Tech Abilities: Ahh, that Smell of Theater Popcorn and Where’s My autonomous car? And a Lot More Tech Tidbits and News from a Blindness Perspective!.

Podcast Summary: In the Tech Abilities Studio Serina and Jeff are joined by Callie Gray straight out of Miami. The crew starts the year talking about eh latest gadgets and news released from the Holiday season and even have a few items they acquired. Tre jumps in and lets Jeff and Marlon have a little piece of his mind. From MagSafe Battery Pack to an affordable headset that sounds great to some new Aftershocks, the crew has some goodies to...

It’s Hockey! Christine Malec and JJ Hunt from the Talk Description To Me Podcast Join Jeff Thompson to Talk and Describe Blind Hockey. It’s Not Just for Canada Anymore!

Podcast Summary: It’s Hockey! Christine Malec and JJ Hunt from the Talk Description To Me Podcast Join Jeff Thompson to Talk and Describe Blind Hockey. It’s Not Just for Canada Anymore! Christine Malec and JJ Hunt from the Talk Description To Me Podcast, join Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk Blind Hockey. Coming off a week of Talking Hockey Christine and JJ are ready to hit the rink and talk Blind Hockey specifically....

Updated – iPhone101 QuickByte: Creating and Naming Groups in the Messages App as Simple as That!

Podcast Summary: Do you sometimes receive texts in your iOS Messages App where you are among one or more others in a group of recipients? Have you wondered how to create such a group to make it faster and easier to share messages with your friends and family? Pete will show you how to do just that. Open the Messages app. Flick to the right until you reach the compose button. Perform a single-finger double-tap.Type or dictate each of the names...

iPhone101 QuickByte: Pinning People and Groups in the Messages App: Organizing Your Favs by Pinning their Messages to the Top of the List

Podcast Summary: In this iPhone101 Quickbyte, Pete Lane takes us through the Messages App and shows how to Pin a person or group to the top of the messages list. When using the iOS Messages App your list can become cluttered with individuals and groups which makes  it difficult to locate someone in your ever-growing list of recipients. A convenient way to prioritize this list is with the use of the “Pinning” feature which allows...

iPhone101 QuickByte: Speeding Up a YouTube Video Just like Speeding Up an Audio Book, Sort Of, Kind Of

Podcast Summary: In this iPhone101 Quickbyte, Pete Lane takes us through the Messages App and shows how to speed up a YouTube Video if you so desire. Are you wondering why you can’t speed up the playback speed of a YouTube video like you can with one of your audio books? Well you can, and it’s simple and fast.  Here’s how to do it:    Open the YouTube app. Flick to the search field, and type in your search command...

Let’s Talk ScripTalk! 25 Years Strong and Growing to Meet Your Accessible Prescription Needs – Welcome En-Vision America Director of Marketing, Jenna Reed

Podcast Summary: Joining Lisa Bryant and Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio is En-Vision America’s Director of Marketing, Jenna Reed. En-Vision America has just celebrated their 25th anniversary and has not stopped one bit. Announcing a new partnership with the Hy-Vee chain and adding 25 languages to the line of ScriptAbility Solutions available at a growing number of pharmacies across the United States and Canada....

Tech Abilities Christmas and Holiday Well Wishes and Joy

Podcast Summary: From the Blind Abilities studio from the Tech Abilities Team, Marlon and Jeff bring you a little something of r you and well wishes to all. Happy Holidays and may you all have a safe and wonderful New Year! The Tech Abilities Team Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or...

iPhone101: low data usage – Conserving Your Data Usage on Video and Streaming Services

Podcast Summary: Blind Abilities presents another installment in its iPhone 101 series with this review of several popular video and audio streaming Apps, in which we explore  ways to set up methods to reduce the amount of your cellular data you use while streaming or downloading their products. We already know that it is more cost effective to stream audio and video services while connected to your Home WiFi network as it's cost is...

A Journey Like No Other – Abandonment, Blinded, Homeless and Fighting for Self-Determination – Meet Itto Outini: – Fulbright Alumna, Journalist, Feminist, Human Rights Activist and Accessibility Advocate

Full Transcript Podcast Summary: Itto Outini’s self-determination has carried her from halfway around the World to living her dream. From a journey less desired, her constant  zest for knowledge and learning proved to be the ticket out of her circumstances and onto her realizing her dream of working for the United Nations and becoming an activist for human rights and an advocate for accessibility. Itto Outini smiling with arms...

Ayes – Helping the Blind and Visually Impaired Navigate Intersections Safely. Like Having an Audio Pedestrian Signal in your Pocket

Podcast Summary: The Ayes team joined Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities studio to talk about Ayes, an Artificial intelligence company form to assist the blind and visually impaired in navigating intersections using traffic signal imagery and algorithmic computation and relaying the data to the user through audio and haptic feedback This team of 3 left their AI jobs and formed Ayes after learning from a Blind friend that...