{"id":2643,"date":"2017-06-07T13:35:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T18:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2017-06-07T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T18:37:24","slug":"interviews-from-fcb2017-aira-humanware-guidingeyes-guidelightsandgadgets-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2643","title":{"rendered":"Interviews From FCB2017: Aira, Humanware, GuidingEyes, GuideLightsAndGadgets and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7885\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2643-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/FCB2017.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/FCB2017.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/FCB2017.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Blind Abilities was there! (Yes, we were in attendance at FCB2017 and we have some choice audio from the Exhibit hall floor! Join our Blind Abilities special correspondent, Cheryl Spencer and Pete Lane  as they provide interviews with:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Allison with Election systems &#038; Software<br \/>\n&#8211; Barry with GuideLights &#038; Gadgets<br \/>\n&#8211; Renee Byrd, with deTerra Essential Oils<br \/>\n&#8211; John with Low Vision Aids and Magnifying America<br \/>\n&#8211; Sam from HumanWare<br \/>\n&#8211; Becky from Guiding eyes for the Blind<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nPatrick Lane chatting about Aira.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You can find all their contact information and web site addresses below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aira.io\">Aira: Visual Interpreter for the Blind<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.essvote.com\/home\/\">Election systems and Software<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guide Lights and Gadgets<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:BScheur@schuer.com\">BScheur@schuer.com<\/a><br \/>\nKNRausch 781-286-1696<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doTERRA.com\">doTERRA Oils<\/a><br \/>\nRenee Byrd 904-923-5934<\/p>\n<p>Low Vision Aids and Magnifying america<br \/>\nJohn Palmer<br \/>\n1-800-364-1610<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.HumanWare.com\">Humanware<\/a><br \/>\nSam 1-800-722-3393<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guidingeyes.org\">Guiding Eyes for the Blind<\/a><br \/>\nBecky davidson<br \/>\n914-243-2210<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:BBarnes@guidingeyes.org\">BBarnes@guidingeyes.org<\/a><\/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_7887\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2643-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/FCB2017.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/FCB2017.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/FCB2017.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/FCB2017.mp3Blind Abilities was there! (Yes, we were in attendance at FCB2017 and we have some choice audio from the Exhibit hall floor! Join our Blind Abilities special correspondent, Cheryl Spencer and Pete Lane as they provide interviews with: &#8211; Allison with Election systems &#038; Software &#8211; Barry with GuideLights &#038; Gadgets &#8211; Renee Byrd, with [&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":[17,298,466,467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-guidedogs","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-GD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3711,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3711","url_meta":{"origin":2643,"position":0},"title":"Humanware Brings it All to the Convention: Meet Sam AdlerSales Representative from humanWare","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"July 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Humanware Brings it All to the Convention: Meet Sam AdlerSales Representative from humanWare \u00a0 The Blind Abilities Team was out near the pool when we ran into Sam Adler from HumanWare. 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