Full Transcript Show Summary: While attending the 2019 NFB Convention in Las Vegas, Jeff Thompson had the opportunity to talk with Jim Power from Guide Dogs for the Blind. Jim is a Field Service Manager and talks about the process of applying for a Guide Dog and the process one experiences in obtaining a Guide Dog. You can find out more about Guide Dogs for the Blind by calling 1-800-295-4050 and on the web at www.GuideDogs.com. Jeff...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Two Blind Brothers is more than just 2 Blind brothers, they are in business to cure blindness! Jeff Thompson meets up with Bradford and Brian from Two Blind Brothers. They produce some of the softest garments that one has ever felt and Jeff gives his nod of approval. After chatting with Bryan and focusing on the T-Shirts, Tanks and Hoodies, Jeff picked out a Jersey Style T with 3/4 length sleeves and Lori picked...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Blind Abilities is proud to bring you news and coverage of the NFB19 convention. We will be bringing you extensive coverage from the Exhibit Hall, Breakout Sessions, and News/Happenings from Las Vegas. To kick off the coverage, Jeff Thompson brings you the news from Bose and Aira partnering up to produce the next iteration of the Aira Glasses. Yes, we all been thinking, “What if the Bose Frames came with a...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Roy Samuelson joined Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about Audio Description and how we use and how Roy does his craft as well as how we understand Audio Description. Roy announces the New release of Spider Man and his excitement about being part of the team doing the Audio Description. Roy talks about his work and asks the listeners to help him further understand what...
Show Summary: Blind Abilities keeps the iPhone101 series moving with an update to this demonstration of Dictation tips and tricks. Pete has once again brought his insight to the process of dictating text, numbers and even basic emojis in iOS, where inputting text is especially time consuming. Pete shares tips on how to ensure your iDevice is set up for dictation, as well as reviewing the complete process for using dictation for both short and...
Full Transcript Show Summary: The Free WayAround App and Tags allow one to record descriptions, notes, game instructions easily by using your smart phone and the Near Field Communication (NFC) to read and label the Way Tags. With the ability to record 2,000 characters in the descriptions, the possibilities are limitless. Labeling files, containers, appliance logs, audio equipment and the list is only limited by your imagination. Jessica Hipp...
Show Summary: State Services for the Blind hosted a Career Expo for high school and college students who are blind, low vision, or DeafBlind. The event took place on Saturday, April 27. Throughout the Expo students had the opportunity to: Connect with adults with a vision loss from a variety of professions and careers.Hear from college representatives about what college is like.Learn why diversity matters from an employer’s point of...
Full Transcript Show Summary: World Champion Lex Gillette – The Journeyman, and Inspiring Young athlete, Mitch Smedley, The apprentice, Talk Olympics, Goals and Having a Vision And this podcast we catch up with Lex Gillette, a four-time Paralympian with numerous awards. Lex is competing and training 5 days a week and has his vision set on Tokyo Japan in 2020. Joining us in the studio is Mitch Smedley, an inspiring young athlete who is headed...
Full Transcript Show Summary: State Services for the Blind hosted a Career Expo for high school and college students who are blind, low vision, or DeafBlind. The event took place on Saturday, April 27. Throughout the Expo students had the opportunity to: Connect with adults with a vision loss from a variety of professions and careers.Hear from college representatives about what college is like.Learn why diversity matters from an employer’s...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Blind Abilities Teen correspondent Simon Bonenfant sat down with Daria Zawadzki during his recent visit to New York City. Daria works for the Lighthouse Guildand facilitates Tele-Support Groups for Blind and Visually Impaired teens and parents of teens as well. And you can find out more about the Tele-Support on the web. Daria talks about her` experiences as a Blind student, mother and her acceptance of...