Full Transcript Show Summary: AudioWizards is the brand new Audio Game from myTrueSound. Awesome audio and 3D sounds and most of all, totally inclusive. Yes, even the sighted can play Audio Wizards and believe the developers, they may want to close their eyes! David Oliva, Jani Nevaranta and Aleksi Turunen joined Jeff in the Blind Abilities studio after the Audio Wizards dropped into the App Store and the Google Play Store. The myTrueSound...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Mental Vision Games is proud to announce the release of the new Immersive Action 3D Audio game, Circus Masters Revenge available in the App Store for iOS. Joe and Jesse Anderson joined Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities studio to talk game development, creation and working with the industry to bring more awareness to accessibility in the gaming realm. Joe wrote and created along with his Mental Vision team a 3D...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Blind Abilities Teen Correspondent John Dowling sat down with Lydia Washington of the United States Bureau of Engraving to talk about accessibility, apps and how to apply for the Free iBill Reader. The iBill stand-alone currency reader identifies U.S. currency by inserting the bill into a slot and depressing a button. The iBill then gives you audio feedback on the amount of the bill. The iBill is battery operated....
Full Transcript Show Summary: As Back to School once again comes around we have to consider being prepared technology-wise and make sure our Toolbox is well stocked and Vispero has the tools built for success. Vispero is the parent company of Freedom Scientific, Optelec and Enhanced Vision. Jeff Bazer from Vispero joined Simon Bonenfant in Las Vegas to talk about all the solutions and opportunities Vispero brands have to offer. You can find out...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Karthik from Envision joins Jeff in the Blind Abilities Studio to tell us all about the huge Summer Sale on the subscriptions to the EnvisionAI app available in the App Store and the Google Play Store. 50 percent off the monthly subscription and give me a drum roll please, 75 percent off the Life Time subscription. This Summer Sale from Envision will only be available through August so act fast as opportunity...
Full Transcript Show Summary: Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities sat down with Christian, Alexander and Will from the Be My Eyes Team. From the latest news about Specialized help and announcing the new Be My Eyes Podcast, the Be My Eyes team talk about experiences and uses of the...
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...
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...
Full Transcript Show Summary: In this Tech Abilities podcast we talk with Monte from Orcam. The maker of the MyEye 2which reads text, recognizes faces, identifies products and more. Monte tells us about how Israel equipped polling booths with the Orcam MyEye 2 during the elections to assist Blind and Visually Impaired voters cast their vote independently. Monte gives us a brief demo of the MyEye 2 and talks about the uses and...
Full Transcript Show Summary: In this Tech Abilities podcast we talk with Timothy from Eschenbach. There are many opportunities in our everyday life when a vision aid can be beneficial and help improve one’s quality of life. When you’re reading a newspaper or a bill or watching television or at an outdoor event, do you often find that the object being viewed is too small or difficult to see? If so, Eschenbach can help! In this Tech...