{"id":3697,"date":"2018-06-26T12:29:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T17:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3697"},"modified":"2018-06-26T12:29:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T17:29:28","slug":"nfb-2018-preview-blind-abilities-will-be-there-were-going-back-see-you-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3697","title":{"rendered":"NFB 2018 Preview, Blind Abilities Will Be There! We\u2019re Going Back! See You There!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9639\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3697-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NFBPromo2018JP.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NFBPromo2018JP.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NFBPromo2018JP.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">NFB\u00a02018 Preview, Blind Abilities Will Be There! We\u2019re Going Back! See You There!<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we were last year at the NFB 2017 National Convention, Blind Abilities will again be there at NFB 2018! In this brief preview, Jeff and Pete chat about their convention experience last year, with their description \u00a0of the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel and Conference Center and its various accoutrements, the convention sessions, the vast Exhibit Hall, and some of the things to look out for if you attend this year. \u00a0Jeff and Pete discuss restaurants, alternative options for food, and some of the people they ran into last year. This year promises to be even better as they plan to connect with their Canadian Blind Abilities Team Mate, Nick D\u2019Ambrosio who will be traveling to Orlando from Montreal. The BA Team will be conducting interviews with vendors on the Exhibit Hall floor, and looking for folks like you to chat with for their convention podcast series. So, keep an eye and an ear out for Blind Abilities, as they wander around the convention with their recording equipment in hand. follow them on Twitter and find out where they\u2019ll be and what their up to. That\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a>on twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blind Abilities coverage of the NFB 2018 National convention will be brought to you by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aira.io\/\">Aira<\/a>, the Visual Interpreter for the Blind. Check out Aira on the web and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aira.io\/\">subscribe<\/a>today!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it\u2019s a good idea to review the 2018 convention agenda before you actually attend. Here\u2019s a link to that agenda:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nfb.org\/convention\">https:\/\/nfb.org\/convention<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for listening!<\/strong><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.<br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9641\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3697-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NFBPromo2018JP.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NFBPromo2018JP.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NFBPromo2018JP.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/NFBPromo2018JP.mp3NFB\u00a02018 Preview, Blind Abilities Will Be There! We\u2019re Going Back! See You There! &nbsp; As we were last year at the NFB 2017 National Convention, Blind Abilities will again be there at NFB 2018! In this brief preview, Jeff and Pete chat about their convention experience last year, with their description \u00a0of the Rosen Shingle [&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":[485,17,519,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aira-presents","category-bapresents","category-jobinsights","category-thatblindtechshow"],"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-XD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3678,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3678","url_meta":{"origin":3697,"position":0},"title":"Presenting Lyft: An Accessible App, A Partnership With Aira, and An Announcement for NFB 2018","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"June 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Presenting Lyft: An Accessible App, A Partnership With Aira, and An Announcement for NFB 2018 Blind Abilities once again teams-up with Aira to present a review of Lyft, a ride-sharing service who not only has an accessible mobile app for both iOS and android, but who works hard on inclusivity\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":2020,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2020","url_meta":{"origin":3697,"position":1},"title":"33% Off KNFB Reader: Go Mobile and Make the Print Yours","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"June 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson asked members of the community what they liked about the award winning and life changing technology of the KNFB App. With such a positive response we thought we had to share. Join members of the Jacksonville iAccess group and members of the blind abilities community\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BlindAbilities Presents&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BlindAbilities Presents","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"BlindAbilities Logo A black square with white initials, B A.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2238,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2238","url_meta":{"origin":3697,"position":2},"title":"Parnell Diggs, Director of Government Affairs, NFB: ABLE Act, Airline Entertainment Access and Living the Life You Want","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"October 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Blind Abilities Presents: Parnell Diggs the Director of Government Affairs, National Federation of the Blind. Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson chat with Parnell about the ABEL Act, which is an acronym, Achieving a Better Life Experience, and about Airline Entertainment accessibility. Pete Lane is retired from the IRS and together\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BlindAbilities Presents&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BlindAbilities Presents","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"BlindAbilities Logo A black square with white initials, B A.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3733,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3733","url_meta":{"origin":3697,"position":3},"title":"A Joy with Aira &#8211; Meet Joy Mistovich, Advocate for Blindness and an Aira Explorer at the NFB Convention 2018","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"July 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A Joy with Aira - Meet Joy Mistovich, Advocate for Blindness and an Aira Explorer at the NFB Convention 2018 While attending the 2018 National Federation of the Blind convention 2018, the Blind Abilities Team connected with a lot of attendees and asked them the question,, \u201cWhat is it that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aira Presents&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aira Presents","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?cat=485"},"img":{"alt_text":"BlindAbilities Logo A black square with white initials, B A.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3683,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3683","url_meta":{"origin":3697,"position":4},"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":3711,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3711","url_meta":{"origin":3697,"position":5},"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. Sam tells us about the Humanware products, what\u2019s new and what devices are available from Humanware. From low vision\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aira Presents&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aira Presents","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?cat=485"},"img":{"alt_text":"BlindAbilities Logo A black square with white initials, B A.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3698,"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions\/3698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}