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Digital voice recorders help visually impaired seniors

BY LORI KORLESKI RICHARDSON
Special to The Bee

Darrell Horst had everything out on the counter he needed to make the filling of a German dessert, blachinda, for a potluck later that week: pumpkin, spices, salt. He had the recipe. He had a helper, who teaches cooking classes regularly.

Easy as pie? Not quite.

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Brandie Kubel, an instructor of independent living skills who is blind, gives Darrell Horst a cooking lesson at the Society for the Blind in Sacramento this month. Digital recorders would help 120 seniors with vision loss with directions, appointments and even recipes.

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Brandie Kubel, an instructor of independent living skills who is blind, gives Darrell Horst a cooking lesson at the Society for the Blind in Sacramento
this month. Digital recorders would help 120 seniors with vision loss with directions, appointments and even recipes.