20240822 Untangling Transportation- Transit Advocacy Toolbox Course #4 - Emerging Technologies and Services Originally Broadcasted August 22, 2024, on ACB Media 5 This month, we reopened the Transit Advocacy Toolbox and explored some emerging technologies and services public transit is beginning to deploy, including mobile and contactless fare payment systems, rideshare partnerships, micro transit, and autonomous vehicles. And of course, we took your questions along the way. Sponsored by: Access...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr
20240822 Vispero Use JAWS Picture Smart with AI With Excel Originally Broadcasted August 22, 2024, on ACB Media 5 We demonstrated how JAWS Picture Smart AI can help you access and analyze graphical data represented in charts and images in Excel spreadsheets. Sponsored by: Vispero
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr
20240822 I Love Braille – Braille Fun Originally Broadcasted August 22, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Janet Wright and Linda Pi presented an exciting fun Braille Jeopardy. Sponsored by: East Bay Center for the Blind Access Archives Email Vileen Shah
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr
2024 Summer Olympics with audio description For sixteen days, blind Americans enjoyed access to primetime coverage on NBC of the 2024 Parris Olympics with extensive audio description. Join us for 90 minutes of recap of this amazing event including guests such as Norma Jean Wick and Tony Ambrogio who provided afternoon and evening primetime audio description coverage and Darren Polish who was the morning NBC coverage describer. The Peacock Gold Zone description team also joined us.
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 21 min
20240821 Getting Smart with Smart Glasses – The Meta View App Originally Broadcasted August 21, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Participants joined us as we took a deep dive into the Meta View app. We covered how to set up your glasses and make the best use of the app. And of course there was time for questions.
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr
20240821 Its Electric Originally Broadcasted August 21, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Participants talked about the small kitchen appliances they love so much: from blenders to Instant Pots and everything in between! Attendees brought their questions, tips, resources, recipes and accessible appliance recommendations!
Aug 21, 2024•51 min
20240820 Homophones with Mary Haupt Originally Broadcasted August 20, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Homophones are words that sound alike but differ in meaning and spelling. Examples: "B O A R D" and "B O R E D" or "H E A L" and "H E E L".
Aug 20, 2024•54 min
20240820 Unmute Presents Originally Broadcasted August 20, 2024, on ACB Media 5 The Unmute Presents team was ready to resolve your tech queries or guide you to find answers yourself, across Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. Sponsored by: Unmute Presents Access Unmute Presents Podcasts
Aug 20, 2024•57 min
20240820 Herbies community Cooking Corner Originally Broadcasted August 20, 2024, on ACB Media 5 This time: Sun Tea, Dark Chocolate Cashew Bark Fudge, and no Bake Reese’s cheesecake. Ingredients were posted to the Cooks list. Subscribe to the ACB Cooks email list Email the ACB Cooks
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 3 min
20240819 Harambee – Meat the Team! Originally Broadcasted August 19, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Participants Met our newest Harambee Call team members. They learned what goes on behind the scenes and enjoyed some lively discussion. Join our email list
Aug 19, 2024•55 min
20240819 Sports Roundtable Originally Broadcasted August 19, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Participants joined the Sports Spelunkers as they highlighted the wonderful, wide, and wacky world of (primarily) US team sports.
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr
20240819 The Jewish Hour Originally Broadcasted August 19, 2024, on ACB Media 5 The Jewish Hour welcomed Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg who discussed growing up as a Sephardic Jew. Subscribe to the Jewish Hour email list.
Aug 19, 2024•56 min
Originally aired in Zoom, ACB media 5 and Clubhouse on August 19, 2024, Tyson takes the class on beginning with Outlook. He covers the mail tab to include creating a new email message to a single individual or multiple recipients, replying to an individual or all, forwarding an email, and navigating the folder structure of the mail tab. All music provided by Jason Shaw of Audionautix www.audionaughtix.com This podcast is powered by Pinecast ....
Aug 19, 2024•56 min
20240818 ACB Membership Focus Call–All About ACB Originally Broadcasted August 18, 2024, on ACB Media 6 Our membership focus call was on “Questions ACB convention participants might have about ACB.” The focus explained what ACB all is about especially to first timers or new participants. Speakers included Sheila Young, past president of the Florida Council of the Blind, Janet Dickelman, ACB of Minnesota, and Cassie Trosper, Veterans of ACB president. Sponsored by: ACB Membership Committee...
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr 1 min
20240817 Basic iPhone Class Originally Broadcasted August 17, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Whether you're new to the iPhone or have used one for years, participants joined us with their questions and problems. We try to help you use your phone more effectively and efficiently.
Aug 17, 2024•57 min
20240817 Blindness prematurity call Originally Broadcasted August 17, 2024, on ACB Media 5 For those born earlier than their due date due to RLF or now ROP.
Aug 17, 2024•57 min
20240816 Its Play Time Originally Broadcasted August 16, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Meka and Cindy welcomed participants to join in for another fun Friday night filled with games and laughter.
Aug 16, 2024•57 min
20240816 In Perspective Originally Broadcasted August 16, 2024, on ACB Media 5 This episode featured Lori Scharff, Certified Work Incentive Practitioner Sponsored by: Branco Events
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr
20240815 Financial Sense – Bouncing Back to Budgeting Originally Broadcasted August 15, 2024, on ACB Media 5 This month Penny Forward went back to school and back to budgeting. To help us get back on the budget wagon we talked about how to bounce back from setbacks. Sponsored by: Penny Forward
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr
20240815 I Love Braille Originally Broadcasted August 15, 2024, on ACB Media 5 This week, one participant shared his or her experience with learning and using braille. Sponsored by: East Bay Center for the Blind Access Archives Email Vileen Shah
Aug 15, 2024•57 min
20240814 Recipe Swap–Its Summer Dessert Time! Originally Broadcasted August 14, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Our next recipe swap featured summer fruit desserts, so participants brought their peachy keen ideas and your berry delicious desserts to our call. If you don’t have any recipes feel free to come and just say hi.
Aug 14, 2024•32 min
20240814 Smart Glasses – What can they do for you Originally Broadcasted August 14, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Whether you’re amongst the haves, or the Have-Nots, participants joined in for sharing time around the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses.
Aug 14, 2024•57 min
20240813 Hints on Using Homophones Originally Broadcasted August 13, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Participants joined Mary Haupt to learn about homophones — words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings. Examples: "B O A R D" and "B O R E D" or "H E A R D" and "H E R D."
Aug 13, 2024•53 min
20240813 Games to Play with Lady A Originally Broadcasted August 13, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Lucy loves to play games, so participants found out about new games to play with their Lady A devices.
Aug 13, 2024•59 min
20240813 Unmute Presents Originally Broadcasted August 13, 2024, on ACB Media 5 The Unmute Presents team was ready to resolve your tech queries or guide you to find answers yourself, across Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. Sponsored by: Unmute Presents Access Unmute Presents Podcasts
Aug 13, 2024•50 min
Originally aired in Zoom, ACB media 5 and Clubhouse on August 12, 2024, Tyson Takes the class on an overview of the File explorer. He covers changing the opening view location, how to navigate the tree view and item view panes, creating folders and moving them. He also gives out his personal tip on creating Office files from within a folder for expediency and never needing to go through the backstage view when saving for the first time. All music provided by Jason Shaw of Audionautix www.audiona...
Aug 12, 2024•56 min
20240812 Bookability Originally Broadcasted August 12, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Are you interested in learning more about Libby and how to get access to more audio and eBooks through your local library? Participants joined us as Shannon Dyer and Meka white take you through the beginning setup and layout of the Libby app. Please also join the announce-only Bookability list by sending a blank email to bookability+subscribe@groups.io...
Aug 12, 2024•56 min
20240812 Sports Roundtable Originally Broadcasted August 12, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Participants joined the Sports Spelunkers as they highlighted the wonderful, wide, and wacky world of (primarily) US team sports.
Aug 12, 2024•59 min
20240810 Basics With BITS Originally Broadcasted August 10, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Participants joined BITS, as we get down to basics, and provide a gentle helping hand to assist you in becoming more confident when using your technology. The most common question asked on the ACB community is “is this program recorded?.” We answered this question fully and showed participants how to access the ACB Community podcasts using a variety of devices and how to find them on the ACB media website....
Aug 11, 2024•56 min
20240810 Doing Braille Digitally Originally Broadcasted August 10, 2024, on ACB Media 5 all about digital braille and braille displays. By request from participants to the call, we were pleased to bring participants a presentation this week by Austin Nix, a teacher of the visually impaired, here to talk about learning braille for students in this day and age and how this differs from the past. Email us at doingbrailledigitally@gmail.com...
Aug 11, 2024•53 min
