Sound Prints - August 21, 2016
Sound Prints - August 21, 2016
Meet Dan Dillon, new member of the ACB Board; celebrate 80 years of recording Talking Books with APH; hear about new items in the ACB Mini Mall
Meet Dan Dillon, new member of the ACB Board; celebrate 80 years of recording Talking Books with APH; hear about new items in the ACB Mini Mall
Demo of Nearby Explorer - new GPS app for the iPhone from the American Printing House for the Blind
Meet B. T. Kimbrough, a Kentucky School for the Blind Alum; APH Museum Director Micheal Hudson introduces the 1829 Louis Braille book; Kentucky School for the Blind Alumni Conference and Reunion montage
Meet Denise Colley, new ACB Board member. Visit with Mark Lasser, a delegate from colorado to the 2016 Democratic National Convention who is one of a handful of blind delegates to the convention. We chat with him before he leaves for Philadelphia, and check in while he is on the convention floor.
Kentucky School for the Blind students author book; Congress approves distribution of braille e-reader devices to NLS patrons; Siri vs. Alexa - Brian Charlson puts them to the test
Debbie Deatherage, 2016 ACB Leadership Fellow from Kentucky; highlights from the 2016 ACB Convention opening session; 2016 ACB convention highlights
ACB election results; meet the Can-Do Canine Lions Club of Minneapolis; visit with Talking Book narrator, Martha Harmon-Pardee
e-trade announces new accessibility; ACB and DC taxi companies settle lawsuit - good news for service dog users; ACB comments on proposed expansion of audio description; author Lynne Raimondo talks about her Mark Angelotti crime series
AI Squared and Freedom Scientific merge; ACB Radio to broadcast all general sessions and selected workshops and seminars from the ACB Conference and Convention in Minneapolis - get the details
Tony Stephens, ACB Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, updates us on the accessible currency situation and proposed expansion of audio description on TV; share a montage of news articles, information, and emails depicting the incredible celebration of the life of Muhammad Ali in Louisville