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...
Cheryl McIntosh, Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane chat with their guest, Dr. Denise M. robinson, PhD and Educator of the blind. Dr. robinson provides a wealth of services, including one on one “applicable” instruction to students remotely using Skype. She employs innovative and proven techniques for teaching students countless subjects in conjunction with the public school systems using multiple tools. Check out Dr. robinson’s numerous...
Blind Abilities offers the fifth in the series, The Process Of Creating A Podcast. In this episode, Pete Lane walks us through his process of creating the multi-track Intro for the Erica Turner podcast. Pete demonstrates multi track creating using a music bed (So Many Reasons to Rejoice, by Eddie Robinson), and pasting descriptive voice clips using the “Paste to a new track” Command + Option + V. Pete then demonstrates a process that yields...
Join Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane and their guest, Suman Kanuganti, Co-founder and CEO of AIRA. AIRA leverages smart glasses, such as Google Glass to provide a dynamic service to blind users. Beginning with the Explorer program slated to begin in September and October of 2016, this device and the service associated with it promises to be a viable benefit with infinite potential for the blind for years to come. Listen to Jeff and Pete as they...
Join the Blind abilities Team of Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson as they talk to Dan Parker about his life changing racing accident and how he has set goals to overcome the challenges from losing his eye sight and more than anything, not losing his vision of racing again. Dan is the 2005 World Champion racer who now uses his skills and confidence to re-invent himself as the World’s Fastest Blind Man. Racing is a family tradition and getting back...
When capturing Audio on the go,The best recorder is the one you have on hand! Thus, I find my iPhone is always on me and nearly ready to go when I need it. With the addition of my Apogee or Shure MV88 microphones and either the BossJockStudio App or the Motiv App from Shure, I am safe to say that I can get the audio quality I want at a drop of a hat. That’s not to say that one needs to spend $150 or $225 for one of these microphones for the...
Caitlyn is setting out to transition from High School to College and to a career and is getting all the skills and training to enhance her opportunities. Jeff Thompson of the Blind Abilities Team interviews Caitlyn about her plans, goals, objectives and most of all, the connection with State Services and her peers to ensure her journey succeeds. From camps to training Caitlyn is getting it done. You can contact Kaitlyn on Twitter...
So often Blind Abilities interviews blind individuals, or organizations or businesses who cater to the blind. Today, we feature a sighted individual who has devoted a large part of her life, both working and volunteering to enrich the lives of the blind. Pete interviews Mandy VanCleave: n Assistive Technology specialist, and a volunteer for various blindness apps including BeSpecular, Be My Eyes and soon, the new camera glasses, AIRA. Join us...