The radio show which my wife Nancy and I host, called Viewpoints, recently featured JAWS and refreshable braille displays. Below is more information about this weekly radio show / podcast along with information on where you can go to download each show or listen to it.
Feel free to pass this information along to others who might be interested in this podcast featuring tips, discussions, and information about living with low vision. Here is more info: We are excited to tell you about a new program on WXXI Reachout Radio beginning Wednesday, January 5th at 5:00 p.m. On Wednesday, January 5th (repeated Sunday 1/9) at 5:00 p.m. we bring you a brand new program - ViewPoints, with Nancy and Pete Torpey. For some time we've wanted to bring you a show that tells you about technology and services that may help you deal with vision loss. Then one day a listener said to me, "I hear about all these things, but I don't use them because I just don't know enough about them." And another listener said, "There's so much out there for us. We just need to know what is available." And with those two concepts, the program was born. ViewPoints is a weekly, half hour program that will include some simple tips for daily living, the presentation of a low tech item - a high tech item, and a focus topic. Topics include things like screen magnification, cell phones, speech synthesizers, the National Library Service, refreshable braille devices, on-line shopping, money identification, Tell Me telephone system, accessible games, audio reading materials and how to download podcasts and other audio file formats. There's something for everyone on ViewPoints. The Hosts: The Torpeys are both PhD's and retired from Xerox. Nancy is sighted and Pete is blind, and they've been learning together for many years. When he was working, Pete tested the quality control of color printers - something pretty amazing for a man with vision loss. Through his years at Xerox he has worked to develop all the equipment he needed to do his job independently - and we'll hear from much of his life experience in these programs. Pete and Nancy have two adult children, and they love to travel, hike and enjoy music together. The flavor of the program is very personal and you'll get to know and love Nancy and Pete right away. So I hope you'll tune in each week on Wednesday or Sunday at 5:00 p.m. for ViewPoints on WXXI Reachout Radio. The URL for subscribing to the podcasts or listening directly is: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wxxi/.jukebox?action=viewPodcast&podcastId =19710 ViewPoints 1109 03-02-11 This week hosts Peter Torpey and Nancy Goodman Torpey discuss using a screen reader and/or a refreshable Braille display for accessing a computer, identifying money (folding paper money, feeling coins, using scanners, .) and various types of earphones (on ear & in ear, noise cancelling, built-in radio, wireless, Bluetooth). For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected]
