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.
KSTP.com a television station in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, aired the news about the NFB petition regarding the immediate release of the ADA Internet Regulations and not to have them tabled till 2016. You can go to www.NFB.org and find out more about the petition and the activities of the NFB.
The BlindAbilities Team interviews Arjun Mali, CFO of iMerciv Incorporated, maker of The Buzz Clip. The buzz Clip is a small, un-intrusive device that uses sonar technology to detect obstacles that may pose danger to blind and visually impaired walkers above the waste and around the head. Join Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson as they probe into this promising travel tool which is expected to be available in April of this year. #BlindAbilitiesPresents...
Members and Friends of the Blind Abilities Community contributed their #RandomActsOfBlindness to share how they can see a humorous side to some of the daily situations that most of us come across. We all handle it a bit differently and it appears that humor seems to smooth out the edges of some random acts... of Blindness. Enjoy. Thank You TheFonzaMundo, RaqiG, RockShopDJ, ErranPwns, Sherie, PeteLane, iBlindTech (Garth), and MoeLucie for kicking...
BlindAbilities Team member, Jeff Young interviews Edward Cohen, creator of the EZ2See Calendar. This unique Calendar was designed by Edward as a means for him to have a calendar which he can use with his visual impairment. The EZ2See Calendar has many large-print and bold features which make it easy for many low vision individuals to use. Enjoy this interview! #BlindAbilities.com #EZ2SeeCalendar #JeffYoung_ .