Sprint is committed to working with phone manufacturers and the blind and low vision community to deliver user-friendly accessible phones – Meet Outreach Specialists Diane and Rob!

Full Transcript Show Summary: In this Tech Abilities podcast, I met up with Sprint Outreach Specialists Diane and Rob during the NCSAB conference. Sprint will provide Bills in Braille and large print, a discount on a plan and help BVI customers maximize the accessibility of their smart phone. It is nice to see Sprint at and sponsoring conventions such as NFB, ACB, AFB and more, and to have Outreach Specialist like Diane and Rob available to ask...

Patriot Vision Industries: a Low Vision Solution for Everyday Life and in the Classroom

Full Transcript Show Summary: In this Tech Abilities podcast we are talking to Charles from Patriot Vision Industries. Charles gives us an overview of the Low vision line of patriot products. The patriot ViewPoint, a wearable viewer that enhances ones existing vision to bright and clear magnification from across the room. This device fits over the eyes like goggles and you may be surprised at the clarity and color that jumps to life. Charles...

Vispero – Helping Blind and Low Vision Individuals Reach Their Full Potential. Meet Douglas Gerry and Hear What’s Coming Up for the ElBraille and New Low Vision Solutions

Full Transcript Show Summary: In this Tech Abilities podcast we are talking to Vispero Representative Douglas Gerry. Douglas gives us an over view of the Low Vision and Braille devices as well as some breaking news on the ElBraillecoming out this summer. Join Douglas as he talks about the importance of learning the tools that will bring you success in the workplace and how starting to learn these devices early may help you succeed....

The Importance of Soft Skills – A Blog Post by Kelsi Hansen

Recently, I was asked to write about soft skills because I excel in that area. Oddly enough, I had never heard of soft skills and had no idea what it meant when they said I was good at them. So I did some research, and it turns out that yes, I am good at soft skills. They just come naturally to me, and are not something that I would necessarily define about myself. So, I want to share what soft skills are, and try to give some helpful tips on...

White Cane Coffee: Providing Great Coffee to our Customers and Providing Sustaining Jobs for People with Disabilities – A Job Insights Spotlight

Full Transcript Show Summary: Serina Gilbert is always coming across great stories and this one from Erin and Bob at White Cane Coffee is as good as it gets. Taking a Bad Day and transferring that into the launching of a new company, Erin and Bob, a daughter and son team, tell us why they wanted to start White Cane Coffee and how they want to impact others with the opportunity through the affiliate program coming soon. You can check out the...

JobInsights: Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace

Show Summary: Welcome to Job Insights with Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson. We focus on Employment, . We focus on Employment, Careers, enhancing opportunities and bringing you  the latest innovations from across the Vocational Rehabilitation field to ensure your choices lead you down the career pathway that you want and succeed in gainful employment. From getting started with services, to assessments, Individual Plan for Employment (IPE)...

Just Wait Until He Realizes You’re Blind – Blog Post by Kelsi Hansen

As a blind parent, people say and do things, that they otherwise wouldn’t to a sighted parent. They are trying to be helpful, or funny, and for the most part I don’t sweat about it. But there is one thing people say that tends to upset me, and I don’t know how to respond to it. It is when they say: “just wait until he realizes you can’t see him"; or “you’re in for a lot of trouble when your son realizes what he can get away with,...

TechAbilities DemoTime! EnvisionAI Packs a Lot of Tools in One App ! OCR, Teachable Object Recognition and Facial Recog, Too! Meet Co-Founder Karthik from Envision.

Full Transcript Show Summary: Envision Co-Founder, Karthik, joins Jeff Thompson in the studio to talk about the EnvisionAI app. This is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition), Object Recognition and Magnifier for Low-Vision users. The EnvisionAI app is one of the fastest OCR apps that I have experienced. The Object Recognition is up to par with my expectations and with the ability to “Teach” the app specific items makes this app stand out a...

TechAbilities DemoTime! VoiceDream Scanner Enters the Crowded Ring with a Few Punches of Its Own

Full Transcript Show Summary: Voice Dream Scanner just hit the market and for $5.99, this app from VoiceDream is another nice addition to the other apps developed by the VoiceDream Team. VoiceDream Reader is one of the most popular apps in the BVI community and VoiceDream Scanner seems like the perfect addition. With the ability to save scanned text as PDFs, text files and copy to the ClipBoard, VoiceDream Scanner packs a new punch entering the...

CSUNATC19 From a First Time Perspective: Learn How Brian prepped and Managed His CSUN Conference and What His Experience Taught Him for Next Year

Full Transcript Show Summary: Blind ability see sun coverage is sponsored by Be My Eyes. Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. Download for iOS Download for Android Our very own, yes, we will claim him, Brian Fischler, attended the CSUN Conference in Anaheim, California. This Assistive Technology Conference is huge,...