Vision News: Recent Episodes
AIRS-LA: The Audio Internet Reading Service of Los Angeles
Podcasts bringing you news from the leading service organizations in the impaired-vision community. This podcast is most recently hosted by Julian Vargas and produced by AIRSLA.
A Zoom series to help blind people deal with technical issues. Today's Topic: All about air travel.
A Zoom series to help blind people deal with technical issues. Today's Topic: Our Bonus Edition. Recent anouncements by Apple.
A Zoom series to help blind people deal with technical issues. Today's Topic: The perception of blind people with guest Darcy McNeil
A Zoom series to help blind people deal with technical issues. Today's Topic: All about Hearts for Sight.
A Zoom series to help blind people deal with technical issues. Today's Topic: New products developed at Touchpad Pro Assistive Technologies.
The 2019 Best In Tech General Session brings you the latest updates related to assistive technology
Joy Stigile discusses blood glucose monitoring technology for blind people with diabetes. Check your glucose level without drawing blood!
Bob Serian on the OrCam MyEye. It's a camera attached to eyeglasses and uses AI to read text, recognize faces, identify products & currency and...
Juanita Herrera on built-in accessibility and assistive technology features including text-to-speech and dictation technology.
Julian Vargas discusses Aira's latest, Horizon, a combination of controller and smart glasses that substantially reduces connectivity problems.
Don Whinfrey discusses his experience with Amazon Echo devices. How he uses them and how they affect his life.
Keith Christian on IrisVision virtual reality goggles for near and distant viewing. He finds them valuable at home and at work.
Conversion of bitmaps to tactile graphics, graphing tools, and specialty tools for braille math using the IRIE BrailleTrac 120 embosser.
Darren Dixon, a 9th grader from San Diego, shares how he uses iMovie to edit videos for family and friends.
Marissa Solaun on Seeing AI, an artificial intelligence app from Microsoft. It captures print text, scans barcodes, recognizes faces...
Julian Vargas discusses a new third party onscreen keyboard for IOS devices - FlickType. It lets you type up to 4 times faster!
Robert Stigile shares his opinions on the differences between BrailleNote Touch and BrailleSense Polaris.
Rachel Feinberg demonstrates the Brailliant 14 Braille display & Victor Reader Trek. Andy Roberts discusses the Prodigi Connect & Explore 8.
Braille Institute's staff showcases the voice-controlled home technology market. Google Home, Apple's HomePod - and more.
Sweetman Systems on JAWS 2019, BrailleNote Touch, Braille Sense Polaris, Qbraille, Brailliant 14, Focus displays from Vispero/VFO...
Dr. Robert Greenberg of Second Sight discusses their Argus and Orion retinal prosthetics.
Ben Pomeroy of The Braille Institute summarizes and answers questions about the new iOS11 operating system.
General Session: Welcome with lots of good information on high-tech products for the sight impaired.
Kevin Hughes of Humanware discusses their products for the future and answers questions.
Sidebar presentations and Q & A for the new Humanware Prodigi Connect 12 magnifier - reader and The Crowd Viz sighted assistance app.
Sidebar presentations and Q & A for the new AI Squared ZoomText Fusion magnifier - reader and the ESight Head Mounted Video Camera.
Sidebar sessions on Braille Sense 2, EBot, Braille Note, Smart Beetle and transferring contacts to a Braille Sense 2.
Sidebar sessions on Ruby XL HD Video Magnifier and the new JAWS 17 operating on Windows 10 and with Braille displays.
Main Ballroom sessions on Uber Smart Phone apps, AI Squared Fusion, ESight Head Mounted Video Cam and Google products in education.
KNFB Reader app, HIMMS products, OrCam, Optelec Video Traveler, Crowd Vis services, Prodigy Connect, Victor Stream and iOS Reader app.
Bob Sweetman of Sweetman Systems describes the features of the latest Victor Stream Reader.
James McCarthy, president of HIMS, discusses and demonstrates the new eBot line of tablet-compatible video magnifiers.
Main technical session; Welcome speeches and various tech talks by sponsors, vendors, and users of assistive technology.
A new series of meetings about an open discussion of technology for the blind and visually impaired.
Mark Greget on Enhanced Vision's new products - The Merlin Elite, DaVinci, and the 4.3" Pebble HD.
Learn all about the new Optelec ClearView+ speech system, a powerful talking CCTV that's very easy to use.
Introduction, welcome, and Dr. Bill Takeshita on assistive options for students; Zoom Text Mac, LVI Student New Generation, and more...
Brian Albriton discusses MBraille, an app that allows Braille input using an iOS Device touch screen without an external keyboard.
Douglas Gerry discusses Ai Squared's new software- and camera-based OCR product called Image Reader.
Dr. Brett Nagatani discusses two CCTV's that include speech; the Optelec Clearview Speech, and the Humanware Prodigi Duo.
Steve Bauer discusses the new and enhanced features of the Victor Reader Stream New Generation from Humanware.
Keith Christian discusses and reviews the basic features of Voice Dream Reader and the NLS BARD App for iOS devices.
Kristen MacDonald tells how Apple's iMac Air and iPhone, with their built-in accessibility features, increase her productivity.
Michael Parker informs us about the latest innovations and solutions from Freedom Scientific.
Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read. By John Markoff from the June 3, 2013 New York Times.
"Using only audio-based cues, blind gamers in a Harvard study explore a building's layout." by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
Dr. Bill Takeshita and Gordon Chan, representative of the Social Security Administration, discuss who is elgible for financial benefits.
Accessible Media. Federally mandated, but available for only a few Movie and TV shows, YOU will have to push for wider usage. Here's how!
Freedom Scientific representatives discuss their JAWS 13, Magic, OpenBook, Pearl, and Sara CE products.
Julian Vargas lectures on Apple iPhone 4S and IOS 5 accessibility and totally destroys the myth that this touch screen device isn't accessible to the blind and vision impaired.
Racquel Decipeda and Dr. Bill Takeshita welcome you to The Best In Tech Conference 2011, sponsored jointly by Center For the Partially Sighted and the National Federation of the Blind, S.F.V. Chapter.
Brett Nagatani on CDesk, Mike Goldberg on Magic, Mike Arrigo on Android O.S., Julian Vargas on iPhones, Brian Albriton on the Braille Pen, Robert Stigile on Notetakers.
Keith Christian on Bookport Plus, Tina McDonald on e-book Readers, Francisca Escobar on The Ruby, Bill Takeshita on magnifiers, Leslie Burkhardt on wise consumption, Terri Howell on CTAP products
Brian Albriton of The Braille Institute discusses digital book players. Learn about the different types and how to setup and get authorization from providers of digital books.
Enhanced Vision presents a question-and-answer session on their portable, transportable and desktop magnifier systems.
Ever Lee Hairston tells how she was able to achieve success despite the obstacles she encountered in this seminar sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind.
Mike May tells how he was able to achieve success despite the obstacles he encountered in this seminar sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind.
Louis Posin tells how he was able to achieve success despite the obstacles he encountered in this seminar sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind.
Jake Olson tells how he was able to achieve success despite the obstacles he encountered in this seminar sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind.
Freedom Scientific representatives discuss their JAWS screen reader, Pearl portable reader, Open Book scanning & reading software and Magic screen magnification software
ABiSee representatives and associates discuss their Zoom-Twix, Zoom-EX, Eye-Pal, Eye-Pal Solo, and Eye-Pal Solo LV products
Accessible cell phones - Julian Vargas, Droid X accessibility - Nick Gutinger, iPhone accessibility - Tiffany Minosh, iPad - Bill Takeshita, Sweetman book reader - Bob Sweetman, iBill & Pen Friend - Keith Christian, Dr. Brett Nagatani, Financial help - Racquel Decipeda.
Introduction and welcome, Dice HD Radio - Ken Metz, Humanware Braille Note Apex with Sendero GPS - Robert Stigile, Mobile Geo for Windows Cell Phones - Julian Vargas
Justin Moore of Enhanced Vision describes their new Transformer video magnifier and answers questions about it.
Four blind workers, Clarissa Richcreek, Robert Stigile, Rochelle Yohai, and Racquel Decipeda, share their educational, job-hunting and working experiences.
Carmen Roman, of Roman Vocational Services, discusses the marketable and transferrable skills you must stress in looking for a job.
Connie Lofton, LA Metro Area work incentives coordinator for the Social Security Administration discusses government incentives to work.
Introduction and Welcome. Rehabilitation Counselor Casey Cook discusses the services available from the California State Department of Rehabilitation.
Orange County Vision Symposium: "Vision 2020: Artificial Retina vs. Stem Cell Replacement" by Rajat Agrawal, M.D. and Henry Klassen, M.D., PhD
Orange County Vision Symposium: "Vision 2020: The Future of Cataract Surgery" by Sam Masket, M.D.
Orange County Vision Symposium: "Vision 2020: Breakthroughs in Corneal Surgery" by Marjan Farid, M.D.
Orange County Vision Symposium: "Low Vision Rehabilitation: Daily Tips for Independence" by Avani Patel, O.D.
Orange County Vision Symposium: "AMD Research: Future Therapies for Saving Sight," by Michael Gorin, M.D., PhD and Henry Klassen, M.D., PhD
Orange County Vision Symposium: "Therapeutic Advances in the Treatment of Age Related Macular Degeneration," by Stephanie Lu, M.D.
Festivities, Interviews, Keynote Speech, Raffles, Awesome Dogs, & Cute Puppies courtesy of the Orange County Friends Committee for Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Vision Access: A magazine by, for and about people with low vision, published quarterly.
"The Internet Archive, an Untapped Resource for the Blind" by Daniel B. Frye in "Braille Monitor" February 2010. A fabulous additional resource for those that use electronic versions of print.
Cell phone screen readers - Racquel Decipeda, Mobile readers and GPS - Julian Vargas, Accessible GPS - Bob Sweetman, Voice Sense - Ken Metz, iPhone Accessibility - Louis Herrera, Apple iMac Accessibility - Marc Gerberick, System Access - Keith Christian, ABISee Twix - Stephanie Rood, CCTVs and Portable magnifiers - Dr. Brett Nagatani
Vision Access: A magazine by, for and about people with low vision, published quarterly.
"Electronic 'Lollipop' Allows the Blind to 'See' with Their Tongues" from The Telegraph (U.K.) 9/1/09
"New Imaging Device for Retinopathy of Premature Infants" from Doctor's Guide U.S.A. 9/21/09
From Medical News Today (UK) "Researchers have developed special contact lenses that can gradually dispense a constant amount of medication to the eye at adjustable rates"
"Gene Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa - An international team of scientists and clinicians from the United States and Saudi Arabia are working to treat a rare vision disease" from News-Medical.net, July 31, 2009
From Health: "The New Vision of Artificial Sight Technology. Latest aids are easier to wear - more powerful"
The Jewish Guild for the Blind's National Telesupport Network provides free weekly phone support groups
This service provides visually impaired vacationers with a narrative deciption of the scenes that unfold as they move through rides such as the Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion or Pirates of the Caribbean.
Researchers are using a NASA gadget to finally tell if a cataract is brewing before someone's vision clouds over.
A tiny glass telescope, the size of a pea, has been successfully implanted in the eyes of people with severely damaged retinas, helping them to read, watch television and better see familiar faces.
The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) announces introduction of a bill to modernize the Communications Act to insure new Telecomm services are accessible to people with disabilities.
"Protein/Blindness", "Vitamin B", "Current Research News", Recreational Outings", "Vision", "What Are 'Stem Cells'?", "Vision Friendly Foods", "Eat It or Avoid It?", "Chinese Stem Cell Therapy", "Judging Prostate Cancer"
March 31, 2009 - National Federation of the Blind Enhances and Expands Newspaper Service for the Blind.
Vision Access: A magazine by, for and about people with low vision, published quarterly.
"Help Raising a Child with Impaired Sight" by Tori Schladen, "Rehabilitation Training Helps Keep You Safe and Independent" by Anita Arakawa, "Active Adults, i-Connect is for YOU!", "New Magnifiers at CPS Store", "New Low Cost Video Magnifier"
A new silver dollar coin commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille was released. It's the first U.S. coin to feature readable Braille.
"Canadian-American Braille standard set for packaging," a press release from Converting Magazine, March 19 2009.
"Using Tactile Cues to Help in Day to Day Living" by Chris Nelms, "Relationships, Relationships, Relationships" by Janice Goldhaber, "Low Vision + High Tech = Success" by author unknown
Vision Access: A magazine by, for and about people with low vision, published quarterly.