Sound Prints – January 7, 2018
Looking Back and Looking Ahead in ACB; ACB 2018 scholarships with Denise Colley; gene therapy, facial recognition on Facebook, and new wayfinding with APH
Building Better Tomorrows Today for Kentuckians with Vision Loss
Sound Prints podcast by KCB
Looking Back and Looking Ahead in ACB; ACB 2018 scholarships with Denise Colley; gene therapy, facial recognition on Facebook, and new wayfinding with APH
accessible technology in the skies; app that reads handwriting; gift idea recipe; Christmas with the Council montage with Mitzi Friedlander; Christmas with our Northern Kentucky and Owensboro chapters
New Able accounts for people on limited incomes; David Trott’s banquet speech at the 2017 KCB convention; Michael Cleveland, KSB 1999 graduate, nominated for Grammy
Play dates from Imagine Blind Players; Bill Hollander and David Trott address the 2017 convention of the Kentucky Council of the Blind; the Accessibilible Cities project from the American Printing House for the Blind; Kentucky Talking Book Library wins KCB Community Service Award; Kim Charlson writes about Roundabout in the ACB E-Forum
Council Christmas parties; ACB Radio Holiday Auction rules and item preview
New members of the KCB Board; future of Kentucky services for the blind; preserving photos and old tape recordings
New items in the ACB Mini Mall; latest news about the Blindfold Games with Marty Schulz; FireFox accessibility issues, Re-introduction of the Cogswell-Macy Act, brief look at tax reform, and tactile fireworks at Disney
KCB convention updates; presentation by Lion Jack Lenk, the first totally blind Lions District Governor in the St. Louis area; triplets who are blind receive Boy Scout Eagle awards; GM tests driverless cars; new crosswalk in Iceland; bakery run by the visually impaired
Hit a Home Run with KCB at the upcoming 44th annual conference and convention; Eric Bridges, ACB Executive Director, discusses oral testimony submitted in accessible currency case; Penny Reeder, president of Guide Dog Users Inc, discusses problems related to service dogs
Stipend for KCB convention; new text-reading app; NLS projects will make reading easier; new gene therapy treatment helps people with rare form of RP; web accessibility and the courts; new text-to-braille device under development