{"id":2410,"date":"2017-03-01T18:27:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T00:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2410"},"modified":"2017-03-01T18:22:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T00:22:50","slug":"meet-nimer-jaber-assistive-tech-instructor-chromevox-next-and-the-lg-sport-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2410","title":{"rendered":"Meet Nimer Jaber: Assistive Tech Instructor, ChromeVox Next and the LG Sport Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3856\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2410-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NimerJaber.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NimerJaber.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NimerJaber.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Nimer Jaber is an Early Adopter of new technology, forging forward, working with developers and improving accessibility for all. I admire that and it was a pleasure<br \/>\n Talking to Nimer about his devices and what his team at the Lighthouse Center for Vision Loss is doing for Transition age students, their parents and how they keep connected, informed and educate in rural Minnesota. Where distance and proximity makes for creative solutions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join Nimer Jaber as he sits down with Blind Abilities and talks about Google devices, the LG Sport Watch and it\u2019s accessibility, ChromeBooks and Amazon devices.<br \/>\nyou can follow Nimer on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nimerjaber\">@nimerjaber<\/a><br \/>\nThank you for listening.<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/@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_3858\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2410-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NimerJaber.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NimerJaber.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NimerJaber.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NimerJaber.mp3Nimer Jaber is an Early Adopter of new technology, forging forward, working with developers and improving accessibility for all. I admire that and it was a pleasure Talking to Nimer about his devices and what his team at the Lighthouse Center for Vision Loss is doing for Transition age students, their parents and how they [&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":[17,467],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-2410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-technology","tag-interview"],"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-CS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7919,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7919","url_meta":{"origin":2410,"position":0},"title":"From Talkback to Bard to Lookout and more! 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