– Hi there, Jaz here, your
blind occupational therapist. Today, I'' m gon na show you how traditional approaches like tactual markings as well as organizational strategies can integrate with WayAround to make sure that you can have a fully available food kitchen. Let'' s get started. (upbeat music) If you can not attend review food labels or recognize containers, you
in fact have a great deal of options for making your kitchen easily accessible. The methods I'' m gon na reveal you today are gon na take your present organizational system to a whole brand-new level. For those of you that can see, look into the difference between this prior to shot and also after shot to see what a difference these methods can make. Right here'' s some of the tools I ' m gon na make use of today. First, an array of tactual pens like rubber bands, pipeline cleaners, and also bump dots, after that boxes and baskets and also containers. I have some amazing erasable food labels and blackboard tags. As well as lastly, yet not the very least, every one of these wonderful WayTags from magnets as well as stickers to clips and also oval hole buttons. If your food cupboard is a hot mess, I suggest emptying it out, cleansing it truly well prior to you reorganize.This will certainly provide you
a chance to sterilize the area,
eliminate old food and also old particles laying about. Now, let'' s begin at the start. The finest method to deal with this overwhelming job is to work from general to certain. One, categorize your racks right into sections so usually, you recognize where to start looking when you'' re mosting likely to locate something in your food cupboard. You can also identify or label your shelves with WayTags. If they'' re wood, use a WayTag sticker label, or if they'' re dirt cost-free like'I ' ve obtained, you can use the oblong hole buttons with a pipe cleaner.Just to give you an example of how to classify, I ' m
gon na reveal you my cupboard and my pantry remains in the edge so it ' s L-shaped. So I ' m simply gon na focus on the food things. So on the second shelf to the left, I'' ve obtained cookies as well as
nuts and it relocates on in to the baking items I need as well as after that off to the right, it enters into soups. Below in the next shelf down, on the left, I'' ve obtained all my morning meal things, which relocates right into breads which remain in the edge, which proceed to pastas as well as rices, as well as then sauces and also things I require for cooking like vinegar and oil and condiments and also such.Then on my last rack down, I ' ve obtained snacks on the left-hand side and also on the right, I ' ve. got tiny devices'.
So you do what functions finest. for you in your cupboard reason
they ' re all in different ways. This is just to obtain your. innovative juices streaming.
2, use boxes, baskets, as well as. bins to organize your
stuff and keep points that are similar together.Now you are gon na intend to identify them with of course your WayTags on the bins, but you ' ll notification I. additionally have published'labels on my baskets and also bins. That ' s since I live with. people that are viewed.
Therefore in order for them to understand my business system, I need to identify them. Now if you have low vision and you wish to use printed. labels as well, you have choices as well as you ' re gon na desire. to'think about contrast.You '
ll notification on my black basket, I have a white tag to. make it less complicated to see. And also on this lighter container, I have a black chalkboard tag that enables you to create. in white, quite great. So when you ' re labeling.
your containers or baskets, put those WayTags to.
job as well as obtain creative. I have a little basket right here that has spices packets in it. Now I can ' t review the flavoring packages. So on my WayTag, I really have the instructions for each of the various packets. that are in this basket. Allow me reveal you how I tailor this tag. Initially, I tagged the basket itself in the description on the WayTag as well as that ' s what the. phone is going to talk when it touches the tag, inspect it out.'- [System] Ready to scan, prepared. to scan, flavoring packages. -Next, I was able to select. customized in the in-depth type and also customize this tag.
So I created three various text labels with the directions for three different seasoning. packets as well as examine it out. I can move amongst the 3.
different labels simply by swiping to the right.
As well as I put on ' t need to stop. as well as pay attention to each one as I undergo them, I simply need to quit on. the one that I want.This is a great instance of exactly how you can place as little.
or as much information as you desire on your.
WayTag, whatever you desire.
That ' s the beauty of. WayAround, obtain imaginative.
Three, make use of tactual pens. like pipe cleansers, or elastic band to mark. items that feel comparable per other. For instance, I ' ve got 2. jars of peanut butter.
One ' s crunchy, one is luscious. I ' ve got an elastic band on the. creamy, which is my favored so I can discover it fast and easy.WayTags themselves can really. function as tactual markers because for instance, the WayClips. can be found in various forms.
You have actually rounded WayClips. and also settled WayClips.
So if you ' ve obtained three or. a lot more items that really feel the same, you ' re gon na intend to note them. The shape will permit. you to discover it swiftly and then course you simply utilize your application to check out the description and understand you definitely obtained the best thing.Now below, the method I ' ve got.
these three grains marked, as I can
tell that the rounded tags are my kids ' grains. that behave and also' sweet, however the one that made even. is the one that I prefer.
Currently if you search in real very closely, I actually have a bump dot. too on this made even tag, since anything that I have. in my cupboard or my fridge that is gluten complimentary, I ' ve included a bump dot to. the WayTag to allow me know.
You can do the very same thing with low fat or low sodium items in your cupboard. 4, make certain that your WayTags are always encountering outward. because that ' ll make it quicker and simpler for you to discover points, particularly when you ' re utilizing your WayLink. Five, if you'have unique treats or snacks that you wear ' t wish to get mixed in with everyone else ' s in the kitchen, assign'an unique bin and tag it and also place it in a distinct place.
in your kitchen so you recognize and every person else recognizes.
that it is just yours.Six, maintain a
small container in your cupboard to throw in your made use of WayTags to make sure that you'' ll have. them when you require them after you change the thing. 7, constantly put replacement.
products behind the older ones so that the older stuff.
will be consumed initially and also on your WayTag, be certain.
to put the expiration dates if you can access them. If you can not access them on your own, a minimum of put the date.
that you purchased the thing on your WayTag to make sure that you.
can have a general suggestion of just how old it is. Eight, clean your cupboard.
every 3 or 4 months to get rid of old food as well as crumbs. If you place yourself on.
a routine, for instance, take 4 vacations out of the.
year as well as clean it the weekend after each of those holidays,.
like President'' s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Veterans Day, well then you'' ll be able. to keep your pantry clean, organized, and also free of old food. 9, place your detects to function to recognize food that has spoiled.Your detects of
taste, touch, and odor can in fact protect you. So if you have food in there.
that just doesn'' t seem right, you put on ' t'know how much time. it ' s been in there, go on as well as throw it out,. it ' s just not worth it. If you would like to label whatever, yet you aren'' t sure which. tags to use on what, here are a couple of ideas. WayClips, WayClips can be.
utilized on almost anything. You can make use of a rubber.
band or a pipe cleaner to repair them to either a.
box or a rounded surface, however if you'' re gon na put them. on a box, simply remember, you put on ' t desire them. protruding in the direction of you, you want them sticking upward.So you may need to fold up in the flap on the inside of the box and afterwards put your clip up to the top. Now if you want to group it.
around package like these guys, you can do a single band or double. A dual band just makes it a great deal … It keeps it in place much better, especially if you'' re utilizing. a rounded item, like a can or if you'' re utilizing something that'' s gon na be taken care of a.
lot like a box of cereal.Now if you have actually a sighted person that requires to be able to review. what ' s under the WayClip, after that just use a single. band on the lower tab because then that ' ll. allow you to flip it down'and
turn it back up when you require to. Oval opening switches can be connected or banded to anything in your pantry. similar to the clips, yet unlike the clips, they ' re. really gon na stand out.
So reserve them for things. that you wish to have the ability to locate promptly, simply a few little one-of-a-kind. points in your cupboard. For instance, I have a
band. with an oblong opening switch right here on my Worcestershire sauce. They are also excellent for. items that remain in bags that you can take a. twisty tie and also connect about such as this cinnamon bread.
I know when I feel this oblong hole switch that it ' s my cinnamon bread. and also not the wheat bread. WayTag sticker labels can be found in different forms much like the clips. You have your rounded and your made even, however they ' re not indicated to. stick as well as unstick consistently like the clips.So you can recycle them by.
transforming what ' s on them, yet you ' re gon na desire. to put them on things that are non-perishable like placing them on your food
containers or your cylinders. One more idea is chip clips. So I can tell just by feeling the form of the WayTag sticker label which chip I desire and afterwards I ' m gon na utilize the. app to review the summary to make certain I ' ve obtained the ideal bag. If you wish to conserve some tagging time and you ' d instead make use of a sticker label. than a tag on your box goods, you can do that as long as.
there ' s an inner lining. For instance, cake mixes,.
muffin mixes, cereals, or pancake mix like
this can be found in a bag. So as soon as you use it up, throw the. bag and when you replace it, put the new bag in the box. With the sticker label, you can maintain package, especially if you have a whole lot. of excellent details on there, like the directions for just how to prepare it. Magnets are excellent for labeling cans. You can either place it.
on the top or all-time low of each can or if you.
keep your containers piled, all you need to do is label the leading one and you'' ll know what the rest are.The secret to success with. all of this is you.
Make it your very own from the beginning and know just how to keep it on your own. So you determine where. every little thing goes in that kitchen and if you have actually viewed aid to do it from flatmates. or from member of the family, that ' s excellent because that'. will assist them to understand where whatever goes and also. after that they can assist you to maintain it. When it concerns maintenance, the most effective thing you can do is. put away your very own grocery stores.
And also again, if you have actually spotted aids to help you identify things. promptly, that ' s superb, but placed them away on your own. If you wear'' t have actually spotted help, there are sources to.
aid you like the Aira app or the Alexa show or the SeeingAI application. Have a look at my previous.
video clip on exactly how to organize your fridge as well as your fridge freezer so you can utilize free.
methods in both spaces.So allow ' s do
a fast'evaluation. WayTags can be used in.
three various methods: To locate items tactually, to determine products through the description on the tag, as well as after that to shop.
information regarding that thing, such as nutritional information, food preparation guidelines or active ingredients. For instance, I'' m gon na obtain that box of Hungry Jack pancake mix once again. I recognize that this is my pancake mix reason I can feel the round.
WayTag sticker on it.And then when I go to read it.
just to be definitely certain, now I recognize for certain that'' s what it is, yet if I want even more information.
like the directions. It has everything I require to understand. Have a look at my earlier video clip on.
copying pasting info onto your WayTag. I show you how to go on the.
internet and capture details that you can copy and also.
paste best onto your tag. I additionally give you info.
on just how to utilize the edit attribute on your WayTag to make it fast as well as very easy to duplicate the exact same information.
onto several tags. Benefit from the.
different shapes of the WayTags to find items quickly. After that make use of the application to check out the description to confirm you'' ve got the. right thing, as well as put on'' t neglect, you can always add bump.
dots to your WayTags to give a little fast,.
added quick details like nutritional info. Gluten-free, low sodium,.
slim, etcetera. Don'' t neglect, the WayLink is best for excavating with multiple.
items in your kitchen. WayTags are recyclable. Either you can recycle the container or you can rewrite the.
details that'' s on any type of tag.And finally, wear'' t neglect.
to have actually an assigned area for your utilized WayTags because it'' s an integral part.
for having a full plan for tagging, consuming, acquiring, as well as retagging all of your groceries. So currently you know your method around to develop a totally available kitchen. All you require is to combine.
tactual techniques, business techniques,.
and also your favored WayTags, and you'' ll have the ability to.
accessibility anything you require to discover what you want. Keep in mind, you can customize.
your WayTags with as much or as little information as you want. That'' s the beauty of WayAround. To place an order for WayTags, most likely to WayAround.com and subscribe.
to the WayAround network on YouTube for endless ideas.
on exactly how to identify whatever in your world. I additionally wish you subscribe to my Insight4blind channel on YouTube, where I give you the tips,.
tools, as well as methods for living your finest life.
with reduced vision or no vision.I ' m right here to help'you find out.
your WayAround with vision loss so no concerns, you got.
this, see you next time.
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