The Blind Abilities Coverage of the #NFB17 is sponsored by Aira. Jeff Thompson of the Blind Abilities Team arrived early and met up with Mark Erickson of Blind, Inc and talked about cane travel and the 32 students/staff that made the journey down to Orlando, Florida. Join Jeff as he talks about the day and what’s happening below the Blind Abilities balcony. You can find out all about Aira on the web at www.Aira.io and on Twitter @airaio ...
Eye-Link is an organization that was founded by Jim Justesen. He attended a Blindness training center in Minneapolis, Vision Loss Resources, and took note of the high cost of technology and the low income of his classmates. Knowing all too well that this was not isolated to just this center, Jim sought to help the situation and founded Eye-Link in 2000. With the passion of the Eye-Link Board and the volunteers, Eye-Link have been...
On Americas 241st Birthday we feature a poem: :Let Freedom Ring” by our friend and listener, Donald Arsenault. Happy Independence DayUS of A! Thank you for listening! You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store.
Aira is demonstrated and put to use on the River City Live TV in Jacksonville, Florida. Pete Lane gets instant access to information from a Aira agent, Patrick Lane, in realtime as he navigates and sidewalks, streets and stores. Join the River City Live TV cast and hear about Aira and the benefits that you could be accessing today! You can find more information about Aira on the web at www.Aira.io and follow Aira on Twitter @Airio Thank you for...
Kevin Key suffered a rare illness that left him with Vision Loss just 3 years ago. Today Kevin has fought back and is now a consultant with the city of Memphis in Tennessee advocating and educating the Business owners, managers and city officials about disabilities and creating opportunities. Kevin has accepted his blindness and has taken the time to tell us about his journey, how his parents set an example for him and how he wants to improve...
Blind Abilities presents another installment in its iPhone 101 series involving Voiceover gestures. As we draw near the end of our gestures presentations, Pete reviews the 4-finger single tap. This gesture can be somewhat difficult to perform since its kind of tight having to fit four fingers onto your iPhone screen, especially when in portrait mode (upright with your Home button at the bottom). Pete shares a tip where he turns his phone...
Woodworking for the Blind Sixth Annual Summer Workshop Now Two Separate Sessions All Members Invited Advanced Woodworking Session Monday, August 21, thru Saturday August 26, 2017 Welcoming Dinner Monday evening August 21 Woodworking Fundamentals Session Saturday, August 26, thru August 31, 2017 Welcoming Dinner Saturday evening August 26 Each Session Has 4 Full Days of Meetings, Discussions, Instructions, Technique Sharing, Meals and...
Pete Lane and Nick D’Ambrosio present another installment in the iPhone 101 series involving Voiceover gestures. This episode explores the many ways we can use the Single-finger double-tap and Hold gesture. Ranging from several uses in Safari, the iPhone web browser, and sending audio messages in the Messages app, to Fast-forwarding and Rewinding music, Youtube videos or audio books in the player screens of your various audio apps, this...
Greg Stilson, senior Product Manager at HumanWare, talks about the new Brailliant BI14 Braille display and how it is a perfect fit for the mobile iPhone user. Greg talks about his Aira explorer experiences and gives us an overview of his nearly 11 years at HumanWare. Join Greg and Jeff Thompson of the Blind Abilities team and learn about the latest from HumanWare, their parent company, Greg’s virtual navigational journeys with Aira and...
Public Relations Director for the National Federation of the Blind, Chris Danielsen, joins Jeff Thompson of the Blind Abilities Team to talk about the recent lawsuit filed in California regarding the accessibility of the Greyhound Bus web site and the Greyhound Application for the smart phone. This is new territory to include the App in the mix as previous cases involved access only to the web site. Today, as technology keeps moving forward and...