Greg Stilson from HumanWare talks about the latest update 4.7.2 and how to get your favorite podcasts to automatically download onto your Victor Stream. Be sure to get the latest update and enjoy getting your morning paper auto-magically, as Greg puts it. Join Jeff Thompson and Greg Stilson as they converse about the retro feel yet the tech of today found in the Victor Stream. You can find more about HumanWare and their products on the web at...
Doug Hansard is the President of the JCB: Jacksonville Council of the Blind, the local affiliate for the ACB. But that’s not the end of Doug’s activities. doug is gainfully employed; he is the President of the Christian Fellowship, participates in the Jacksonville iAccess IOS User Group and P. A. L. S, and when he’s not working or busy with those groups, he manages his Ministry. The Passion for Love ministry focuses on seniors, but...
Blind Abilities offers Part 7 in their series: The Process Of Creating A Podcast. In this installment, Pete Lane works with a variety of audio clips, two of which he inserts into the interview to create transitions from topic to topic, and one of which is used to illustrate a discussion item in the interview. Pete explains how transitions sounds can vary depending upon the nature of the podcast as he builds his project towards its culmination in...
In this iAccess Demo we walk through the new method of moving icons on the iPhone. this is part of the IOS10 update which also isolates the widgets from the Notifications. Join Jeff Thompson as he uses VoiceOver to demonstrate the nice new feature from Apple.
Cheryl responds to a question about how to do laundry from a blindness perspective. A few other community members toss in their own tips as Cheryl gives us a comprehensive overview of tackling laundry and the trappings and logistics on a campus, apartment and at home. Sorting colors from whites, soap choices from gel packs to liquid and dry detergents. Cheryl covers this and there are a lot of good tips in this cast for you to pick and choose...
Blind Abilities presents a trio from Project Starfish who are collaborating with Blindfold Games in support of the Blindfold Racer National Challenge. Nasreen, Karl, and James discuss the details around this exciting game contest, slated for October 1 through 14, 2016. There is a brand new game created exclusively for this challenge which is now available in the IOS App Store. Check it out, practice and get ready to go live on October 1st!...
Adam Perry left work to learn about his blindness and figure out how he could accept his predicament. He knew his future vision loss was uncertain, but certain. Adam has RP, a degenerative eye disease that can slowly take away one's vision and Adam is quite aware of the changes that are happening and how he has to adjust to the ever changing perspective as he travels the world working on International cultural Engagements in the Arts. Join Jeff...
Stephen Letnes is a concert pianist and a Film Composer who just happens to be Sight challenged. With over 80 scores and a Christmas movie coming out November 15th, 2016, the last 4 months have been busy, busy, busy. And Stephen likes it that way. Santa’s Boot Camp is the title Stephen scored entirely and Sony has picked up the movie for a late fall release just in time for the holidays. From his studies of others playing on YouTube to his...
Cheryl macintosh A.K.A. @MoeLucie talks about her passion for sharing her experiences and her knowledge of Nutrition, College Education, Accessibility and how important it is for us to share what we have experienced. Jeff Thompson interviews fellow Blind Abilities team member, Cheryl, finding out what drives her to reach her goals and how she likes to give back to others what she has learned and experienced. She is finishing up her Masters...
Blind Abilities Presents, Part 6 - The Process Of Creating A Podcast Pete Lane shares Part 6 in his series: The Process of Creating A Podcast. Pete has gone through his own, in depth process of producing a full length project, the completed podcast for which was published on Blind Abilities on May 27, 2016. Pete walks through his step by step process, beginning with a recorded Skype interview with Erica Turner. From there Pete demonstrates...