Pete and Jeff, along with new team member, Jeff Young chat with Tomek Wardega, creator of the FopyDo scanning stand for the visually impaired. This tough, corrugated plastic stand works in conjunction with your favorite IOS OCR app to provide a sturdy and very effective scanning solution for your iDevice. Priced at only $12, FopyDo possesses many features which other stands don't offer. Join Blind Abilities for this 34 minute interview about...
From the Pocket is a series from Blind Abilities that utilizes 2 accessible apps, Pocket and Voice Dream Reader. Pocket extracts the text from a web article or other sources you choose and with the Voice Dream Reader app linked to Pocket, you can listen to articles on-the-go while off-line any time any place. Some really big news in the Blindness community is Facebook just launched the new feature that automatically gives an uploaded photo an...
Jeff Thompson gives us a demonstration of the Twitter App feature allowing a user to add a description to a photo they are posting from their device. This particular demonstration is for the iPhone using VoiceOver accessibility. Follow along tell your sighted friends to check it out and turn on this feature in their device. Follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities Subscribe to our podcasts on the web at BlindAbilities.com and be sure to download the...
Jeff Thompson gives a brief demonstration of the Moetive App from Shure giving some demonstrations using the MV-88 Stereo Lightning Port microphone from Shure. The new line of microphone and interface units called the Moetive series is Shure’s response to the popularity of mobile convenience and Shure did not drop their level of quality. The MV-88 is a rugged solidly built metal constructed piece of kit. ShurePlus MOTIV App Every operation...
Jeff and Pete announce the release of a brand new Blind Abilities App which offers a single Podcast feed from BlindAbilities.com This eighteen minute chat covers the objective, features, development and accessibility of this simple new App. They also discuss their efforts to create Podcasts with Chapter markers using a new software program which allows some podcast apps to offer this simplified navigation feature. The new Blind Abilities app is...
Jeff and Pete chat with Lisa Salinger, widely known across the blindness community, along with Dan Roberts, Director of MDSupport.org about the LowVizGuide. The Guide is a convenient navigational tool which uses indoor way-finding technology to assist attendees at blindness conventions. This 30 minute conversation covers the gammit from a review of updates and enhancements to the app, to imaginative ideas about possibilities for the app. This...
Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson chat with Nichole Sullivan, COO for the G-Technology Group, creators of the Sonar Glasses. These glasses use echo-location technology to detect obstacles when walking. This convenient device has great potential as a tool to compliment the cane or guide dog. # Check out their web site at
Radio Talking book Network provides audio versions of the written word. News, articles, publishings and up to date breaking daily news. Check it out at www.MNSSB.org/RTB and the password is RTB You can follow the Blind Abilities Teen Cast Channel on the Audioboom app by searching for BATeenCast Channel. We are also at BlindAbilities.com on the web. You can find out more about RadioTalkingBook and State Services for the blind on the web at...
Pete Lane and Blind Abilities present this epic exploration of the topic of blind people and inadvertent touching. This 37 minute production combines direct audio from members of the blindness community, along with select "Touching" songs to provide a humorous, yet enlightening peak at this awkward and common issue. Special thanks to the following Artists: M.C. Hammer, Cascada, The Who, The Doors, Dan Hill, Diana Ross, Brenda Lee, Benny King,...
We are headed to South Dakota for the Ski for Light 2016 Winter Event. We will be there all week so tuen in and see what's happening in Deadwood South Dakota.