Sound Prints – March 31, 2019
Hulu adds audio-described content; source for low-cost, high-quality hearing aids; gene therapy research for retinitis pigmentosa
Building Better Tomorrows Today for Kentuckians with Vision Loss
Sound Prints podcast by KCB
Hulu adds audio-described content; source for low-cost, high-quality hearing aids; gene therapy research for retinitis pigmentosa
Meet Nancy Christine Feela from the ACB Minneapolis office and learn about her family’s maple syrup-making operation; learn membership recruitment and retention techniques to help you grow your chapter or organization at the 2019 Kentucky Council of the Blind Crossroads Conference – all the details are here
From the Sound Prints archive: Dan Spoone – growing up visually impaired,, working at Cinderella’s Castle in Disneyworld, running a pizza parlor, joining the corporate world, to ACB First Vice President
Talking Books – A Kentucky Perspective; personal and family histories – preserving early childhood memories
KCB visits Capitol Hill about low vision, diabetes, Medicare and autonomous vehicles; tips for writing your personal and family history
child actors in American Printing House for the Blind Braille Reader’s Theater; recommended books from Page Turners
tours at ACB national convention; new administrators and more services at the Kentucky Department of Blind Services; projects and activities of the Kentucky Council of the Blind and its chapters, ACB Lions, ACB Families, and Library Users of America; accessibility for blind diabetics of the Freestyle Libra glucose monitoring system
United States is 50th nation to officially join the Marrakesh treaty; low vision equipment, accessible devices for diabetics, and autonomous vehicles – major legislative imperatives for ACB visit to Capitol Hill; a Super Bowl party at Perkins, KSB student writes award-winning play, audio description around the world, and emoji recognizing people with disabilities
Marrakesh Treaty sent to WIPO; new way to listen to the weekly ACB Advocacy update; news about Nearby Explorer, the wayfinding app from APH; how live plays and musicals are audio described
Court requires accessibility on Domino Pizza website; questions to ask your doctor after a diagnosis; free offer from Aira; how to find helpful and fun books, such as those by Joey Green, on Bookshare.org