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Accessing Arts and Science: The Luminato Festival Toronto Access Hub, the Accessible Descriptions and Sonifications on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory web site and Sci-Fi on the Talk Description to Me podcast

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ObjectiveEd: Reinforcement Learning for Students with Disabilities. Benefitting Teachers and Schools and their Blind and Visually Impaired Students

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Tech Abilities: Anticipation 6-6, Weather App Alerts, Facebook/Twitter Accessibility, Apple's 22 Min-Pay, SOS setup, Clipboard list, Audio Description and More Tech Tidbits and News from a Blindness Perspective

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iPhone101 QuickByte: Revealing and Copying and Pasting Your Password Made Easy

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The Only Constant is Change - Welcome back Tony Gebhard - Assistive Technology Specialist, Transition Program Coordinator and Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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QuickByte: Hiding Screen pages on your Apple device and still accessing everything.

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Storms, Wind and Fire - Yet, the Tech Abilities Show goes on! Hiding Your Screen Pages, Widgets on the Move, Passwords and Fishing, Don't Trust Trusted Friend scam, Hey Facebook Support, how about a Human Chat?

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Eyeless Mind: A Memoir about Seeing and Being Seen - Author and CVI Advocate, Stephanie Duesing, Shares Her Journey into the Leading Cause of Blindness, CVI.

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QuickByte: Grabbing Specific Text from OCR Apps on the iPhone with Usability in Mind!

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A Conversation with Author Dr. M. Leona Godin - There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness.

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Tech Abilities: Independence loss, Peacock Soars, Netflix Struggling, VoiceDream on Mac, Twitter Escape, Edge Browser on Mac and the Merlin Bird ID App Watch out Elon Tweet Tweet.

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Wellness Wednesday - Thoughts on Positivity, Mental Health and Well Being: Keep moving forward - by Robin Ennis

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You can make excuses, or make it happen - Dan Parker sets Guinness World Speed record at nearly 212 Miles Per Hour! 10 years to the date racing took his sight and nearly took his life.

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Blind Piano Lessons: With nearly 20 years of teaching through distance learning, meet Mark Miller and begin playing today!

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Tech Abilities: Oh Twitter, how have you grown. Jaws in the System Tray Alt Text is worth a thousand words, sorta. Air Pods 3? Yes, Really!

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iPhone101: Updating Apps Automatically or Take Control of What Apps Update When and Where

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Summer Opportunities Fair for Pre-ETS - Attention Students, Parents and Teachers!

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American Foundation for the Blind's Workplace Technology Survey: A Survey on the Workplace Technology Barriers Faced by Blind and Low Vision Individuals

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The ReVision Fitness App: Let's change the way we look at it! Tyler Merren's new app is ready for your workout!

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Braille is Thriving and Learners are On-Line with the Braillists Foundation. Meet Braillists and Advocate, Mathew Horspool.

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CareerConnect: You'll Get Connected, You will Learn, You'll Engage, You'll Grow - Resources for Navigating the Transition from High School to College and the Workplace.

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Lachi and Foundation.App Goes NFT over the Intersection of Art and Disabilities

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Tech Abilities: And then there was 2. Netflix says Stop it! State IDs, Rugged Cases for Air Tags, Apple says Drain is OK and Intervals Timer is High Intensity and so is Callie's Pop Culture!

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Believe You Can Achieve: A Conversation with Camp Abilities Founder, Dr. Lauren Lieberman. In-Person Camp returns this Summer in June!

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The New Technology Center at Lighthouse Guild is Open for Everybody!

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Bringing shelter to the Ukrainian Blind refugees, Olga Mahler would not be anywhere else right now.

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Discover NaviLens: The cutting-edge technology for the Visually Impaired that now navigates with 360 technology!

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Envision Glasses are at CSUN 2022! Check Them out and listen for breaking news coming out of CSUN from Team Envision and download the Envision AI App for iOS and Android.

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Tech Abilities: Just a Peek Apple? Amazon Prime Price Hike, Accessible Comic Books, Uber Rating You, CSUN and More Tech Tidbits and News from a Blindness Perspective.

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With over 40 years of narrating Talking Books at the American Printing House for the Blind (APH), Ray Foushee is still turning the pages.

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Meet Micheal Hudson – Director of the Museum for the American Printing House for the Blind. Learn about the history and what is new and upcoming for the museum renovations and tours.

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RealSAM Pocket Launching in the U.S. Soon! Voice Activated Smart Phone for Calls, Newspapers, Podcasts, Books, Messages, Assistance and Much More, Just by Using Your Voice!

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iPhone101 QuickByte: Punctuation: Do You Want to Hear a Comma, a Period or a Question Mark? Proof Reading, Maybe, All the Time? Maybe Not. Math and Science Specific? Maybe So. Choosing System Punctuation Groups and Creating Custom Groups.

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Interested in Joining an Association of Blind Students? The Pennsylvania Association of Blind Students is Hosting Their 2nd Annual Virtual Piano Bar !

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Tech Abilities: Windows 11, Notifications Disappearing, New Gucci Bag, Getting a Pet Dog as a BVI and a Lot More Tech Tidbits and News from a Blindness Perspective

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iPhone101 – Photos, Links and Documents in the Messages App: No More Fruitless Searching in Apple's Orchard.

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Taking on Blindness, Stepping Back and Stepping Up – Meet Sree Roy: Assistive Volunteer Extraordinaire

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Tech Abilities: COVID Masks, Tests and an Aira COVID Promotion, Amazon Clothing Store? Stitch Fix Preview, Direct Touch Typing Bug Fixed and Tons More Tech Tidbits with a Blindness Perspective

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Vision Buddy: A Low Vision Solution for Seeing the World Around You – Improving the Lives of People with Disabilities Through Technology – Meet Vision Buddy CEO Zack Afridi

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Tech Abilities: Ahh, that Smell of Theater Popcorn and Where's My autonomous car? And a Lot More Tech Tidbits and News from a Blindness Perspective!.

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It's Hockey! Christine Malec and JJ Hunt from the Talk Description To Me Podcast Join Jeff Thompson to Talk and Describe Blind Hockey. It's Not Just for Canada Anymore!

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Updated - iPhone101 QuickByte: Creating and Naming Groups in the Messages App as Simple as That!

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iPhone101 QuickByte: Pinning People and Groups in the Messages App: Organizing Your Favs by Pinning their Messages to the Top of the List

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iPhone101 QuickByte: Speeding Up a YouTube Video Just like Speeding Up an Audio Book, Sort Of, Kind Of

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Let's Talk ScripTalk! 25 Years Strong and Growing to Meet Your Accessible Prescription Needs – Welcome En-Vision America Director of Marketing, Jenna Reed

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Tech Abilities Christmas and Holiday Well Wishes and Joy

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iPhone101: low data usage – Conserving Your Data Usage on Video and Streaming Services

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A Journey Like No Other - Abandonment, Blinded, Homeless and Fighting for Self-Determination - Meet Itto Outini: – Fulbright Alumna, Journalist, Feminist, Human Rights Activist and Accessibility Advocate

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Ayes – Helping the Blind and Visually Impaired Navigate Intersections Safely. Like Having an Audio Pedestrian Signal in your Pocket.

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iPhone101/QuickByte: Get Your Widgets Moving! The Battery Widget is a Must and You Want it Where? You Want it How Big? OK, Let's Do it!

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iPhone101/QuickByte: MagSafe Battery pack from Apple: Not the Fastest, nor the Juiciest, It Just Works… and Works Smart!

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iPhone101 QuickByte: Pronunciation – Let Your VoiceOver Voices Pronounce Words and Names the Way You Want Them Pronounced. Is it Aira or Ira? Jeff or Jawff? You decide.

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iPhone101 QuickByte: Setting a sleep Focus for a good night sleep for all concerned, and Siri Announcing all Notifications

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iPhone101 - Managing Mail Messages and Accounts in iOS - Part 6: Adding a Brand New Email Account To Your iDevice

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iPhone101 - Managing Mail Messages and Accounts in iOS: Parts 4 and 5 - Deleting an Entire email Account, and Adding and Existing email Account to your iDevice

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iPhone101 - Managing Mail Messages and Accounts in iOS: Part 3, The Mail Preview Feature - Taking a Peek with VoiceOver

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iPhone101 - Managing Mail Messages and Accounts in iOS: Parts 1 and 2 – Deleting Single and Bulk emails and Retrieving the Deleted

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Updated! iPhone101 QuickByte: How to Turn on Emergency Bypass on iPhone for Calls and Texts. Don't Miss That Call!

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iPhone101 QuickByte: Adding Locations to the Weather App. How's Your Weather? How about Montreal, Jacksonville and Colorado Springs?

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iPhone101 QuickByte: Banners, Badges and Sounds, Oh My! Notification Settings for Repeating Messages.

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Iphone101 QuickByte: A Refreshing Look at The App Store Setting and 2 Refreshing Gestures

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Accessible Pharmacy: A Comprehensive Medication Management Health Care Company Specializing in Services for the Visually Impaired Community. Get the App!

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Just human: The Quest for Disability Wisdom, Respect and Inclusion, The New Book by Dr. Arielle Silverman, Research Specialist at AFB

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iPhone101: Screen Recordings and Screen Shots – Setting Up, Creating, Taking and Sharing with Siri and Voiceover Accessibility

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This is my World, if you would like to come and share it with me, that's beautiful and I hope you enjoy it. Meet Sarah Caltieri, Singer/Songwriter, Actor, Advocate and more.

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Tech Abilities: Braille, Audio Description, Labeling, PC vs Mac, Siri Usage, Address/Tab Bar, that Mac, Mac, Mini and Pod Unleashed Event and More Tech Tidbits and News

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Qudsiya Naqui – Lawyer, Advocate and Podcaster. A Conversation about Transitioning From Sighted to Blind and From College to the Workplace, Running, Biking and Getting Down to the Struts.

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iPhone101: Voice Memos – Not Your Basic Recorder Anymore. Enhanced, Concise, Speedy and Voiceover Ready, Right There in Your Device!

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iPhone101: Music Recognition and Shazam – Hey! Who Sings This? What Song is This? A Variety of Ways to Use Music Recognition and that Magical App Shazam

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iPhone101 QuickBytes: 6 Quick Bytes for the iPhone, and More! Searching in Settings, Back Tapping Double Tap and Triple Tap, Keyboard Clicks, Lock Sound and System Haptics.

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Believe You Can! The Believe You Can Virtual Talent Show Returns Bigger and Better than Ever Before! Join the Live Show, and Support the Creative Talents at www.BelieveYouCan dot Live

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iPhone101: VoiceOver Recognition - Image Descriptions, Screen Recognition, Text Recognition, and using the Rotor and setting up Quick Settings.

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Tech Abilities: In Depth, Spontaneous and Off the Rails! A Look at Live text/OCR on the iPhone Camera, Amazon's New Product Line, the iPhone 13 Pro Max, Vision Loss Progression and more Tech Tidbits and News from a Blindness Perspective.

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iPhone101: Getting Your Home Screens Organized – Part 1

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iPhone101 Quick Bytes: Battery Health, Seeing AI with Siri Shortcut made Easy, Mail Message Threading. 3 Quick Bytes for the iPhone, and More!

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Tech Abilities: Do You Need a Hero App? Facebook and Ray-Ban Smart Glasses or Not? Apple's California Dreaming, Direct Touch Typing, Use Factors for the iPad Mini and Tech Tidbits and News from a Blindness Perspective.

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Feather Chelle Releases New Book, The Color of Darkness , an Abilities Awareness Activity Book for Young Readers, Blind and Sighted alike

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Tech Abilities: VR Perspectives on Back to School and Mac vs PC vs Notetakers. Plus, WiFi Calling, EZ Shortcuts, Mail Threading Messages, Deleting Apps with a Flick and a Tap and more Tech Tidbits and News

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iPhone101 – More Special Effects for the Messages App in iOS. By the Way, Congratulations, Happy New Year and Happy Birthday!

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Swordy Quest Creator Charlie Seligman Talks Accessibility and App Development and Creating the Same Experience for Everyone. Plus Some Hidden Tips and Upcoming Gems.

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iPhone101 – Screen Effects: Sending Audio Enhanced Special Screen Effects with the Messages App and Responding with the React Feature to Messages

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Tech Abilities: Adaptations Sale, FlickType Saga, Disney's Adaptive Costumes, iOS15 Nears, Going Back from Beta, The Vale Arrives for Accessible Gaming and more Tech Tidbits in the News

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IPhone101 - iOS Reminders App: Hey Siri, Remind Me to…

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Matthew Whitaker Releases His 3rd Album, Connections, Finishes His 2nd Year at Juilliard and His 1st Interview in the Blind Abilities Studio! Meet Matthew Whitaker Musician Extraordinaire!

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iPhone101: Freeing Up Storage Space on your iDevice by Removing Large Files and Attachments by Recommendations from Your iDevice Itself!

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Megan Hale is Taking Adaptive and Blind Physical Education to the Field of Educators and Helping Bring Trail orienteering to the Microsoft Soundscape App

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Tech Abilities: Deep Nosing, Battery Packing, Laundry Lens App, Air Pod Pro Betas Conversation Boost, the Tech Lending Library. And more Tech Tidbits in the News

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iPhone101: Script App Demonstration and a conversation with Envision America's Director of Marketing, Jenna Reed

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Beyond Vision: Enriching the Lives of Americans Who are Blind Through the Dignity of Work Valued by Customers and the Community.

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Tech Abilities: Swordy Quest, Ziggy's Masculine Voice, Mag Safe Charger, Beta Backups, Clubhouse is Open, Peloton Game,Diablo2 Accessibility, Messenger's Soundmojis and Busy Boxes for Adults!

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The Best of Folk Through 88 Keys: Meet Marcus Roberts, the Jazz Master - Disciplines of Music in the Key of Life

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iPhone101: Sharing a Contact and Eliminating the List of Recommended Recipients from the Share Sheet:

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iPhone101: Linking Contacts in iOS

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Tech Abilities: A Sticky Out Pressy Thing… Need We Say More? Welcome Jesse Anderson and Lisa Salinger

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New Updated! iPhone101 - Sending Audio Messages: Personalizing Your Messages Through Settings and Voice

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Musicians Spotlight Series: Brian Snowman Powers: Sound Engineer, Teacher and Musician, It's All About the Sax!

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iPhone101: Hey Siri! What Can You Do? I'm Here to Help!

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General and Personal Life Tips for Home, Travel and Every Day from a BVI Perspective

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Musician Spotlight Series: The Complete Story of Johnny Hiland: Legendary Guitarist, , Legally Blind and a Chicken Pickin' Good Person, Too!

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Musicians Spotlight Series: John Kay: from Rock Star to Elephants, We Were All Born To Be Wild #Steppenwolf to #MaueKayFoundation