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I wanted to grab some text from a document and decided to use 3 of my favorite OCR apps on my iPhone. The 3 apps I chose were: Seeing AI Envision AI Voice Dream Scanner What I found was that all 3 apps gave me really good OCR and I could copy the text and paste into an editor of choice. I chose Notes on my iPhone. The two apps that stood out for me were Seeing AI and Voice Dream Scanner with the a...

Dr. M. Leona Godin talks about her new book, There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness. Gives advice to new writers and talks about her personal journey through Blindness and how her book and people's actions today can begin to change the perception that the sighted have for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Read more Full Transcript we would love to hear from you! Send us an e...

Serina, Callie and Jeff share some tech tidbits and news from around the World and on this Wellness Month we dig into lost independence just a bit. Here are some links from this episode of Tech Abilities, Hope you enjoy. Read more we would love to hear from you! Send us an email at info@BlindAbilities.com or give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093

Wellness Wednesday is a positive movement to help people through their journey, the week, day  or moment. Take from it what you want, what you need and share the positivity with your family, friends and acquaintances.  Today Wellness Wednesday's message comes from Robin Ennis, a licensed Social Worker in Colorado. Hope you enjoy! we would love to hear from you! Send us an email at info@BlindAbilit...

Joining Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane in the Blind Abilities studio once again today is Dan Parker. This is Dan's third visit to the Blind Abilities studio, this time to share his ultimate achievement: winning the Guinness world land-speed record for a car with a blind folded driver. Dan tells his most recent, remarkable story about how he designed and built a state of the art race car which he took...

Podcast Summary: Full Transcript   Mark Miller has been teaching Blind and Visually Impaired students to play piano for nearly 20 years. Distance learning is nothing new to Mark Miller and his students as he began teaching through just audio phone calls using his ears. Now with Skype and Video calls, Mark has brought his teaching abilities around the world. Through chord patterns and  minimum move...

the crew gathered in the Blind Abilities studio and covered a lot of ground in the tech tidbits and news from around the accessibility community and more. Jeff does 3 demos on Twitter Blue, Twitter Alt Text and Twitter Shortcut keys. Callie changes her ID, or did she really? And working from home, or not? Join us for this episode of Tech Abilities and be sure to give us some feedback and suggestio...

Blind Abilities presents another episode in their iPhone101 Series . Today, Pete Lane walks us through the process used to arrange our iOS Settings to allow for the "manual" updates of apps in the App Store. Read more we would love to hear from you! Send us an email at info@BlindAbilities.com or give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093

Eager to think about plans for summer? Are you between the ages of 14-21? There are so many opportunities for youth to connect, learn, and have fun!  Learn about summer student programs and the opportunities available for in-person and virtual experiences. Please share with high school students and their families. We look forward to hearing from you!  you can find out about all the programs by con...

April 6 , 2022 is Assistive Technology Awareness Day, and on this day we have Arielle Silverman, Research Specialist from the American Foundation for the Blind, in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about AFB's Workplace Technology Survey that completed in January of 2022. You can find out more about AFB and the Workplace Technology Survey on the web at  AFB.org  and  AFB.org/WTS Read More Full Tr...

Creator of the ReVision Fitness App, Tyler Merren, joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to celebrate the release of his multi-platform ReVision Fitness App. Available on the App Store, Google Play Store and on the web at  ReVisionFitness.com . Tyler talks about what inspired the app and how he went about configuring the complexities surrounding an audio based application to provide be...

Matthew Horspool from the Braillists Foundation joins Callie Gray and Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to share Callie's experience from the Beginners Course for Braille and Matthew gives us an overview about the opportunities available from the Braillists Foundation. From how Braille is taught, to the importance of learning Braille early on and how to get involved in the  Braillists co...

Richard Rueda, Digital Content Manager at the American Printing House for the Blind's (APH ConnectCenter), and LisaMaria Martinez, Assistant to CareerConnect, join Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the opportunities available at the APH ConnectCenter. From the vast resources to the Job Seekers Toolkit and the  Transition Hub, the CareerConnect experience has never been so r...

Lachi is opening the door of opportunities for everyone to see the works of people with disabilities just as other works of art are being viewed. Join Lachi and Elijah Osborne, 2 artists, along with host Simon Bonenfant, as they talk about the intersection of art and disabilities. You can find out more about the Foundation at  www. Foundation.app  and keep up to date with Real advocacy and Real Mu...

First of all, where is Serina? Hmm. Callie Gray and Jeff Thompson take over the Blind Abilities Studio to bring you another Tech Abilities show filled with news from around the World with that tech tidbit dose we all crave. Would you use a Memoji on Zoom? How's your feed on Instagram? You can change that now. Yup. You can check out the topics and links below, follow the timeline and use the Chapte...

Camp Abilities founder, Dr. Lauren Lieberman, joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio where Dr. Lieberman tells us about the opportunities happening around the world at Camp Abilities.  Dr. Lauren Lieberman founded the Brockport, New York Camp Abilities in 1996 and conducted the last 2 years of Camp virtually during the Pandemic.  With Lauren's studies in Health and Physical Education Un...

Lighthouse Guild President and CEO,  Dr. Calvin Roberts , and Chief Operating Officer,  Paul Misiti , joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to share the great news about the new  Technology Center  at  Lighthouse Guild . With the launch just behind them, Dr. Roberts and Paul explain why the  Technology Center  is so important to not only students and clients, but to developers as well....

Olga Mahler joins Jeff Thompson from Warsaw, Poland where she and her husband are helping accommodate visually Blind and Visually Impaired refugees from Ukraine with shelter, assistance, a bed and working with a Swedish non-profit A Demand for Action.  Without knowing how she would be able to help, Olga and her family packed up some supplies and flew into Poland with determination and a will to he...

Our guest on Blind Abilities today is Javier Pita, CEO of NaviLens Corp. Join Jeff and Pete as they delve deeply into the latest updates of the NaviLens App with Javier, and chat about many of the other useful features of this remarkable App which could have a profound impact on how we navigate both outdoors and indoors as well. Read More we would love to hear from you! Send us an email at info@Bl...

Karthik Kannan joins Jeff Thompson in the  Blind Abilities  Studio in this informative episode about the  Envision Glasses  and the Envision AI App. Team Envision is proudly demonstrating the  Envision Glasses  at  CSUN  at booth 1011 and you can schedule an appointment and get your personal demonstration with hands-on with the  Envision Glasses . Stay tuned for upcoming announcements that Team En...

Serina Gilbert, Callie Gray and Jeff Thompson meet up in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk Tech Tidbits and news from around the Blindness community and some Pop Culture that enhances the daily grind. Is Apple's Peek Performance just taking a peek at what performances are to come? Tricky little play on words there, Tim Cook.  Uber ratings that the drivers give you are now exposed. Check out the d...

Joining us on Blind Abilities is the owner of a voice that many of us will recognize from reading our favorite  Talking Book  selections from  BARD  or other  NLS  platforms: none other than Ray Foushee. Ray has been a Talking Book narrator at the  American Printing House for the Blind (APH),  for almost forty years and has read more than 1000 titles in virtually every genre, ranging from True Cri...

Blind Abilities presents Micheal Hudson, Director of the Museum for the American Printing House for the Blind (APH). The APH Museum, located in Louisville, Kentucky, comprises more than 3,000 Square feet of space and multiple exhibits which present the history of blindness, and the role that the APH played in that history. Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane sit down with Micheal Hudson, an articulate and...

Brendan Lewis joins Jeff Thompson in the  Blind Abilities  Studio and gives an overview of the  RealSAM Pocket .  The  RealSAM Pocket  is the easy to use Mobile Phone, especially designed for people with Sight Loss. RealSAM Pocket  is able to Make Calls, Read Messages, listen to Books or Newspapers and get Assistance just by Using your Voice. No need to learn a complicated touch screen or struggle...

In this  iPhone101/QuickByte  from  Blind Abilities , Jeff Thompson takes us through the Punctuation System Groups and Creating Custom Groups. You can determine if Voiceover reads aloud Some, none or All punctuation. Imagine your email reading back like this: Hi comma Everybody comma How are you all question mark I am fine period  This can be annoying unless you are proofreading a paper, legal doc...