Cheryl responds to a question about how to do laundry from a blindness perspective. A few other community members toss in their own tips as Cheryl gives us a comprehensive overview of tackling laundry and the trappings and logistics on a campus, apartment and at home.

 

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Cheryl responds to a question about how to do laundry from a blindness perspective. A few other community members toss in their own tips as Cheryl gives us a comprehensive overview of tackling laundry and the trappings and logistics on a campus, apartment and at home.

Sorting colors from whites, soap choices from gel packs to liquid and dry detergents. Cheryl covers this and there are a lot of good tips in this cast for you to pick and choose from. Be sure to check out more podcasts from our Household category.

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Laundry 101: Tips and Tricks From a Blindness Perspective

[Music]

[Female]

There is something I was thinking about because very soon I should be moving out on my own and stuff, and I was wondering like about washing laundry.

I know most of you blind people probably live on your own or,your partner is blind or something like that, so it’s kind of curious to know like, how as a blind person do you do your laundry on your own, because I can do it, but sorting the clothes out is kind of a challenge so, being the person that I am I don’t like to ask people to be doing this and doing that, to me it gets frustrating.

It’s just that I want to know like, your opinions on what you do to fix this, like do you label your clothes, like colored from white and dark.

Maybe an app on your phone that you could take a picture of it and it tells you what color it is, which I find that will kind of take up a lot of time but, I’m just curious to know how that’s being done?

Welcome to Blind Abilities, I’m Jeff Thompson.

[Music]

Jeff:

And we’ll be hearing from Cheryl talking about laundry.

We get requests sometimes and this one came in and how can you refuse this request.

We hope you enjoy.

[Music]

[Lucy]

Hey everybody it is Lucy or Cheryl.

Today I want to discuss the dreaded topic of laundry and I know a lot of people aren’t really into laundry but unfortunately it’s one of those things that in life we have to do or else it just mounts up like Mount Everest, so let’s tackle it before it gets out of control.

So if this is your first time doing laundry this is sort of who I’m gearing this towards but those who have been doing it a while maybe there’s a couple tips that I could provide to help out with that.

[Laundry sound effects]

[Lucy]

So here’s a few quick tips for you to get started, first of all you want to make sure that you check your pockets before you put your clothes in the laundry.

Make sure you don’t have cellphones or ink pens or anything like that in there because they are either going to be destroyed or they’re going to destroy your laundry.

So make sure you check those pockets.

Next thing is to make sure that your clothes aren’t bunched up when you put them in the laundry.

So make sure your socks are completely unraveled and if they’re all balled up, they’re not going to wash properly, but they’re also not going to dry, so to make sure that stuff dries properly, make sure it’s not all balled up or bunched up.

Next thing is to put your clothes inside out, to preserve the color, and also to protect your shirts that have emblems or writing on them.

Blind Abilities presents a trio from Project Starfish who are collaborating with Blindfold Games in support of the Blindfold Racer National Challenge. Nasreen, Karl, and James  discuss the details around this exciting game contest, slated for October 1 through 14, 2016. There is a brand new game created exclusively for this challenge which is now available in the IOS App Store. Check it out, practice and get ready to go live on October 1st! Spread the word to your friends and win some monetary credit towards the purchase of any of the 45 other Blindfold Games. Ladies and gentlemen… Start Your Engines!

Follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities

Get the Free Blind Abilities App in the App Store!

Blind Abilities presents a trio from Project Starfish who are collaborating with Blindfold Games in support of the Blindfold Racer National Challenge. Nasreen, Karl, and James  discuss the details around this exciting game contest, slated for October 1 through 14, 2016. There is a brand new game created exclusively for this challenge which is now available in the IOS App Store. Check it out, practice and get ready to go live on October 1st! Spread the word to your friends and win some monetary credit towards the purchase of any of the 45 other Blindfold Games. Ladies and gentlemen… Start Your Engines!

Follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities

Get the Free Blind Abilities App in the App store.

Adam Perry left work to learn about his blindness and figure out how he could accept his predicament. He knew his future vision loss was uncertain, but certain. Adam has RP, a degenerative eye disease that can slowly take away one's vision and Adam is quite aware of the changes that are happening and how he has to adjust to the ever changing perspective as he travels the world working on International cultural engagements in the Arts. Join Jeff Thompson at the Local on Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis as he chats with Adam about his Bush Fellowship, Arts Midwest and how he is meeting the challenges whether here or any where in the world.
You can contact Adam via email Here.

Follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities

Pete Lane @Lane7625

Jeff Thompson @JThompson6835

Get the Free Blind Abilities App from the App Store.

Adam Perry left work to learn about his blindness and figure out how he could accept his predicament. He knew his future vision loss was uncertain, but certain. Adam has RP, a degenerative eye disease that can slowly take away one’s vision and Adam is quite aware of the changes that are happening and how he has to adjust to the ever changing perspective as he travels the world working on International cultural Engagements in the Arts. Join Jeff Thompson at the Local on Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis as

he chats with Adam about his Bush Fellowship, Arts Midwest and how he is meeting the challenges whether here or any where in the world.

You can contact Adam via email Here.

Follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities

Pete Lane @Lane7625

Jeff Thompson @JThompson6835

Get the Free Blind Abilities App from the App Store.

Stephen Letnes is a concert pianist and a Film Composer who just happens to be Sight challenged. With over 80 scores and a Christmas movie coming out November 15th, 2016, the last 4 months have been busy, busy, busy. And Stephen likes it that way.

Santa’s Boot Camp is the title Stephen scored entirely and Sony has picked up the movie for a late fall release just in time for the holidays.

From his studies of others playing on YouTube to his classes with the masters Stephen never stops driving for empowering himself with the tools and efficiency to produce his craft quickly and confidently. You can find some of his work on his SoundCloud site name Stephen Letnes or do a search in Pandora, iTunes or your favorite music source.

From Italian romantics to metal driven rages, to emotional soundscapes lying in the background of movies and projects, Stephen is cranking out some top notch material for some top notch movie producers.

Join Stephen Letnes as Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities talk about Stephen’s journey, work ethic and his views on being a composer and being Sight challenged.

You can email Stephen Here

You can also find him on Facebook at Stephen Letnes

Follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities

Pete Lane @Lane7625

Jeff Thompson @JThompson6835

Get the Free Blind Abilities App from the App Store.

Stephen Letnes is a concert pianist and a Film Composer who just happens to be Sight challenged. With over 80 scores and a Christmas movie coming out November 15th, 2016, the last 4 months have been busy, busy, busy. And Stephen likes it that way.

Santa’s Boot Camp is the title Stephen scored entirely and Sony has picked up the movie for a late fall release

just in time for the holidays.

From his studies of others playing on YouTube to his classes with the masters Stephen never stops driving for empowering himself with the tools and efficiency to produce his craft quickly and confidently. You can find some of his work on his SoundCloud site name Stephen Letnes or do a search in Pandora, iTunes or your favorite music source.

From Italian romantics to metal driven rages, to emotional soundscapes lying in the background of movies and projects, Stephen is cranking out some top notch material for some top notch movie producers.

Join Stephen Letnes as Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities talk about Stephen’s journey, work ethic and his views on being a composer and being Sight challenged.

You can email Stephen Here

You can also find him on Facebook at Stephen Letnes

Follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities

Pete Lane @Lane7625

Jeff Thompson @JThompson6835

Get the Free Blind Abilities App from the App Store.

Cheryl macintosh A.K.A. @MoeLucie talks about her passion for sharing her experiences and her knowledge of Nutrition, College Education, Accessibility and how important it is for us to share what we have experienced. Jeff Thompson interviews fellow Blind Abilities team member, Cheryl, finding out what drives her to reach her goals and how she likes to give back to others what she has learned and experienced. 

She is finishing up her Masters Degree at an On-Line University, raising kids, writing blog posts, researching topics of interest and always keeping us at Blind Abilities posted on the latest news. And by the way, when it comes to nutrition, sit back because she is going to take you to school.

Cheryl has a lot of experiences and loves to share as you will find out in this podcast.

You can find Cheryl on Twitter @MoeLucie and she is the Admin on  the Blind Abilities Facebook group.

You can follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities

Jeff Thompson @JThompson6835

Get the Free Blind Abilities App from the App Store.

Blind Abilities Presents, Part 6 - The Process Of Creating A Podcast

Pete Lane shares Part 6 in his series: The Process of Creating A Podcast. Pete has gone through his own, in depth process   of producing a full length project, the completed podcast for which was published on Blind Abilities on May 27, 2016. 

Pete walks through his step by step process, beginning with a recorded Skype interview with Erica Turner. From there Pete demonstrates how he edits and applies various effects using the Amadeus Pro multi-track editing software for the Mac  to enhance the quality of the audio. He splits the recording into separate mono and stereo tracks to further facilitate the use of advanced editing and effects. In this episode, Pete demonstrates how he created the “Outro” or closing segment of the project, using separate music and voice tracks. Join Pete for this short, ten-minute demonstration. As we draw near the end of the series, we’ll explore the use of “transition sounds” to separate topics in the interview and other audio inserts to enhance the message. If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Pete at [email protected]

Stay tuned for Part 7 in the coming weeks! 

Follow us on Twitter @BlindAbilities and Follow Pete @Lane7625