{"id":2029,"date":"2016-07-01T11:42:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T16:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2017-10-21T20:22:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T01:22:10","slug":"bespecular-app-if-your-camera-could-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2029","title":{"rendered":"BeSpecular App: If Your Camera Could Speak!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7745\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2029-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BeSpecular_App_-_If_Your_Camera_Could_Speak.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BeSpecular_App_-_If_Your_Camera_Could_Speak.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BeSpecular_App_-_If_Your_Camera_Could_Speak.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>The Bespecular App just hit the App Store and we are excited for you to give it a try. We have been Beta testing the Bespecular App and now you can find out for yourself how well the team has put together this app for the Blind to use their camera and find out the info through a team of sighted volunteers describing the images you captured. Go to the App Store and download Bespecular today!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7747\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2029-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BeSpecular_App_-_If_Your_Camera_Could_Speak.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BeSpecular_App_-_If_Your_Camera_Could_Speak.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BeSpecular_App_-_If_Your_Camera_Could_Speak.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BeSpecular_App_-_If_Your_Camera_Could_Speak.mp3The Bespecular App just hit the App Store and we are excited for you to give it a try. We have been Beta testing the Bespecular App and now you can find out for yourself how well the team has put together this app for the Blind to use their camera and find out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[497,310,495,467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps-for-students","category-independentliving","category-lifeenrichment","category-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-wJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2040,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2040","url_meta":{"origin":2029,"position":0},"title":"Meet the BeSpecular App Developers and Download the App today!","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"July 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Jeff Thompson interviews the BeSpecular App developers celebrating the new launch in the app Store and the Google Play store. 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