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 Bill interviews leading energy professionals during the Florida Solar Energy Industries Association Solar Summit at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida. This year's Summit was a huge success with experts from across the nation convening to share thoughts and ideas about the fastest growing segment of America's energy market...solar power and solar storage. The speakers did a wonderful job of explaining the intricacies of battery technology, which is particularly important here in the Sunshine State with the potential of grid outages due to hurricanes. Our good friend Jim Brown with LG always does an excellent job of communicating the benefits of harvesting energy from the sun and storing it to create true energy independence. Other important topics covered include financing options that were shared by Lex Ford with Climate First Bank, to help make solar and storage affordable for Floridians interested in saving money and safeguarding their homes and families. Keynote Speaker, Chris Castro, Chief of Staff, State and Community Energy Programs with the U.S. Department of Energy gave an amazing presentation that helped attendees better understand the government programs available that support the growth of renewable energy across America. Dr. Jim Fenton with FSEC also did a "deep dive" into the economics of solar and storage during our podcast. Thanks Jim, for the in-depth analysis of why solar is the least expensive option when it comes to energy production and storage.One of the highlights of the event was the presentation to this year's FlaSEIA Hall of Fame inductees. It was so good to see these award winners honored for their contribution in developing the solar market in Florida over the past 40 years. This year's inductees, pictured above, are Vince Beil, Freeman Ford, Roger Messinger, Wayne Wallace, Dave Sizelove, Penny Hall, and Dan Fieldman. Congratulations to you all for leading the way and inspiring others to follow in your footsteps.Hat's off to Wendy and her team for the well-organized, educational event. It was fun to see all of our friends in one location to catch up on current events and new technology coming down the road.Support the Show.

Over 12 years ago, Casey Anthony walked out of the Orange County jail a free woman. Much of the country watched her murder trial play out on live TV, including the moment the jury found her not guilty, but there were some things happening behind the scenes that you didn't see. The judge at the center of it all, Belvin Perry, joined the hosts of Florida's Fourth Estate to share the experience from his perspective. This includes his thoughts on how Anthony's defense team was able to get her acquitted of first-degree murder in the death of her daughter Caylee Anthony. “Jose Baez, at the time, probably wasn't the sharpest person on the evidence code, but he was well prepared, and he did something that good lawyers do,” Perry said. “Once you determine the makeup of the 12 people in that jury, he tailored his case to fit them. It's just like a great football coach. You go into any game with a gameplan, but you must make adjustments and Baez made those adjustments and he learned how to play to the jury.” The jury was made up of seven women and five men who had to be sequestered for the full length of the trial. Perry said it was a lot of work dealing with a case that would last six to eight weeks with jurors that had to be holed up in a hotel room, but added that the Central Florida community helped to lighten the load. He said the media agreed on the best way to cover the trial and when they found out the jury was staying at Rosen Shingle Creek, “they did not publish it, we had no problem with them following jurors.” He said Harris Rosen also bent over backward to make sure the jurors were well taken care of while being sequestered. “Harris Rosen was just tremendous when we talked to him,” Perry said. “He gave us an excellent deal on the rooms, gave us everything we wanted — even structured the meal prices to fit into the per diem, which is unheard of. They even changed the locks on the doors on the stairwell on the floor that they were on you couldn't access it from the outside.” Perry said there were also times when the pool and exercise facilities were shut down so the jurors could use them uninterrupted. The TVs were also adjusted so the jurors could not watch news shows. Towards the end of the trial, with so many people interested in the case, Perry said the jurors were down to only three channels they could watch. To better cater to the jury, Perry said each one was allowed to have one visitor on the weekends. “They could come on Saturday afternoons, they just had to be out by midnight,” Perry said. The judge had to deal with some fallout from the trial as well. That includes becoming, what felt like, an overnight celebrity. “One day we got out of court and for whatever reason I went by Ross on Michigan and I went in there and I was looking for a picture frame,” Perry said. “When I got home my daughter called me. She said, ‘Daddy someone recorded you in Ross and they posted it on Facebook.'” It didn't end there. Perry said people approached him about the case everywhere he went. Once, a group of people even started recording him while he was eating dinner. “I had to stop going to the grocery store. If I did go eat, I had to eat at certain places where I could be left alone. I couldn't go anywhere,” he said. Still, he said the trial was a great experience for himself and the community. “I think it opened up to the world how the judicial system works,” Perry said. “You got a chance to see firsthand. Most people didn't agree with the outcome of the case, but at least they saw what happened and I think it is very important that courts that are open to the public, that the public gets to see it firsthand.” To hear more about Perry's experience serving as the judge on the Casey Anthony murder trial check out Florida's Fourth Estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Durham flop. man dons the swimsuit issue and parents have had enough.   Millennial GOP Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to raise the voting age to 25. Is that a good thing? Christian Watson is a spokesman for Color Us United , and the host of "Pensive Politics with Christian Watson."   Matt Buff will be live at the 2023 FPEA Florida Homeschool Convention again this year. Reimagine your world. Reclaim your future. Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando on May 25th to 27th . Come join us. Tonight we go behind the scenes of the event. Suzanne Nunn (Chair of Florida Parent Educators Association) Suzanne has a passion for homeschooling and for helping to equip others who want to homeschool their children. Alex Newman is an award-winning international journalist, educator, author, and speaker who seeks to glorify God in everything he does. He is a homeschool dad of 5, co-author of Crimes of the Educators, serves on the board of FreedomProject Academy,   www.fpea.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-buff-show/support

On this episode we talk with Sheldon Kaye from Convexx Media about MTE '23.   Sheldon lets us in on what's new for MTE '23 and we are loving it.  We also pitch the idea of doing some manscaping live in our booth and if they would allow it.  The possibility of a stripper pole gets introduced by Sheldon, giving us a leg or two up on all other booths.  MTE will be held at the Rosen Shingle Creek resort in beautiful Orlando, Fl from 1/26-1/28.  Registration opens 9/24/22 and you can use the code dsp15 to save 15% off your tickets, but Sheldon gives us the super scoop and if you purchase your ticket(s) friday 9/23/22 use the code dsp50 and save 50% off your tickets. Support this show and follow us on Facebook: @thedetailsolutionspodcast and @thedetailsolutionspodcastdiscussiongroup or on instagram: @detailsolutionspodcast and YouTube: The Detail Solutions Podcast You can now call our hotline and leave us a voicemail to be used on an upcoming episode, powered by Aenso North America.  use code DSP for 20% off.  Call 1-689-610-2275 You can find our sponsors at: www.vyperindustrial.com use code DSP25 www.detailersroadmap.com www.facebook.com/groups/detailersroadmap www.oberkcarcare.com use code DSPFREE and receive one free 16oz bottle of Tire Cleaner with a minimum order of $60. *Limit 1 per person www.detailedimage.com use code detailsolutions10 for 10% off your purchase www.autofiber.com use code DSP for 10% off www.manscaped.com use code DSP for 20% off and free shipping worldwide --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/detailsolutionspodcast/support

What an amazing celebration we had at the luxurious Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida, on October 16 for the 2000th episode of the Tom Woods Show. Hosted by Jeff Deist, the episode includes appearances by Tom Woods Show favorites like Scott Horton, Doc Dixon, Angela McArdle, Michael Boldin, Eric July, Lyn Ulbricht, Jimmy Morrison, The Pholosopher, Tho Bishop, Michael Maresco, Caryn Ann Harlos, and Michael Malice. Video is better than audio for this episode, but if audio is all you have, that's fine, too. It's entertaining all the way through, I promise.

In this episode, we are talking to Courtney and Jimmy from The Nightmare Chamber Haunted House in Orlando Florida! This Haunt will be exclusiveto attendees of Fantasm Orlando - a Horror Convention at the Rosen Shingle Creek this October! Hi! My name is Johnny Bronto and I run HauntScene, a travel show dedicated to everything spooky in Florida and beyond! Follow our journey and adventures as we try to bring you the best of Haunts and Horror. We celebrate Halloween 365 days a year, and we are always looking for new things to discover! Have something we should check out? Hit us up on social media! HauntScene on everything!  We do everything we can to support and promote the Haunted Attraction industry! If you like this content – please LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE!  We do a LIVE show on Tuesday Nights at 8pm EST on YouTube Live!  Hit the bell to get a notification of when we upload new content OR go live!  THANK YOU for the support!   For business inquiries, please email us at hauntscene@gmail.com   #HauntScene #hauntscenelive #spooky #halloween #creepy #hauntedattraction #haunt #haunter #florida #travel #nightlife #haunters #roadtrip Donate to our show - https://www.paypal.me/hauntscene Support our show via Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hauntscene VISIT OUR NEW STORE! - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/hauntscene/  WEBSITE: https://www.hauntscene.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/hauntscene TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/hauntscene INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/hauntscene PODCAST LINK (All Platforms):  https://pod.link/1516034635 TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@hauntscene?lang=en    

Outspoken Orlando hotel icon Harris Rosen believes constant guest and staff screening is critical to getting the meetings industry out of its deep depression. Hear what the firebrand independent hotelier told Vice President Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at a coronavirus hospitality industry roundtable at his Rosen Shingle Creek property. In this Meetings Today Podcast, Tyler Davidson engaged Rosen on the deep funk coronavirus has put the meetings industry in, the state of tourism in Orlando and his Rosen Plan for getting back to business pronto. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

International Equine Network with Scott Miller and co-host Steve Wolf and guest Adriano Sorella, Owner FLYING TURNS – Thursday, December 26, 2019 Horse(s) of the Year Dan Patch Awards It is that time of the year that members in good standing of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) and many of the race secretaries in the USA have voted for the harness racing horse of the year honors. USHWA announces all of the 12 divisional winning trotters and pacers and then holds off on announcing the Trotter, Pacer, and Harness Horse of the Year winners until late February at the Dan Patch Awards Banquet that is being held Sunday, February 23 at the Rosen Shingle Creek, a five-star resort in Orlando, FL. The awards dinner will be broadcast live via the USTA that evening. Both the trotters and pacers have six divisional winners, 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds and older mare/horse divisions. Trotters: 2yo colt – Amigo Hall, El Ideal and Real Cool Sam 2yo filly – Hypnotic AM, Sister Sledge, Senorita Rita, Rock Swan and Ramona Hill 3yo colt – Forbidden Trade, Gimpanzee, Greenshoe 3yo filly – Evident Beauty, Millies Possesion, When Dovescry Older Mare – Atlanta vs Manchego Older Horse – Guardian Angel AS, Six Pack, Zacon Gio Pacers: 2yo colt – Elver Hanover, Papi Rob Hanover, Tall Dark Stranger 2yo filly – JK First Lady, Lyons Sentinel 3yo colt – Bettor’s Wish 3yo Filly – Warrawee Ubeaut Older Mare – Shartin N Older Pacer – Lather Up vs McWicked But who will be Trotter, Pacer and Harness Horse of the Year? Then there are the Human and Broodmare awards. We will not break them all down but a few categories have multiple choices to vote for. Trainer of the Year: Tony Alanga, Ron Burke, Marcus Melander Driver of the Year: Dexter Dunn, Brian Sears, Tim Tetrick Rising Star: Mitchel Cushing, Drew Monti, Austin Siegleman International Racing Season While harness racing action slows down during the winter months in North America, the action really heats up in Europe. France may well be the richest harness racing country in the world in both purses and money wagered. That may be hard for some to understand but it is true. And currently in France is some of the richest racing of the year, all held during the winter months. All their races are for trotters only, no pacers (except in the UK and Ireland who race both trotters and pacers) but France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Russia, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Belgium only race trotters. Coming up at the end of January is what may well be the richest and perhaps most prestigious of all races, the Prix d’Amerique. It is only for older trotters, you must be invited to compete or win your way in by finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in some major stakes in December and early January in Paris, France. The Prix d’Amerique stake races for a purse of 1 million euros or $1.2 million US. There are 18 horses in the race, you begin from a “standing” start of sorts, the distance of the race is just over 1.5 miles and you need to race up and down a small hill at one point in the race. Now that is racing! The Prix D’Amerique takes place at the Hippodrome Pari-Vincennes, which is the highest purse track in all of harness racing. They only race three days a week, but usually there are $100,000 races every weekend and they also have monte or racing under saddle events for the same purses. Some trotters win pulling a sulky and having a jockey on their backs. Unlike in the USA when a horse goes off stride or makes a break as they say, you can get the horse back trotting and re-enter the race, in Europe if you make a break, you are disqualified, even if it is not your fault, you are still disqualified. Heading to Paris for the big race IEN’s own Steve Wolf is going to Paris, France at the end of January for the week long festivities leading to the Prix d’Amerique on January 26. Steve is also the Operations Director for Harnesslink, and he is taking a Team of Media people to Paris to cover all the activities. Harnesslink is preparing to bring full media coverage of the Prix d’Amerique Week via stories, photographs and live interviews of all the events taking place. Joining Steve in Paris will be Heather Vitale, perhaps harness racing’s top social media interviewer who has been covering racing events world-wide and will now add the Prix d’Amerique to her bucket-list. Flying to Paris from Scotland will be photographer/video professional Sarah Thomas, who this past year won the World Trotting Conference Media Award for Video/Film. She will be capturing all the events in Paris via her photography eye. And helping Team Harnesslink to see all the sights, sounds and happening during Prix d’Amerique Week is renowned Swedish/French trainer Anders Lindqvst. He will also assist with any translations needed. Steve and Heather will not be the only ones from the USA coming to see the Prix d’Amerique race day. Also flying over will be Yannick Gingras, Andy McCarthy, Nancy Takter, Julie and Andy Miller, Chris Ryder, Nick Surick and Dexter Dunn. Putting his money where his mouth is! Harness racing owner Adriano Sorella from Ontario, Canada deserves a mention on Flying Turns for his recent marketing promotion for his new stallion, the top pacer Jimmy Freight. Jimmy Freight is standing his first season at stud at Winbak Farm. Well, Sorella being a top-notch marketing guy, has come to an agreement with Woodbine Entertainment Group that runs Mohawk Raceway, to host the stakes race. Everyone that breeds to Jimmy Freight, the resulting foals will automatically be the only ones eligible for a $100,000 stake race at age 2. These foals will need to make at least two starts at Mohawk to be eligible for the stake and if more than ten horses are entered, then the top ten money winners will get into the stakes race. Harness Racing Hall of Fame Not only at the USHWA Dan Patch Awards Banquet in Orlando at the end of February will they announce the Trotter, Pacer and Harness Horse of the Year winners, but the USHWA membership, at their annual meeting, will vote to see whom will be on the ballot for Communicator Hall of Fame induction. The Orlando soiree will also be introduction of the newest members of the Hall of Fame, Tom Charters, Jeff Gural, Bill Popfinger and Tim Tetrick. Plus, Communicators Hall of Fame new members Phil Pikelny and Ken Weingartner. The Hall of Fame, located in Goshen, NY, is one of the most spectacular places to ever visit, of course, for the harness racing fan. The sights, sounds, events are all mesmerizing for the Standardbred purist. You can try and call a race just like Roger Huston, sit in the harness racing simulator and feel like you are driving a world champion race horse. The displays throughout the entire museum are superb and their gift shop has everything for the harness racing fan. Who is training at Sunshine Meadows this winter? With us as always is Scott Miller, the man who has the inside track on what takes place 24 hours a day at Sunshine Meadows Equestrian Center. Let’s talk about the training colony at Sunshine Meadows this season. Who’s returned and who’s knew this year? And let’s remind everyone that admission to Sunshine Meadows is always free. The facility encourages people to come out and see the young horses train at trotting and pacing. Folks can also stop by the training rings and watch people train and work out their horses over the many jumps or practice dressage in front of the huge mirrored ring. On The Deck is officially opening for the season The crew at On The Deck at Sunshine Meadows is officially opening on Saturday, January 4. On The Deck was conceived by Frank Anntonacci Stable, Myron Bell and Tony Alagna. The Deck is right on the finish line of Sunshine Meadows one-mile track. These horsemen had the battered deck replaced and built bigger, bought comfortable outdoor couches and chairs so the owners and guests could have a nice spot to watch their horses train. Then came Murray Brown and the breakfast food, every Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm, bagels, cream cheese, coffee juice and other assorted noshes. Now there is even a small set of bleachers as the crowds grow every year. Others have followed suite and fixed up their decks including Casie Coleman Hearlty and ______________________? Then last year Jeff Bell arranged for and put together a wonderful Sunshine Meadows Stable Roster of all the horses in each stable and their lineage, plus each horse gets a saddle pad with their number on it so everyone can look up that horse when they see it on the track. As part of the “official” opening day for On The Deck. Bell has once again put together the stable roster and it will be available, free of charge, to everyone that comes to the Deck. Jazmin Arnold named USHWA Amateur Driver of the Year Jazmin Arnold of Ohio was unanimously named the USHWA Dan Patch Amateur Driver of the Year. She now joins Hannah Miller as only the second woman to earn this prestigious harness racing honor. In her first full season driving harness horses, to say that the diminutive miss posted excellent numbers would be a gross understatement. Currently with 59 trips to post Jazmin has 23 wins, 10 seconds and five thirds for a spectacular .512 UDR.

Audio narrative how-to from heavy hitters in one of podcasting's most popular genres: True Crime. How they crafted award winning audio narrative podcasts including In The Dark, Accused, Uncover: The Village, Unprisoned, and 70 Million. We'll discuss the editorial process with 70 Million lead editor Jen Chien (2:18); reporters Eve Abrams and Daniel Rivero discuss the difference between journalism and advocacy (7:44); Eve shares her thoughts on cultivating sources (12:18); Justin Ling on the role of community buy-in (14:44); Natalie Jablonski on moving to Winona, MS to cover the Curtis Flowers case for season two of In The Dark (17:41); plus: we'll shine our Podcast Movement Sessions spotlight on the PM19 panel ‘How To Make The Ethical True Crime Podcast (And What Not To Do)’, where True Crime producers and hosts discussed how they apply the principles of journalism, ethics, and public interest when creating audio narrative podcasts (19:22). Voices in this episode: Jen Chien (Lead Editor of 70 Million), Eve Abrams (Host of Unprisoned), Justin Ling (Host/Reporter behind Uncover: The Village), Natalie Jablonski (Producer of In The Dark), and Amber Hunt (Host/Reporter of Accused). Season four of Podcast Movement Sessions is sponsored by Storyblocks! An amazing resource for all your stock footage, AE templates, SFX, and music bed needs...for more information visit: Storyblocks.com/PodcastMovement Tickets are on sale now for Podcast Movement Evolutions coming to Los Angeles in February and for Podcast Movement 2020 coming to Dallas in August! More information at PodcastMovement.com! While there, sign up for our PodMov Daily newsletter, connect with us on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter, and check out our YouTube channel!

For episode three of the season, we're taking a long look at the power of the Podcasting Community. This communal idea, that we have the power to lift up the medium together, bubbled over in many of the interviews we conducted at PM19...so we’re dedicating an entire episode to discovering just how creators have embraced this connection. We'll hear from creators about some of the amazing interaction they experienced on the floor and at the parties in Orlando (2:08); and discuss the overall collaborative spirit and the contrasting attitudes of podcasters when compared with traditional media (8:02); plus: we’ll shine our Podcast Movement Sessions spotlight on veteran podcaster and co-founder of the She Podcasts community, Elsie Escobar! (16:33) Voices in this episode: Spoke Media co-founder Alia Tavakolian, History is Gay co-host Leigh Pfeffer, Accused host/reporter Amber Hunt, Lipstick & Vinyl founder Allyson Marino, Avant Haus Media founder Christina Barsi, Tenderfoot TV producers Meredith Stedman & Christina Dana, and Podcast Movement co-founders Dan Franks & Jared Easley. Season four of Podcast Movement Sessions is sponsored by Storyblocks! An amazing resource for all your stock footage, AE templates, SFX, and music bed needs...for more information visit: Storyblocks.com/PodcastMovement Tickets are on sale now for Podcast Movement Evolutions coming to Los Angeles in February and for Podcast Movement 2020 coming to Dallas in August! More information at PodcastMovement.com! While there, sign up for our PodMov Daily newsletter, connect with us on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter, and check out our YouTube channel!

Welcome to the 2019 CRC Series. Recorded live in Orlando, this series is bringing interviews straight to you from exhibitors and speakers at this year’s event. In this interview, host Jamin Brazil interviews Travis Miller, VP of Client Success at PureSpectrum. Find Travis Online: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/travismiller09 Email: travis@purespectrum.com Website: purespectrum.com Find Jamin Online: Email: jamin@happymr.com  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaminbrazil Twitter: www.twitter.com/jaminbrazil  Find Us Online:  Twitter: www.twitter.com/happymrxp  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/happymarketresearch  Facebook: www.facebook.com/happymrxp  Website: www.happymr.com  [00:00] Hi, this is Jamin. You're listening to the Happy Market Research Podcast. The next set of episodes are conversations I had at this year's Corporate Researchers Conference or CRC. This is put on by the Insights Association in Orlando, Florida. I had quite a few interesting conversations highlighting specific companies that exhibited this year as well as a couple of speakers, Wells Fargo, IBM, etc. I hope you have a really good rest of your day and enjoy these short episodes. [00:31] Hi, this is Jamin. You are listening to Happy Market Research Podcast. I am here at the illustrious… Actually, I don't even know the name of the hotel. Travis, what's the name of the hotel? [00:40] It’s the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida. [00:43] There you go. We are at CRC, which is the client or customer. Always forget what the first C stands for. [00:49] Corporate Researchers Conference. [00:50] Yep. Corporate Research and associated with the Insights Association, which is actually been one of my personal favorite shows. I've thought this quality of the speakers overall has been pretty good, has been good, not pretty good. Did you listen to Google this morning? [01:06] I did not get a chance to see Google this morning. [01:08] You missed out. So, what happens: (I just found this out), you can listen to the episodes on their app. So, make sure you download the app before you leave and then if you want to listen to it—which I definitely know you want to listen to cause I know you're a thought leader—then you can pick up the key sessions that you wish you could have made, but you couldn't because you drank too much tonight before. [01:30] There’s so many of the sessions here. [01:31] So many sessions here. So PureSpectrum is the name of the company. Travis Miller is the dude I'm talking to. How are you today? [01:42] Doing great. [01:43] Okay, good. So, tell me a little bit about PureSpectrum. Give everybody the background. [01:46] So PureSpectrum, we are a sample management platform. A do-it-yourself tool, API-integrated marketplace, whatever you might call it. But it's a place for people to come in and buy online sample. We're kind of like the expedia.com for sample providers. You can come in, set your sample criteria. You can choose from a number of different sample providers, see their pricing and feasibility and make a determination and launch your project. [02:11] We've been using PureSpectrum, FYI. And I will say one of the things that I really like about it is the ease of use of the gooey or the user interface. It's like super easy to use, and it's like sample on tap, which is great from a research ops perspective. [02:29] That's one of the biggest compliments that I get from current customers and prospective customers when I show them the platform. They can't believe how easy it is to use. When they do get to use it, we have a team of people that can help answer questions and help out on projects. So, it's not just do-it-yourself, but it frees up a lot of time for a lot of researchers to get to what they need to do. And that's the research, the analytics. [02:50] So,

Join Hangin With Web Show Host GW Pomichter and Co-Hosts Robert Lupo, The Orlando Wizard & #ArtWizard Josh Bauer of JBauerArt, as they hang out on set during Fantasm Orlando at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando Florida. What went on and who did we meet? Plus, interviews with Horror Icon Michael Berryman of The Hills Have Eyes, Actor Marty Grabstein, the voice of Courage the Cowardly Dog, MoCap Actor TJ Storm of Godzilla & Deadpool II and Horror Author Jackie Sonnenberg. Who are YOU Hangin With?Find our panelists on the web: Michael Berryman On The Web:FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/Michael-Berryman-Fan-Page-103960269644595/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichaelBerrymanMarty Grabstein On The Web:FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/MartyGrabsteinCourage/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martygrabstein/TJ Storm On The Web:FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/ActorTJStorm/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stormzeye/Jackie Sonnenberg On The Web:FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJackieSonnenberg/Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Mp3XxROrlando Wizard On The Web:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX3I20-SoTVxYDPiPxxwEOoRukgQIQrvvFaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/theorlandowizard/Josh Bauer of JBauerArt On The Web:FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/JBauerart/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbauerartHangin With Web Show On The Web:Web: https://www.hanginwithshow.com FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/hanginwithwebshowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_C2z2k60d6lOj8DFMWDGEA **Find Hangin With Web Show T-shirts, Coffee Mugs and more at https://www.cafepress.com/hanginwithwebshow*** Tonight’s Hangin With Web Show Radio Hour is brought to you by:Jeremy Mosby’s ICoinAmazon: https://amzn.to/2u5g5d7Joanne Fisher’s Her Spanish DollAmazon: https://amzn.to/2UBiZCEMichael J Allen's Scion of Conquered EarthAmazon: https://amzn.to/2XPruzeGary Zeiger's Stingray: You Can't Hide ForeverAmazon: https://amzn.to/2TyaDLSManifest Thy Will:Web: http://manifestthywill.com/FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackMagickManifest/iPayTotalWeb: https://ipaytotal.com/FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/ipaytotal/Embellish FX/Cosplay Michael:Web: https://www.embellishFX.comFaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/CosplayMichael

Join Hangin With Web Show Host GW Pomichter and Co-Hosts Robert Lupo, The Orlando Wizard & #ArtWizard Josh Bauer of JBauerArt, as they hang out on set during Fantasm Orlando at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando Florida. What went on and who did we meet? Plus, interviews with Horror Icon Michael Berryman of The Hills Have Eyes, Actor Marty Grabstein, the voice of Courage the Cowardly Dog, MoCap Actor TJ Storm of Godzilla & Deadpool II and Horror Author Jackie Sonnenberg. Who are YOU Hangin With?Find our panelists on the web: Michael Berryman On The Web:FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/Michael-Berryman-Fan-Page-103960269644595/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichaelBerrymanMarty Grabstein On The Web:FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/MartyGrabsteinCourage/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martygrabstein/TJ Storm On The Web:FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/ActorTJStorm/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stormzeye/Jackie Sonnenberg On The Web:FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJackieSonnenberg/Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Mp3XxROrlando Wizard On The Web:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX3I20-SoTVxYDPiPxxwEOoRukgQIQrvvFaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/theorlandowizard/Josh Bauer of JBauerArt On The Web:FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/JBauerart/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbauerartHangin With Web Show On The Web:Web: https://www.hanginwithshow.com FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/hanginwithwebshowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_C2z2k60d6lOj8DFMWDGEA **Find Hangin With Web Show T-shirts, Coffee Mugs and more at https://www.cafepress.com/hanginwithwebshow*** Tonight’s Hangin With Web Show Radio Hour is brought to you by:Jeremy Mosby’s ICoinAmazon: https://amzn.to/2u5g5d7Joanne Fisher’s Her Spanish DollAmazon: https://amzn.to/2UBiZCEMichael J Allen's Scion of Conquered EarthAmazon: https://amzn.to/2XPruzeGary Zeiger's Stingray: You Can't Hide ForeverAmazon: https://amzn.to/2TyaDLSManifest Thy Will:Web: http://manifestthywill.com/FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackMagickManifest/iPayTotalWeb: https://ipaytotal.com/FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/ipaytotal/Embellish FX/Cosplay Michael:Web: https://www.embellishFX.comFaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/CosplayMichael

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Aira Workshop on Employment, Education, and Aira as a Reasonable Accommodation. Seeing AI Developer Joins the AI Team at Aira! Full Transcript Below Blind Abilities continues its coverage of the NFB 2018 National Convention from Orlando Florida with this presentation of the Aira workshop on the subject of education, students and employment. Aira team members, Michael Hingson and Patrick Lane present a detailed discussion of how the Aira service can be used by students, both in school and transitioning into the workplace, by Explorers seeking employment, and while actually on the job as a reasonable accommodation. Get an in-depth peek at how Aira Agents are trained and how they find their passion for describing tasks and experiences for Aira Explorers. Hear a live demonstration of a real call to an Aira Agent using the new Horizon glasses and get updates on what has been going on with Aira since the convention ended in July. This NFB 2018 blind Abilities podcast is brought to you by Aira. You can check them out and subscribe to the Aira service on the web, at: www.Aira.IO special thanks to Patrick Lane for his awesome original guitar music. Thanks for Listening! You can follow Blind Abilities on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store. Full Transcript: Pete Lane: Hi folks, this is Pete Lane welcome back to Blind Abilities. As you know Blind Abilities was in Orlando at the NFB 2018 National Convention. Our own Jeff Thompson attended an Aira workshop on the topic of education, students, and employment. In this workshop, we hear about how Aira can fit the needs of students as they attend college and transition into the workforce. We hear about how Aira can be free for those explorers who are looking for jobs, and we hear about how the Aira service can be a reasonable accommodation and can perform so many tasks for workers on the job. Aira staff members Michael Hingson and Patrick Lane present this workshop courtesy of Aira. Before we join Michael and Patrick just a quick announcement. We have a new addition to the Aira team, Anirudh Koul, founder of Seeing AI and former senior data scientist with Microsoft has joined the Aira team as the head of artificial intelligence and research. We welcome him to the Aira staff. Without further adieu let's join Michael Hingson and Patrick Lane from the Aira workshop on education, students, and employment from the NFB 2018 National Convention in Orlando, Fl. Michael Hingson: I'd like to welcome you all to our seminar today. This is the first of three that Aira will be conducting. This particular one is gonna be on education, employment, students, people in the workplace, employers and employees and our intent is to set the stage for what Aira offers and can bring to you in terms of how it can benefit you in any of those categories. So our intent is to really give you a good idea of what Aira is, what it isn't and how you can use it. I am Mike Hingson, I am the director of Aira explorer special projects and we have a live agent on the stage, why don't you introduce yourself.   Patrick Lane: Hey everybody my names Patrick Lane, I am currently an agent analyst here with Aira. I've been an agent with Aira for coming up on two years now. So, I've gotten to see Aira used in all of the specific cases that Mike just mentioned many, many different times in different ways. Michael Hingson: One of my favorite Aira stories is that in Patrick's early days, I happened to call him about 7:00 in the morning California time because I needed to put a laundry cart together that we had gotten in the email. And as the Chinese are learning from Ikea, the instructions were all pictorial there were no text pieces to the instructions at all. So I called, got Patrick and we put it together in a half hour. And that's as good as it gets because that really is what Aira is about. Michael Hingson: Aira if you look at Aira in the general terms of what it is, Aira is an information source. Aira is a way that you can get any visual information that you otherwise would not have access to. When I talk to a lot of people about Aira, they think about the fact that oh well I really have good travel skills so I don't need it or I've always got sighted people with me so I don't have that problem. Let's deal with that in terms of a job. I'm on the job, I'm using JAWS and suddenly the computer quits working. Now, where do I go to get my sighted assistance? I'm in the office, I've got to go interrupt somebody else to get them to come and look at the screen, tell me what the error screen is or of course the infamous blue screen of death. In any case, I have to go find someone. Michael Hingson: Why should I have to do that today? Because there is a way to do that on my own, namely using Aira. I can use Aira to contact an agent, the agent can look at the screen, see an error code and if I can't easily move my cursor to where it needs to go, it's possible that I can even enter into a tandem or two-way session using TeamViewer or some other technology with the agent. That might be a little harder with JAWS not talking but for a lot of different things that I do where there is an inaccessible webpage or something that isn't talking the way it should, I can interact with an agent and get their assistance both in terms of actually having a session, a two-way communication session or at least getting information described. Michael Hingson: If I am an employee and I want to go to lunch, lets say I am in sales and I want to take people somewhere for lunch for sales, I can more quickly use an Aira agent to research possible restaurants if I don't really know all the options or when I get to the restaurant or going to the restaurant using an agents help to do all of that. Aira gives me the opportunity to get anything that I need that I don't otherwise have access to because it's visual. It is that simple, it is that general and I urge people to look at Aira in that way. Michael Hingson: Don't limit yourself to looking at it as a travel device, don't look at it as something that's gonna diminish your skills, don't look at it as something that is anything other than what it is, an information source. And all of us no matter how good our cane skills are, no matter how good our dog skills are, can benefit by having access to Aira because Aira is the way that I can get more information to better tell my dog where I want to go or interact with traveling with my cane. Michael Hingson: Let's talk about students and Aira. As a student, Aira offers an incredible amount of opportunities for you to be able to more independently do things than you otherwise would be able to. The most common thing that we as blind people have to do as students is to read material that otherwise is inaccessible to us. If the average reader is paid, lets say $15 an hour, we an unlimited plan for Aira that's $330 that exists today. Things are gonna change but let's just use what we have today. $330 is equivalent to 22 hours of reading time at $15 an hour. Michael Hingson: I'm submitting that Aira is cheaper than hiring readers. Any office for students with disabilities will save a heck of a lot of money if they independently allow students to use Aira and they pay for the Aira service. Aira will allow me to read when I want to read, where I want to read, and essentially how I want to read. There are incredible examples of different ways that students have used Aira in libraries, have used Aira in the classroom to access the material that a professor is writing on a board or is displaying on a power point presentation. An Aira agent can be describing that to a student who uses Aira plugged into earphones so that they can hear what's going on while the instructor is doing what they do. Never in any way interfering with the class and more important not demanding any change in the methodology that the professor uses to do what they have to do. So, I don't need the professor to do something different for me when I'm using Aira. It frees me up to perhaps better take notes. It opens up an incredible world. Michael Hingson: Of course, I can use Aira to travel around a campus, learn where things are and go off campus and do all the things that I might otherwise do that any other student would do. So, Aira gives you that flexibility that we have never had as students and Aira makes it available in a way that is affordable by any definition to any department of rehabilitation or any office for students with disabilities on a college campus. Both of whom ought to be providing Aira in one way or another because it will make me a better student in theory, if I study and it will also then make me a more employable person. Because as I graduate from school, I'm gonna be going out and I'm gonna be looking for a job. Michael Hingson: While I'm at school, I talked about the fact that we do have departments of rehabilitation starting to look at Aira and some who have signed Aira up and are paying for those services. Some offices for students with disabilities are doing it. But Aira also has another program and this is the second year in a row that it has existed, it's called back to school. Aira will be sponsoring some 500 students for a full year of Aira use. You can apply by going to aira.io/backtoschool, where you can sign up for Aira and once chosen then you'll get Aira with a 400 minute a month plan, I believe is the plan that we're using. Julenna is that right? Are you here?   Julenna: Yes, that's correct. Michael Hingson: By the way, Julenna in the back right is the person who's in charge of back to school so, if you're a student and you want Aira, I would be really nice to Julenna just say it. But Aira with back to school means that you will have without any expense from the college or the department of rehabilitation access to Aira. You can apply for that today. And I urge any students in the room to do that. Michael Hingson: Aira uses smart glasses, glasses that contain a camera that transmits images directly to an agent. Agents are hired by Aira, they are paid by Aira. They're hired because they have demonstrated an aptitude to be able to describe and then after they are hired, they go through a significant training period. And once they are trained they go out and start acting as agents in describing things for people who happen to be blind. Aira does not tell you what to do. Aira will not, for example, tell you cross the street. Aira agents may tell you they don't see cars coming if you ask. Aira agents may tell you that the light has turned green, Aira agents will describe an intersection so that you can cross it with full knowledge of what the intersection looks like but Aira's not gonna tell you to cross the street, that's your job because you have the cane or dog skills that you need in order to make the right decisions and cross the street. Aira will give you the information that you need. Likewise, on the job, Aira will do the same thing.   Patrick Lane: The agents are not here to teach, and we're not here to tell you a situation is safe. We're here to provide you instant, equal access to information. So, we'll provide you all the information that you need to be more comfortable and know more about your surroundings to paint that rich picture of your environment so you are aware of everything that's around you. The agents are able to have a conversation with you, they can tailor the amount of information and deliver it in a way that you prefer. So we make things as easy to understand as possible. We'll deliver information about as Mike was mentioning intersections, we'll tell you the name of the intersection, the size, and shape of the intersection, whether or not there's traffic signals, stop signs, pedestrian signals, crosswalks present. We give you all the information that you need but we're never here to replace your o & m stills, we're never here to replace your cane or your dog and we're never here to tell you that you are safe or unsafe.   Patrick Lane: We just provide you all the information that you need, even if it's simply completing a task that you've completed a million times in the past. We might be able to provide a different sense of independence while doing that task or a different type of enjoyment. Not only can it be used for navigation but we are here to provide all of the information that you need about pretty much any task that you might have in mind. We can help you with online tasks, we can help you planning trips, making online purchases, helping with different types of inaccessible websites. For instance, if you're a student and you do online courses and Blackboard's not cooperating, we read you about the information that you need for your schoolwork for any upcoming assignments, any kind of printouts that are passed out through classes.   Patrick Lane: So, just consider us as basically an OnStar for those are blind or low vision. We're not here just to point a camera at something and tell you what you're describing. We are a full service. Our agents are very highly trained and they're very dedicated and extremely patient. We are amazing problem solvers, we're great at troubleshooting. The agents will find the information that you need at all costs. It's situations like that. I've looked up YouTube videos and gone through the entire process. Basically what an agent can do is up to you. Our explorers are called explorers because they are creative in the way that they use our service. They go out there and they test our service to the limits and show us what we're capable of and let us know where we make changes and at this point from my first day till now, it's completely different. Our company is growing exponentially, our technology is amazingly consistent and our agents are there to work as a team with you to complete any task it is that you want to do. Be creative whatever you think of that's what Aira is here for. Michael Hingson: So you go off, and you graduate and then you go looking for a job. The first thing you should be aware of if you happen to be an Aira explorer is that we have an Aira access network for jobs. A job access network. Whatever you want to call it to stick it in your memory. If you are doing anything relating to getting a job at all, whether it's writing a resume, writing a cover letter, making sure everything is formatted, getting dressed to go to a job interview, ladies putting on makeup, anything at all related to getting a job, that time is automatically free to you. Michael Hingson: So for any Aira explorer doing anything relating to getting a job is free. We are saying at Aira, we want to take that unemployment rate from 70% unemployment rate among blind people down to 7%, which would be cool. And Aira is trying to help to make that happen by making it possible for you as an explorer to have access to the tools at no additional charge to get that job. What does it mean though as far as getting a job and where does Aira fit into that? Michael Hingson: The way Aira fits in is really pretty simple. Aira by any definition of the Americans with Disabilities Act is a reasonable accommodation. It is something that should be usable and used by you on the job. I can take almost any job that you can imagine and find a way Aira can help. Because again remember what Aira is, an information source. It provides you with what information you need. How many here in the room have a job?   Patrick Lane: A few hands back there. [crosstalk ] Michael Hingson: Raising your hands' guys isn't gonna work, I'm not using an Aira agent right now.   Patrick Lane: How many are looking for- Michael Hingson: How many are looking for a job?   Patrick Lane: Handful. Michael Hingson: So, for the fun of you for some of you who are looking for a job, tell me some tasks that you might need to perform on the job?   Speaker 9: Doing my resume. Michael Hingson: Let's say you have a job what are some of the tasks that you might need to perform? We'll come back to the resume and that as well. But you're on the job. What are some tasks that you might need to perform on the job?   Speaker 4: [inaudible] Michael Hingson: Typing and what was the other one?   Speaker 4: Filing. Michael Hingson: Filing. What else?   Speaker 5:[inaudible] Michael Hingson: Okay.   Speaker 6: A handwritten note. Michael Hingson: Handwritten notes.   Speaker 7: Finding information. Michael Hingson: I'm sorry. Speaker 7: Finding information. Michael Hingson: Someone up here said something.   Speaker 8: I was saying looking at presentations. Michael Hingson: Looking at presentations.   Patrick Lane: Powerpoint slides, I've described a handful of those in my day. Michael Hingson: Let me suggest a couple others. Making copies on a copier, anybody try to do that lately? Copiers are touchscreen.   Patrick Lane: Oh yeah. Michael Hingson: The one that I love to pick on at Aira, going and getting something from the coffee machine because it's also touchscreen. However, every single thing that you guys have said are all things that you could use Aira to do. You don't have to ask someone else. So let's talk about the coffee machine. I love hot chocolate so I go up to the machine, I call an Aira agent and I do this at Aira. And it's absolutely a great example, I wouldn't have it any other way. I call the agent and I say, need help getting hot chocolate. Now, I'm sure that we could probably mark the machine in some way but the problem is finding the markings you're gonna touch the touchscreen so it doesn't work very well. But, the Aira agent can look at the screen and tell me, move your finger a half an inch to the left, you're right over the button, push it or whatever and I'll find the start button or actually you have a choice of making it with milk or water and I like it with milk. Michael Hingson: So, we need to find the milk button. Move your finger down to the bottom of the screen, over to your right a half an inch, you're over it, push and it's a little longer than just doing it with buttons but it's accessible because Aira agents can help do it. And I don't need to wait until someone else might be available, I don't need to wait until I'm dying of thirst, I can just have an Aira agent do it and give me the information so I can get exactly what I want. And in fact, learn more about that coffee machine than I ever would've learned any other way. Something that sighted people take for granted, the tens of thousands of different ways you can, permutations that you can get out of that coffee machine. Michael Hingson: But, with an Aira agent, I can learn those same things and I wouldn't know that any other way. Copy machines the same way. Most of what you do on copiers these days are touch screen but I can become as good a copy expert as anyone else if I have access to it. And I do because I can use Aira. Filing, obviously, Aira agents being able to read information so that I can put things in the right folder and even creating the tabs to go in folders or whatever. All of those things are commonplace everyday tasks that you should be able to do as well as anyone else. But, you can't if the equipment isn't accessible unless you use Aira. It's all about access to information. Michael Hingson: Somebody mentioned resumes and I want to talk about that a little bit more. There are countless examples and Patrick help out, people want their resume to look good. The Aira agent can help, so let's take a typical example. You're writing a resume, you've got all the facts and you can put them down, now you want to make it look good. So you can call an Aira agent who can describe and help you or what I would do being lazy and being industrious and trying to get it done as efficiently as possible. I would use one of the programs that I mentioned earlier. Michael Hingson: TeamViewer for example which is a way that you can have an agent connect directly to your computer and you can work with the agent and let the agent do the formatting. Because they see what your screen shows. And so the agent can actually format the resume for you or with you because you're still gonna have to tell them what you want it to look like but the agent will be able to format that resume and by the time you're done, you'll have a resume that you would be proud to provide to any employer for them to look at.   Patrick Lane: With the TeamViewer, it's not only us being able to see your computer screen but we also have remote control of that computer screen. The agents can do a lot of stuff with TeamViewer. Let's just say you've never actually seen a resume, you don't know what the actual format looks like, how it's set up, its never been described. Agents can input all the information that you've given them into a pre-made template for a resume. Can work on all the different fonts and colors and apply that to a specific type of job that you might be searching for. So really make that resume look unique and noticeable so it stands out when it is viewed by the employer. They can make sure that all of the spelling and the grammar and the punctuation are correct because nobody wants to submit a resume with spelling errors or bad grammar, anything like that. So the agents can apply all that information. They can update old resumes and then reformat them to show the changes. Even your LinkedIn account we can go in there and update that with prior jobs statuses and all of that information. Patrick Lane: So, with the TeamViewer being able to have that remote access to your computer screen it means that you don't have to potentially hold a phone there or lean in really close with the glasses, it makes the whole type of experience more enjoyable for a possible tedious task. So, I have personally assisted in setting up all of what I just mentioned. I've helped somebody build their resume from the ground up and they have successfully used that. I've helped update LinkedIn profiles to reflect what's written on a resume. I've helped people apply for jobs and send that resume automatically though CareerBuilder or Monster, whatever it might be. So, we have assisted hopefully a large amount of people in finding that employment that I know that they're looking for. Not only will you hopefully, potentially find that employment but while using the service for that reason, you're not gonna use any of those really valuable Aira minutes. So, when seeking out a job the agents mark the call as such so you're not gonna use any of your Aira minutes while performing that specific task. Michael Hingson: So if it takes you five hours to build a resume or 10 hours to build a resume that's not a problem. If you need help creating other documentation for job search it's not a problem. It's all part of the job access that Aira has made available for any Aira explorer to use. So that's available to you today. Michael Hingson: Aira just announced a partnership with VFO where if you're doing anything using JAWS or any other equipment manufactured by VFO and you run into any access issues, or you run into any problems with using Aira and VFO products, those minutes that you spend where VFO can't do it without you bringing an agent or someone else in to assist are all free. So, I for example, when I had an issue trying to deal with some Slack messages last week, I contacted an Aira agent, we established a communication sessions through TeamViewer, and we accomplished what I needed to do with Slack. But because I couldn't easily do it with JAWS that meant it was in part a JAWS issue, so those minutes happen to be as they ended up, free because it's part of the VFO access program available from Aira. Now the operative part that we've talked about with all this is that you have to be an Aira explorer. Michael Hingson: On the job you've got a lot of ways to do it in theory, and I realize that this is only in theory because different places operate in different ways and so on. But, typically speaking if you want to get a job even if it costs you money upfront to be an Aira explorer to subscribe to the service, to start that process, Aira can better help you in dealing with getting that job not only from the job access process that we talked about earlier but when you go into an employer's office and are going through an interview, and they ask you, how are you gonna do one thing or another? You can say, I'll show you. Now, technically, I suppose, one could say, why are you asking me how to do things when you don't ask sighted people how to do things? Michael Hingson: And I suppose if you wanted to be a stickler under the law say, that's true. But for me, I want the job and if I have the opportunity to educate an employer and help them understand that I'm gonna be more employable because I'm gonna be using Aira then I will educate the employer any day of the week. And more important I would then say, Aira is a service that costs money and as you provide various different kinds of technologies and methodologies and devices for all of your employees to do their job, this is one that I need to do my job. And under the law that is appropriate to do. More important than that, it's encouraged and most people at least have some sort of a clue that's a valuable thing to do. Aira is a reasonable accommodation. Michael Hingson: And, it's not very expensive compared to lots of other things that an employer might provide an employee and it makes you much more efficient. And if I were really gonna make the case I would say, hey employer you know the unemployment rate among employable blind people is anywhere between 65 and 70%. I gotta tell you right now, it is really hard for me to get a job because people don't think I can do the job although I can. People don't look at what I can do, they think well you're blind cause you can't and so as a result, you can't. Although I've just shown you how Aira helps me do the job better. If you hire me I guarantee you I'm sticking it out here because it is so hard to get a job. If you're gonna have faith in me, I'm gonna have faith in you. The fact is we will be more loyal on the job if we're given the opportunity and Aira can help make that case and sell it for you. And I think that's an important aspect of dealing with looking for a job. Michael Hingson: Is it HIPAA certified? Today, it is not. HIPAA does have standards although we are compliant with the California certification and security standards which actually is even worse than HIPAA but it's a very expensive process to get HIPAA certified. There is a lady in Canada who works at a community college and she deals with a lot of the medical cases and other privacy issues that go around student paperwork on the campus. What they did is they included in the paperwork that you signed to go to that college a statement that basically says that, some of your material may be read by a person who happens to be blind and they will be using reader services including remote reading services, Aira, to read your material. By signing this paper you consent for that to be able to be done. Michael Hingson: Now as soon as you make that consent statement and as soon as they sign it then HIPPA is not even relevant anymore for that person. And they're doing that as a blanket thing for every student that goes to the college. So, the issue is that we know that there are a lot of different kinds of processes, HIPAA is a good one and we are working toward that process. But there are also a lot of situations where our agents are extremely well trusted. There is a lawyer that I know in the United States who works for an organization and there is constant need to read and prepare documents for trial. And there is a lot of stuff in going through and dealing with things for trial, that's pretty confidential stuff. Michael Hingson: It's confidential from the law firms standpoint because they don't want the other side to necessarily know things until they're ready to give it to them. But it's also true the documents that are being used in discovery and acquired in discovery can be very confidential. Agents are really trusted because we know what happens in an Aira connection stays in an Aira connection. It doesn't go further. Many of us use Aira to look at our personal financial documents because it makes it available. Michael Hingson: My wife is sighted but if I don't have to use her to look at stuff I won't because she has her own things to do. And as willing as she is to describe things, to give me data and to help me accomplish tasks like that. Two things, no offense to my wife, but Aira describes better because they do it all the time and they're use to it. By the way, she'll acknowledge that because she's heard some of the agents. But two, I don't have to take her away from other things which gets back to what we said about on the job work right. So, the fact is that it makes for a much better situation all the way around. And Aira can be only positive in a job environment, much less in what we've talked about with students and so on. So, there is a, I think that the job didn't actually happen but for other reasons. Michael Hingson: There's a person who almost two years ago went to a career fair in Los Angeles and one of the companies there was See's Candy and they were hiring people to process orders so she turned in her resume and they said we'd love to hire you but problem is not all of our orders are electronic some come in paper. And she well let me show you and pulled out Aira. And that eliminated the problem. They said, gee solved that for us, great. Sure working in a store think of all the various things that you need to do whether it be, finding material on a shelf, reading a cash register that doesn't talk or excuse me point of sale device that doesn't talk. Whether it be doing other kinds of things. Whether it's filing or whatever. Blind vendors can use Aira and can be more efficient because they can stock their own shelves. They can read all the information that's not accessible to them. Again, I get back to what I said, you're only limited by your own imagination with what you can do with Aira. Michael Hingson: Aira doesn't use volunteers and our general response time is extremely quick, the time to get an answer is usually 10 seconds. Are you a user of Be My Eyes? Speaker 10: Yes, I'm an uses of Be My Eyes. Michael Hingson: So, Be My Eyes is a way that you can call someone and get simple tasks done. The problem is you don't know who you're gonna get in terms of their abilities. You don't know how long it's gonna take you and you can't do something like walk through an airport like you can with Aira. All of those things you can do with Aira. Speaker 11: I read somewhere that Aira can be activated via Siri. Michael Hingson: You can. You can say, make an Aira call or call Aira. You can use Siri to do it. Actually, I think you've got to call Ara because Siri don't talk good. Patrick Lane: There's two different voice commands depending on what device you're gonna be using. You can say Ara video call or Ara audio call and depending on which one you use it will call from either your glasses or your phone and connect to an agent very quickly as Mike said, 10 seconds or less depending on whether or not we have the largest conference going on in the country. Michael Hingson: But you do need to say Ara cause that's what Siri knows. Siri's gotta learn some language skills. What you will get is someone who is highly trained. You will get someone who knows how to describe, we've actually hired a number of new agents over the past months so, you're gonna get some newbies. I worked with one agent yesterday, I was blown away when I learned that at the end of the call, I was one of the first calls and this was her first day on the job. She did great. Aira's available for Android or for iPhones. Anybody with a smartphone can use it. That's the answer that we've been using. That changes too. Michael Hingson: Aira has developed its own glasses, it's the next generation of what Aira will become and that system consists of glasses with a high-resolution camera with a very wide field of view compared to the way it use to be. They actually connect directly to what we call an Aira controller or Aira controller phone. It's an Android phone locked only to Aira stuff. It also because of that it powers the glasses and there's a lot more power available. But, by using that system you don't even need your smartphone so you'll use the Aira system without even using the smartphone. Without even using your smartphone so that Aira will make it possible for you to keep your phone free for making your own phone calls while you're working with an agent. Michael Hingson: Or for example, if you're paging or needing to page or call Lyft or Uber you can ask an Aira agent to do that if you're an Aira explorer. And you link your Lyft and Uber accounts to Aira but along the way, there's a very good likelihood that the Lyft driver or Uber driver will call you and say, how am I gonna know you or where exactly are you? In the past, that's been a problem because you're using your smartphone and you have to disconnect from the Aira agent and then get back on. Now you don't because you're using the Aira controller as the way that you're communicating with Aira so your smartphone is still available. That is the horizon system. Michael Hingson: I am now connecting my Aira-   Automated Voice: Unlocked. Michael Hingson: Horizon glasses.   Automated Voice: Glass connected. Initializing Aira. Michael Hingson: Can everyone hear that?   Automated Voice: Hello Mikel Hingson.   Patrick Lane: Mikel Hingson.   Automated Voice: Aira ready for service. Michael Hingson: Yeah, it says Mikel. Could everyone hear that?   Patrick Lane: Yep. Michael Hingson: So I'm using the horizon glasses.   Automated Voice: Battery 73% that's attached connected to Arave four G LT. Hello Mikel Hingson, Aira ready for service. Michael Hingson: I want feedback to support we want Mikel to be pronounced correctly. All right, here listen to this.   Automated Voice: Calling Aira agent. Connecting to agent, connecting to agent. Michael Hingson: See how long it takes.   Automated Voice: Connecting to agent, connecting to agent Peter. Michael Hingson: Bingo.   Peter: Thank you for calling Aira, this is Peter how may I help you? Michael Hingson: Hey Peter, how's every little thing?   Peter: Going well, how are you? Michael Hingson: Doing well. So we are in a room and might you be able to tell us anything about where we are in terms of where this room is or anything like that?   Peter: I do see you're at Rosen Shingle Creek so I'm assuming your at the NFB Conference. Michael Hingson: And you see that's part of what Peter and all agents get is not only what they can see but they get GPS information and other data that can add value to them in terms of your Aira experience. And you are right we are at the NFB Convention, we are at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel and we are in Pensacola, H3 if you wanted to pull that up so you can really see where we are. Can you maybe describe a little bit of the room for us?   Peter: Sure. So you're in a relatively large room with really high ceilings, I want to say they're about 30 feet high at least. The room you're in, so it looks like you're seated on the stage, there are several rows across from you, they're all facing forward and there is a walkway down the center aisle between those rows as well. Michael Hingson: Peter, really serious question. Does anybody look like they're asleep? Those people in the back row, you know what I'm saying, Peter?   Peter: I see people waving. Michael Hingson: I just want to make sure because those people in the back rows they usually hide back there because they think they can fall asleep but with Aira they can't do that. One of my favorite stories is about a father who wanted to make sure his daughter was doing her homework, he called an Aira agent and walked in, and just said, how are things, what are you doing? She said, I'm doing my homework and the agent said, no she's playing computer games on her phone. Anyway, does anyone want to ask, while we've got Peter and Patrick, so Patrick's over here Peter?   Patrick Lane: Hey Peter.   Peter: Hey Patrick.   Patrick Lane: Good to see you again. Michael Hingson: So, any questions for either of these gentlemen?   Patrick Lane: So, the dashboard that Peter's using, what information does he have access to for him too?- Michael Hingson: So Peter why don't you tell us about your dashboard.   Peter: So on my dashboard, I have information like emergency contact info first of all in their profile, and then I do have access to seeing what kind of assisted devices anyone might be using such as a white cane or guide dog. Different preferences they have, if they prefer left and right or clock face for orientation. Just things so we can tailor the experience to each specific explorer since everyone has their own preferences. We also have access to like Michael said earlier the GPS location on the map and I'll be able to utilize public transit, I am, if the explorer connects the Aira app to their Lyft of Uber accounts, we're also able to request those rides for our explorers and then we'll be able to take a look at the driver's info, the name, the car the driver has and spot where they are on the map. And let the explorer know when the driver has arrived and help them spot the car. Michael Hingson: And more important with the NFB ride share test program, for example, if the car comes and it sees that you are blind and have a guide dog, and just decides to drive away, they'll get nailed.   Peter: We'll watch them like a hawk. Michael Hingson: They'll get in trouble. Other questions for Peter? Peter, can you read medication bottles?   Peter: Yes. Before I became an Aira agent I actually don't think I've ever met or interacted with anyone blind or low vision. So, initial training they start with just explaining what it's like for people who are blind or low vision, getting the what orientation mobility is and what kind of information is important to an explorer versus what I think is important information to me as a sighted person because those things are very different. We learn how to give what's necessary and then also when an explorer wants more detail, we learn what kind of detail to give them and then we start exploring the dashboard that we have with all those things I explained to you and then we do some training.   Peter: And the explorers who also [inaudible] who helps us train and we just do exercises like navigating, intersections with different tools. So, Michael has a guide dog and we'll learn how someone navigates with a guide dog and then we'll have another explorer teach us how someone navigates with a white cane and that helps us just get use to all the different things because it's one describing all the visual information that we want to give to the explorer but there's also the technical side of using the dashboard and all the other ways we communicate with other agents and the rest of the Aira team. Michael Hingson: The question was what can Aira do to help people do mobile deposit, bank deposits and so on.   Peter: I actually, coincidentally done that a couple times in the past couple weeks. We can help you align your phones camera over the check and make sure that it's face up, whichever side the app wants you to do and for certain bank apps, some of them aren't as accessible as others so it will help get you aligned to where the button is to take a picture of the check and send it off. Michael Hingson: So you've had an agent that wasn't able to make that happen. When you encounter a situation where an agent isn't successful it would be extremely helpful for you to provide that feedback because well Patrick why don't you deal with that. Patrick Lane: We love when the explorers use the feedback form at the end for both good and bad calls. That's why we have both good and poor marked on there. When you leave us feedback about why a call was poor, we as analysts can go provide that extra training to make that all of our standards are being met by the agents and that your standards are being met by the agents as well. Michael Hingson: So, if your having a problem getting an agent to be able to help you with a mobile deposit then it's important that we hear about that so that we can go back and review it and talk to the agent and find out what the problem is. And see what their difficulty is. So, if you took 60 minutes that's a real problem, and you should get that time credited back. But you have to let Aira know to do that. There are any number of factors, the camera could be one, I mean, it could be that on a particular day the cell service wasn't as good as it ought to be. Michael Hingson: Aira is absolutely pushing the envelope in terms of the technology with video streaming and so on and any number of factors can make it less than stellar and its not Airas fault or anyone's fault it's just the way it is. We'll talk about in a moment the new horizon glasses which will make a lot of that better. But those aren't the kinds of things that we do end up dealing with and so Aira can help make it better by understanding when you encounter problems. Those are some of the best things is to do is to be able to really talk about the problems that you're having so please give the feedback okay. Michael Hingson: I want to thank you all for coming. I would appreciate it if you would tell friends and colleagues. We've got more sessions coming up later this week. We will be at the booth. If you sign up for Aira by the way, you can then participate in refer a friend. If you refer someone to Aira, and they sign up, then they will get a free month, and you will get a free amount of credit equal to whatever plan they sign up for. So, get your friends to sign up. Scott White here at our national center has been very good at that, and I think mostly paid for a year of Aira because he got his friends to sign up. Pete Lane: I thought I'd pop in here and bring you up to date on a couple of recent developments with the Aira service. Aira is now available twenty-four seven. This means that explorers can dial up an agent from their Aira app anytime night or day. This not only allows U.S. users to dial Aira during the wee hours of the morning but it also allows folks in the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand to get an agent at times during the day when the need was very great in the past. Such as in the afternoon, during rush hour or during the prime time evening hours. Pete Lane: Another brand new feature is the Aira messages feature. Messages allows Aira explorers and agents to communicate via text. There's a text box that pops up right on the Aira app and you can type or dictate your message directly to the agent. This is really useful if you're going into a meeting or library or a church for example where you want to be very quiet. You can text your communication to the agent telling them what you want, what tasks you want performed and things like that without having to talk and interrupt what's going on around you. Pete Lane: There are also about a half a dozen pre-set messages for more common situations that you can just tap on and send. Those pre-sets can be edited or completely changed depending on your needs. Another new feature is called Aira live. Aira live allows an explorer to broadcast the audio from their contact with an agent either to a small group of private listeners or to a larger group through a public live event. This allows others who download the app and either create a guest account or who are already Aira explorers to tap into the app, go to the live tab and see what live events are currently in session. Pete Lane: And finally we have a new edition to the Aira team, Anirudh Koul, founder of Seeing AI and former senior data scientist with Microsoft has joined the Aira team as the head of artificial intelligence and research. Big things are in store for Anirudh and we welcome him to the Aira staff. Thanks so much for listening to Blind Abilities. For more podcasts with the blindness perspective you can find us on the web at www.blindabilities.com we're on Facebook and on Twitter or download our free app from the app store or the Google Play store. That's two words, Blind Abilities. Once again this podcast is brought to you by Aira. Special thanks to Patrick Lane for his wonderful guitar music. Thanks so much for listening and have a great day.    

Presenting Lyft: An Accessible App, A Partnership With Aira, and An Announcement for NFB 2018 Blind Abilities once again teams-up with Aira to present a review of Lyft, a ride-sharing service who not only has an accessible mobile app for both iOS and android, but who works hard on inclusivity for disabled riders. Join Jeff and Pete as they chat with Tommy Hayes, Lyft Sr. Policy Partnerships Manager, and Marco Salsiccia, Accessibility specialist about the company’s commitment to accessibility, their partnership with Aira, and their upcoming arrangement to provide “Aira Access”, where anyone attending the 2018 NFB National Convention can enjoy free Aira minutes in Orlando, Fl from July 3 – 8, 2018.   Lyft will also be present in the NFB Exhibit Hall in Booth B-12. What exactly is Aira Access? Experience Aira for Free in Orlando Aira Access, a free version of Aira, will be available for the entire convention, so to take advantage by downloading the free Aira app on your smartphone before traveling to Orlando for the NFB National Convention.   Download the free Aira app on iOS or Android, sign in as a guest (if you aren’t already an Explorer), and get ready to explore and experience Orlando with Aira. From the moment you land at Orlando International Airport, you’ll be able to connect with an Aira agent completely free of charge. After collecting your bags, you’ll want to take a Lyft rideshare from the airport to Rosen Shingle Creek or the overflow Rosen Centre Hotel, because Aira will be crediting those minutes as well, made possible in partnership with Lyft. And feel free to connect with Aira agents to explore the hotel and convention booths (including   its meeting rooms; the large session ballroom, the multiple restaurants; and the convention booths in the bustling Convention Exhibit Hall) because they, too, will be free Aira Access locations.   Check out more about Lyft at: www.Lyft.com   Find out more about Aira and subscribe at: www.Aira.IO   Aira will once again be occupying booths B-1 and B-2 in the Exhibit Hall this year. be sure to swing by and say Hi, enjoy a live demonstration of their new Horizon smart glasses and sign up for an Aira plan!   Thank you for listening! You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store. Get the Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store.

NFB17 One Big Family Reunion - What Does the Convention Mean to You? The NFB Convention is held each year and will be returning next year to Orlando Florida. People come from around the world to attend the National Federation of the Blind convention and the Blind Abilities Team took great note of the community and sharing of information that happens when nearly 3,000 attendees converge upon the #1 hotel, Rosen Shingle Creek, located in the heart of Disney and major attractions. However, the biggest attraction is found right in the heart of the community of the National Federation of the Blind. Here are just some of the wonderful attendees of NFB17 touching base on what the convention means to them.   Explore your world  like never before From exploring new neighborhoods and restaurants in the city, to traveling the globe - Aira empowers the blind to experience their world and surroundings like never before. Accessible devices Aira's platform works on wearable devices such as Google Glass and Vuzix that can be paired with your smartphones. Real-time request The tiny camera mounted on your wearable device provides instant feedback so Aira Agents can safely guide you with any activity. Certified agents Our network of trained Aira Agents, who could even be one of your family or friends, are able to assist you whenever and wherever.   You can find out more about Aira on the web at www.Aira.io On Twitter @airaio   Thank you for listening. You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities On the web at www.BlindAbilities.com Send us an email Get the Free Blind Abilities App on the App Store.