{"id":3204,"date":"2015-10-08T09:57:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T13:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2015-10-08T09:57:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T13:57:34","slug":"visionconnect-app-10815","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3204","title":{"rendered":"VisionConnect app, 10\/8\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VisionConnect\u2122 is a new, free, accessible app for iPhones and iPads from the American Foundation for the Blind that gives support to people losing their vision. VisionConnect\u2122 provides:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A directory of services searchable by service, zip code, and distance, available in the U.S. and Canada.<\/li>\n<li>Resources and tips for living independently with a visual impairment.<\/li>\n<li>Links to useful information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visionaware.org\/\">VisionAware<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyconnect.org\/\">FamilyConnect<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afb.org\/info\/living-with-vision-loss\/for-job-seekers\/12\">CareerConnect<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Information on products and technology.<\/li>\n<li>Personal stories and employment advice.<\/li>\n<li>A way to save directory search results and email them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can learn more about the app at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afb.org\/info\/living-with-vision-loss\/using-technology\/download-afbs-apps\/visionconnecttm-app\/1235\">AFB VisionConnect\u2122 App<\/a> and download it for free at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afb.org\/info\/living-with-vision-loss\/using-technology\/download-afbs-apps\/123\">afb.org\/apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3204\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VisionConnect\u2122 is a new, free, accessible app for iPhones and iPads from the American Foundation for the Blind that gives support to people losing their vision. VisionConnect\u2122 provides: A directory of services searchable by service, zip code, and distance, available in the U.S. and Canada. Resources and tips for living independently with a visual impairment. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,27,18,14,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3205,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions\/3205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}