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Tim is join once again on the Life After Blindness Podcast by Maria Johnson from Girl Gone Blind. Maria and Tim discuss the recent lawsuit filed against Apple for failing to make certain parts of their website accessible when using a screen reader. Then they talk about how the Charles M Schultz Museum in California is offering tactile renderings of certain Peanuts cartoons. They wrap up the News discussion this week by following up on a story from a few weeks ago about the Nfb and their partnership with Kellogg’s Rice Krispies.

Next, Tim is joined by Marty schultz from Blindfold Games. Marty talks about his new initiative that will use portions of gameplay from the Blindfold Games series to be used in educational apps for the blind and visually impaired.

Thank you very much for listening to the Life After Blindness podcast! If you have questions or comments please send your emails to: tim@lifeafterblinds.com and be sure to tune in again next week for more news, interviews and tech reviews!

Take care everybody.

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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.

If you have any questions or comments about the show, send your emails to: tim@lifeafterblindness.com

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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

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On this episode of the Life after Blindness Spotlight podcast, Tim speaks with motivational speaker and author of the book, “Unshattered: Overcoming Tragedy and Choosing a Beautiful Life“, Carol Decker.

Ten years ago, Carol was rushed to the hospital when she was 33 weeks pregnant. She thought she had the flu but was actually suffering from Sepsis. She delivered her baby girl Sophia before being placed into a medically induced coma.

Due to the complications from Sepsis, Carol had both of her feet, her left hand and right ring finger amputated.

She also went blind.

Listen as she tells Tim of her journey from playing with her brothers growing up, to snowboarding, softball and gymnastics, to the day her life was shattered.

Or was it? Carol describes how she overcame her tragedy and chose a new beautiful life for herself.

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Life After Blindness begins this week with a Because of My Blindness story sent in by Pierre from the UK. He talks about his experiences as someone who has recently gone blind.

Next, tin is joined by Maria Johnson from Girl Gone Blind to talk about this week’s news. The first storey is about a blind boy who fought Little League Baseball and won when he needed a yellow baseball to be able to compete.

Next, Tim and Maria talk about the upcoming Beep Ball World Series to be played in Wisconsin from July 29 through August 1.

The final story they discuss is about a new microwave by GE that will have Amazon Alexa as well as a bar code scanner built in.

Tin then interviews Shaun Preece about his recent experience looking for and moving into a new house. Shaun describes the pros and cons of moving when you and your partner are both blind.

T3 returns this week with a description of how to edit the 3D touch shortcuts for microsoft Seeing AI.

Thank you for listening to the Life After Blindness podcast. If you have questions or comments, please send your emails to:. tim@lifeafterblindness.com

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Tim is joined by Shaun Preece to interview JJ Meddaugh from Blind Bargains about CSUN 2018. JJ talks about what he feels are the best and most affordable braille devices shown at this years conference like the Bristol Braille Canute and Orbit 2.0. They also discuss the best wearable devices that bring accessibility to the blind and visually impaired like eSight and AIRA.
Tim, Shaun and JJ then talk about the falling rate of braille literacy and whether these new sleeker, smaller and more affordable braille displays will cause a braille resurgence.
They also discuss what the future of wearable devices might look like and how it could help people who are blind or visually impaired.

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This week, listener Celeste offers her “Because of My Blindness“ story. She tells us about researching the history of video games. And despite having done so many other things in her life, Celeste explains why this topic is so important to her.
In the news, Tim talks about the described Super Bowl experience that AIRA provided for the big game. Through a variety of online platforms, AIRA Offered a free demonstration of their service. Not only describing to the user at the game the pregame and post game ceremonies, and the game itself but also describe the halftime show as well as the commercials airing on television. And of course, you could listen in as they directed the user to and from their seat as well as to the souvenir and concession stands.
Next, Tim discusses apples release of the HomePod. It is available for purchase on February 9 and will retail at $349. At that price, will it only be a competitor for hire end speakers or can it be a solid competitor to Amazon and Google‘s Voice assistance?
The Orbit Reader braille display has finally been launched. This compact braille reader offers a small and lightweight option that uses 20 braille cells. And even better, it retails for $449.
And finally, there was big news for specialist blind tech at last months CES. The Orcam MyEye II One the “Last Gadget Standing Award“! The Orcam is a small camera that fits to any pair of eyeglasses and allows the user to read text and identify faces and other attributes.
Next up, Tim talks to the developers from App A11y about their new iPhone app called Huboodle. This app currently offers six different games including word games, Video Poker, blackjack and a trivia game. Nick and Lee say that they plan to release one new game per month.
To wrap up the podcast, Tim finishes a series of conversations with Randy rusnak about accessible home tech. In this short peace, they discussed the accessibility and usefulness of the Nest Thermostat.
If you have questions or comments, please send your emails to: tim@lifeafterblindness.com
Please come back next time as we continue our journey together to find that there truly can be a Life After Blindness.