Apps and Resources for Students and a Perspective from a Parent of a Blind Teen Now Schooling from Home

Full Transcript Show Summary: Maria Ceferatti joins Jeff in the Blind Abilities Virtual Studio via Zoom Cloud Meetings, Maria using her iPhone with the Zoom App and Jeff back at the Blind Abilities Studio on his Mac with the Zoom Pro Account up and running. Jeff uses the Zoom recording feature as a backup just in case something goes wrong with his main recording. Check out the link below if you are interested in the Free guide to Zoom called,...

COVID-19 – If Your Doctor Wants you to Come In, How do You Get There? Stephen Letnes is Working It Big Time and the Community Needs Your Help.

Full Transcript Show Summary: With the COVID-19 epidemic spreading across the World, there are so many questions being asked and protocols being established. Stephen Letnes took it upon himself to ask around the state of Minnesota, “How does a Blind/Visually Impaired person establish a ride to the Doctor’s office if they want them to come in and be tested?” After fining absolutely no protocols in place, Stephen started his mission to...

Improving the Lives of Blind Americans.: Simon Bonenfant Sits Down with , John G. Paré, Jr., Executive Director, Advocacy and Policy of the NFB

Full Transcript Show Summary: At the Washington Seminar, members of the National Federation of the Blind took to Capitol Hill to advocate for legislative initiatives that will improve the lives of blind Americans. Simon Bonenfant from Blind Abilities attended his 8th Washington Seminar and joined hundreds of others in an effort to educate the Representatives and Senators about Blindness and to support legislation that...

FocusOnFitness: The Plank – Build Stability and Working the Core Muscles. Episode 1 of 4 in this Introductory Series.

Show Summary: FocusOnFitness is a new series of basic exercises you can do in your house, in the dorm or during a short break. Using the natural surrounding without having to find the right equipment, the best gym or the perfect time to do a little workout. Focus on Fitness is all about doing it when you can and hey, why not? Maria Johnson, aka Girl Gone Blind, joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to Focus on Fitness and how you...

FocusOnFitness: Squats – Build Stability and Working the Leg Muscles, Quadriceps, Hamstrings and Calves. 2 of 4 in this Introductory Series.

Full Transcript Show Summary: FocusOnFitness is a new series of basic exercises you can do in your house, in the dorm or during a short break. Using the natural surrounding without having to find the right equipment, the best gym or the perfect time to do a little workout. Focus on Fitness is all about doing it when you can and hey, why not? Maria Johnson, aka Girl Gone Blind, joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to Focus on...

FocusOnFitness: Walking – A Good cardio and Aerobic Exercise That Helps the Large Muscles, the Heart and Lungs. Episode #3 of 4 in this FocusOnFitness Introductory Series.

Full Transcript Show Summary: FocusOnFitness is a new series of basic exercises you can do in your house, in the dorm or during a short break. Using the natural surrounding without having to find the right equipment, the best gym or the perfect time to do a little workout. Focus on Fitness is all about doing it when you can and hey, why not? Maria Johnson, aka Girl Gone Blind, joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to Focus on...

FocusOnFitness: Stretching – The Windmill is a Great Core Building Exercise and a Great Way to Give that Core a Good Stretching. Episode 4 of 4 in this FocusOnFitness Series.

Full Transcript Show Summary: FocusOnFitness is a new series of basic exercises you can do in your house, in the dorm or during a short break. Using the natural surrounding without having to find the right equipment, the best gym or the perfect time to do a little workout. Focus on Fitness is all about doing it when you can and hey, why not? Maria Johnson, aka Girl Gone Blind, joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to Focus on...

Blind Abilities Presents: Corona Virus from a Blindness Perspective

Full Transcript Show Summary: During these unprecedented times we want to talk about some of the challenges facing the blindness community brought on by the Corona Virus Pandemic. We highly suggest that you keep up with the latest news and information on the Center for Disease Control web site. Serina Gilbert, Lori Thompson, Tiffany Manosh and Jeff Thompson talk about the challenges and how they are over-coming and facing the situation of...

Envision Glasses – The New AI-Powered SmartGlasses by Envision

Show Summary: Empowering the Blind and Visually Impaired to be more independent. That is what Envision is all about and Karthik  is in the Blind Abilities Studio to tell us all about the launch of the Envision Glasses. You can Pre-Order your pair today at https://www.letsenvision.com/glasses and shipping will start early Summer! From the web: Turn Text into Speech Envision Glasses enable you to read all kinds of text from...

That Blind Tech Show: From Glasses to a Chip in the Brain, To Glasses from Aira Setting on the Horizon, and Google Products and Accessibility. What’s with all this White Noise Brian?

Show Summary: That Blind Tech Show is in the Studio and do we got a show for you. From Google Docs on the PC, Aira rebooting under Blue Diago and the Sun is setting on the Horizon Glasses. Why is NBC All Access not all accessible? Do those call protections really serve you well? Is that Brian talking or is my White Noise machine turned down to low? And, tell me this, how does Brian get an entire keyboard in his pocket?  How about the...