ACB Events

Join Matt Vollbrecht, Certified Apple Teacher for this session as we explore Apple Books with Voiceover. Learn about different kinds of digital books. See how easy it is to purchase new books from the Apple Books Store. Learn how to navigate and read your favorite books, create bookmarks, highlights, and notes. See how to select text in books, share passages, look up words in the Dictionary, and so much more. Learn about interactive books, audio books, read-aloud books, and even learn how easy it is to save your PDFs and other favorites to Apple Books for later reading.

Come to learn about and discuss various technology topics. These could include learning about iPhone and iPad apps, feature demonstrations, as well as answering questions asked by participants. Shawn Thiel from ACB of Ohio will do his best to ensure that audio from the iOS device, computer, Victor Reader stream, Etc. is put through his mixer to be as clear as possible.

Tired of routes? Looking for an outdoor adventure? Here’s your opportunity! North American Association of Blind Sportsmen (NAABS) is a nonprofit that challenges the blind/visually impaired community of America to take on outdoor hunting, fishing, and camping adventures packed with enough good vibes to last a lifetime. Join Lance Mathena, founder and President for this exciting presentation. www.naabs.org. https://www.facebook.com/naabs.org/?modal=admin_todo_tour. https://www.facebook.com/Adaptive-Pursuits-TV-106836044188466/?modal=adm...

Come and hear how you can raise funds for your affiliate and ACB. Join members of the ACB MMS, Monthly Monetary Support program() to get all the info.

Meka and Cindy welcome you to join in for another fun Friday night filled with games and laughter.

Hear the latest happenings from the ACB Radio team from june 26, 2020.

This week Apple held its annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), and thousands of people tuned in to learn about what’s coming in this year’s new software releases. Join Matt Vollbrecht, Certified Apple teacher for this session to hear all about what to expect with iOS 14 and much more. We will discuss new features, device compatibility, expected release dates, beta testing, and much more. If you are a fan of all things Apple, you won’t want to miss this awesome session!

Spatial concepts are prevalent in the STEM fields as such problem-solving relies largely on one’s spatial thinking abilities. External representations often serve as cognitive aids for spatial reasoning tasks. Research has shown that performance on tasks that rely on spatial thinking are not dependent on the modality of learning, yet most of the mechanisms and tools that have been developed to support spatial reasoning rely on vision. Ms. Alexa F. Siu’s work as a PhD student has looked at ways to increase access to STEM concepts for people who are blind or visually impaired by investigating how we can leverage other modalities to complement and enhance learning and manipulation of spatial concepts. She will discuss two projects that investigate the use of tactile and auditory modalities to increase access to spatial information motivated by two domains: (1) 3D design and (2) data visualizations.

Over the next few weeks Blind Pride International will be holding discussions around the popular genres of both multi-media and print fiction, this week we will talk about our favorite sci-fi movies, TV series, and literature. We will also discuss our favorite science fiction characters on the LBGTQ+ spectrum.

New BPI member Byron Lee will take the helm and guide us through all of his favorite sci-fi universes. Together we'll battle killer robots, fight in epic space battles, go back in time, and defeat the dark side! Join our crew and tell us about your favorite science fiction stories. We'll see you on Wednesday, set your phasers for FUN!

Join Rachel and Tyson for part 2 of the discussion about windows based screen readers, with this session focusing on Microsoft Narrator. They will also touch on the different browsers commonly used including the newest Microsoft Edge, and then hold an open Q&A for your screen reader and browser questions.