Learn Grow Evolve is dedicated to empowering the vision-impaired community through innovative technology and inclusive activities. We strive to create accessible, enriching experiences that inspire and connect.
Helpful resources for the vision imparied.
American Council of the Blind – Guided by its members, ACB advocates for equality of people who are blind and low vision, inspires community, and connects you with education, resources, and each other to support your independence. Home | American Council of the Blind (acb.org)
The National Federation of the Blind – is a transformative membership and advocacy organization of blind people in the United States. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back. Homepage | National Federation of the Blind (nfb.org)
American Foundation for the Blind – The mission of the American Foundation for the Blind is to create equal opportunities and expand possibilities through advocacy, thought leadership, and strategic partnerships. Home | American Foundation for the Blind (afb.org)
The Refuge Center for Counseling – www.refugecenter.org
The Safe Places – www.thesafeplaces.com
Soulful Bloom Therapy – Soulful Bloom Therapy | Individual Couple and Family Therapy
Be My Eyes: connects people needing sighted support with volunteers and companies anywhere in the world, through live video and artificial intelligence.
BeSpecular: A new remote assistance service provides human sighted assistance via messages. For example, you take a picture of something and they will describe it.
Boop Light Detector: detects levels of light and interpret this information with sound. It allows its blind and visually impaired users to detect whether lights are on or off. It covers a broad range of light levels which span from sensing daylight through open windows to checking whether the indicator light is on for a WIFI router.
Seeing AI: narrates the world around you. Designed with and for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world. Seeing AI assists with daily tasks from reading, to describing photos, to identifying products, and more.
Caption Bot: Identifies and captions your photos. When you upload a photo, it is sent to Microsoft for image analysis to return a caption.
Cash Reader: Identifies the largest number of world currencies: from Europe to Australia. Assistive technology which reads money value aloud and with ease. Created with accessibility in mind. Point your phone’s camera in a direction of a note and the app will tell you the denomination in real-time. Don’t worry about the light, angle or focusing!
EyeNote: a free mobile device application developed by Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) as an aid for blind or visually impaired individuals to identify denominations of Federal Reserve notes from Series 1996 to the present. EyeNote® is built on the Apple iOS platform.
Speechify: – read aloud docs, articles, PDFs, email – anything you read by listening with our leading text to speech reader for desktop and mobile devices. Enjoy text to speech in 30 languages with multiple voices in each language that sounds natural.
DigitEyes: a unique iPhone app that enables people who are visually-impaired or who have problems reading to identify items using their iPhone, iPod or iPad. Digit-Eyes reads manufacturer’s UPC and EAN code and tells you the product name — and often the full description, usage instructions and ingredients — in 10 languages. Using Digit-Eyes, inexpensive off-the-shelf office supplies and a standard inkjet or laser printer, you’ll be able to record audio labels or make text labels that are read aloud by your phone.
VisionConnect: Provides a searchable directory of services available in the US and Canada for children and adults who are Blind and visually impaired.
Dictation: Dragon Dictation Software.
Bard Mobile: Download and read NLS Talking books (free)
EasyReader: A free accessible reading app. Browse and download from the World’s largest collection of talking book and newspapaer libraries. Open your own DAISY, epub or text books or copy text froom anywhere on your phone and have it read back to you.
KNFBReader: This would take place of an Orcam or any OCR scanning devices for a lot less.
NFB-Newsline: Provides various newspaper content, tv listings and more.
Learn Grow Evolve is dedicated to empowering the vision-impaired community through innovative technology and inclusive activities. We strive to create accessible, enriching experiences that inspire and connect.