Eyes On Success with hosts Peter and Nancy Torpey

2106 Smart Phones Get Even Smarter (Feb. 3, 2021)

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Today’s Apple devices make use of advanced AI technologies to provide new features that can be particularly useful to people with visio…

2105 Eric Damery and the Changing Field of Assistive Technology (Jan. 27, 2021)

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Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey continue their conversation from last week with Eric Damery, VP of Software …

2104 Eric Damery and His Career (Jan. 20, 2021)

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Eric Damery has had a long career in the field of assistive technology and is currently VP of Software Product Management at Freedom Scie…

2103 Supersense (Jan. 13, 2021)

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Making use of advanced artificial intelligence algorithms, Supersense is a powerful and versatile scanning app that can be used to explore your environme…

2102 Access Technology Reminiscences (Jan. 6, 2021)

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David Bradburn, Vice-President Global Sales at Humanware, has been involved in the access technology field for over 35 years. A lot …

2101 Inspirational Stories of the Visually Challenged (Dec. 30, 2020)

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In her recent book, “Inspirational Stories of the Visually Challenged Plus Resources”, Margaret Barnhart tells the …

2052 From the Other Side (Dec. 23, 2020)

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Usually it is hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey who are asking the questions of people they interview. Now the tables have been turned. This week w…

2051 Accessibility Improvements in iOS 14 (Dec. 16, 2020)

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In iOS 14 Apple made use of the machine learning capabilities built into their devices in order to include new features that ar…

2050 Updated NFB-Newsline App for iOS (Dec. 9, 2020)

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NFB-Newsline is a service that offers free access to numerous magazines, national and local newspapers, and much more for people who…

2049 Programs and Services from NFB – Part 2 (Dec. 2, 2020)

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The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) offers many services and resources for people of all ages whose lives are affected…

2048 Programs and Services from NFB – Part 1 (Nov. 25, 2020)

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The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) offers many services and resources for people of all ages whose lives are affecte…

2047 Using Various Web Browsers with a Screen Reader (Nov. 18, 2020)

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Sometimes one web browser just isn’t enough. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with David Kingsbury from the Carro…

2046 Card Mechanic (Nov. 11, 2020)

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Close-up Magician of the Year Award winner, Richard Turner can do things with a deck of cards that you would think are impossible even if you could se…

2045 Music Lessons By Ear (Nov. 4, 2020)

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Have you ever wanted to play a musical instrument but never got around to it? No matter how well you see it can be done. Hosts Nancy and Peter…

2044 Advocacy from NFB (Oct. 28, 2020)

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The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has long played a leading role in advocating for the rights of people with visual impairments in the ar…

2043 Using Zoom with a Screen Reader (Oct. 21, 2020)

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Zoom is a popular video conferencing service that enables people to work from home, connect with friends and family, attend performa…

2042 Becoming a Chiropractor (Oct. 14, 2020)

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After losing her vision in her mid-20’s, Jackie Ouellet was forced to reassess her life and dreams. Shortly after going through a blindness…

2041 Capturing and Sharing the World (Oct. 7, 2020)

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Judy Dixon has written a number of books about fun and useful apps for iOS devices and how they can be used with VoiceOver. Hosts Na…

2040 Non-Visual Theater (Sep. 30, 2020)

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Mack Gordon, artistic producer of Theatre in the Dark, describes how the group has turned lemons into lemonade despite being unable to hold publi…

2039 Acesight Electronic Eyeglasses (Sep. 23, 2020)

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Digital eyewear devices offer vision impaired users the ability to customize their viewing experience in order to optimize what they …