{"id":2470,"date":"2017-04-11T11:53:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2017-04-11T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T16:50:43","slug":"teen-cast-alec-olson-gives-a-quick-overview-of-voice-dream-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2470","title":{"rendered":"Teen Cast: Alec Olson Gives a Quick Overview of the Voice Dream Reader App"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6904\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2470-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TeenCast_VoiceDream.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TeenCast_VoiceDream.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TeenCast_VoiceDream.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>The Blind Abilities Teen Cast Team member Alec Olson gives a brief introduction to the Voice Dream Reader App. The Teen Cast is part of Blind Abilities and focuses on students transitioning from high school to college and to the workplace.Alec is presently in high school and has used the Voice Dream reader app for quite some time and shares this overview with us so one can get a taste of what this app can do for you and just may be another Tool for your Toolbox for Success. so if you are curious about Voice Dream Reader and want to know more about how Alec uses this tool, check it out and we hope you enjoy.<!--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_6906\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2470-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TeenCast_VoiceDream.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TeenCast_VoiceDream.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TeenCast_VoiceDream.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TeenCast_VoiceDream.mp3The Blind Abilities Teen Cast Team member Alec Olson gives a brief introduction to the Voice Dream Reader App. The Teen Cast is part of Blind Abilities and focuses on students transitioning from high school to college and to the workplace.Alec is presently in high school and has used the Voice Dream reader app for [&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":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}},"categories":[263,467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college","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-DQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2427,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2427","url_meta":{"origin":2470,"position":0},"title":"Teen Cast: Alec Olson Gets You Started With NVDA &#8211; The Free Screen Reader for PC","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"March 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Blind Abilities presents the BA Teen Cast newest member Alec Olson. 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