Full Transcript Jeff: You may have heard them before on Blind Abilities. Speaker 2: The moment has come Joe: They brought me on early in the show and told me about their commitment to bring on actors who are blind or low vision. And that was exciting to me. Speaker 4: Centuries from now, almost all humans have lost the ability to see. Bree: Blindness is not a skill-set is not this cool acting challenge. It is a lived experience. Roy Samuelson:...
Full Transcript Show Summary: From almost every corner of the entertainment world, the BVI community is well represented and here they are again in the Blind Abilities studio and sharing their opinions, experiences and a few laughs. Joe Strechay is the Blindness Consultant and Co-Producer from the Apple TV Plus series, SEE. Bree Klauser is an actor from See and also is a voice artist and singer-songwriter. Stephen Letnes is a movie producer and...
Full Transcript Baba Voss:The moment has come. Joe Strechay:You know, they brought me on early in the show and told me about their commitment to bring on actors who are blind or low vision, and that was exciting to me. Speaker 3:Centuries from now, almost all humans have lost the ability to see. Joe Strechay:But I also got to work with actors and making sure that they have the accommodations they need to be successful. Speaker 3:Some say sight...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Joe Strechay has followed his passions and goals over the years and has recently merged his work and passions into one job and is having the time of his life. From managing the Career Connect program at American Foundation for the Blind, AFB, to Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services. Joe also worked on transition and employment initiatives at the New Jersey Commission...
Full Transcript Greg: Our business is understanding student workflows, understanding teachers, understanding needs of the students and being able to market and to train teachers and be a resource, right? That's where our foundation is. Jeff: Please welcome, from American Printing House, Head of Global Innovation, Greg Stilson. Greg: It was really in response to an outcry from TVI saying, "We need more braille." And so, we learned that the field...
Full Transcript Jeff Thompson: Welcome to Blind Abilities. I'm Jeff Thompson. Today in the studio we have Bree Klauser and she's an actor. She played Matal on the TV series from Apple TV+ See. That's S-E-E. We actually have two podcasts. After episode four came out, we recorded her excitement as she was getting together with a bunch of friends to watch episode four. I had already watched it. She hadn't watched it yet. It's going to be fun and...