Sound Prints – March 26, 2017

Blind and low vision customers can’t order food at new high-tech restaurants; court cases against inaccessible high-tech restaurant and vending machines; Supreme Court decision helps disabled students; technology industry for the disabled expected to mushroom in the coming years

Sound Prints – March 19, 2017

resources for accessible on-line books, including Kindle and Kindle app; American Printing House for the Blind Braille Reader’s Theater; UC Berkeley decides to remove free video and audio from iTunes U rather than make files accessible

Sound Prints – March 12, 2017

Cooking with an air fryer; legislation and advocacy in 2017; First-timer and Leadership Fellows Awards available for the 2017 ACB Conference and Convention in Reno

Sound Prints – March 5, 2017

New Kentucky low vision affiliate, Kentucky Office for the Blind Executive Director retires, applications for two GDUI First-Timers announced, and CCLVI to award video magnifiers; excerpts from ACB Executive Director report at Midyear; entertaining and useful Alexa skills for the Amazon Echo and Dot

Sound Prints – February 26, 2017

audio description awards; gardening – a hobby for people with low vision; Supreme Court decision – guide dogs can go to school; books on technology; calendar of events

Sound Prints – February 12, 2017

Become an ACB Leadership Fellow at the 2017 ACB Conference and Convention in Reno; new low vision group in Kentucky; accessible TV and solving issues with structured negotiations; upcoming events

Sound Prints – February 5, 2017

Facebook enhances picture descriptions; 175th anniversary and essay contest at the Kentucky School for the Blind; sneak peek at the 2017 ACB national conference and convention in Reno; demo of Pandora, TuneIn and iHeartMedia on Alexa; calendar of events

Sound Prints – January 29, 2017

new phone scam and top scams from 2016; author Lynne Raimondo and the Library Users of America (LUA); new cooking activities from the Greater Louisville Council of the Blind and easy recipes; accessible forms and publications from the IRS; the Sound Prints calendar.

Sound Prints – January 22, 2017

Jobs for blind people at the US Census Bureau; new low vision group forming in Kentucky; memories of Talking Book narrator Milton Metz

Sound Prints – January 15, 2017

Announcements about scholarships, audio description of inauguration day, and passing of Talking Book narrator Milton Metz; Alexa vs. Siri with Brian Charlson; calendar of events

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