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Exercise & Yoga

• Eyes-Free Fitness® Free Accessible Fitness
  • ​Audio described exercises
• PBS / Comeback Yoga
  • ​Chair Yoga Routine with Audio and Video
  • Friendly note: This link for a yoga session is just one of many on the PBS site.  Find many more by typing “yoga” or “chair yoga” in the search box.
• YMCA / Your Y at Home for Active Older Adults
  • Exercise routines with Audio and Video
• Go 4 Life / National Institute On Aging
  • Exercise routines for older adults with Audio and Video
  • Friendly note: There are advertisements on this site. Please scroll past for the series of exercise videos.
• Daily Caring
  • 10 minute chair exercise routine
• Standing and Seated Exercises for Older Adults / Dartmouth-Hitchcock
  • Exercise routines for older adults with Audio and Video
    
  • Friendly note: Seated is a 10 minute session and standing is 16 minutes.  
• 7 Minute Yoga Routine for Older Adults / SilverSneakers
  • Exercise routine for older adults with Audio and Video
    
  • Friendly note: This is a described, quick paced routine. 

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 Crafts

• The Spruce Crafts
  • Written directions with photos of many craft ideas
    • Friendly note: There are advertisements on this site.
• Martha Stewart Crafts
  • Written directions with photos of many craft ideas
  • There are advertisements on this site.
• Instructables
  • Written directions with photos of many craft ideas
• Paths to Literacy / Arts and Crafts
  • Written directions with photos of craft ideas
    

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Cooking

• Food Network
  • Written directions and videos of many recipes​
    • There are advertisements on this site.
    • This link for “no bake cookies” is just one of many on the Food Network site.  Find many more recipes by typing your favorites in the search box.
• Betty Crocker
  • Written directions and videos of many recipes
  • Friendly note: There are advertisements on this site.
  • “Broccoli-bacon salad” is just one of many on the Betty Crocker site. Find many more recipes by searching for your favorites.
• PBS Food / Recipes
• Written directions for many recipes by course, cuisine, occasion or theme 
  
• Friendly note: There are advertisements on this site.

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Stories

• Storyline Online
  
  • Famous actors reading stories of varying length (5-20 minutes), some with music clips sound effects, and illustrations.
  • Friendly notes: Everyone loves a story – for the young at heart!

        

Music

• Boston Philharmonic
  • Audio and Video Recordings of Concerts
• Boston Pops
  • Audio and Video Recordings of Concerts
• Andrew Lloyd Webber / Musicals
  • Audio and Video Recordings of Musicals
  • Streams each Friday at 2:00pm and then available for 48 hours
• Bird Sounds with Amazon Alexa
  • Audio Recordings of Birds
• Boston Children’s Chorus/ Virtual Choir
  • Audio and Video Recordings
    
  • Click, Listen, and be Inspired
• Relaxing Nature Sounds / River and Birdsong
  • Audio and Video Recording
    
  • Friendly note: There are advertisements to click through.

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News & Information

• Audible Local Ledger
  • Radio Reading Service for the Blind and Print Impaired
  • Listen Live
  • Schedule  
• Talking Information Center Network (TIC)
  • Provides broadcasts of  local news, articles, and items of interest to Individuals with Vision Impairment
  • Listen Live 
  • Schedule
• Audio Journal
  • Audio:  Broadcasting to people who are blind including local news, specialty programming and general interest programming.
    Listen Live
    Schedule     
• National Federation for the Blind (NFB) Newsline
  • Audio: News reading service with access to more than 500 publications
  • A quick online application is needed for this service.
• IN-SIGHT Radio
  • Audio:  Broadcasting from Rhode Island and offering daily reading of local and national newspapers, magazines, books, and other printed materials.
    Listen Live​

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Travel

• Rick Steves’ Europe Audio Tours
  • Audio tours of varying length with music clips and description of sites and landmarks ​
    • The first 3-6 minutes (depending on the tour) give directions for how to use the podcast for visitors at each site. 
    • To listen from your computer:
      1. Click on the city you would like to visit. 
      2. On the next page, scroll right past the #1-3 instructions.
      3. Find the city and tour of your choice and click “Listen or Download” (blue type) beside it.
      4. On the next page, click the play button.  Enjoy!
• National Geographic
  • Video and audio of varying length with music clips and description of sites and landmarks from around the world
  • Friendly note: There are advertisements on some of the videos.
• NPR Postcards from the Road
  • Audio podcasts of varying length (10–30 minutes), of stories from all walks of life and around the world…
    
  • Friendly note: There is an introductory advertisement before the podcast(s) begin.