Blindness-related Tools and Services

Guide Dogs

Orientation and Mobility

Apps

  •  - Paid app that connects blind and low-vision people with trained employees who can describe the environment.
  • - Free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers who can describe the environment.
  •  - Navigation app

Daily Living and Assistive Technology

Apps

  •  - Seeing AI narrates the world around you, it can read short text and documents, scan barcodes, identify people and scenes, scan currency, and identify light and colors.

Training

  • - Hadley provides both practical and social/emotional help to older adults adjusting to vision loss, empowering them to adapt and thrive.
  • - Videos created by the Washington State School for the Blind – includes videos on cooking, cleaning, clothing management, and other areas of daily living and mobility

Aids and Appliances

Assistive Technology

  • WATAP - The Washington Assistive Technology Act Program (WATAP) provides resources and services to persons who face challenges related to disability and aging to help in the selection and use of assistive technology, also known as AT.
  • - Accessible tips for the following: Gmail, google calendars, google drive, google sheets, and google docs.
  •  - Individual loans for Assistive Technology.
  • - Free training and equipment for DeafBlind individuals.

General Etiquette

  • - Six ways to be considerate
  • - Guides and techniques
  • - How to guide someone who is Blind

 

Create Accessible Documents (Basics)

Adobe and PDFs

Access to Braille, Large Print, and/or Talking books and information

  • - The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library builds community and provides equal access to information and reading materials for Washington residents unable to read standard print.
  • - NFB-NEWSLINE is a free audio news service for anyone who is blind, low-vision, deafblind, or otherwise print-disabled that offers access to more than 500 publications, emergency weather alerts, job listings, and more.
  • - Subscription service for large print books.
  • - Braille books for children.