair Yoga, Gentle Workout Sets, and Much More to
come for people to participate in those activities whether you have vision or
not. Click on this link to find a growing number of audio MP3 files created by
Blind Alive and posted with their permission on Such A Site.
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.
Funny or Interesting Responses From Siri can be heard by asking the right
questions. Click on this link to go to the page I have created myself to make
this happen., I have given the exact phrasing of questions or statements one can
give to your Siri feature of your Apple Device. Then you can hear how the Apple
programmers have an interesting sense of humor when you hear Siri's responses.
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.
phone and a little iPod. This includes user's guides for phone 6 through the
phone 10. Also, there are instructions to be able to make changes in some of
the phone 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 phone 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 phone and iPod, 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 phone and iPod 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.
Path
for People Whose Vision Cannot be Corrected by Conventional Glasses. A page
which lays out the various actions a person can take to have full visual
rehabilitation Services, Information, Resources, and Coping tools for the
stresses of having a visual impairment or low vision.
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 phone and iPod. 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 phone and iPod. 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.
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