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Amanda joins us to speak about ScripTalk, a fully accessible prescription reader system to help you safely manage your prescriptions independently. Did you know your pharmacy can use the ScripTalk system to make reading your prescription labels fully accessible? Envision America offers a hardware device or smart phone app solution to scan your prescription labels. […]

Join us Monday evening, as members of our Tek Talk Team explore Internet Radio. Today we have so much at our fingertips with radio that can be heard world-wide. What do you listen to and how do you listen? On your PC’s or Mac, on your Phone, Lady A Device, Google Device, Stream? It should

The common denominator during this presentation is devices in our homes which feature Artificial intelligence. Jeff Bishop, Judy Dickson, Larry Gassman, and Peggy Carpenter from (IAC), the ACB Information Access Committee, will talk about Kitchen related devices, security devices, televisions, plus much more. You might be surprised about how many different AI devices are in

We’re all aware of the explosion of podcast content during the past few years. Join us this Monday as a Tek Talk Planning Team panel discusses their favorite podcasts and the players they use to enjoy them and be prepared to share your own.

We all have our favorite apps whether we’re using an iDevice, an Android device, an Amazon Fire device, or a computer running Windows or some other OS. Join us this Monday as a Tek Talk Planning Team panel discusses their favorite apps for various devices and be prepared to share your own. About 10 minutes

Have you ever shopped for a kitchen appliance knowing that it is not equipped with Artificial Intelligence? Later this month we will address appliances that are equipped with AI in our Smart Homes topic but not in this presentation. When you go shopping what questions should you ask the clerk when looking for the appliance

Introduced in JAWS and Fusion 2019, Picture Smart allows you to choose a photo and submit it to be analyzed. A description of the image is then displayed in the Results Viewer. To use Picture Smart, press INSERT+SPACEBAR, followed by P to activate the Picture Smart layer. You can then press A to describe a

Join us on Tek Talk, as we explore the world of Diabetes. One of the fastest growing affiliates for The American Council Of The Blind is ACBDA, ACB Diabetics in Action. Several of their members will be with us to talk about their presentations during the Convention. Join Jeff Bishop, Randy Knapp, Danette Dixon, Becky

Tek Talk welcomes Adi Kushnir and Ron Miller to discuss new developments in the ElBraille world. Adi Kushnir, the ElBraille Product Manager with Elita Group and Ron Miller, Vispero’s Blindness Technology Product Specialist will discuss several ElBraille related topics, including: ElSuite, a suite of forthcoming applications designed to bridge the gap between Microsoft Windows’ mainstream

Apple has Announced major changes across all of their devices. Come learn what is new for your iPhone, iPad, your Apple Watch, Apple TV and your Macc. WWDC was full of exciting announcements this year and we cover it all during this week’s addition of Tech Talk. Our lives will be improved by many of

Want to know about the 2021 virtual ACB National Convention? Join Janet Dickelman, ACB convention coordinator, Saint Paul, MN to find out. Learn about the virtual exhibit hall and the virtual tour channel. She will tell you about sessions from ACB’s special-interest affiliates, ACB committees and ACB business partners. There will be time for questions.

Tek Talk welcomes Earle Harrison, HIMS National Account Manager, to discuss and demonstrate HIMS Braille products such as the QBraille XL braille display and the newest addition to the BrailleSense line of note takers the BrailleSense 6. The QBraille XL is the world’s only braille display that combines a Perkins style keyboard for input with