How to help the low-income blind or visually disabled get this technology? (see description)

How to help the low-income blind or visually disabled get this technology? (see description)
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My mother has severe macular degeneration (she’s 87) and finds out about stuff through her state agency that deals with the blind. She probably couldn’t be convinced that these apps would help her as she’s a technophobe, but I also have a friend in a very similar boat because of albinism. I’ll ask him, and anopther blind friend who works with exactly this kind of stuff. This is very cool, @Dog , I’ll see what I can do. Anyway, a state agency is a good place to start, as a group with the infrastructure already in place would be set up to distribute…
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