Ways to Type on iOS, or, How Many Ways to Tell a Friend Not to Talk to You, Especially at 4 AM! A Blog Post by Jessica Hodges Bzzzzzzzzz! Ding! Groaning, I roll over. Finding my phone in a tangle of bedclothes, I swipe clumsy fingers across my screen. A friend sent me a novel via text. Ordinarily, I love reading these. Right now, it’s four in the morning, and I’m in the middle of finals week, so I’d only gotten to bed two hours...
Job Interviewing Tips A blog post by Serina Gilbert So you’ve scoured the job search websites, found your perfect job, applied for it and now you have an interview! Exciting right? If you are anything like I was when I interviewed for my dream job I’d bet you are super nervous. You want to make a great impression, you want to be able to answer the interview questions with confidence and most importantly, you for sure...
A Conversation with Aira CEO Suman Kanuganti: Good Things Are On The Horizon Suman Kanuganti, CEO of the Aira Tech Corporation, joins Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studios to talk about what new is happening at Aira, the programs, projects and where Aira is headed into the future. Suman also talks about NFB 2018, what to expect and the partnership with Lyft to make every guest explorer’s experience accessibly...
Presenting Lyft: An Accessible App, A Partnership With Aira, and An Announcement for NFB 2018 Blind Abilities once again teams-up with Aira to present a review of Lyft, a ride-sharing service who not only has an accessible mobile app for both iOS and android, but who works hard on inclusivity for disabled riders. Join Jeff and Pete as they chat with Tommy Hayes, Lyft Sr. Policy Partnerships Manager, and Marco Salsiccia, Accessibility specialist...
Writing a Million Miles, Word-Processing on iOS By Jessica Hodges The weather is warm. The bus stop isn’t crowded. Standing there, messenger bag swung over my shoulder, stuffing my face with a sandwich, my mind is racing. I’ve got a lot of due dates, a lot of papers, and not a lot of time. Cramming the rest of the sandwich in my mouth, I wipe my hands on my dress, and open my phone. I love to write, from poetry that keeps me from exploding,...
BlindFold Games Headed Back to School! Play Games and Get Your Schooling On! Marty Schultz is the creator and designer of BlindFold Games and has over 80 games available for you to get your gaming on. Marty has recently been conducting a survey to check out the educators and teachers and find out what they would like to see in a combo of games mixed with educational learning. Marty has received all positive feedback and is moving forward with...
FlickType: 3rd Party Keyboard for the BVI Community is Arriving Soon! Blog Post by Jessica Hodges Many years ago, before iPhones were as common as stars in the sky, a small, twenty-dollar app hit the app store. This app, Fleksy by name, made quite a splash in the blind community, and the world at large. Their goal was a simple one, to make typing on a touch screen happy again. The way they went about this, was somewhat revolutionary. ...
Fernanda Silva: A Persistent and Driven Individual, Her Amazing Life Story and is This the First Aira Baby? Blind Abilities features Fernanda Silva, born in Brazil, immigrating to the US at an early age, and experiencing successes and set-backs that few of us will ever realize. Despite them all, Fernanda maintains an extremely positive and upbeat attitude towards life. she has overcome much, such as transitioning to blindness, being diagnosed...
Welcome to Episode 5 of Job Insights with Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson. We focus on Employment, Careers, enhancing opportunities and bringing you the latest innovations from across the Vocational Rehabilitation field to ensure your choices lead you down the career pathway that you want and succeed in gainful employment. From getting started with services, to assessments, Individual Plan for Employment (IPE) to gaining the skills to succeed...
Daniel Morris may have made the big transition from Australia to Montreal, Canada for love, however, Daniel’s transition from one career into another was a whole new world in itself. In this podcast Daniel talks about what it was like to return to College and into his Masters program. The challenges he met and overcame. Daniel also gives some great information on nutrition and health as well as the scholarship program that he developed for...