BlindAbilities iAccess Demo: Blocking Unwanted Callers in iOS

Blind Abilities presents this iAccess Demo focussing on blocking those unwanted callers from ever calling you again. Pete reviews the process he used to block a number from which he received a computerized solicitation call on his iPhone. Check out this simple and quick process. k process. 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...

AIRA: Making A Splash in the Technology World

Blind Abilities once again presents this interview with Suman Kanuganti, CEO of Aira, a visual interpreter for the blind. Aira is not only progressing with its product, but it is making a significant splash in the technology world. Aira recently won the innovative technology award at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January. Additionally, Aira is bolstering it’s standing in the blindness community with its major...

iAccess Demo: Managing Your Storage on Your iPhone, iPad or iTouch

Another iAccess Demo from the iAccess series. You can find all the iAccess Demos on the web or in the App just click on the Category tab and pick iAccess. Pete Lane walks us through the IOS Storage managing feature in settings and how you can manage your storage on your iDevice. You can find out what apps are using the most of your storage space and decide if you want to clean up your storage to make room for apps, books, music or other items...

Twitter 101: Setting Up and Using the Twitter App

Twitter is a social network where people can send status updates, links, photos and now videos to followers using their mobile smart phone. These messages are called, “Tweets,” and by using the Twitter App one can follow, share and connect up with companies, newspapers, schools, teachers, classmates and any one who is on Twitter. This podcast is for the person who is interested in getting started Tweeting. We demonstrate the Twitter App...

Braigo Companion: Free OCR and Object Recognition App

The Free Braigo App in the App Store not only does quality OCR, the Brig App does some very interesting Object recognition, too. Jeff Thompson gives a quick demo of this new OCR app which actually does quite a good job reading the text and the accessibility is sweet. It would be nice to be able to open the created text in another app or copy the text to a word processing app but that doesn’t seem to be happening. You can save the photos here...

IOS Messaging – More Than Just Text, Exploring Images, Emoji and Animation

Blind Abilities offers another iAccess Demo. In this episode, Pete Lane explores three new features impacting the Messages app brought about by IOS 10. Pete demonstrates how to quickly reply to a message using standard emoji, send a message using animation and how to replace words in a text message with emoji. All of these features are accessible and easy to use, making the use of images and animation much more comfortable to blind and visually...

Meet Dr. Mona Minkara: Vision Loss Gives A New Perspective to Science

The Blind Abilities Team visited the University of Minnesota to talk to Dr. Mona Minkara in her office about her job and how she navigated her journey with vision loss. Dr. Mona Minkara is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Chemistry. Her goal is to one day obtain a faculty position that would give her the opportunity to teach and do research. You can find out more about Dr. Mona Minkara on her...

iAccess Demo: Dictation Tips & Tricks, and Some Advice too!

Blind Abilities presents, another iAccess Demo on Dictation in IOS. Pete Lane offers a comprehensive look at Dictation, from its initial set-up and basic rules and techniques, to a in depth peak at some of the more unusual tips and tricks of dictation. Join Pete as he shares his knowledge  of dictation, and a bit of advice as well! If you have any comments or suggestions for Pete send an email Thank you for listening. You can follow us on...

iAccess Demo: Your Medical Information & Organ Donation Saving Lives

Pete Lane offers this iAccess Demo on two specific and important features in the native Apple Health app. While the Health app provides for many other health related functions, the Medical ID and Organ Donation aspects now available in IOS 10 are intriguing and potentially life-saving. Join Pete as he walks us through these features and demonstrates how to complete your medical information and how to register to be an Organ Donor. Of course, he...

Keyboard Ninja Jaws Commands: Text Analyzer and Formatting

Welcome to the Keyboard Ninja Series where Cheryl uses the JAWS screen reader software on the PC/Lap Top and Microsoft Word to demonstrate some of her favorite keyboard commands. As part of the College/Career category we hope that this Keyboard Ninja series enhances your experience with JAWS and the Microsoft line of software. In the 3rd episode Cheryl demonstrates a variety of commands to help you Format and check for errors that Jaws may not...