Peter Walters - A Nuclear Scientist and Venture Capitalist: His Journey from Education to Employment #NFB18 Blind Abilities continues their coverage of the NFB National Convention, 2018 from Orlando, Florida, brought to you by Aira. In this short podcast, Jeff Thompson catches up with Peter Walters in the hotel coffee shop. Peter has a phD in Nuclear Physics and speaks about his journey through vision loss, his education...
Don’t help them, a tale of two pedestrians, Blog Post By Jessica Hodges I was lost. Completely, thoroughly lost. I was also in a bit of a time crunch, because class started in twenty minutes, and while I knew I wasn’t too far from campus and the building I needed, I also knew, due to the nature of being lost, that I could easily end up eight blocks away headed the wrong direction. It was time to flag down a person. “Excuse...
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: Carving His Pathway Towards Success, Meet Simon Bonenfant Full Transcript Below Blind Abilities presents the TVI Toolbox. Where the collaboration between Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Agencies and the Students themselves help enhance the opportunities for success. Transitioning from high school to college and the workplace is a major step and the beginning of lifetime goals and aspirations. As...
A Morning with tony Gebhard: An Extraordinary Musician, and a Dynamic Individual - Can You Say Metal? Full Transcription Below: Blind Abilities presents a special guest, tony Gebhard. Tony is a talented musician who plays multiple instruments, writes performs and produces his mucic on several albums. Tony lost his vision at an early age, and tells his heart-wrenching story of his vision loss and is means for overcoming the physical and...
Meet Aira Agent Analyst Patrick Lane – An Overview of the Aira Services Compliments of the Completely Booked Podcast Blind Abilities is rebroadcasting this episode of completely booked, a brand new podcast sponsored by the public library in Jacksonville, Florida. this episode features an interview with Patrick Lane, an Aira Agent Analyst who describes the amazing Aira service and its numerous benefits to the blindness community. You can find...
En-VisionAmerica: I.D. Mate, Talking Bar code Reader, and ScriptAbility, A Christine Ha Moment and NReach – BlueTooth Beacon Technology
Once again, Pete Lane of the Blind Abilities Team, captures some interviews from the exhibit floor at the 2018 NFB convention. This coverage is sponsored by Aira – The Virtual navigator for the Blind – Instant Access to Information – When You Want It.
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The Tap Keyboard: The Wearable Keyboard – Come Tap With Us Tap™ is a wearable input device that lets your fingers control and communicate with the digital world. As you tap your fingers or move your thumb, characters and commands are sent to any Bluetooth device–your phone, laptop, tablet, Smart TV, desktop computer and more. Antonio Guimaraes caught up with Sabrina Kemenyfrom Tap Systems Inc. and found out more about the Tap Keyboard, how...
ThatBlindTechShow19: From Chrome, Surface Pro, VoiceView, MacBookPro’s New Line-up, and yes, more mention of the Cluckin’ Gobble… Chirp
That Blind Tech Show 19 is jammed packed with… well, it’s nearly an hour of….
Well, we are back in the saddle and letting it rip. News from the convention, Twitter’s clamp down on 3rd party apps, Microsoft’s Surface Go is now gettable and Voice view steps in-line with gestures. And lookie...
JobInsights 7: The Job Hunt – Resources, Resumes and Strategies Full Transcript Below Welcome to Episode 7 of Job Insights with Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson. 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...
Chirp for Twitter - The VoiceOver Accessible Watch App: Meet 16 Year Old Developer Will Bishop That Blind Tech Show (TBTS) Special Edition brings you the developer of the Watch App Chirp for Twitter. Will Bishop may be just 16 years of age and his youth does not get in the way of his app development. His new app for Watch OS is called Chirp for Twitter. With the help of a couple of VoiceOver users, Brian Fischler being one of them, Will has...