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...

Tech Abilities – Education and Learning, Twitter Accessibility Team is Laid Off, Traveling Blind, BARD Update, and Resources for Learning and Knowledge with Blindness in Mind

Podcast Summary: A Big salute to the entire Accessibility Experience Team formally at Twitter. As part of the takeover at Twitter and all the layoffs, the entire Accessibility Experience Team at Twitter has been laid off. Accessibility Experience Team Manager, Gerard Koen, released a twitter thread acknowledging the members of the Accessibility Experience Team, the work they did and is looking forward to working on accessibility for future...

Tech Abilities: Through the Lens of Experience We Share Our Views on Apple Products, Upcoming Apple Services, White Cane Safety Day and Awareness to the People, Plus, Tech Tidbits and News from a Blindness Perspective.

Podcast Summary: Serina, Callie, Seyoon and Jeff chill out in the Blind Abilities Studio to bring you the Tech Abilities Show. From Avatars getting legs, Apple's new Savings plan, Air Tag battery replacement, new iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max for Seyoon and jeff, to Air Friers being Accessible, new Apple TVs, iPads new and the massive iPad Pro with the M2 chip. Wow factor gets tested. But, is this too much iPad? With White Cane Safety Day in the...

Experience Speaks Loudly – Kevin Chao Has Months of Experience with the Envision Glasses and the Dot Pad. Tactile Graphics on the Dot Pad plus Aira on Envision Glasses!

Full Transcript Below Podcast Summary: Kevin Chao joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to share with us his experience with the Envision Glasses from LetsEnvision.com plus the Aira App experience on the envision glasses. Kevin also gives us a peak at the Dot Pad, a tactile pad that connects to voice over and conveys tactile representations that one can explore. Along with 20 cells of Braille this tool gives Kevin an understanding...

Tech Abilities: The School and Work Grind, Apples Galore, Twitter Alt Text Reminder, Amazon Announces Event, Apple 1, Block that Message, The Fart that went Public  and more Tech Tidbits to Boot

Podcast Summary: Serina Gilbert, Seyoon Choi and Jeff Thompson gather in the Blind Abilities Studio after the Apple Launch and dive right into the latest news and announcements from the 4 corners of the Earth. Yes, we record and then receive as like any other time, the Apples arrive and it is all good in the orchard as more apples will soon fall from the tree in this never ending routine of gadgetry. However, there is a lot more tech tidbits...

iPhone101 QuickByte: Safari Ticking Be Gone! You Won’t Miss It!

Podcast Summary: Blind Abilities presents another QuickByte offering some troubleshooting for a possible problem you may be having in the Safari app on your iDevice. We think it’s safe to assume many of us have experienced it… that distracting, irritating, downright annoying noise: what exactly would we call it? clicking? tapping… Pete Lane says “no," it’s clearly ticking!And here is how to turn off that ticking sound:1. go to...

Tech Abilities: 5 More Perspectives on Apple’s Far Out Event

Podcast Summary: The much anticipated Far Out event from the Fruit Company called Apple was back on Wednesday and this group of 5 took it all in and got together in the Blind Abilities Studio to give their perspectives on the event, the new iPhone 14 line up, the 3 new Apple watches and the 2nd Generation Air Pods Pro. Serina Gilbert, Callie Gray, Seyoon Choi, Jesse Anderson and Jeff Thompson get to the core of the Apple event and dabble around...