Jeff Thompson interviews Leal Sylvester a Piano Tuner Specialist at the ACB Convention in Minneapolis, MN and follows up with an interview with the Director of the School of Piano tuning and Technology for the Blind, Don Mitchel. Listen and find out more about how one can become a business owner of their own Piano Tuning Service. You can contact the School of Piano tuning and Technology for the Blind on the web at or email...
Blind Abilities Presents an interview with Leonard Olijar, Director, Bureau Of Engraving & Printing, an agency of the U.S. Treasury Department responsible for the printing and safeguarding of the United States currency. Mr. Olijar talks about the Currency Reader Program featuring the iBill Money Reader, the EyeNote and IDEAL Money Reader smart phones apps available free in the App Store and Google Play Store respectively. He also offers an...
Jeff Thompson interviews the BeSpecular App developers celebrating the new launch in the app Store and the Google Play store. Jeff and Pete also test the app and the additional functions on the new release. Follow @BeSpecular and download the App today!
Jeff Thompson interviews two passionate Directors, Wilma and Peggy, representing Camp Abilities St. Louis. Check out this great Summer Sports Camp for blind children, in St. Louis www.CampAbilities-StLouis.org or in 25 other locations, on their web site: www.CampAbilities.org
Pete Lane introduces a new BlindAbilities Team member, Cheryl spencer. Cheryl brings her NFB Convention Blog entitled: spencer’s spotlight. Check out Cheryl’s recurring article in the monthly digital newsletter, The Blind Perspective, at TheblindPerspective.org Stay tuned for more from Cheryl and her Convention Blog, and good luck to Rus Davis as he competes in the NFB Convention Talent Show! Happy July 4th Holiday to all in the US! Here are...
Sign up for the Blind Abilities Newsletter on BlindAbilities.com or fill out your name and email at our Blind Abilities booth #41 at the ACB convention in Minneapolis July 1 through July 6 and you will have a chance to win the Shure MV88 Microphone. This podcast that follows the announcement of this opportunity was previously released and we decided to include it with this wonderful chance to win. #ACB16 #NFB16
Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson asked members of the community what they liked about the award winning and life changing technology of the KNFB App. With such a positive response we thought we had to share. Join members of the Jacksonville iAccess group and members of the blind abilities community as Pete and Jeff talk KNFB Reader. You can get the KNFB Reader from the App Store for IOS and in the Google Play for Android. Follow Blind Abilities on...
Blind Abilities Presents: Christopher Venter, A.K.A. Blind Scooter Guy. Christopher journeyed from Cape Town South Africa to Dublin Ireland on a scooter motorcycle, one of the smaller styles of cycles and traveled over 20,000 miles just to get a Guinness beer, well, kind of. Christopher contracted a virus that eventually took his eyesight. And Over the next two years Christopher did not stop pursuing the life he always dreamed of... being a...
Jeff and Pete are joined by Ross Minor, a recent High School graduate who has a story to tell! From the tragic events of his childhood which caused total blindness and a loss of smell, to his Youtube Channel, his desire to become a motivational speaker, to his recent decision to train for the 2020 Paralympic Games as a swimmer: Ross shares a myriad of thoughts, feelings and aspirations. Be sure to set aside a brief half-hour to hear this...
Ray foret, Jr. gives us a historical account of the first recording of stereo on a record. He then proceeds to demonstrate the accessibility he finds on SoundForge using his MacBookPro. No, Soundforge is not an accessible dream but Ray says that for what he wants to do, the program is useable. Ray cleans up some glitches in the record audio using features in soundforge. You can find Ray on VORAIL App as Barefoot Ray.