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Podcast With A Blindness Perspective.

Apr 2, 2019

Our very own, yes, we will claim him, Brian Fischler, attended the CSUN Conference in Anaheim, California.

This Assistive Technology Conference is huge, Brian boarded his plane and headed West from New York and got quite the experience at the conference. Join Brian along with Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities as Brian...


Mar 26, 2019

In this CSUN interview, Jeff Thompson welcomes Earl Harrison from HIMS, which has been providing Braille and magnification devices since 1999. Earl talks about how innovation is driven by feedback from customers and employees. 

From the BrailleSense Polaris to the first of it’s kind, the QBrailleXL, Earl gives us an...


Mar 17, 2019

Alexander Hauerslev Jensen and Will Butler from Be My Eyes along with Kyndra Lococo, Accessibility Partner and Community Programs Manager at Google, join Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities to share the exciting partnership announced at CSUN.

We are very proud to add Google to Specialized Help, this is a big step for...


Mar 16, 2019

In this CSUN interview, Jeff Thompson welcomes Dr. Bryan Wolynski from Orcam. Bryan talks about his presentation at CSUN and the Orcam Wearable AI Devices for the Blind. Orcam has 2 wearables, the MyEye 2.0 and the MyReader.

The MyEye 2.0 - Uses AI technology and instantly reads text, recognizes faces, identifies...


Mar 14, 2019

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In this CSUN interview, Jeff Thompson...