The World at Your Fingertips with Tactonom Reader – Meet Klaus-Peter Hars, Founder and CEO of Inventivio

Podcast Summary: Away from the bustling crowds of the exhibit hall at the 2023 NFB Convention, Blind Abilities podcast host Simon Bonenfant met with Klaus-Peter Hars, Founder and CEO of Inventivio. Inventivio’s newest products is the Tactonom Reader, a new device designed to help blind and visually impaired people have greater access to tactile graphics.    From the Inventivio Website: “The Tactonom Reader is a new...

Orbit Into the Future of Tech with Orbit Speak and Optima! A Discussion with Venkatesh Chari and Adi Kushner about new products from Orbit Research and AccessMind

Podcast Summary: From the 2023 NFB Convention Floor, Blind Abilities podcast host Simon Bonenfant talked with Orbit Research CEO Venkatesh Chari and Adi Kushner, CEO of AccessMind. Venkatesh first gives listeners an overview of the products Orbit research has produced in the past such as the Orbit Reader 20 and 40 cell braille displays, talking graphing calculators, iBill Currency Reader, Orbit Writer, etc. While this interview mainly focuses...

Meet the Monarch! Bringing Braille and Tactile Graphics Under Your Fingertips – A chat with Greg Stilson, Head of Global Innovation at APH

Podcast Summary: From the 2023 NFB Convention in Houston Texas, Blind Abilities podcast host Simon Bonenfant spoke with Greg Stilson, Head of Global Innovation at American Printing House for the Blind (APH). Greg first takes listeners through the new Monarch Tactile Display. This braille display is a partnership between APH, Humanware, and the NFB.  From the APH Website: “Together with our partners at HumanWare and the National...

Display Your Content in Style with Splay! Meet Alex Wesley, Founder and CEO of Arovia

Podcast Summary: During the 2023 NFB Convention in Houston Texas, Blind Abilities podcast host Simon Bonenfant sat down with Alex Wesley, Founder and CEO of Arovia. Alex chats with Simon about his new product, called Splay, a portable projection solution.  From the Arovia Website: “Introducing Splay: The Ultimate 2-in-1 Display and Ultra-Short-Throw Pico Projector. Transform your entertainment experience with Splay, a groundbreaking...

Touch the Whole Picture: Nine Lines of Braille at Your Fingertips with the Canute 360 and Canute Console – Meet Ed Rodgers, Managing Director at Bristol Braille Technologies and Steph Sargent, Director at Vision Through Sound 

Podcast Summary: While attending the 2023 NFB Convention in Houston Texas, Blind Abilities podcast host Simon Bonenfant met with Ed Rogers, Managing Director at Bristol Braille Technologies. Simon also talked with Steph Sargent, a contractor with Bristol Braille and a Director at Vision Through Sound. Hailing from the UK, Bristol Braille is a company that supports blind people in their assistive technology needs. Ed gives listeners an overview...

Carrie On accessibility: Meet YouTube Creative Carrie Morales

Podcast Summary: Carrie Morales is a YouTube Creative with video content covering all things accessible tech, iPhones, androids, book readers and nearly everything else out there. You will also find topics covering living with blindness and the accessibility field as well.  Carrie joins Jeff in the Blind Abilities Studio to cover topics on how and why Carrie started her YouTube Channel, "Carri On Accessibility". Listen in as Carrie gives...

Wellness Wednesday: vulnerability – Trusting Yourself First and Opening Up and Sharing Your Vulnerabilities in a Safe Space with Beth Gustin and Robin Ennis

Podcast Summary: In this fifteenth  episode of Wellness Wednesday, Beth Gustin, LPC and Robin Ennis, LCSW, CPC, take us into the topic of Vulnerability and how trust plays an important role in one's ability to open up and work on becoming stronger. Check out all the Wellness Wednesday episodes. Show Hosts:             Robin Ennis on the web at www.robinennislcsw.com...

Three Fairly New Operator Perspectives of the Business enterprise Program with Scott Eggen, President of Randolph Sheppard Venders of America

Podcast Summary: Gloria Blanco, Steve Alfred, and  Kyle Tyson join Scott Eggen in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about their perspective of the Business Enterprise Program. Being fairly new owner-operators, we thought it would be interesting to hear their perspectives compared to those perspectives from our past guest on the Randolph Sheppard Vendors of America podcast. Join the crew in this informational episode and find out more...

C & C Insights: How Accessibility Testing and User Experience Feedback is Shining a New Light on Our Abilities – with CarrieOnAccessibility and SeeingBlind

Podcast Summary: Carrie, from the YouTube Channel, "Carrie On Accessibility" and Cindy from the YouTube Channel, "Seeing Blind" are back in the studio for their 2nd podcast episode, ""C and C Insights". In this episode, they dive into Accessibility Testing, providing user experience feedback to companies and being compensated for their skillset, knowledge and time. Cindy and Carrie dig in deeper and exposing how disclosing the accessibility...