Speaking Out for the Blind
Where Your Listening is Our Business
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 270
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 231 - Haptic Baton
Episode Notes
CNN reports that accomplished Marimba Soloist Kyungho Jeon’s blindness made it difficult for him to play with an orchestra. So Kyungho looked to Rolf, Gehlhaar, and his son, Vahakn Mato…
00:23:55 |
Tue 13 Oct 2020
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 230 - Blind Golfer
Episode Notes
We’ve invited a blind golfer to come on and explain how he plays this fun and challenging sport. Spectrum News 13 says that the blind golfer is Phil Hubbard. We’re also bringing on Phil…
00:23:48 |
Thu 08 Oct 2020
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 229 - Sanford D. Greenberg
Episode Notes
Sanford D. Greenberg- September 25th, 8PM Eastern (ACB Radio Mainstream East) and Pacific (ACB Radio Mainstream West) and repeats throughout the next seven days (go to https://speakingo…
00:26:31 |
Thu 01 Oct 2020
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 228 - Leader Dogs for the Blind
Episode Notes
The organization called Leader Dogs for the Blind is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan. The mission of Leader Dog is to empower blind and visually impaired people with lifelong skill…
00:23:21 |
Thu 24 Sep 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 227 - Web Browser
Carroll Center for the Blind Technology Instructor David Kingsbury will talk about his new book titled: When One Web Browser Is Not Enough: A Guide For Windows Screen Reader Users. The new book is a …
00:23:57 |
Sat 12 Sep 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 226 - Covid Support
IFB Solutions has created the People First Fund to help the organization’s blind and visually impaired employees during the coronavirus pandemic. The People First Fund helps employees receive assista…
00:25:53 |
Thu 10 Sep 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 225 - Summer Camp
It may be hard for blind and visually impaired kids to attend summer camp during this current pandemic. But WCNC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina that says that a group called S.E.E. or SEE is teaming…
00:26:52 |
Fri 21 Aug 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 224 - Spoken RX
Fierce Healthcare says that CVS Pharmacy is rolling out a special new feature on its mobile app to help visually impaired patients with reading their prescription information. Joining us to talk abou…
00:24:31 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 223 - Computer Circuits
According to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, the college is taking on a research project, aiming to help blind and visually impaired people learn computer circuit design. Joining us to t…
00:24:43 |
Sat 01 Aug 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 222 - Audio Journal
Worcester Magazine reports that the Coronavirus pandemic is causing some unique issues for regular listeners of Audio Journal. Audio Journal is a nonprofit organization whose mission in Central Massa…
00:23:51 |
Sat 01 Aug 2020
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 221 - Vocational Rehabilitation’s Past, Present, and Future
The Muskogee Phoenix Newspaper says that June 2nd marked the 100 th anniversary of vocational rehabilitation for the United States. The U.S. Vocational Rehabilitation program is the program that help…
00:24:25 |
Mon 13 Jul 2020
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 220 - Care Packages
According to CBS46 Atlanta, a Madison, Georgia non-profit is giving away care packages, full of basic necessities to rural blind and visually impaired residents. The non-profit is called Living Life …
00:25:39 |
Mon 29 Jun 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 219 - Curio
The top international journal called Nature reports that technology is essential for the lives of blind, even though many computer devices and programs aren’t universally accessible. While attending …
00:23:34 |
Mon 29 Jun 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 218 - Social Distancing
The coronavirus is an especially difficult time for the blind and visually impaired. According to the Miami Herald, the rules of social distancing are hard to follow when you can’t see. So what can b…
00:24:23 |
Tue 16 Jun 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 217 - Mask Packager
Finger Lakes Times reports that visually impaired man Daniel O’Dell is helping North New York based company V Technical Textiles perform packaging of protective masks for healthcare providers. How di…
00:24:37 |
Tue 09 Jun 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 216 - Distance Learning
According to the Portland Press-Herald newspaper in Maine, the State’s students are getting settled into distance learning for the rest of the school year. Catholic Charities Maine has moved from hel…
00:23:51 |
Thu 21 May 2020
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 215 - APEX
We’re going to be talking with visually impaired man Vladimir Goncharov about how he beat the odds and became both an Oracle Database Administrator and an Oracle Application Express Platform, or APEX…
00:24:01 |
Sun 10 May 2020
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 214 - Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired grows and creates employment opportunities for the blind and visually impaired and is the leading voice for teaching businesses on designing, creating, …
00:24:37 |
Thu 07 May 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 213 - ACB Friends in Art
There’s an ACB organization that advances the opportunity and accessibility for all blind and visually impaired professional artists or you audience members who do music and art for fun. That organiz…
00:25:38 |
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 212 - Audio Description Update 2020
Because of the coronavirus, many blind and visually impaired folks have to stay away from large social gatherings. But that hasn’t stopped them from enjoying their favorite audio described TV shows a…
00:27:05 |
Mon 13 Apr 2020
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