Month: August 2018

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Life After Blindness welcomes back Maria Johnson from GirlGoneBlind.com to discuss the weeks news. The unintentional theme of this weeks news is all about children.

First, Tim and Maria talk about a new collaboration between the National Federation of the Blind and Kellogg’s rice crispy treats. You can now order free braille stickers with various sayings on them to put in your child’s lunch. You can also order a free “snack box” that can record an audio message for your child up to 10 seconds long.

Next up is a story about a new cane for toddlers. Developed by an orientation and mobility instructor, this cane is special because it is hands-free.

The last story that Tim talks to Maria about concerns blind triplets who have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout within the Boy Scouts. They were honored recently in Washington DC.

Tim then interviews the General Manager and Coach of the 2018 Beep Baseball World Series champion Indy Thunder, Darnell Booker. Darnell talks about the excitement over his team winning their 3rd straight World Series title. He also talks about beep baseball in general, what makes this team special and how the fans can get involved through the National Beep Baseball Association (NBBA).

Tim wraps up the podcast this week with another installment of Tim’s Tech Tips (T3). This week, Tim talks about new features that you can activate for the new Android Pi operating system on Google smart phones.

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Life After Blindness begins this week with Tim talking to Shaun Preece about this weeks tech news. Tim first asks Shaun about the recent commitment to accessibility from Pinterest. Next, they discuss the recent lawsuit against Duncan Donuts for having a website that was not accessible for screen readers used by the blind and visually impaired. This sparks a larger conversation about general website accessibility. The last story that Tim and Shaun discuss come to us from Prague. A museum is using virtual reality and haptic gloves to enable blind people to “see” works of art. Tim thinks this is only the beginning of a very useful tool for the blind but Shaun doesn’t think so.

Next up, Tim speaks to the developers of the popular new keyboard app for iOS called FlickType. The developer couple, Costa and Ashley Eleftheriou, talk about the history of FlickType going back to its Flexy days. They discuss the development of the current app and its future. They also explain why there is a monthly cost to upgrade the app to be used system wide in iOS.

Last week, listener Rachel sent an email into the show asking about braille screen input on the iPhone. Tim did some research and explains how to get started with braille screen input in this weeks T3.

finally, host of the Life After Sight Loss podcast, Derek Daniel, recently highlighted Tim’s interview with author Carol Decker on YouTube. Tim summarizes the YouTube video and describes how Derek explores the question “why” when it comes to cite loss. Derek references Carol’s drive and determination to choose a more beautiful life for her family and children.

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Life After Blindness begins this week with a Because ofMy Blindness story submitted by Connie. She talks about what she has learned about people, technology and herself since going blind.

Maria Johnson from Girl Gone Blind joins Tim again this week to discuss the news.

A blind first grader from Utah one an art design prize when he created a new soap bottle label for elementary schools.

Tim and Maria then talk about the various camps for blind children going on this summer. These include camps with STEM learning, cybernetic camps and many others.

Next they discuss a new study that says eating an orange a day may prevent the onset of macular degeneration.

Last, Tim and Maria talk about the new accessibility features within Skype version 8.

next week Tim will be talking with the developers behind the new and very popular system keyboard app for iOS called FlickType. In the meantime, the newest installment of Tim’s Tech Tips (T3) is here with a top 10 list of keyboard shortcuts using the Windows key.

Please send any questions or comments about the Life After Blindness podcast to: tim@lifeafterblindness.com