Full Transcript Show Summary: While attending the NFB 2019 Convention in Las Vegas, Jeff Thompson stopped by the Law School Admissions Council booth and talked to Michele, the accommodated testing manager. At LSAC. There is a ton of information on the LSAC web site and Michelle gives a great overview on how LSAC and accommodated testing can enhance your opportunities on your admission to a law school. You can find LSAC on the web...
Full Transcript Show Summary: American Printing House (APH) continues growing with new partnerships bringing new products and innovations to the APH offerings. From Humanware, Microsoft and others, APH is putting a new face on at conventions and rightfully so. Dave Wilkinson had a table loaded with new devices and displaying new devices arriving this fall. Here are few devices Dave mentions: Code Jumper: Designed by Microsoft so that Blind and...
Full Transcript Show Summary: While attending the 2019 NFB Convention in Las Vegas, Jeff Thompson had the opportunity to talk with Jim Power from Guide Dogs for the Blind. Jim is a Field Service Manager and talks about the process of applying for a Guide Dog and the process one experiences in obtaining a Guide Dog. You can find out more about Guide Dogs for the Blind by calling 1-800-295-4050 and on the web at www.GuideDogs.com. Jeff...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Two Blind Brothers is more than just 2 Blind brothers, they are in business to cure blindness! Jeff Thompson meets up with Bradford and Brian from Two Blind Brothers. They produce some of the softest garments that one has ever felt and Jeff gives his nod of approval. After chatting with Bryan and focusing on the T-Shirts, Tanks and Hoodies, Jeff picked out a Jersey Style T with 3/4 length sleeves and Lori picked...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Blind Abilities is proud to bring you news and coverage of the NFB19 convention. We will be bringing you extensive coverage from the Exhibit Hall, Breakout Sessions, and News/Happenings from Las Vegas. To kick off the coverage, Jeff Thompson brings you the news from Bose and Aira partnering up to produce the next iteration of the Aira Glasses. Yes, we all been thinking, “What if the Bose Frames came with a...
Show Summary: Blind Abilities keeps the iPhone101 series moving with an update to this demonstration of Dictation tips and tricks. Pete has once again brought his insight to the process of dictating text, numbers and even basic emojis in iOS, where inputting text is especially time consuming. Pete shares tips on how to ensure your iDevice is set up for dictation, as well as reviewing the complete process for using dictation for both short and...
Full Transcript Show Summary: The Free WayAround App and Tags allow one to record descriptions, notes, game instructions easily by using your smart phone and the Near Field Communication (NFC) to read and label the Way Tags. With the ability to record 2,000 characters in the descriptions, the possibilities are limitless. Labeling files, containers, appliance logs, audio equipment and the list is only limited by your imagination. Jessica Hipp...
Show Summary Well, we let the dust settle a bit on the Apple Orchard Fest and we picked a bushel of Apple bits together and got to the core of our Catalina dream as well as our hopeful lucky iOS 13 gems and darlings. Serina, Brian and Jeff climb up to the Apple tree fort and share their bite size slices from the WWDC event last week. Marlon is here with us as well, making his knocks and slams when he can. We hope you enjoy our perspective as we...
Full Transcript Show Summary: In this Job Insights episode, we are talking to Ryan Bresnahan, Customer Experience Operations analyst. Ryan is sighted and works for Aira Tech Corporation, a company that connects people who are blind or low vision to a trained professional agent who is dedicated to further enhancing their everyday experience. Ryan joined Aira nearly 4 years ago and was introduced to the Blindness Community, in which he...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Joel Zimba, Blindness Products Specialist for Humanware, joined Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the new Braille Trail Reader LE. This new Braille Display was developed in partnership with the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) for and fits right into the APH line of Quota Fund available products. The Braille Trail is built off the Brailliant BI 14 Braille...