Blind Abilities Presents: Disney Magic: The Sites,, The Sounds, The Music and The Audio Description Pete Lane chats with Mark Jones of the Walt Disney Company about the various accommodations available to blind and visually impaired Guests at Disney Theme Parks, including braille Guide books and maps. However, the primary focus of the interview is the Disney Hand-held Audio Description Device currently offered in the Disney Land Resort in...
Blind Abilities presents an in depth interview with Douglas Walker and Larry Muffett from the Hadley School For The blind. Join us as we talk to the voices of Hadley seminars and learn about all the offerings and activity happening at the Hadley School for the Blind.
Blind Abilities Presents a podcast interview with Cindy Bennett who has made great strides and accomplishments during her journey through High School, College, Summer Camps and is now embarking upon getting her PHD. She is focusing on an area that really got my attention, getting accessibility into the curriculum of developers so that access is not an after-thought. Join Lori Thompson and Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities as they travel along...
Blind Abilities Presents: A BA Teen Cast And today we have George Wurtzel a former resident of Minnesota who now resides in the Napa Valley area of California and is a leader at a camp for youth and Parents of Blind children.
Brent Harbolt of the www.HarboltCompany.com joins Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson and talks about the Harbolt Company and how it has become a win win for everybody. You can follow the Harbolt Company on twitter @harboltCompany and on Facebook. To really get a good idea of the great products and great deals visit the web site at It was such a great time talking to Brent Harbolt and learning about his company and I am sure you are going to enjoy...
The Blind Abilities Team talks with Antonio Guimaraes about his past and future travels from one country to another and how he sees the future shaping up and how his passion and determination may just put him in position to actually be part of the change he perceives. From Beacons being peppered about to developers opening doors to cities realizing the benefitting from location services join Antonio as we walk down his path and into his vision...
Interview with George Wurtzel. George has traveled , created businesses, lived, explored and has done many of activities that most people only dream of doing. From the Olympics, Cross Country Skiing across Northern Europe, starting his own businesses, teaching, George has done most anything he set his mind to doing. Listen along as George takes us on a journey, his life and his philosophy on life.
Blind Abilities presents Champions In Accessibilities. This episode produced by Pete Lane features the National Center For Accessible Media, NCAM. NCAM pioneered audio description technology in the TV arena and then moved into movie Theaters. Bryan Gould discusses the history of audio description and its evolution across various media and into other venues such as museums, and theme parks, including an in depth discussion of the hand held...
Lori and Pete interview Megan Bening, a college student attending Minnesota State studying IT. Megan is Blind/Visually impaired and talks about what works for her as she breaks down the barricades that try to block her from the goals she has set for herself. From the tools she utilizes on a daily basis to the joys of life that puts her out side the typical "comfort zone" that society has expected her to be in, Megan forges forward...
With all the new branding and changes in the AudioBoom Headquarters over the last 6 months the AudioBoom Team has just reached out to the Blind/Visually Impaired community to develop a Beta Testing Team. This will allow the AudioBoom Team to ensure that all end-users of the AudioBoom app have a positive experience with usability, accessibility and functionality.. This could be a new beginning for AudioBoom and the Blindness community after all...