Let’s Talk ScripTalk! 25 Years Strong and Growing to Meet Your Accessible Prescription Needs – Welcome En-Vision America Director of Marketing, Jenna Reed

Podcast Summary: Joining Lisa Bryant and Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio is En-Vision America’s Director of Marketing, Jenna Reed. En-Vision America has just celebrated their 25th anniversary and has not stopped one bit. Announcing a new partnership with the Hy-Vee chain and adding 25 languages to the line of ScriptAbility Solutions available at a growing number of pharmacies across the United States and Canada....

Tech Abilities Christmas and Holiday Well Wishes and Joy

Podcast Summary: From the Blind Abilities studio from the Tech Abilities Team, Marlon and Jeff bring you a little something of r you and well wishes to all. Happy Holidays and may you all have a safe and wonderful New Year! The Tech Abilities Team Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or...

iPhone101: low data usage – Conserving Your Data Usage on Video and Streaming Services

Podcast Summary: Blind Abilities presents another installment in its iPhone 101 series with this review of several popular video and audio streaming Apps, in which we explore  ways to set up methods to reduce the amount of your cellular data you use while streaming or downloading their products. We already know that it is more cost effective to stream audio and video services while connected to your Home WiFi network as it's cost is...

A Journey Like No Other – Abandonment, Blinded, Homeless and Fighting for Self-Determination – Meet Itto Outini: – Fulbright Alumna, Journalist, Feminist, Human Rights Activist and Accessibility Advocate

Full Transcript Podcast Summary: Itto Outini’s self-determination has carried her from halfway around the World to living her dream. From a journey less desired, her constant  zest for knowledge and learning proved to be the ticket out of her circumstances and onto her realizing her dream of working for the United Nations and becoming an activist for human rights and an advocate for accessibility. Itto Outini smiling with arms...

Ayes – Helping the Blind and Visually Impaired Navigate Intersections Safely. Like Having an Audio Pedestrian Signal in your Pocket

Podcast Summary: The Ayes team joined Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities studio to talk about Ayes, an Artificial intelligence company form to assist the blind and visually impaired in navigating intersections using traffic signal imagery and algorithmic computation and relaying the data to the user through audio and haptic feedback This team of 3 left their AI jobs and formed Ayes after learning from a Blind friend that...

iPhone101/QuickByte: Get Your Widgets Moving! The Battery Widget is a Must and You Want it Where? You Want it How Big? OK, Let’s Do it!

Podcast Summary: In this iPhone101/QuickByte demonstration from Blind Abilities, Jeff Thompson will Add the Battery Widget to the Today View and then move the Battery widget to where he wants it located on the screen. With a few swipes and flicks, you can pick the widget, choose the size of the widget and move the widget to the location that suits your needs. Let’s start on the home screen: Touch in the body of your home screen...

iPhone101/QuickByte: MagSafe Battery pack from Apple: Not the Fastest, nor the Juiciest, It Just Works… and Works Smart!

Podcast Summary: The MagSafe Battery Pack will not overheat your iPhone and will reverse charge with the iPhone when charging. The MagSafe Battery Pack may not be that mega charger that makes a hero out of itself when you forget to charge your iPhone the night before, however, using the MagSafe Battery Pack will ensure you have juice for an extended period of time. It just works and it works smart. In...

iPhone101 QuickByte: Pronunciation – Let Your VoiceOver Voices Pronounce Words and Names the Way You Want Them Pronounced. Is it Aira or Ira? Jeff or Jawff? You decide.

Podcast Summary: In this iPhone101 QuickByte demonstration, Jeff Thompson shows us how to change how vvoiceover pronounces words that just don’t sound right. You can also change the word completely, the choice is yours. Do you have an App or particular word or name that gets mis-pronounced by your VoiceOver voice? You can change that in just a few quick steps. Pronunciation Replacement Go to the Settings icon and single finger...

iPhone101 QuickByte: Setting a sleep Focus for a good night sleep for all concerned, and Siri Announcing all Notifications

Podcast Summary: In this iPhone101 QuickByte Jeff Thompson will show you how one can set up a Sleep Focus to ensure a peaceful night sleep and only Allowed Notifications will come through. And, setting up weekday and Weekend settings for the times of your choosing. Basic Settings: Open “Settings” with Siri or a Single finger double tap on the Settings icon.Single finger swipe right down to “Focus” and Single finger double tap...

iPhone101 – Managing Mail Messages and Accounts in iOS – Part 6: Adding a Brand New Email Account To Your iDevice

Podcast Summary: Blind Abilities presents a new iPhone101 series entitled: "Managing Mail Messages and Accounts in iOS - Adding, Retrieving and  Deleting, Oh My!” This new series provides various in depth demonstrations aimed at giving you the tools to effectively manage your email in an organized and efficient manner. Pete Lane walks us through each step of these processes with snappy and thorough presentations.  Part 6...