J.J. and Joe have returned home from their trip to Orlando and NFB's 75th. our contributor Chancey Fleet was also there in Florida but our guest Jeff Bishop attended the ACB convention in Dallas. All have joined together to review the week that was, minus Joe's thoughts on the San Diego Comic Con which also took place last week, our traditional convention wrap up show. Listen to what the team thought were the hits, the misses and the best of the resolutions put forth to both organizations.
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Convention Coverage
Here is a collection of our convention hall coverage all in one handy list.
Summer Convention Audio: Move those Muscles with Blind Alive workouts
#NFB15 audio: Basic Braille, Active Braille and Active Star Displays from Handytech and Triumph
#ACB15 Audio: Latest with Trekker Breeze and Prodigi from Humanware
#NFB15 Audio: Telling Time with Style Using The Bradley Timepiece
#ACB15 Audio: New Home and New Features for The Ace Plus
#NFB15 Audio: Traveling with The Redesigned Traveler, and Clearview Plus from Optelec
#ACB15 Audio: New App and New Features for NLS BARD
#NFB15 Audio: The Latest with Uber from Mike May
#ACB15 Audio: Zoomtext Fusion and More from AI Squared
#NFB15 Audio: APH and Nemeth, Calculators and apps, oh my!
#ACB15 Audio: Reading on The Run with the Topaz PHD
#NFB15 Audio: Frolic with Dolphin in Windows 10
#ACB15 Audio: Indoor GPS Navigation with Lowviz Guide
#NFB15 Audio: The Latest from Duxbury Systems
#ACB15 Audio: Hands-on with Tactile iOS screenshots from iHabilitation
#NFB15 Audio: Braille's Best Friends, Cosmo and BERT from E-Brailler
Tip: Turn up the Volume
Joe explains how you can use the volume keys to make text editing easier in Android with TalkBack.
Last Word:
No matter how you feel about either ACB or NFB, the best way that you can bring about change to both organizations is to join them. Change does happen. And it happens through the dedication of those who attend and impact the course of their local chapters. So, get out there and make a difference for all of us!
American Council of the Blind
National Federation of the Blind
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Category: ShowsHello everyone, Yes the BP18 has been discontinued. We found out a few weeks ago on the email list. They have said we will still get some software updates though. However this really upsets me because I shelled out $3600 of my own money for it. Right now we cannot even connect it to a computer to use as a display. If I had the money I would buy myself a dedicated braille display to use instead of a note taker. One issue I have is that with all the concern about braille there is no affordable way to use it. They keep promising cheaper displays but they never materialize. I am at the point where I am about to give up on braille at all because I just cannot afford to use it. Regards, Greg Wocher
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Joe Steinkamp is no stranger to the world of technology, having been a user of video magnification and blindness related electronic devices since 1979. Joe has worked in radio, retail management and Vocational Rehabilitation for blind and low vision individuals in Texas. He has been writing about the A.T. Industry for 15 years and podcasting about it for almost a decade.
