Podcasts about specialized help

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In this episode of White Canes Connect, we talk with Andy Burstein from Accessible Pharmacy Services for the Blind. He explains that the pharmacy caters to individual needs of the blind and not a one-size-fits-all approach. He also talks about their new partnership with WayAround. Show notes at https://www.whitecanesconnect.com/030   About Accessible Pharmacy Services for the Blind Accessible Pharmacy specializes in the needs of people who are blind, DeafBlind, and have low vision. They deliver your medications, vitamins and supplements, and pet and guide dog medications right to your door. They are the largest blind-owned healthcare company in the country. Connect With Accessible Pharmacy Visit https://www.accessiblepharmacy.com/ to learn more about their services. To place an order, call (215) 799-9900. Find them in the Specialized Help section of the Be My Eyes app. Find them on social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. 2022 NFB of PA State Convention Save the date! This year's State Convention in Pittsburgh will be held from November 10 through November 13. Put it in your calendar and we'll see you at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel! Give Us A Call We'd love to hear from you! We've got a phone number for you to call and ask us questions, give us feedback, or just say, “hi!” Call us at (267) 338-4495. You have up to three minutes for your message and we might use it on an upcoming episode. Please leave your name and town as part of your message.  Follow White Canes Connect Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon | IHeartRadio  Connect With Us If you've got questions, comments, or show ideas, reach out on Twitter. We are @PABlindPodcast. You can also email us at WhiteCanesConnect@gmail.com  

Our guest today is Alex Cohen co-founder of Accessible Pharmacy, a company which provides a multitude of services, but first and foremost it is a comprehensive medication management healthcare company specializing in services for the visually impaired community. Recognizing that this community is not homogenous, and that every individual has individual needs including within its health care services, they work on a case by case basis to match their various services to the individual's needs. Once accessible Pharmacy secures the patient's insurance information, they contact all of the servicing physicians to fully understand what those doctors are prescribing and what the patient's needs truly are. Accessible Pharmacy then becomes a member of the healthcare team, and coordinates all of their medication needs with the various physicians, as well as informing the individual patient of the various packaging options available for their medication's. These include braille, large print, and talking prescription labels provided by Script Talk all of which can be delivered to the patient's front door.  Note: check out a previous episode of the Blind Abilities podcast for more detail regarding Script Talk . Alex Cohen was not born blind, but experienced severe nearsightedness in his youth, eventually being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at the wills hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Intent upon completing a degree in hotel management, Alex assumed the position of hotel manager in a local Philadelphia hotel. Recognizing that he was unable to continue in that career, he went back to school to become a professor who taught hotel management, a "hospitality professor". While working on his PhD thesis in marketing, he studied the marketing of various products within the disability community, specifically, how to make a more inclusive marketplace for people with disabilities. as he dug deeper, he realized that many websites of top companies across the nation were inaccessible. Moreover, he delved into the personal impact on the people, i.e. blind and visually impaired technology users as well as their families. He eventually identified substitutional empathy. Which causes friends and family members to feel the inconvenience and hardship of their disabled friends as they experience an accessible technological products. He and his partner and cofounder, Andy Burstein, embarked upon reaching out to see Pacific pharmacies to ask what services, if any they provided to blind and visually impaired customers. The results prompted the formation of accessible Pharmacy to fill the gap that clearly exists in that segment of the marketplace. They launched the company in May 2020, deep in the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their service of providing home delivery of prescription medication was particularly appealing to their consumer market during that time. The convenience of pre-sorting pills etc. was also appealing to blind and visually impaired customers who may have spent considerable time doing so on their own otherwise. They have now developed an app, Accessible Pharmacy on the App Store, that contains an OCR camera and QR code reader which is all voice activated. Customers can use that to read all of their prescription labels, as well as two access accessible pharmacy services online. Additionally, you can access their website at accessiblepharmacy.com or via their various social media platforms. They are also partnered with Seeing AIas a Specialized Help resource on that app. Dealing frequently with senior aged customers, Alex encourages users to contact the company by phone where they will not be subjected to multiple layers of menus and phone navigation hoops through which they must Jump. Ultimately he says they prefer to speak with their customers to get the full picture of their medical and health care needs. * Call  215799 9900. Currently registered and 31 states, Accessible Pharmacy continues to work to grow their company across the nation. they are also launching their new product line for pre-measured medication‘s for children, in order to aid buying and visually impaired parents, as well as their pet care medication line. They will also be providing educational seminars, and a conference on Diabetes and breast cancer awareness in which one may enroll via their website.  Inclosing, Alex shares his advice with young blind and visually impaired individuals: don't deny yourself anything“. Do not let opportunities pass you by because of your blindness. Additionally, most people are kind and genuinely wish to help. Don't turn down an offer of assistance that might save you valuable time with which you can do more pleasurable and productive things elsewhere, such as spend time with your family, your kids, or doing something that is fun! Good advice Alex! Be sure to listen to this informative and enjoyable interview as Simon Bonenfant  chats with Alex Cohen of Accessible Pharmacy a strong provider of a valuable service to the BVI community. Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361. Contact: 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 Storeand Google Play Store. Give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-9063 we would love to hear from you! Check out the Blind Abilities Communityon Facebook, the Blind Abilities Page, and the Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired group

The crew is feisty on Fridays but hey it’s Monday, Raqi. From the release of Audio Description on HBO Max to Flicktype bolstering some Apples, we seem to get into a lot about what we want in the Clubhouse arena. What is it with Ringtones anyways? The real thing here is this, have you heard the Home Pod Minis in Stereo? Wowie Wow Wow is all I got on that. We talk tech, we talk a lot and we dive right into it. Join us for some fun in the sun if you got it. Maybe in a month from my vantage point but we got all of you covered. Now scoot over and lets play this episode of Tech Abilities! Here are some links from the show: HBO update with accessibility improvements,  and HBO Max starts adding Audio Description on the app. Not the Apple TV though. Here is the link to the Audio Description Project where you find nearly anything and everything about the availability of Audio Description and who and where to find the titles with it. If you subscribe to HBO Max, here is a direct link to HBO Titles With AD. Moment line of cases for mag safe and for lenses and just a nice case that is biodegradable. And a line of Tripods with screw mounts for pro tripods or mini tripods with mag safe connection. Apple’s HomePod mini reportedly has a secret temperature and humidity sensor FlickType developer sues Apple for ‘monopoly muscle’ and failure to police App Store scams         Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361. Contact: 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 Storeand Google Play Store. Check out the Blind Abilities Communityon Facebook, the Blind Abilities Page, and the Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired group

The TBTS Team plus Ed, AKA Ray, hit the topics hard and drop some insight into the world of technology, services and phenomena galore! And if it doesn’t register high on the meter of good news, we pull it up a notch for some full disclosure. But not on our album art, of course. Ed tackles some bare truths about Google, Microsoft, and who he really is. Yes, the listeners are restless and Ray’s name has surfaced more than a Zoom Bomber did 2 weeks ago.  Is Zoom all patched up now? Hmm. How about Facebook’s new announcements? The Video Calls, Rooms and Live Events are ramping it up for a showdown at 10 PM, just click the link and Poof! And that cute little Apple SE just makes yaw anna, don’t it? Come on, it’s got it all and at over half the cost. Dang it, Tim, you are pulling our triggers.  Brian and Jeff dabble into the Mac’s and what to look for from a blindness perspective. While Serina and Ed get all PC on us. Literally! Apple mail, iCloud on the net and Freedom Scientific gots them there tutorials alright, so learn up folks, Learn Up! Serina thinks she is so cute and orders her first Stitch Fix only to find out that Jeff is already sporting some Stitch Fix fassions of his own.  Minnesota’s Radio Talking Book has gone digital with the RTB App in the App Store as well as the Google Play Store. You can also enable the Radio Talking Book skill on your Amazon devices. Honestly, so much more happens in this episode that I just darn ran out of words and believe me, just give it a listen and you will agree. Here are some links from the show: Apple Launches Apple Music browser based service  Comcast launches NBC/Universal Peacock early to some customers.  Have you gotten your Stitch Fix? The Minnesota Talking Book goes digital. Apple now offering new Today at Home with Apple Weekly videos. Is the iPhone SE for you or should you wait for the iPhone 12? Apple plans to take sleep tracking to the mattresses and sheets! Guided Meditation. Better Health App    Sleep Watch by Bodymatter Muse: Meditation & Sleep by InteraXon Ten Percent Happier Meditation by 10% Happier Inc. Here is a link to Get one month Free!  

Be My Eyes is a free app offering sighted assistance on the fly to blind and visually impaired users. It also offers extra support through their Specialized Help feature which ACB is now listed as a resource. Join us as we share how ACB members and other Be My Eyes users can utilized this app to your optimum, and why ACB has chosen to partner with Be My Eyes as a resource provider.

The TBTS Team plus Ed, AKA Ray, hit the topics hard and drop some insight into the world of technology, services and phenomena galore! And if it doesn’t register high on the meter of good news, we pull it up a notch for some full disclosure. But not on our album art, of course. Ed tackles some bare truths about Google, Microsoft, and who he really is. Yes, the listeners are restless and Ray’s name has surfaced more than a Zoom Bomber did 2 weeks ago.  Is Zoom all patched up now? Hmm. How about Facebook’s new announcements? The Video Calls, Rooms and Live Events are ramping it up for a showdown at 10 PM, just click the link and Poof! And that cute little Apple SE just makes yaw anna, don’t it? Come on, it’s got it all and at over half the cost. Dang it, Tim, you are pulling our triggers.  Brian and Jeff dabble into the Mac’s and what to look for from a blindness perspective. While Serina and Ed get all PC on us. Literally! Apple mail, iCloud on the net and Freedom Scientific gots them there tutorials alright, so learn up folks, Learn Up! Serina thinks she is so cute and orders her first Stitch Fix only to find out that Jeff is already sporting some Stitch Fix fassions of his own.  Minnesota's Radio Talking Book has gone digital with the RTB App in the App Store as well as the Google Play Store. You can also enable the Radio Talking Book skill on your Amazon devices. Honestly, so much more happens in this episode that I just darn ran out of words and believe me, just give it a listen and you will agree. Here are some links from the show: Apple Launches Apple Music browser based service  Comcast launches NBC/Universal Peacock early to some customers.  Have you gotten your Stitch Fix? The Minnesota Talking Book goes digital. Apple now offering new Today at Home with Apple Weekly videos. Is the iPhone SE for you or should you wait for the iPhone 12? Apple plans to take sleep tracking to the mattresses and sheets! Guided Meditation. Better Health App    Sleep Watch by Bodymatter Muse: Meditation & Sleep by InteraXon Ten Percent Happier Meditation by 10% Happier Inc. Here is a link to Get one month Free! Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361. To find your State Services in your State you can go to www.AFB.org and search the directory for your agency. Contact: 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 Storeand Google Play Store. Check out the Blind Abilities Communityon Facebook, the Blind Abilities Page, the Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Assistive Technology Community for the Blind and Visually Impaired. and the Facebook group That Blind Tech Show.

This is going to sound weird, but its our first news show of 2020. And wow do we have some news to talk about. So much news that we needed Scott Davert to sit in with us. He also hangs out with us while we go over the biggest stories that came from our ATIA 2020 coverage last month. Get ready for tech, talk and even a baseball story towards the end. In The News: Breaking: Aira Tech Corp Acquired by Southern California Investment Group RT @airaio We re excited to welcome all @Target locations to the Aira Access Family! Shop @OnYourTerms. Be My Eyes announces funding to grow community and expand Specialized Help service Be My Eyes closes $2.8M Series A funding to connect blind people with normal sighted volunteers via live video calls Announcing the 2020 Touch of Genius Prize Winners NLS bard for iOS introduces new features including simultaneous downloads, airplay, braille display autoscroll Leasey Pricing and What's Coming in Version 5! Nvda Version 2019.3.1 released, bringing support for new braille displays, screen curtain, more In-Process 19th February 2020 Updated Eloquence and Vocalizer Expressive Add-on for NVDA NVDA Remote Updates For Python Changes The Feb 2020 Update Has Been Released For JAWS/ZoomText/Fusion Thanks to Top Tech Tid Bits for mentioning the 300+ hour archive of the classic A.T. Playback Magazine Hindsight Is #CSUNATC20: Or, How The Top Stories Of The Past Can Shape The Future Discussion Topic: ATIA Wrap Up The trio talk about the stories that peeked the most interest from our ATIA 2020 coverage. ATIA 2020 Wrap-Up: What's New and Noteworthy at the Assistive Technology Industry Association #ATIA20 Audio: A Menagerie Of Braille For Humanware And APH #ATIA20 Audio: Q Is For Qwerty But That's Not All For HIMS #ATIA20 Audio: Orcam Expands Into Assisted Reading And Hearing Devices #ATIA20 Audio: Bookshare Balances The Equation With Accessible Math #ATIA20 Audio: Speaking To The Power Of Braille Literacy With Objective Ed #ATIA20 Audio: Absorbing Audio Information Into Meaningful Ways With Glean Last Word: Oddly enough, in more than 200 shows, this particular story has kind of come up before. Students assist with 'super flush' at Texas Rangers' new stadium Next week, no kidding, it is that long awaited often mentioned deep dive into the Color Star... we think. No really, it's happening in BBQ 208!

BBQ 194 Was the last time we rolled through a proper news section. We thought it was time for it to emerge from the shadows this week. Plus, to continue with the idea of a traditional format show, J.J. demos the Blind Shell Phone. A tip, several emails in Sound Off and fun audio treats are waiting for you at the end of the episode. It s a return to yesteryear for the team in 198. In The News: Apple Releases iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2; Bringing Many Bug Fixes for Blind and Low Vision Users The US Supreme Court Domino s Pizza delivery case rejection, dished out Accessibility, the future, and why Domino s matters What Domino s Pizza got wrong about internet accessibility Add Vimeo to the Growing List of Large Websites Taking Accessibility Seriously At Long Last, ScripTalk Mobile Now Available on iOS EnVision AI Releases v2.0 for iOS And New Region Based Pricing Be My Eyes Welcomes the National Federation of the Blind to Specialized Help Orbit Research introduces the Orbit Teacher Platform There's a national shortage of Braille teachers and the situation is dire The Tap Strap wearable keyboard gets better with airmouse gestures We Found uno Braille at a Local Target, and it's Exactly What you would Expect it to Be From London, #GAConfEU 2019 Product Overview: Blind Shell Phone BlindShell is a intuitive and simple cell phone with big, tactile buttons and lots of features. In addition to making phone calls and sending text messages, you can get the current weather forecast, listen to Internet radio, or find out your current location. BlindShell works with AT&T and T-Mobile as well as other GSM networks. VOICE CONTROL With voice control you can give the phone voice commands without having to use the keypad! With Voice Control you can:: Call and send a message to a contact Open any application in the phone Get information about the weather Get your location. Address and GPS VOICE DICTATION Instead of using the keypad to input text, just simply say it. The phone will write it down as a text! Among others, you can use voice dictation for these actions: SMS dictation Email dictation Taking notes Dictating your agenda PHYSICAL KEYBOARD This phone has a physical keyboard with big, well spaced tangible buttons. We wanted the BlindShell Classic to have a premium keypad, and we believe that we succeeded. The spacing between the keys makes orientation on the keypad very easy, so you will be able to distinguish between the keys right away. No need to fumble with your fingers around to find the right button. No need to be worried about pressing the wrong button either. HIGHLIGHTS Many useful applications BlindShell includes a variety of useful features. With the Email client, you can write and receive emails from your friends and colleagues. With Internet radio you can listen to thousands of radio stations from around the world. The weather app will tell you the current weather and forecast for the next three days. The location app can tell you your current GPS location or hte nearest address. SOS emergency button If you get in to a situation where quick assistance from someone else is needed, you can use the SOS emergency button. Pressing the button for at least 3 seconds will call your emergency contact. (This contact can be set whenever you want). The outgoing emergency call needs to be confirmed by you, so you do not need to worry about making the call accidentally. APPLICATIONS & FEATURES BlindShell Classic is packed with features. You can just make calls and send messages, and nothing else. But, if you want to use the full potential of the phone, there is nothing in your way to make the most out of it. Main features Calls Call log SMS text messages SMS to multiple recipients Contacts Backing up and importing contacts Alarm Calendar Minute timer Notes Voice recorder Advanced features SOS emergency button E-mail Object tagging FM radio Internet radio Audio player Book Reader Service menu Weather forecast GPS location Color recognition If you would like to know more, or order a Blind Shell of your very own, visit the A.T. Guys product page Tip: iOS 13 Low Data Mode Low power mode can help you out of a jam when your battery is in those smaller percentage numbers. In iOS 13 the same idea can be applied to your data plan as Low Data Mode will let you conserve your precious megabytes when you start approaching the high end of the data cap allowed. Simply visit Settings, Cellular Data Options and explore the section labeled "Low Data Mode" to activate this tool. Sound Off: David Partrick starts us off with this question. "Greetings. I have heard Joe talk about his experience with the Surface Go. I now find myself in possession of one, and I am looking to find a way to use it. It came with a third party cover and keyboard. It s nice, and small, and I can type on it, but, I cannot get the function keys to work with either JAWS or Narrator. The Function modifier key appears to be ignored. I am wondering what keyboard Joe is using, and, if the folding keyboard Joe and JJ talked about on a recent BBQ would be a good match for the Surface Go. Thanks in advance. David" The Pluggable Keyboard is the one Joe was using in that episode. You will still need to seek out a case to protect the Surface's screen if you plan to travel with the device. Georgia has some insight about a previous show. "Hi J.J., Please have dean back on blind bargains. I was glad to hear about his chrome book coing out. Pizza with potatoes on it, and pizza with sweet potatoes. Pineapple, oh yes had it many times. It is good as well. The show notes--are they on the app? I could not find them. Having trouble getting to the bargains part of the app. Like the tips also. Do you put them in the notes? I am going to see if I can find those notes. Georgia kitchen" Greg Portch writes in with this question... "Hi, Joe was talking about older devices. Is an iphone 6s or Se fast enough for ios 13 if you are a voice over user I mean will the phone be sluggish, not asking about the current bugs in 13. Thanks, /Greg We haven't had time, what with all the Apple updates for 13 lately, to put the 6s through testing. But we've seen others say that it isnt horible. Probably not desireable for the long haul however. Next, Richard writes in with this comment. "The two of you talking over and or interrupting Constqantly makes listening to your pod cast extremely cringing! I started counting and perhaps every 5 seconds one or the other does a talk over so that neither ones comment can be understood. Check it out and perhaps you will see just how irritating this is to a person trying to listen to every word spoken. Nuff said and hope I don t have to type to you again." We posted this email because we like to be transparent about our craft and we do appreciate all remarks about our show. Podcasting is like cooking. A recipe can change according to the talent and background of the person, or people, cooking the ingredients. We never set out to conform to the NPR style or the bombastic over the top formats of morning radio or sports talk programs. Our idea, as it has been for almost a decade, is to make the listener feel like they were smack dab in the middle of a group discussion at a major convention. Technical limitations, such as the delay in voices traveling back and forth through the internet, also play a role in how tight we edited our vocal tracks. Over the years we ve managed to turn those delays into seamless conversation, however as noted by the email above, we recognize that not everyone likes this dialog flow. That is why we try to post our companion show notes in broadcast order for those who don t want to listen to the entire episode. Our audience can skip directly to the portion of the show that interests them by using our notes as a guide. Or, by design, they can just read the notes instead of listening to the show if they prefer. Over hundreds of recorded hours of us blathering on at one another about stuff, we re most proud of our consistency in tone and sound. We experiment with our format, our focus and formula from time to time. But our style is what we believe sets us apart from others in the field of podcasting. We have the amazing Patrick perdue to thank for all of this as he has been the bedrock of this audio endeavor. And by no means do we diminish his accomplishments out of fear that he has the power to make us look like idiots with the flick of an editorial finger. Nope, no worries at all about that end of year out takes. Episode. Shudder Last Word: The upcoming holidays have us thinking about travel and these two links seemed to fit that mindset. Traffic lights worldwide set to change after Swedish engineer saw red over getting a ticket 9 Healthy Travel Snacks eat smarter on the road

Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities sat down with Christian, Alexander and Will from the Be My Eyes Team. From the latest news about Specialized help and announcing the new Be My Eyes Podcast, the Be My Eyes team talk about experiences and uses of the Free Be My Eyes App and the growing number of users and volunteers in the Be My Eyes community. 2.5 million volunteers World Wide and over 140,000 Be My Eyes users. With 24/7 capabilities and Specialized help, Be My Eyes is impacting the lives of sighted volunteers and Blind/Visually Impaired users in more ways than ever imagined. The Be My Eyes Stories are available in the App and you can learn about experiences, and the people making Be My Eyes what it is today. We included some of these stories in this podcast and if you want to check out more of the stories and give Be My Eyes a try or become a volunteer or want to suggest a Specialized Help partner,, download the Free Be My Eyes app from the App Store or Google Play Store.  To find out more about Be My Eyes, check them out on the web at www.BeMyEyes.com. Follow Be My Eyes on Twitter @BeMyEyes  Stay up to date and follow Be My Eyes on Facebook. ***** Contact Your State Services If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by email or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361. To find your State Services in your State you can go to www.AFB.org and search the directory for your agency. Contact: 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 Storeand Google Play Store. Check out the Blind Abilities Communityon Facebook, the Blind Abilities Page, the Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impairedand the Assistive Technology Community for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Show Summary: Blind ability see sun coverage is sponsored by Be My Eyes. Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. Download for iOS Download for Android Alexander Hauerslev Jensen and Will Butler from Be My Eyes along with Kyndra Lococo, Accessibility Partner and Community Programs Manager at Google, join Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities to share the exciting partnership announced at CSUN. Image showing two phones in front of the other. The phone in front is displaying the Google profile on the Specialized Help platform, and the one behind is displaying a Be My Eyes call. “We are very proud to add Google to Specialized Help, this is a big step for accessibility and we are honored to have the support of Google to help blind and low-vision individuals lead more independent lives.”  - Alexander Hauerslev Jensen, CCO at Be My Eyes. It is Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful for everyone, and accessibility is a core consideration for Google from the earliest design stages to release. Now, Google also offers customer support that is accessible and more efficient for their blind and low-vision customers. “The Disability Support team aims to provide the best support possible for people with disabilities. We are thrilled to partner with Be My Eyes as this brings us one step closer to achieving that goal.” ‍- Kyndra LoCoco, Accessibility Partner and Community Programs Manager at Google. Kyndra talks about the training the Google support agents went through to make the experience for the BVI community the best support it can be. Informs as us about the Google Accessibility Support on the web at G.co/DisabilitySupport The Google Disability Support will be open Monday through Friday 8AM-5PM PT, currently available in English only. Google can be contacted through the Be My Eyes Specialized Help platform by users in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.  We’re working to expand the Specialized Help platform, and if there are any companies that you would like to seek assistance from, please share your suggestion, and we’ll do our best to get them onboard the platform. You can find out more about Be My Eyes on the web at www.BeMyEyes.comand Google Accessibility Support at G.co/DisabilitySupport And a huge Thank You goes out to Stephen Letnes and Louie Chee Chau for their beautiful music. Stephen provided the music for the Be My Eyes Promo and Chee Chau, the music in the podcast.  Find out more about Stephen Letnes and the Able Artist Foundation on the web at www.AbleArtist.org You can follow Chee Chau on Twitter @LCheeChau Contact: 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.

-Show Summary: En-Vision America’s David Raistrick joins Jeff Thompson to talk about what’s new at En-Vision America. David is attending the 2019 CSUN event and will have the ID Mate and the Script Talk devices at the booth. David goes over the latest updates and news from En-Vision America and gives us a demonstration of Script Talk in action. Be sure to check out En-Vision America on the web www.EnVisionAmerica.com Contact Info: David Raistrick Vice President/CTO En-Vision America 825 4th Street W, Palmetto FL 34221 http://www.envisionamerica.com Direct: 941-702-6607 The Blind Abilities coverage of the 2019 CSUN Convention is sponsored by Be My Eyes. Here is some breaking news just released from CSUN: A Warm Welcome to the Newest Specialized Help Partner: Google You can now get help managing your Google products by the tap of a button. We’re pleased to announce that Google is the newest company onboard the Specialized Help platform! Specialized Help enables blind and low-vision users to connect directly with company representatives through a live video connection. Blind and low-vision users can now request assistance from the Google Disability Support team through the Be My Eyes app for questions about assistive tools and accessibility features within Google’s products. Getting connected to the Google Disability Support team through Be My Eyes is easy. Start by accessing the Specialized Help menu from the Be My Eyes home screen and select Google from the list. From the Google profile, you can make a call directly to the Google Disability Support team. Making a Specialized Help call to Google works just like any other Be My Eyes call, except that you’ll get connected to an official Google representative, who can help you with troubleshooting or other questions on accessibility features within Google's products or services effectively. Please note that the Google Specialized Help option should only be used for questions or issues concerning assistive tools or accessibility features within Google’s products or services. You can make calls to Google through Be My Eyes Monday through Friday 8AM-5PM PT. Currently in English only, from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. If you have other requests for companies or institutions to become a part of Specialized Help, please send us an email at info@bemyeyes.com and we’ll do our best to include them on the platform. Best regards, Alexander Hauerslev Jensen,  CCO at Be My Eyes Find us on the web at www.BeMyEyes.com Questions or concerns? Try our FAQ or contact our support team. If you'd Find out more about Stephen Letnes and the Able Artist Foundation on the web at www.AbleArtist.org Contact: 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.

Show Summary: En-Vision America’s David Raistrick joins Jeff Thompson to talk about what’s new at En-Vision America. David is attending the 2019 CSUN event and will have the ID Mate and the Script Talk devices at the booth. David goes over the latest updates and news from En-Vision America and gives us a demonstration of Script Talk in action. Be sure to check out En-Vision America on the web www.EnVisionAmerica.com Contact Info: David Raistrick Vice President/CTO En-Vision America 825 4th Street W, Palmetto FL 34221 http://www.envisionamerica.com Direct: 941-702-6607 The Blind Abilities coverage of the 2019 CSUN Convention is sponsored by Be My Eyes. Here is some breaking news just released from CSUN: A Warm Welcome to the Newest Specialized Help Partner: Google You can now get help managing your Google products by the tap of a button. We’re pleased to announce that Google is the newest company onboard the Specialized Help platform! Specialized Help enables blind and low-vision users to connect directly with company representatives through a live video connection. Blind and low-vision users can now request assistance from the Google Disability Support team through the Be My Eyes app for questions about assistive tools and accessibility features within Google’s products. Getting connected to the Google Disability Support team through Be My Eyes is easy. Start by accessing the Specialized Help menu from the Be My Eyes home screen and select Google from the list. From the Google profile, you can make a call directly to the Google Disability Support team. Making a Specialized Help call to Google works just like any other Be My Eyes call, except that you’ll get connected to an official Google representative, who can help you with troubleshooting or other questions on accessibility features within Google's products or services effectively. Please note that the Google Specialized Help option should only be used for questions or issues concerning assistive tools or accessibility features within Google’s products or services. You can make calls to Google through Be My Eyes Monday through Friday 8AM-5PM PT. Currently in English only, from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. If you have other requests for companies or institutions to become a part of Specialized Help, please send us an email at info@bemyeyes.com and we’ll do our best to include them on the platform. Best regards, Alexander Hauerslev Jensen,  CCO at Be My Eyes Find us on the web at www.BeMyEyes.com Questions or concerns? Try our FAQ or contact our support team. If you'd Find out more about Stephen Letnes and the Able Artist Foundation on the web at www.AbleArtist.org Contact: 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.

Be My Eyes is the ever growing creation of Hans Wiberg. He envisioned a service that would help the Blind and Visually Impaired have a means of connecting with volunteers to assist with a task and thus becoming their eyes for a few minutes. This idea was launched 3 years ago and I had the privilege of interviewing Hans. Well, here we are 3 years later and Hans has brought the Be My Eyes App to the world. With over 64,000 users and an astonishing number of volunteers, nearly a million, and 24/7 service, Be My Eyes is still adding features that will enhance the opportunities and give answers to those connecting to a volunteer through the Be My Eyes app. We here from some users and volunteers about their experiences and Alexander tells us about the Specialized help launching with Microsoft Help Desk at your finger-tips. You can get the Be My eyes app for your iPhone or Android phone. You can follow Be My Eyes on Twitter and be sure to check out the Be My Eyes facebook page. You can find out more on the web at www.BeMyEyes.com   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.

Listen as Carol the Coach interviews Anne Blythe who is the producer and host of the Betrayal Trauma Recovery podcast and founder of Betrayal Trauma Recovery, a nonprofit, online coaching practice for women. All of the coaches at Betrayal Trauma Recovery are trained by The Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists (APSATS for short). After years of attempting to help her husband recover from his ography addiction and "anger issues", he was arrested for domestic violence in 2015. Anne shares her recovery adventure in real time on The Betrayal Trauma Recovery podcast, as she and the APSATS coaches seek to educate women about how to safely and effectively navigate their husband’s sex addiction and related behaviors. The Betrayal Trauma Recovery professionals share their tips, skills and techniques to empower women on their betrayal trauma healing journey.