{"id":3736,"date":"2018-07-13T09:09:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2018-07-13T09:09:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:09:45","slug":"interviews-from-vendors-and-marketeers-from-the-acb-2018-national-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3736","title":{"rendered":"Interviews from Vendors and Marketeers from the ACB 2018 National Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7572\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3736-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ACB2018.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ACB2018.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ACB2018.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Interviews from Vendors and Marketeers from the ACB 2018 National Convention<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blind Abilities Special Correspondent Cheryl spencer was in St. Louis and grabbed a few interviews with vendors on the Exhibit Hall floor. Enjoy this presentation of Cheryl\u2019s chat with the following vendors:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>* ViewPlus<\/h2>\n<p>makers of a variety of Braille embossers and software. Check out their products at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewplus.com\/\">www.ViewPlus.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>* Tangible Surface Research<\/h2>\n<p>Manufactures tactile markers for those pesky flat screen appliances in your kitchen. These are more than just dots and are not printed in braille. Instead they offer tactile shapes that clearly mark a universal representation of the standard buttons on those devices, such as a right triangle for Start, and an X for Stop or Cancel. Owner, Ann deWitt, describes how these are more functional than dots and braille, and she\u2019ll also make tactile overlays for exercise equipment and virtually anything you might wish to special order. Check out their web site at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tangiblesurfaceresearch.com\/\">www.TangibleSurfaceResearch.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>* Friends In Art<\/h2>\n<p>Represented by Peter Altshul. Peter is also an author and tells us how to check out his latest book,. Check out Friends In Art at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsinart.com\/\">www.friendsInArt.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>The Blind Perspective<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cheryl chats with an old friend of blind Abilities, Karen Santiago, editor in Chief of the monthly digital newsletter, The blind Perspective. this newsletter is written about blind people by blind people and contains a variety of recurring columns, ranging from book reviews to gardening, and Tech to Gadgets, found in Cheryl\u2019s own monthly article, Spencer\u2019s spotlight. \u00a0Find out more about the blind Perspective on their web site: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblindperspective.com\/\">www.TheBlindPerspective.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a>\u00a0on the App Store.<br \/>\nGet the\u00a0<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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7574\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3736-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ACB2018.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ACB2018.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ACB2018.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/ACB2018.mp3Interviews from Vendors and Marketeers from the ACB 2018 National Convention &nbsp; Blind Abilities Special Correspondent Cheryl spencer was in St. Louis and grabbed a few interviews with vendors on the Exhibit Hall floor. Enjoy this presentation of Cheryl\u2019s chat with the following vendors: &nbsp; * ViewPlus makers of a variety of Braille embossers and [&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":[],"class_list":["post-3736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","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-Yg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3575,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3575","url_meta":{"origin":3736,"position":0},"title":"FCB 2018: A Tour Around The Convention\u2019s  Exhibitors and More!","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"May 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Again this year, blind Abilities was present at the Florida Council for the Blind Annual Convention, FCB 2018. 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