That Blind Tech Show: Cat Black Kettle Pot, Riding Guide Dogs, Eating Apple Products, Facebook is Crashing more than Air Taxis, Jeff Gets Juicy, Brian’s iPhone Takes a Licking and Serina, We are Listening!

Show Summary: That Blind Tech Show is back in the saddle and no, not riding a guide dog as Brian is quite confused  about drive-throughs and kiosk. Screen Reader access may be coming to a restaurant near you according to the work being done by Visaro and the Jaws team. Is Brian using Seeing AI or is the CIA looking for Brian? And who did fall off that ladder? Is Facebook still crashing for VoiceOver users and how about jumping into an...

Episode 600: Reliving The Ride: Autonomous Vehicles, Driverless Navigation and Stepping into the Experience with Liz Bottner and Michael Colbrunn

Show Summary: Yes, it has been a few months since the summer conventions but we got this one coming out right now, and it nearly drove itself right out of the Blind Abilities studio. By the way, this is episode #600, Wow! Michael Colbrunn and Liz Bottner reflected back at an experience that made Las Vegas a ride they will never forget.  From the Aira party, Liz and Michael both won the opportunity to be driven back to the hotel...

That Blind Tech Show: The Voice of Audio Description – Roy Samuelson Returns to the BA Studio, The Big Bird is No More and Chuckie is Suspect, Best Apps of 2019 and Wow, isn’t iOS 13 Doing it for You?

Show Summary: Roy Samuelson, Audio Description advocate, and the voice of a many Audio Described movies and TV shows, returns once again to talk about the Audio Description boom as of late and answers the questions from our listeners. You can find Roy Samuelson on the web at RoySamuelson.com On twitter @RoySamuelson and check out the Facebook Group Audio Description Discussion. Roy is always interested in hearing from listeners...

That Blind Tech Show: To Aira or Not to Aira? Is Soundscape and Bose Dancing or Not? What OCR is in Your Pocket? Drum Roll Please, KNFB and Tivo Get Updates!

Show Summary The boys got anxious while Serina was out saving the world, so Lori Thompson jumped into the studio and kept an eye on these boys and kept them to task. Brian and Jeff along with Lori skip on through the latest news, apps and updates along with sharing their experiences with Aira, OCR, Bose Frames, Soundscape, Airport Tipping and a lot of stuff in between. What gadgets did you get this last year? Well, Brian brings his top Gadgets...

SciVIS: Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students, “Just because I can’t see the stars, doesn’t mean I can’t reach for them”

Show Summary: Dan Oates, Director of SCiVIS, Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students, finished up this year’s camp and sat down to talk about the camp, the experience and his 30 years of working at and organizing SCIVIS. SCIVIS is a week-long camp held in Alabama at the Marshal Space Flight Center known as the Home of propulsion. Where after World War II all the rockets engines were put together and tested. With the...

‪That Blind Tech Show: Stream Wars Begin! AppleTVPlus and Disney Have Set Sail and Peacock and HBOMax are Coming. the Stream is Filling Up and Accessibility and Audio Description is Getting the Love! ‬

Show Summary: Join the That Blind Tech Show Team as they wade through the stream of new Streaming Media companies floating their boat and offering up a pretty good line of shows with audio description and accessible means of accessing from AppleTV, iOS, Android, Computers, Fire Sticks and most anywhere you can imagine. What a change from just a couple years ago. With all the big names building their own smorgasbord  For us to choose from,...

That Blind Tech Show: Air Pod Pro Pal Club Still Taking Members After More than a Week! Apple Surrendering Privacy and Voice Guidance Taking Baby Steps. And What about iOS 13.2 and Catalina?

Show Summary: Welcome back to another That Blind Tech Show, after numerous reasons from a disappointing Yankees playoff run, to health and my mom’s hospital scare, the show and production finally gets its’ wings and published. We want to wish all of you and your families a wonderful start to the holiday season approaching. May good health and lots of happiness come your way.  The TBTS Team took to the microphones and shared, advised...

Pitch Black: A Dusklight Story – Harry Cooper Goes Psycho-Acoustic Over the Entire Environment. Emerge Yourself into Pitch Black – Coming 2020.

Show Summary: Harry Cooper talks about the process and experience behind developing an audio game being designed with the Blind in mind. Harry, Jacob and Conner make up Purple Jam Limited which is creating a game called Pitch Black. And here is a segment taken from their Kick Starter page, about Purple Jam and their Pitch Black project. Purple Jam consists of three audio specialists turned game developers, upon reassessing our...

Menus4ALL: Accessible Menus Supporting Screen Readers, Braille Refreshable Displays and Low Vision – Over 50,000 Accessible Menus in 12,000 Cities!

Full Transcript Show Summary: Stephanie Jones joined Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to let us all no about Menus4ALL. A web based database of over 50,000 menus from over 12,000 cities across the states. Accessibility is as accessible as your screen reader on your smart phone, tablet or computer. If you use a refreshable braille device, then you are all set. Menus4ALL is ready anytime and anywhere. From having heading navigation and...

iOS13.1 Reviewed: That Blind Tech Show Talks About the New Features, Gestures and By the Way, Does the Status Bar Get Downsized?

Full Transcript Show Summary: Brian and Jeff are in the studio all alone and unlucky 13 gets a good going over. From Beta to the real deal, strike 2 for Apple is just hitting the corner of the plate. Lucky for the new strike zone, this pitch from Apple has the umpires across the World all chiming in. Bad iOS, Love it, Hate it, and you know what? It’s Ok. Join Brian and Jeff as they give their thoughts about the latest operating system for the...