Sound Prints

ADA Notification bill; Xbox braille controller; new job at the ballpark; Kentucky School for the Blind Founder’s Day

The 2019 ACB conference and Convention in Rochester – the latest updates, sponsored discounts, and details about all things convention with Janet Dickelman, ACB Convention Co-ordinator

50th anniversary of the Kentucky Talking Book Library – speakers include Barbara Penigor, Director of the library; Michael Martys from NLS; Derrick Ramsey, former NFL quarterback and Secretary of the KY Education Cabinet; Kentucky’s Lieutenant Governor; author Virginia Smith; and others.

Building membership in your affiliate or chapter; 2018 NLS braille and talking book library statistics; new Nintendo gaming accessibility; sounds increase safety in electric vehicles; healthier menu options at fast-food restaurants

ACB Board member Dan Dillon talks membership recruitment and fundraising at the 2019 KCB Crossroads conference; profile of ACB Board member, Jeff Bishop, and his work with Microsoft

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