George is a blind artisan and teacher working at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa - a 300 acre summer camp for the visually impaired that’s nestled in the red wood forest above Napa Valley. Here George teaches others, through example, how to use the tools necessary to become artisans. Currently, George is converting an old grape crushing barn into a Tactile Art Center. The top floor of the building is his 1900 sq. ft. woodworking shop. The bottom...
Blind Abilities Presents Trevor Thomas, the only professional hiker and has a guide dog named Tennille as his partner on some of the longest hiking trails in the states. From the Appellation Trail (AT) to the pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Trevor and Tennille have done it all. And yet, there is so much more to come from this hiking team. Mount Whitney is up ahead and Colorado is just a warm up for this record setting attempt. Join Blind Abilities...
Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson bring us more podcasts with a Blindness perspective. Listeners sent in lists and we put together another cast of content providers that we feel you will enjoy and learn from their productions. Below is a list of the podcasts, their web link and the feed to subscribe to the podcasts using your pod-catcher of choice. We hope you enjoy. The blind Abilities Team Maccessibility » Podcast Touching the Future:… Subscribe:...
As part of the Podcast: series "What are you... Listening to?" Lucie puts fourth a few of her own. Not so Techie, however, great content makes for a great listen. Lucie starts out with correcting the background music and into her list of casts. The Story Core Podcast from NPR, Embedded also from NPR, The Planet Money Podcast, and Somebody Knows Something. Join Lucie as she brings her picks to life. What Podcasts are you listening to? Send us an...
Jeff Thompson from the Blind Abilities team talks to us about the Facebook new feature, Automated Alt Text, and what it means as a start to something big coming down the road. Included is the audio from the Facebook Live Video Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook talking to Matt, who happens to be Blind, and is an engineer in the Artificial Intelligence department at Facebook.
Blind Abilities offers another installment in their series From The Pocket, where they use two apps: the Pocket and VoiceDream Reader to bring you articles from the web. today's article is "NetFlix To Improve Features for Customers Who Are blind, from the Global Alliance for Accessible Technologies and Environments. This relates to NetFlix increasing Audio Described content beyond what they are already providing. Visit...
Pete Lane and Jeff, Thompson part of the Blind Abilities team toss out a few Podcasts that they listen to on a regular basis. This is not a complete list and there will be more to come. Podcasts mentioned You can open your Podcatcher of choice and search for the titles. For links and feeds to all the Podcasts Read iAccessVO, Making It Happen With VoiceOver Accessibility: A bi-weekly podcast hosted by Brian Fischler and Ed Plumacher, VoiceOver...
Blind Abilities presents the second installment in its series, Brad Snyder - On The Road To Rio, the 2016 Paralympics. In this episode, Brad shares more about his swimming training routine, his technology, and his passion around his commitment to excellence, not only in his sport, but with everything he does. Learn about his speaking techniques, his room mate and his imminent movie. Stay tuned for our next installment, a chat about the Bradley...
Blind Abilities offers another in its series From The Pocket, using thePocket app and Voice Dream Reader to share articles from the web. This article comes from medium.com Enjoy!
Blind Abilities is extremely proud to present this new series, Brad Snyder: On The road To Rio. This multi-part series delves into the life of Bradley Snyder, blinded in a tragic IED explosion in Afghanistan. Brad set his mind to compete in the Paralympics, and did so, winning two Gold and one Silver Medal precisely one year to the day following his injury in the 2012 London Paralympics. In this episode, we explore Brad's extreme training...