{"id":2330,"date":"2017-01-06T13:12:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T19:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2017-01-07T06:36:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T12:36:17","slug":"aira-making-a-splash-in-the-technology-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"AIRA: Making A Splash in the Technology World"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1895\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2330-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AIRA.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AIRA.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AIRA.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Blind Abilities once again presents this interview with Suman Kanuganti, CEO of Aira, a visual interpreter for the blind.  Aira is not only progressing with its product, but it is making a significant splash in the technology world. Aira recently won the innovative technology award at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January. Additionally, Aira is bolstering it\u2019s standing in the blindness community with its major partnership with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and with AT&#038;T to strengthen its connectivity and accessibility with blind users. Listen to this interview and stay tuned as we are working on the follow-up interview with Suman, Aira users, and the sighted agents.<br \/>\nThank 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_1897\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2330-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AIRA.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AIRA.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AIRA.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/AIRA.mp3Blind Abilities once again presents this interview with Suman Kanuganti, CEO of Aira, a visual interpreter for the blind. Aira is not only progressing with its product, but it is making a significant splash in the technology world. Aira recently won the innovative technology award at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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}},"categories":[17,466,467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-mobility","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-BA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3683,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3683","url_meta":{"origin":2330,"position":0},"title":"A Conversation with Aira CEO Suman Kanuganti:  Good Things Are On The Horizon","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"June 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A Conversation with Aira CEO Suman Kanuganti: Good Things Are On The Horizon \u00a0 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aira Presents&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aira Presents","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?cat=485"},"img":{"alt_text":"Aira Logo: a lower case letter a in a light blue sphere with aira","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/aira_logo.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2778,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2778","url_meta":{"origin":2330,"position":1},"title":"Aira Presents: A Conversation with Tiffany Manosh &#8211; Travel, Tech, Disney and  College","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"August 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Blind Abilities offers another in their Aira presentation series from the National Federation of the Blind 2017 national convention in Orlando, Florida. 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