Senior News May, 2002 Vol. 21. No.  5

 

Published by the Humboldt Senior Resource Center in Eureka, California. HSRC is a non-profit community-based organization offering services for senior citizens, multi-generational families and caregivers.

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Assistive Technology Classes

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Assistive Technology Classes

Are you or is someone you know 55 or older and experiencing vision loss? If so, there are free classes at the Humboldt Senior Resource Center that may be able to help you.

If you've ever wondered how someone with vision loss reads newspapers, e-mail or surfs the Internet, come have a "look" or possibly "listen" to the assistive technology now located in the HSRC computer lab. This technology includes programs that read the information on the computer screen aloud and programs that enlarge information on the computer screen. There's also a closed circuit television (CCTV) that uses a camera to magnify hardcopy documents such as newspapers and magazines and displays the documents on a screen.

Peggy Martinez, Assistive Technology Specialist, is available to teach keyboarding, word-processing, e-mail and Internet skills. She can also teach you to use the closed circuit television for reading hardcopy documents.

This free program is funded by a grant from the California Department of Rehabilitation and administered by the LightHouse of the North Coast. It is designed to educate seniors with vision loss in the use of assistive technology that can enhance independence.

Please call Peggy Martinez at 707-443-9747 ext. 270 for an appointment.