Total Eye Care’s YouTube Channel is up check it out and let us know what you think.
The US Bureau of Engraving and Printing has developed EyeNote™ a free, new iPhone app to aid the visually impaired or blind in identifying US paper currency. Essentially, the app is designed to allow the user to hold the bill in one hand and the iPhone in the other while scanning the paper currency. After a few seconds the iPhone will tell the user the denomination of the currency in English or Spanish. EyeNote™ can also operate in privacy mode with a different number of beeps signaling the value of the currency.
The app runs independent of a data connection. EyeNote™ can not differentiate between genuine and fake currency. EyeNote™ works on the following devices
Scan the QR code to the right with your iPhone to go to the iTunes EyeNote™ page.
Posted in Low Vision, Sites We like
Tagged blind, blindness, currency, EyeNote, free, iPhone, iPhone App, iTunes, Low Vision, visually handicapped
It’s been in the works for a couple months now, Dr. Diana’s new website www.PrettyIll.com is now live. Check it out. I think you all will be really impressed by all of the information available there with much more information still to come. The website will feature information, mostly in video format, for patients facing chronic illness such as Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Postural Orthostatic Hypertension and Dysautonomia to name a few.
The PrettyIll.com website will also be the hub for a number of studies that Dr. Diana is starting. The first of which is Vascular Fundus Changes in Patients With High Probability of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI), a study that is being done at Total Eye Care. The second study is Head Circumference Growth in Children with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Who Develop Dysautonomia later in life. There are other future studies planned as well. I hope you check out the new site and leave a comment!
As our population ages and we all spend more time staring at computers, cell phones and the like, computer vision syndrome becomes more of a problem. In today’s lifestyle section of The Wall Street Journal there is a good article on computer vision syndrome entitled Becoming a Squinter Nation. We have covered CVS on The Eye Doc Blog as well. A complete list of all of our Computer Vision articles is available via the computer vision tag.
Setting up your computer workstation to minimize the effects of computer vision syndrome is very helpful. For more information for tips on how to do this see our article on Visual Ergonomics – Setting up Your computer Workstation for Maximum Visual Comfort at TotalEyeCare.com.
Posted in Computer Vision, headache, Sites We like
Total Eye Care unveiled OrthoKDoctor.com a new website designed to answer patient questions about Orthokeratology, a safe and effective alternative to refractive surgery
Orthokeratology is known by numerous terms, the most common of which are Gentle Vision Shaping System, OrthoK, Corneal Refractive Therapy and Overnight Vision Correction. Total Eye Care introduces the new website OrthoKDoctor.com to inform patients about this exciting technology.
“Orthokeratology is a safe and gentle method where contact lenses temporarily reshape the cornea while a patient sleeps. The beauty of OrthoK is that it is temporary. As long as a patient wears a retainer lens the effect remains, much like wearing a retainer after orthodontic braces are removed” says Dr. Richard Driscoll, clinical director at Total Eye Care. Read more…….
Occasionally I depart from the usual eye care related topics and branch into something that I feel people might find useful. My internet browser of choice is Firefox. I only use Internet Explorer when absolutely necessary, which is a very rare event indeed. What I like about Firefox is that you can customize it with addons. There are thousands of addons available for Firefox. Here are a few of my must have favorites. I use everyone of these daily.
That’s it those are my must have Firefox Browser Extensions/Addons. You can search for other Firefox addons at the Firefox Addon Website. I have also reviewed addons that are available to patients with impaired vision.
Posted in FAQ, Opinion, Retina, Sites We like
Tagged addon, browser, extensions, firefox, internet explorer, must have
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