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20241216 Tis the season to celebrate Audio Description and Holiday Movies Originally Broadcasted December 16, 2024, on ACB Media 6   Participants grabbed their eggnog and sat by their fireplace and joined the Audio Description Project along with 3 blind film critics to discuss audio description and your favorite holiday movie.   Sponsored by: the Audio Description Project Media committee   Find ou...

20241216 Sports Round Table Originally Broadcasted December 16, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined the Sports Spelunkers as they highlighted the wonderful, wide, and wacky world of (primarily) US team sports.     Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241214 ACB Community Town Hall Originally Broadcasted December 14, 2024, on ACB Media 6   Participants talked with the Community Support Committee and were updated on what's been happening in the Community during the past quarter and told you all about the upcoming Community-Athon! They also had an opportunity to ask questions!   Sponsored by: Community Support Committee   Find out more at https...

20241214 Basics with BITS - One Note part 2 Originally Broadcasted December 14, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined BITS, as we get down to basics, and provide a gentle helping hand to assist you in becoming more confident when using your technology. This time, Jeff Bishop continued with Part 2, of his multi-part series on Microsoft’s One Note.   Sponsored by: Blind Information Technology S...

20241213 Community Couch Originally Broadcasted December 13, 2024, on ACB Media 6   This time, we talked about opportunities to volunteer during the holidays and how you may have benefited from some of those opportunities. Some examples to consider are Toys for Tots and the Angel Tree. We look forward to hearing your stories and even if you don’t have a volunteer opportunity to share just come say...

20241213 Its Play Time Originally Broadcasted December 13, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Meka and Cindy welcomed participants to join in for another fun Friday night filled with games and laughter.

20241212 Meet and Get to Know Our ACB Scholarship Winners. Originally Broadcasted December 12, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined our brand-new Community Events series and learned who these amazing students are and what they are doing now. This time we introduced you to Rasheedah Kenner and Suzette May.   Sponsored by: ACB Scholarship Committee

20241212 I Love Braille Originally Broadcasted December 12, 2024, on ACB Media 5   This week's participatory and interactive session allowed participants to ask and answer braille-related questions.   Sponsored by: East Bay Center for the Blind Access Archives Email Vileen Shah

20241210 Homophones with Mary Haupt Originally Broadcasted December 10, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Participants learned about words such as "P A I L" and "P A L E" or "W E A T H E R" and "W H E T H E R."

20241210 Games to Play with Lady A! Originally Broadcasted December 10, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Lucy loves to play games, so participants found out about new games to play with their Lady A devices.

20241210 Herbies Community Cooking Corner Originally Broadcasted December 10, 2024, on ACB Media 5   This time: Slow Cooker Chocolate Turtles presented by Rebecca. If cooking along, you need the following: *** Chopped pecans – or you can buy pecan halves and chop them yourself *** Almond bark *** Semi-Sweet chocolate chips – milk chocolate is okay if you can’t find semi-sweet baking chocolate – un...

20241209 Bookability Originally Broadcasted December 9, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined Meka and other bookish friends of the community as they answered fun questions, gave lots of book recommendations, and extended their book lists to infinity and beyond. Please also join the announce-only Bookability list by sending a blank email to: bookability+subscribe@groups.io

20241209 Sports Round Table Originally Broadcasted December 9, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined the Sports Spelunkers as they highlighted the wonderful, wide, and wacky world of (primarily) US team sports.

20241209 Accessible Holiday Shopping Originally Broadcasted December 9, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Santa needs your help. Participants learned how innosearch.ai can assist with all of their holiday shopping. Attendees joined the team from innosearch.ai along with Cindy and Diane for a discussion about how innosearch.ai is your new one-stop accessible shopping website. Santa Patrick was there with his...

20241208 Sunday Night Shellin' Originally Broadcasted December 8, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined Cindy LaBon and Diane Ducharme every other Sunday for a discussion about all things Shells - could be peanut shells, seashells but mostly BlindShells. Cindy and Diane love answering questions so bring lots to the discussion. Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241207 Blindness Prematurity Call Originally Broadcasted December 7, 2024, on ACB Media 5   This time, we discussed the difference between independence and interdependence.       Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241207 Community Unmuted Originally Broadcasted December 7, 2024, on ACB Media 5   This episode, we answered your tech questions!   Sponsored by: Club Unmute Access Unmute Presents Podcasts Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241207 Basic iPhone class Originally Broadcasted December 7, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Whether you're new to the iPhone or have used one for years, participants joined us with their questions and problems. We try to help you use your phone more effectively and efficiently. Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241206 Its Play Time Originally Broadcasted December 6, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Meka and Cindy welcomed participants to join in for another fun Friday night filled with games and laughter.     Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241206 In Perspective Originally Broadcasted December 6, 2024, on ACB Media 5   This episode featured John Gizzy, White House Correspondent and Chief Political Columnist for Newsmax.   Sponsored by: Branco Events Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241205 Beginning Your Voiceover Voyage Originally Broadcasted December 5, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined us on this exciting journey to master essential Voice-Over gestures and more for their iPhone. This time, we looked at the accessibility settings. Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241205 I Love Braille Originally Broadcasted December 5, 2024, on ACB Media 5   This week Cindy Hollis spoke about teaching braille as an itinerant in public schools   Sponsored by: East Bay Center for the Blind Access Archives Email Vileen Shah   Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241203 Homophones with Mary Haupt Originally Broadcasted December 3, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined the competition as we began a brand-new game of "Homophone Bee."   Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241203 Herbies Community Cooking Corner Originally Broadcasted December 3, 2024, on ACB Media 5   This time, Herbie was back in the kitchen making chocolate meringue. Ingredients were provided on the cooks list.   Subscribe to the ACB Cooks email list Email the ACB Cooks     Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20241202 Sports Round Table Originally Broadcasted December 2, 2024, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined the Sports Spelunkers as they highlighted the wonderful, wide, and wacky world of (primarily) US team sports.     Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co