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In this approximately 50-minute informal podcast, Allison, Allyssa and Darrell Hilliker talk with Aira CEO Suman Kanuganti at the 2017 National Federation of the Blind Convention about this promising, new disruptive service that aims to give blind people “instant access to information” through the use of augmented reality and wearable technology. Listen or Pause: Suman… Finish Reading Exploring the World with Aira: A Candid Discussion with Suman Kanuganti

In this approximately 23-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow demonstrate the new Be My Eyes app developed to help blind people remotely acquire the sighted help they need to perform many daily visual tasks. Listen or Pause – Be My Eyes Demo Download – Be My Eyes Demo Resources Be My Eyes ~ Lend… Finish Reading Who Will Be Your Eyeballs Today? Exploring Remote Sighted Assistance with Be My Eyes for iOS

In this approximately 14-minute podcast from the 2013 Assistive Technology Industry Association conference in Orlando, Allison Hilliker talks with Leon Reznik, president of ABiSee, about his company’s Eye-Pal line of scanning and reading solutions for blind and low-vision people. Listen or Pause – Eyepal Interview Download – Eye-Pal Interview If you use Twitter, let’s get… Finish Reading ATIA: Making Friends with Eye-Pal Scanning and Reading Products

You’ve got burning questions? We’ve got the answers! Join us on Monday, July 23 at 6:15 p.m. Pacific, 9:15 p.m. Eastern time in the Out-Of-Sight Presents room on Out-Of-Sight as we host a special Q&A session with the developers of the hot new Fleksy typing app for iOS devices. You can even ask your question… Finish Reading Join Us for a Special Q&A Session with Fleksy

In a move that is sure to surprise the blindness assistive technology industry, Freedom Scientific has just announced that it has purchased the popular accessibility evangelism website BlindAccessJournal.com for $100,000 from its publisher, Darrell Shandrow.

Freedom Scientific representatives said this move puts the company on a par with other assistive technology companies like Serotek that also have recognized media outlets in the blind community.

“We’re excited to have Blind Access Journal on board with us,” said Jonathan Mosen, Freedom Scientific’s vice president of hardware development. “We know Darrell will put his passion for accessibility evangelism into his new role as our director of public relations, where he will be an excellent advocate for the use of our products as a means to make accessibility happen.”

“It was a very hard sell! After intensive negotiations concerning the content that will be permitted on the site, I must say I am honored to become part of the company in the industry with the largest screen-reader market share,” said the journal’s publisher, Darrell Shandrow. “I know that only JAWS can truly provide the level of accessibility we as blind people need now and well into the future.”

Finish Reading Freedom Scientific Acquires Blind Access Journal

Apple CEO Steve Jobs said nothing in his Tuesday Back to the Mac event about continued VoiceOver accessibility of a new Mac App Store and OS X Lion operating system for the company’s blind customers.

Finish Reading Apple Mum on VoiceOver Accessibility of Mac App Store and OS X Lion for Blind Customers

Jarrod Jicha demonstrates and provides basic instructions in the use of the Chinese Wouxun dual-band amateur radio handheld transceiver. This partially-accessible radio provides a level of limited voice output that surpasses anything currently available in other radios.

Finish Reading Wouxun Dual-Band Amateur Radio Handheld Transceiver Shows Promise for Blind Hams