Listen to Drew Weber's audio overview of the newly released HookeAudio Verse Bluetooth Binaural Microphone. Read Weber's text review below: Find more info about the Hooke Verse at the Hooke Audio Website. To the Hooke Audio team. I first learned of the Hooke Verse, in Summer 2015, from an article at the Apple Vis website, written by one of it's developers Anthony Mattana. I honestly can't tell you guys how proud I am for your perseverance, for...
Pete Lane continues the new Blind Abilities series: iPhone 101 with an introduction to Voiceover gestures. In this episode, Pete walks through the very basic settings needed for new users to operate their iPhones using Voiceover, the built-in screen reader that comes on board all Apple products. Pete describes how to turn Voiceover on and off, using three different methods: first, by walking us through the Settings app, flicking down to General,...
Prizmo Go was created for everybody and with VoiceOver Accessibility, Prizmo Go is another good tool for the BVI community to put in their toolbox. With the ability to share the text captured and with pretty good recognition, Prizmo Go ranks up there with Office Lens, another recently released OCR app with VoiceOver Accessibility working well. The capturing of text and the reading is remarkable. Prizmo Go has 2 in-app upgrades available. Export...
Blind Abilities adds to their iAccess Demo series with this brief demo on how to quickly unsubscribe from spam and junk marketing emails that we all hate to receive on our iDevices. Join Pete Lane as he walks us through his process, quickly and efficiently! 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.
John Olson from 3D Photo Works gives us an overview of the tactile replicas of some of the finest art in the world. 3E Photo Works goal is to provide the blind with access to art and photography at every museum, every science center and every cultural institution, first in this country and then beyond. Since the invention of Braille nearly 200 years ago, advocates have worked continuously to improve access to the printed word for the blind....
Blind Diabetes Independence Day A 30-minute (plus Q&A) training workshop on how to use the blind-friendly Prodigy Voice Blood Glucose Meter. Blind diabetics, blindness social workers, CDEs, and those who cannot be there in person may join the meeting via conference call by dialing 641-715-0861 and entering the pin number 886466 The BID Group, and BID Group Friends, proclaim May 19th to be Blind Diabetes Independence Day! Bob Bourdette,...
Blind Abilities presents another installment in their series iPhone 101. This post fits into the Resources section and takes us through an in depth walk through of the new apple Support app. this app provides a wealth of information, including built-in resources and articles on any kind of Apple device you might own. It is “device-specific” meaning it contains all devices that are registered under the user’s Apple ID. If the on-board...
Blind Abilities presents the next installment in their series iPhone 101 with an in depth demonstration of setting up a new iPhone. Pete Lane walks us through a description of the packaging, the box and its contents, an introduction to the orientation of the phone, turning on voiceover, arranging various language and location preferences, connecting to a WiFi network and many more phases involved in turning on and setting up a new iPhone. Stay...
Blind Abilities presents the next installment in its series on Aira. Pete Lane continues his interview with Amy Bernal, Director of Aira Agents, and Patrick Lane, Aira Agent analyst. Hear their thoughts on Aira agent training, their views on customer service and the continuing evolution of the agent position. Aira has grown from eight contract agents at the time of the interview, to twenty-three, and they continue to hire. If you are a sighted...
David Raistrick, Vice president/CEO of Envision America introduces us to the ID Mate Galaxy and Script Talk. Both accessible products talk and give us access to labels and much much more. The ID mate Galaxy not only reads bar codes the ID Mate gives instructions, Nutritional Values, detailed product information and will conduct price checks with national retailers such as Walmart and Amazon. You can make your own identification for labels by...