Access and Engagement to Education and Flatten Inaccessibility Surveys: Meet Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum, Director of Research, American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Full Transcript Show Summary: Director of Research at American Foundation for the Blind, Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum, Joins us in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the two recent surveys, Flatten Inaccessibility and Access and Engagement to Education. The full reports will soon be published, and you can sign up to be notified they are available and stay up to date with AFB’s future research projects. Find out how...

Opening Doors to Opportunities for Transition Age Students: Meet Career Discovery Project Program Director and Author, Jon Marin

Full Transcript Show Summary: Program Director Jon Marin joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities studio to talk about the Career Discovery Project and his upcoming book release of, “See Us”. With his new book due out soon Jon talks about students and employment and the opportunities created through the Career Discovery Project and the awareness that his new book, See Us, will bring to people around the world. Jon talks about job...

Conversation with a View. Meet Christine Malec and JJ Hunt – Creators of the New Podcast “Talk Description to Me”

Full Transcript Show Summary: Talk Description to Me Christine Malec and JJ Hunt Where the visuals of current events and the world around us get hashed out in description-rich conversations. J.J. Hunt is an innovative Audio Describer and a natural-born storyteller. Christine Malec is a perpetually inquisitive member of the blind and partially sighted community who’s always wondering about something. In Talk Description to Me, their...

Envision Glass – Let the Glasses Speak to You! A Look Through the Envision Glasses and the EnvisionAI App. Get 10% Off! Use BlindAbilities10 at Checkout!

Full Transcript Show Summary: Ilse, Head of Growth and Marketing at Envision, joins Scott and Jeff in the Blind Abilities studio to talk about Envision Glasses, the EnvisionAI app on iOS and Android, and what may be coming down the line from the hard working team at Envision. You may be familiar with the EnVisionAI app that has a free 14 day trial and is one of the most accurate optical Character...

Around The World with COVID-19 from a Blindness Perspective Episode 13 – Tim McIsaac: A Different Perspective from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Full Transcription Show Summary: Guest in this episode: Tim McIsaac, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  Every day we turn on the  news to see and hear the news with statistics, cases, test rates and more  reports about COVID-19, to the [point of saturation.  We hear of how the coronavirus has impacted people all over the world, but we rarely if ever hear specific reports of its effect on blind and visually impaired individuals. In...

Around The World with COVID-19 from a Blindness Perspective: Jo Fishwick, Checking In with Care and Stepping Out with Caution – Devon, England

Full Transcript Show Summary: Every day we are inundated with reports about COVID-19: statistics, new cases, and worse. Every day we hear of how the coronavirus has impacted people all over the world, but we rarely if ever hear specific reports of its effect on blind and visually impaired individuals. Thus far we have spanned the globe, introducing blind guests from Around the world, from Australia and Malaysia, to the United Kingdom, Trinidad...

Around The World with COVID-19 from a Blindness Perspective: Michael Babcock, – Work, Life and Family. Coquille, Oregon

Full Transcript Show Summary: Guest in this episode: Michael Babcock, Coquille, Oregon  Every day we are inundated with reports about COVID-19: statistics, new cases, and worse. Every day we hear of how the coronavirus has impacted people all over the world, but we rarely if ever hear specific reports of its effect on blind and visually impaired individuals. Thus far we have spanned the globe, introducing blind guests from Around the...

Around The World with COVID-19 from a Blindness Perspective: Episode 10 – Jeff Bazer – Maintaining and Changing in South Carolina

Full Transcript Show Summary: Guest in this episode: Jeff Bazer, South Carolina  Every day we are inundated with reports about COVID-19: statistics, new cases, and worse. Every day we hear of how the coronavirus has impacted people all over the world, but have we heard specific reports of its effect on blind and visually impaired individuals?  In this tenth episode in our series, Around the World with COVID-19 from a Blindness...

A Conversation with Apple’s Accessibility Team. Meet Sarah Herrlinger and Dean Hudson.

Full Transcript Show Summary: Apple Accessibility has never been better and the team at Apple has delivered again. In the studio today we talk to Sarah Herrlinger, Apple Director of Global Accessibility Policy and Initiatives, and Dean Hudson, and engineer on the Apple accessibility team. Learn about the new features coming to the latest iPhones and join in the excitement as we roll through the Apple Orchard and pick a few apple features to...

Around The World with COVID-19 from a Blindness Perspective – Episode 9: Essential Worker Lori Thompson, Minneapolis, Minnesota – Coping and Adapting .

Full Transcription Show Summary: Every day we are inundated with reports about COVID-19: statistics, new cases, and worse. Every day we hear of how the coronavirus has impacted people all over the world, but have we heard specific reports of its effect on blind and visually impaired individuals?  In this ninth episode in our series, Around the World with COVID-19 from a Blindness Perspective, we hear from Lori Thompson in Minneapolis...