Cheryl, @MoeLucie, brings us some tips and tricks for the Dishwasher. Yes, even the dishwasher has to be taken care of to ensure the best opportunity for your dishes to come out sparkling clean. In this brief podcast Cheryl brings us tips that her Uncle, a dishwasher technician, has told and instructed her as well as her extended family. Be sure to check out the entire Household category to ensure you have all the skills needed to maintain a...
KSTP.com a television station in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, aired the news about the NFB petition regarding the immediate release of the ADA Internet Regulations and not to have them tabled till 2016. You can go to www.NFB.org and find out more about the petition and the activities of the NFB.
The BlindAbilities Team interviews Arjun Mali, CFO of iMerciv Incorporated, maker of The Buzz Clip. The buzz Clip is a small, un-intrusive device that uses sonar technology to detect obstacles that may pose danger to blind and visually impaired walkers above the waste and around the head. Join Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson as they probe into this promising travel tool which is expected to be available in April of this year. #BlindAbilitiesPresents...
Members and Friends of the Blind Abilities Community contributed their #RandomActsOfBlindness to share how they can see a humorous side to some of the daily situations that most of us come across. We all handle it a bit differently and it appears that humor seems to smooth out the edges of some random acts... of Blindness. Enjoy. Thank You TheFonzaMundo, RaqiG, RockShopDJ, ErranPwns, Sherie, PeteLane, iBlindTech (Garth), and MoeLucie for kicking...
BlindAbilities Team member, Jeff Young interviews Edward Cohen, creator of the EZ2See Calendar. This unique Calendar was designed by Edward as a means for him to have a calendar which he can use with his visual impairment. The EZ2See Calendar has many large-print and bold features which make it easy for many low vision individuals to use. Enjoy this interview! #BlindAbilities.com #EZ2SeeCalendar #JeffYoung_ .
Blind Abilities Presents an in depth exploration of the topic of Eating as a blind person. Join Pete Lane as he shares audio input from a number of members of the blindness community around food and eating: the mundane, yet crucial task with which they must cope on a daily basis. You have never heard such a musical and humorous peak into the challenges of this independent living skill, Eating as a blind person, on our Quest For Culinary...
Jeff Thompson gives a little overview of the Pocket and the InstaPaper Apps while using the VoiceDream app for playback. Both apps are free and are available in the app store, google play and Chrome store and maybe more. These apps are free and will bookmark and download the text for your convenience when data and Wi-Fi is not available nor necessary. Check out more podcasts and subscribe to the Blind Abilities feed at www.BlindAbilities.com...
Lisa Salinger @Lisasali brings us some Life Skills in a 3 part series called Lisa's Life Skills. Part 1 Lisa discusses the restaurant layout and most of this layout is derived from the information she gathered upon entering, sitting and listening. Join Lisa in this interesting situation and the tips and tricks she uses when she needs them. You can find more podcast with an Independent Living from a Blindness perspective in our Smart Category...
What Is That on My Lettuce? Random Acts of Blindness By moelucie @moelucie Standing in line deciphering what vegetables I was going to put on my salad. I could see enough at the time to distinguish between colors to know that the large rectangular bin full of green stuff was lettuce. A circle container next to it with red contents must be the tomatoes. Once I was satisfied with my colorful selection of veggies I was off to the dressing...
BlindAbilities presents a very special guest: join Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane as they interview Luis Perez, a true pioneer in the accessibility arena. Luis is an Educator, Presenter an author and an avid photographer. You can find all of Luis' information on his web site: www.LuisPerezOnline.com, including his Blog and a link to his YouTube channel at: LFPerez72. Or, you can just tune in and hear all of that: be sure to set time aside for this...