Aira: Looking Forward: Now that the dust has settled and listening to the community response, Let’s look forward with Troy Otillio, CEO at Aira and Jenine Stanley Director, of Customer Communications

Podcast Summary: Troy Otillio and Jenine Stanley joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the latest news, price changes and a look forward. You can find out more about Aira and what they have to offer at Aira.io and download the Aira App on the App Store and Google Play Store. Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact...

tech Abilities: BookShare Reader is Here, AI Killing Human Narration, Apple Referrals Return, Weather App Can’t Weather it, Battery Replacement $$ Rising, and More Tech Tidbits from a Blindness Perspective

Podcast Summary: Serina, Seyoon and Jeff talk about the latest news and give their unique perspective whilst hanging out in  the Blind Abilities Studio. Learn about some of the breaking news, trends and developments in the Blindness, and Low vision world.  Here are some useful links stemming from the show: Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks Apple Card brings back $75 Daily Cash bonus for new...

The BlindShell Classic 2 Accessible Cell Phone Adds the BARD App to its Growing Library of Apps! Welcome Back, Bari Azman and Diane Ducharme from BlindShell USA

Podcast Summary: Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane  once again welcome Bari Azman and Diane Ducharme, of the BlindShell USA company to the Blind Abilities studios to share an exciting announcement with our listeners! In this episode, Barry and Diane reveal a new app that has been recently added to the BlindShell Classic 2 app catalog. This is an app That they have been working hard to secure in their arsenal of available applications....

the Kevin Chao Experience: A Blindness Perspective of Sight Tech Global 2022 – Tactile Graphics, Digital Tactile Display, Autonomy, ARA from Strap, Pixar Audio Description and more.

Podcast Summary: Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. held the 3rd Annual Sight Tech Global 2022, Virtual and in-person event.  Kevin Chao attended virtually for the first 2 days and Being just 20 minutes away, Kevin attended the first in-person event put on by  the Vista Center and documented his experience. You can find Kevin's Sight Tech Global 2022 document below. It was a pleasure to have...

New Sing Feature in Apple Music is Like,…karaoke on Your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV

Podcast Summary: Apple introduced a new feature called Sing when iOS 16.2 was released. You can now drop the volume level of the vocals in a song on Apple Music so you can take over the vocals of millions of songs. Apple has created some Sing playlist in many categories and genres so you can find plenty of songs to sing along with. The one caveat is that you have to be a subscriber to Apple Music, and have one of the latest Apple...

Tech Abilities The December Grind: Aira Announces New Plans, Air Pods and Ear Wax, Audible Goes Alexa, Perkins Career Launch Suites and Workspace, and more Tech Tidbits from around this Place Called Earth.

Podcast Summary: Serina is back with Callie and Jeff in the Blind Abilities Studio bringing you this lushes Tech Abilities show. Seyoon is hard at the December Grind of College so we let him be and flipped on the microphones and hit the "On the Air" light outside the studio door. Here are just some of the planned items and topics however, in between the Tidbits are little nuggets of priceless wisdom and jewels placed within just for your...

Menus4All App is Now in the App Store! Stephany Jones Returns to Give Us All the Details and More

Podcast Summary: Full Transcript Below Menus4All Vice president of Marketing, Stephany Jones, returns to the blind Abilities studio to announce the launch of their new app, Menus4All. The largest and most accessible menu for the Blind and Visually Impaired. With over 750,000 unique menus from United States and Canada, this well organized and accessible app is the cat's meow. From the voiceover accessibility, headings, near me list population...

Aira: Laying the Groundwork for a Strong 2023

Podcast Summary: Jenine Stanley joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the upcoming changes happening to the retail and community plans at Aira. With the changing economy and needs of explorers, Aira has made adjustments to forge forward into the upcoming years to provide the great service that we all have become accustomed to and use when we need that instant access to information. You can find out more on...

Tech Abilities: Gratitude – Guide Dogs for the Blind K9 Buddy Program, Braille Readers are Leaders, Netflix Kick Off, Twitter Yawn, and more Tech Tidbits from a Blindness Perspective

Podcast Summary: The crew minus one is back again and filled with gratitude and news from around the community, industry and all parts involved. Callie, Seyoon and Jeff take a dive into the latest news and tech tidbits and give a lot of their personal experience with everything mentioned. We hope you enjoy and here are some useful links from this episode: Registration has opened for the annual Braille Readers Are Leaders contest! Guide...

iPhone101: Emergency SOS by Satellite has been Activated! The iPhone 14 Lineup  can conduct a Demo of the Emergency SOS by Satellite Feature and here is a demo!

Podcast Summary: Apple just released the Emergency SOS by Satellite feature for all the iPhone 14 series owners. In the settings, one can go to Emergency SOS and at the bottom of the screen is a "Try Demo" button. In this iPhone101 demo, Jeff Thompson dives in and goes off the grid to give you an overview of this incredible feature. It is important that one considers setting up their Medical I.D. in the Health App and allows their Medical...