{"id":5187,"date":"2019-07-16T11:16:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T16:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5187"},"modified":"2019-07-16T19:01:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T00:01:51","slug":"aph-american-printing-house-huge-partnerships-bringing-the-community-new-and-innovative-products-introducing-codejumper-the-braillebuzz-colorstar-and-more-nfb19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5187","title":{"rendered":"APH American Printing House: Huge Partnerships Bringing the Community New and Innovative Products. Introducing CodeJumper, the BrailleBuzz, ColorStar and More! #NFB19"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_855\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5187-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/APHNFB19.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/APHNFB19.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/APHNFB19.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?page_id=5196\">Full Transcript<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>American Printing House (APH) continues growing with new partnerships bringing new products and innovations to the APH offerings. From Humanware, Microsoft and others, APH is putting a new face on at conventions and rightfully so. Dave Wilkinson had a table loaded with new devices and displaying new devices arriving this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are few devices Dave mentions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Code Jumper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed by Microsoft so that Blind and Sighted peers can work together in the classroom to learn the basic concepts of computer programing. Code Jumper is a series of linkable units that can combine to make complex sentences and songs. The Audible sounds are great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;BrailleTrail Reader:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Designed by Humanware and is a variant of the Humanware Brailliant BI 14 Braille Display, and is bright red in color. A very handy compact Braille reader designed for young students and excellent for the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braille Buzz:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Bumble Bee like device that interacts with phonics and descriptions. Aimed at the young 3-4 year-olds and provides a great experience for young Braille learners. The Braille Buzz has a Braille Perkins style keyboard as well as alphabet letters With audio feedback. A perfect tool for interacting with sighted peers and for learning letters and keyboarding skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave also talks about the Sunu Band, the Color Star color identification device and the Jupiter Video Magnifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out more about APH and all of their offerings by email at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@APH.org\">info@APH.org<\/a>or by emailing Dave directly at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:DaveWilkinson@ApH.org\">DaveWilkinson@ApH.org<\/a>and by calling 1-800-223-1839.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*****<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Your State Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sheila.Koenig@state.mn.us\">email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<br>To find your State Services in your State you can go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afb.org\/directory.aspx\">www.AFB.org<\/a>&nbsp;and search the directory for your agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@BlindAbilities.com\">email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/193468111470902\/\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/assistivetechnologyfortheblind\/\">Assistive Technology Community for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_857\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5187-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/APHNFB19.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/APHNFB19.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/APHNFB19.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/APHNFB19.mp3 Full Transcript Show Summary: American Printing House (APH) continues growing with new partnerships bringing new products and innovations to the APH offerings. From Humanware, Microsoft and others, APH is putting a new face on at conventions and rightfully so. Dave Wilkinson had a table loaded with new devices and displaying new devices arriving this [&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":[526,467,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfb19","category-technology","category-transcribed"],"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-1lF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7909,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7909","url_meta":{"origin":5187,"position":0},"title":"Meet the Monarch! 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