College Diaries: Megan’s College Advice… Better Get Crackin’

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...

10- AudioBoom Develops Beta Testing Team for B/VI Community

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...

09- Hands On Experience with the Apple Watch by RaqiG

RaqiG gives us an over view of her experience at the Apple Store trying on various watches and bands. The experience was nothing like she expected and really gave her the information she actually wanted. How the watch felt on her wrist. Take a listen to RaqiG as she gives a thorough description of her hands-on experience. Thank you for listening. You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email...

06- AppleWatch, AmadeusPro, GarageBand and Some Boom

PETE AND JEFF TALK ABOUT THE NEW APPLE WATCH CRAZE, AMADEUS PRO APP FOR THE MAC, GARAGE BAND ON THE MAC AND SOME AUDIOBOOM STUFFAGE. You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store.

04- World Services for the Blind: Employment Opportunities

Join Pete Lane as he conducts an in depth interview with Rebecca REid of the World Services For The Blind (WSB). WSB is a nonprofit school in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the US which provides comprehensive training to blind and visually impaired adults in various job skills. WSB has nine programs of training, including three classes which prepare and place the students into specific jobs working with the internal Revenue Service, a federal...

03- PodCatchers, iTunes and BlindAbilities.com

Pete and Jeff go over some new developments with Blind Abilities. It's on the web at Http:www.BlindAbilities.com and you can find us in  iTunes as Blind Abilities Channel and the new Blind Abilities Podcasts at Blind Abilities also on iTunes. You can follow using iTunes, your Podcatcher of choice, on the web at our BlindAbilities.com, AudioBoom.Com/channel/BlindAbilities and on www.iBlinkRadio.com under the Podcast section. Thank you for...

Canes, Hobbies and an App or 2

Welcome to Episode 2 from Blind Abilities where Pete and Jeff are joined by @RockShopDj (Joe), @HappyKaz (Karen), @TheBlindMan12V (Feliciano). We chat about our canes and experiences with them, our hobbies and a couple of apps we use daily. ;Thank you for listening. Thank you for listening! You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store.

01- In The Boo-ginning

Our very first podcast. Blind Abilities was just a user name on AudioBoom back in 2012 and then it became a channel on the AudioBoom platform. In this first Podcast Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson go back to the beginning and bring it full circle. The Xfinity Comcast commercial and the Talking Guide feature for Visually Impaired viewers is launched during the Oscar Awards worldwide.

Welcome to a moment Once Upon a Saw…

I’m staining wood today. Country Oak is what they decided to call this stain. I believe it just darkens the contrast and makes it appear to be aged a bit. Maybe I should have used some of this when I was trying to pass as 21? Hmmm. Now I just wait till the gassing out of the fumes takes place. Probably a day and I can rub the heck out of it and do it again. Sunday I’ll put a China native organic product called Tung Oil, (That’s T U N G for...

So Long My Summer…So Long My Friend

So long my summer, so long my friend. I’m stuck in a fall and coming to an end So long my summer, so long my friend. Until we meet again. You’ve gone left me longing in night Colder in morn and bitter all right. Seems already a season ago When October warned me the temps not right So long my summer, so long my friend. I’m stuck in a fall and coming to an end. So long my summer, so long my friend. Should have listened in October about the...