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Podcast With A Blindness Perspective.

Jun 30, 2019

Blind Abilities keeps the iPhone101 series moving with an update to this demonstration of Dictation tips and tricks. Pete has once again brought his insight to the process of dictating text, numbers and even basic emojis in iOS, where inputting text is especially time consuming.

Pete shares tips on how to ensure your...


Jun 30, 2019

The Free WayAround App and Tags allow one to record descriptions, notes, game instructions easily by using your smart phone and the Near Field Communication (NFC) to read and label the Way Tags. With the ability to record 2,000 characters in the descriptions, the possibilities are limitless. Labeling files, containers,...


Jun 25, 2019

In this interview, Jeff Thompson caught up with Sam Jasmine:

Sam Jasmine

Engineer, KFAI Radio

Sam majored in music and switched to broadcasting.  She went to Brown Institute for her training. When she finished, she received an opportunity to volunteer as an engineer at KFAI radio.  A show about disability topics had...


Jun 22, 2019

We catch up with Lex Gillette, a four-time Paralympian with numerous awards. Lex is competing and training 5 days a week and has his vision set on Tokyo Japan in 2020.

Joining us in the studio is Mitch Smedley, an inspiring young athlete who is headed out to Colorado Springs for the Emerging Stars Camp.

Lex, the...


Jun 18, 2019

In this interview, Jeff Thompson caught up with Rev. Lisa Larges:

Rev. Lisa Larges

Associate Pastor, Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church

In addition to full-time work, Lisa serves part-time as the Associate Pastor for Congregational Care at a small church in Minneapolis. She has a Master’s of Divinity from San...