{"id":7443,"date":"2022-06-25T15:31:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T20:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7443"},"modified":"2022-06-25T15:31:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T20:31:19","slug":"audiom-audio-maps-for-the-blind-welcome-back-smith-kettlewell-eye-research-institute-engineer-brandon-biggs-and-meet-christopher-toth-blind-applications-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7443","title":{"rendered":"Audiom: Audio Maps for the Blind. Welcome back Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute Engineer, Brandon Biggs and Meet Christopher Toth, Blind Applications Engineer."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2676\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7443-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Audiom.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Audiom.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Audiom.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcast Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff Thompson is joined&nbsp;&nbsp;in the studio by Brandon Biggs, inclusive designer and Engineer with The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (SKI), the foremost organization for vision research in the U. s. and Christopher Toth, an Applications Engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiom.net\">Audiom<\/a> is the solution for \u201cglancability\u201d of a map to give an idea of location of objects, places and relationships to each other as a map does for a sighted person. Using audio soundscapes, stereo location design along with map coordinates , one will be able to mind map out a venue, park, mall through audio maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christopher Toth was hired on to build the application and you can find demos and give the application a try on the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiom.net\">www.Audiom.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brandon Biggs and Christopher Toth talk about the development process and where they see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiom.net\">Audiom<\/a> in the future. Be sure to give the Beta a try and how your feedback can help make maps more accessible to us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will also learn about other maps that they have built using data from the COVID statistics and how you can build your own map right from the web site at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiom.net\">www,Audiom.net.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact-your-state-services\"><strong>Contact Your State Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Pre-ETS Program and Transition Services Manager Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a>email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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>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>Give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093 we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>&nbsp;on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2678\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7443-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Audiom.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Audiom.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Audiom.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Audiom.mp3 Podcast Summary: Jeff Thompson is joined&nbsp;&nbsp;in the studio by Brandon Biggs, inclusive designer and Engineer with The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (SKI), the foremost organization for vision research in the U. s. and Christopher Toth, an Applications Engineer. Audiom is the solution for \u201cglancability\u201d of a map to give an idea of location of [&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":[17,467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7443","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-1W3","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6690,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6690","url_meta":{"origin":7443,"position":0},"title":"Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute is Listening to the Future of Navigation \u2013 Meet Engineer, Brandon Biggs","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"May 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Full Transcript Show Summary: Today Jeff and Raqi are joined in the studio by Brandon Biggs, inclusive designer and Engineer with The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (SKI), the foremost organization for vision research in the U. s. 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