Blind Kid's Life

In this episode, Hao Wen discusses editing various types of media. We cover editing audio through Audacity, using a DAW to make music, and using AI to produce and edit visual content.

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In this omnibus episode, Hao Wen discusses foreign languages from a blind and visually impaired perspective. We cover Braille codes, resources, and how blind people learn different foreign languages.…

In this episode, Hao Wen covers the brand-new Blind Kid's Life website. We discuss the different sections of the website, and the new Contact Us feature.

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On this encore episode, Hao Wen discusses artificial vision technology. We cover full or partial vision restoration, smart glasses with vision-like capabilities like real-time scene description and f…

In this information-packed bonus episode of Blind Kid's Life, Hao Wen chats with Dalia Sakas, the former director of the FMDG Music School. We discuss different lesson plans, how to sign up, field tr…

In this episode, Hao Wen demonstrates advanced, lesser-known features of MuseScore, and how they are indeed accessible. Features covered include chord symbol entry, Roman numeral analysis features, a…

In this episode, Hao Wen demonstrates MuseScore, a free music notation software. We go through the New Score wizard, explore entering and customizing notes on the fly with Shortcuts, and save.

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Ever thaught you could simply use a VR headset, leave the house, and run to the diner? Well, now you can do it - sort of. In this episode, Hao Wen covers exactly this, and more.

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In this episode, Hao Wen gives a small demo of the new Web Browser V2 beta. We discuss potential use cases for the browser and highlight its potential to be the best browser for people with visual im…

Episode 100 is finally here, and we're bringing back an old episode in this sports-themed encore, pulling back content from episode 12. Lots of sports-themed goodness as we dive into sports adaptatio…

Botanical gardens are amazing, but most are visual-based and not accessible or engaging for the blind and visually impaired. Brooklyn's Botanic Garden has created a fragrance garden, allowing the bli…

Most blind people today use lots of assistive technology every day. However, most people don't really think too much about where this technology comes from. On this episode, we'll take a deep dive in…

Amazon has recently launched Alexa+, a new Alexa with AI smarts, and on this one, Hao Wen discusses everything he knows about it. We get to see some new features, and shopping and accessibility are n…

This is episode 96 of Blind Kid's Life, and on this one, Hao Wen introduces the new Glide mobility tool. Glide is a smart rolling device that uses various cameras and sensors to help the blind get fr…

This is episode 95 of Blind Kid's Life, and on this one, Hao Wen explains different AI tools, and how blind people might benefit from them. We cover OCR, personal assistants, language models, and oth…

This is episode 94 of Blind Kid's Life, and this week, Hao Wen demonstrates Job Access With Speech (JAWS), a screen reader developed by Freedom Scientific. We look at the basic commands, change some …

This is episode 93 of Blind Kid's Life, and on this omnibus episode, Hao Wen jams all he knows about paratransit into one episode. We discuss different types of paratransit, and how paratransit might…

This is episode 92 of Blind Kid's Life, and on this one, Hao Wen gives an overview of what it's like to fly out of an airport. We discuss accessibility issues and dangers at the airport, and how Brai…

This is episode 91 of Blind Kid's Life, and on this one, Hao Wen shares all he knows about the PC. We look at different PC models, compare screen readers, and discuss PC models.

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This is episode 90 of Blind Kid's Life, and on this one, Hao Wen discusses everything movies, TV, and audio description—from audio description availability to smart TVs for the best Netflix experienc…