Activate Your Generous Spirit – Become a LightHouse Volunteer Today

Are you an individual who believes the simplest pleasures in life sometimes have the most profound impact? Do you prefer to work with people in a one-to-one capacity rather than in large groups? Would you like to make a significant contribution to the life of someone who is blind or has low vision in as … Continue reading Activate Your Generous Spirit – Become a LightHouse Volunteer Today

A Unique Employee for Our Unique North Coast Satellite Office

Green House of Patti tips by Sydney Maestro who supports our North Coast office serving blind and visually impaired folks living in the remote and sprawling counties of Humboldt and Del Norte in California. She prefers her yard covered in old whisky barrels filled with unique water lily cultivars rather than ordinary grass. “I suppose … Continue reading A Unique Employee for Our Unique North Coast Satellite Office

Access to Information Services is Embarking on an Exciting New Endeavor Using VoicEye

Recently, ViewPlus (makers of the EmFuse which embosses braille, tactile images and prints in four colors) paid LightHouse a visit, introducing us to VoicEye – a cutting edge accessibility technology. A VoicEye (VE) code looks and behaves much like a QR code, but where QR codes take you to a webpage, when you scan VE … Continue reading Access to Information Services is Embarking on an Exciting New Endeavor Using VoicEye

Adaptations Product of the Month: Brooks Technology Talking Infrared Thermometer

A cooking and safety aid for the blind and visually impaired, and a handy assistive tool for just about anyone. Now available at the LightHouse: The Brooks Technology Talking Infrared Thermometer. Simply point the device in the direction of a heat source and press the button, and the thermometer will announce the temperature in a … Continue reading Adaptations Product of the Month: Brooks Technology Talking Infrared Thermometer

Save the Date: Superfest on November 2, 2014

November 2 will be a Sunday to remember at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco because Superfest International Disability Film Festival is taking over. You won’t want to miss this family film festival (there are adult films too!), featuring shorts which take a look at disability in cinema. The festival runs from 12:00 – … Continue reading Save the Date: Superfest on November 2, 2014