Enchanted Hills Retreat – The Perfect Place for Your Meeting or Event

Beautiful Enchanted Hills Retreat is located just 25 minutes from downtown Napa on Mount Veeder Road. Want to hold a family reunion but your house is too small and hotels are too expensive? Would your workgroup benefit from an off-site training, team building or retreat? Is your church, club or organization in need of a … Continue reading Enchanted Hills Retreat – The Perfect Place for Your Meeting or Event

Adaptations Featured Item of the Month – Braille VoiceOver Guide for Apple’s Mountain Lion Operating System

Are you eager to use the new Mountain Lion operating system but waiting for a Braille guide to VoiceOver? Look no further than Adaptations, the LightHouse Store and Adaptations Online to purchase your Braille copy. The Braille VoiceOver Getting Started Guide explains how to use VoiceOver, the advanced screen reader built into Apple OS X … Continue reading Adaptations Featured Item of the Month – Braille VoiceOver Guide for Apple’s Mountain Lion Operating System

Right on Target: Blind Archery Teacher Bo Diaz

Connecticut resident Roberto “Bo” Diaz was a U.S. Marine and a firefighter for almost 23 years when he lost his eyesight due to a line-of-duty injury. This has not slowed Bo down. Last year he was the winner of a 2011 NFB scholarship. This year he graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Connecticut … Continue reading Right on Target: Blind Archery Teacher Bo Diaz

The LightHouse is Proud to Announce the LightHouse Access Technology Center

With our expanded capacity, the LightHouse is poised to do more tech training for individuals or small groups. We now have an additional ten computers equipped with ZoomText 10, and Dolphin’s Guide software and the most up-to-date versions of JAWS and Kurzweil 1000. Several of these new computers also have keyboard training software and GW … Continue reading The LightHouse is Proud to Announce the LightHouse Access Technology Center

Join us for Free Tech Seminar “I Can’t See, but I Can Read” on September 20

About to go back to school? Are you a teacher or student? Learn about the latest in reading technology at our free tech seminar. Where: LightHouse San Francisco Headquarters When: Thursday, September 20 from 1 to 3:00 p.m. Come to the next LightHouse Tech Seminar and learn about eBook readers and Digital Talking Book players, … Continue reading Join us for Free Tech Seminar “I Can’t See, but I Can Read” on September 20

Save the Date! Photography Exhibition Fundraiser for the LightHouse on September 15

If you’re looking for a cool thing to do in San Francisco on a Saturday night, don’t miss this event/exhibition: What: Against the Grain-New Perspectives on Bay Area Photography When: September 15, from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Where: ArtZone-461 Gallery, 461 Valencia Street, San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind invites you to Against the … Continue reading Save the Date! Photography Exhibition Fundraiser for the LightHouse on September 15

Employment Opportunity: Statewide Field Organizer, CA

Californians United for a Responsible Budget Statewide Field Organizer Job Description Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) is seeking a highly organized, passionate person to serve as its Statewide Field Organizer. This position will help build  grassroots power in California in order to stop prison and jail expansion and reduce the number of people … Continue reading Employment Opportunity: Statewide Field Organizer, CA