Ba Teen Cast

The following podcast was recorded for use by customers of Minnesota’s State Services for the Blind. You can get more information about State Services for the Blind and the services it offers by going to www (dot) mnssb (dot) org. I’m Stuart Holland. (music) Students surprise blind classmate with incredible Christmas gift, by Andrew Dodson, The Bay City Times December 18, 2015 MONITOR TOWNSHIP, MI — Brennan Draves has gone through his entire life unable to see the world in front of him. But it wasn't the 10-year-old's disability that blinded him on Thursday, Dec. 17. It was love. While gripping his white cane and sitting in front of his classmates at Bay City's Mackensen Elementary, the fifth-grade student listened intently as his peers read a prepared script, revealing their big secret. Proving that the holiday season is more about giving than receiving, students at the elementary school raised more than $7,000 in only four days to purchase their blind classmate a BrailleNote computer, allo

The following podcast was recorded for use by customers of Minnesota’s State Services for the Blind. You can get more information about State Services for the Blind and the services it offers by going to www (dot) mnssb (dot) org. I’m Stuart Holland.. (music) From: AppleVis – www.applevis.com/blog The AppleVis Community Names the Apps and Developer that were its Golden Apples of 2015 Submitted by AppleVis on 28 December, 2015 - 05:44 We are pleased to announce the results of the fourth annual AppleVis Golden Apple Awards. Since their launch in 2012, the AppleVis Golden Apple Awards have afforded blind and low vision users an opportunity to recognize and acknowledge the hard work and dedication which developers have put into making great and accessible iOS and OS X applications during the given year. To be shortlisted for this year's Golden Apple Awards, apps must: • Be fully accessible to blind and low vision users. • Have been launched or significantly updated during 2015. • Be from a developer with a d

The following podcast was recorded for use by customers of Minnesota’s State Services for the Blind. You can get more information about State Services for the Blind and the services it offers by going to www (dot) mnssb (dot) org. I’m Stuart Holland. (music) From: AFB Access World Magazines Learning to Use VoiceOver on the Mac and iOS with Audio Tutorials from Mac for the Blind Jamie Pauls If you are a technology enthusiast, chances are good that you have placed a new Mac, iPhone, or iPad on your Christmas list. As the size of Apple devices continues to shrink, many of them will fit in a decent-sized stocking. Assuming that you are fortunate enough to receive a new Mac or iOS device for Christmas, you now have the thrill of learning to use your new gadget. After all, VoiceOver, Apple's built-in screen reader, is a part of any new product you receive. But is it really that easy? Might there, in fact, be a bit of learning curve when it comes to grasping the concepts of the OS X operating system found

Jeff Thompson gives a little overview of the Pocket and the InstaPaper Apps while using the VoiceDream app for playback. Both apps are free and are available in the app store, google play and Chrome store and maybe more. These apps are free and will bookmark and download the text for your convenience when data and Wi-Fi is not available nor necessary. Check out more podcasts and subscribe to the Blind Abilities feed at www.BlindAbilities.com follow us on twitter @BlindAbilitief.

BlindAbilities presents a very special guest: join Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane as they interview Luis Perez, a true pioneer in the accessibility arena. Luis is an Educator, Presenter an author and an avid photographer. You can find all of Luis' information on his web site: www.LuisPerezOnline.com, including his Blog and a link to his YouTube channel at: LFPerez72. Or, you can just tune in and hear all of that: be sure to set time aside for this special interview. #BlindAbilities.com #JThompson6835 #Lane7625

Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane chat with Fernando Albertorio, CEO and Co-founder of Sunu Inc., creators of the Sunu Band. The Sunu Band is a promising bracelet that will provide Sonar-guided navigation, an article finder, smart watch and much much more! The Sunu Band is in the Beta stage, but you can pre-order the bracelet, as well as help fund their Indiegogo fund-raising campaign now. Just go to www.Sunu.IO and see all of its features and contribute to the campaign. #BlindAbilitiesPresents #JThompson6835 #Lane7625 #SunuBand #BlindAbilities.com

Lisa Salinger @Lisasali brings us a 3 part series called Lisa's life skills. Part 3 is on Socializing and is Blindness the issue or are we making it the issue? Join Lisa as she suggests some ways of mingling and participating in and at social gatherings. Blind Abilities Teen Cast is produced by Blind Abilities for State Services for the Blind of Minnesota. You can find out more about State Services and what they provide by going to the web at www.MNSSB.org You can find more podcasts with a blindness perspective at www.BlindAbilities.com You can follow us on twitter @BlindAbilities

Lisa Salinger @Lisasali brings us a 3 part series called Lisa's Life Skills and Part 2 is all about Kitchen Gadgets from choppers, knives, scoops and slicers. Don't forget the measuring cups and bowls. Join Lisa as she goes through some of the main essentials in the Kitchen drawer. Blind Abilities Teen Cast is produced by blind abilities for State services for the blind of Minnesota. You can find out more about State Services and what they provide by going to the web at www.MNSSB.org You can find more podcast with a Blindness perspective at www.BlindAbilities.com and follow us on twitter @Blindabilities

Lisa Salinger @Lisasali brings us some Life Skills in a 3 part series called Lisa's Life Skills. Part 1 Lisa discusses the restaurant layout and most of this layout is derived from the information she gathered upon entering, sitting and listening. Join Lisa in this interesting situation and the tips and tricks she uses when she needs them. Blind Abilities Teen Cast is produced by blind abilities for State Services for the Blind of Minnesota and you can find out more about State Services and what they provide by going to the web at www.MNSSB.org You can find more podcast with a Blindness Perspective at BlindAbilities.com and follow us on twiter @BlindAbilities

From the Pocket series uses the #Pocket and #VoiceDream Apps to bring you some of the latest news regarding blindness, gadgets and events. Today we bring you an article from NFB.org https://nfb.org/blog/atblog/national-federation-blind-jernigan-institute-research-collaboration-sunu-band they talk about how they are involved in the process of bringing a better product to the consumer by being involved in the development process. Check it out. Here is the link to the article in text format: https://nfb.org/blog/atblog/national-federation-blind-jernigan-institute-research-collaboration-sunu-band Music by Go Fish "Catch A Falling Star" get this track and more on iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/snooze/id380407245

Lori Thompson describes her 2nd set of Braille tactile Measuring cups and Spoons from Maxi-aids. These sets are both black with raised Braille for easy identification. The molded in Braille will not fade away or fall off and the sure grip base ensures a steady and stable measuring cup experience. You can find these accessible gadgets on the web at www.maxiaids.com and search for Braille Tactile measuring Cups black and the same for the spoons. You can find more Kitchen Cafe posts by going to www.BATeenCast.com/kitchencafe/

Good Morning everybody once again we're with Blind Joe. Blind Joe how are you doing this morning? Doing fantastic and how are you all doing? Excellent. Jeff Thompson is with me. Morning Jeffrey. Ah did we lose him? Am I here again? Ah Jeff your back. [Laugh] Alright. I am doing good. How are you guys doing? Excellent Jeffrey. Great man. Well we're chatting with Blind Joe after his final performance on the NBC show The Voice. Yeah I did a little song called ìMama's don't let your babies grow up to be nervous" [Laugh] Talk a little bit about how that went and how you feel about it. Ah man, you know, I think vocally it was alright, differently not my best performance, I was a little under the weather I was having some throat issues and I was definitely nervous as always. I think a combination of being under the weather and the nerves really got to me. You know, I am not proud of the performance but I think Blake made the right decision. Yeah, I mean it's disappoint

Transcript: [Music] Hey everybody this is Jeff Thompson. I am going to talk to you a little bit about the rotor. The rotor setting the most efficient way I have found to set it up. First we go to setting, general, accessibility, then voice over. General, back button, location accessibility, heading accessibility, heading vision, heading voice over on button. It says on but you can go in further here. Accessibility button Then we will go down to rotor Rotor button. So in the rotor section there is a lot of choices that you can choose from to select to have then optimized your navigation abilities using the voice over gesture. I got a list here sometimes when you select all these things they get into the rotor selection and you turn and it all convoluted you don't know where it is, but you can do something here. Reorder headings button, drag able, double tap and hold, wait for the sound then drag to rearrange. You can put these in an order. I've got them in somewhat of an order

MoeLucie brings us the #collegeCafe where she will share her experiences with tips and suggestions involving courses, classes, papers, chemistry, math, and all the good stuff. From Science, technology, Math and all the details in between. the Pro Writing series delivers tips and suggestions for writing professional papers, and Discovering a Topic is the first in this series where MoeLucie simplifies the process. Join MoeLucie in the College Cafe and follow her on Twitter @MoeLucie and MoeLucie on audioBoom. BATeenCast is produced by Blind Abilities for State Services for the Blind of Minnesota and you can find out more about State Services and what they provide by going to the web at www.MNSSB.org You can find more podcasts with a Blindness perspective at BATeenCast.com and BlindAbilities.com You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities

Lori Thompson gets started on Monday's dinner on sunday while looking toward the week ahead. She whips up an easy to make Mexican Hot dish that will be put in the oven the next afternoon ready for heating and eating.

In November AuroraNebulosa posed a question regarding blaming the sighted for some of their actions towards people who are Visually Impaired or Blind. Gathering some of the discussion in this podcast brings together the voices from the channel to show just how our voices can be heard and shared with all. Enjoy listening to this discussion and let's hear your thoughts on the matter. BATeenCast is on AudioBoom and on the web at www.BATeenCast.com Follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities and on the web at www.BlindAbilities.com

Blind Abilities Teen Cast Presents paulina, @Shadowalker24 talking about her everyday life from highschool to a Blindness Training center and how her college experience is going today. The interview started at her home and continued as she walked to her college. Busy people are hard to interview sitting down. Paulina works hard and enjoys traveling so we caught her at her best. Blind Abilities Teen Cast is produced by Blind Abilities LLC for State Services for the Blind of Minnesota and you can find out more about State Services and what they provide by going to www.MNSSB.org You can find more BA Teen Cast on the web at www.BlindAbilities.com and at www.BATeenCast.com Follow us on twitter @BlindAbilities We would like to thank kevin MacLeod for his wonderful music arrangement. Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLåeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100588 Artist:

Alyssa Gourley tells us about her transition from High School to college and the work place. Her days at a Blindness Training Center, Blind, Inc. in Minneapolis Minnesota and her plans for tomorrow. Learn about her journey, obstacles, and successes as Jeff Thompson and Alyssa revisit the trail she has been blazing over the last 5 years. To find more podcasts related to Blindness and transitioning from high school to college or the workplace you can follow BATeennCast on AudioBoom, on the web at www.BATeenCast.com BA Teen Cast is produced by Blind Abilities for State Services for the Blind of Minnesota and you can find out more about State Services and what they provide, on the web at www.MNSSB.org