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Teachavision
By Screenless AlliesEducation
Teachavision episodes
- Teachavision Number 27: Dancing with the Dots (part 7)
Welcome to the penultimate part of the interview with Bill McCann, founder of Dancing Dots! On episode 27, it's all about what the future of Dancing Dots looks like, along with messages to future blind musicians and business people! Also, singing like a robot? All this and more on episode 27, of Teachavision, by Screenless Allies!
Links Of InterestDancing Dots"
All you need to know about Screen ReadersDuxburyThank you for checking out Teachavision, by Screenless Allies! If you wish to know more about us:
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14 min - Teachavision Number 26: Dancing with the Dots (Part 6)
Welcome to another episode of Teachavision! On this part of the interview with Bill McCann, founder of Dancing Dots, we talk about mainstream audio applications! How has accessibility evolved? How has music production changed? Find out on this episode of Teachavision, by Screenless Allies!
Links of InterestSonar (no longer supported by Dancing Dots)
ReaperLogic, The Mac equivalent for Sonar/ReaperThe ClavenovaThe new talking keyboard, Komplete Kontrol for computers!The blind singer who used Sonar to creat his albumsThank you for checking out Teachavision, by Screenless Allies! If you wish to know more about us:
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12 min - Teachavision Number 25: Dancing With The Dots (Part 5)
Welcome to episode 25 of Teachavision! On this part of the interview with Mr. Bill McCann, it's all about user experiences when using the Goodfeel suite of products! We also have a bit of an embarrassing story of yours truly, Jose, when he first went into the technology craze, but it involved breaking a baille embosser to do it! All this ane more, on episode 25 of Teachavision, by Screenless Allies!
Links of InterestDancing Dots Website
The braille printer I tinkered with that needed to be taken to the hospitalThank you for checking out Teachavision, by Screenless Allies! If you wish to know more about us:
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12 min - Teachavision Number 24: Dancing With The Dots (Part 4)
Welcome to Episode 24, of Teachavision! We continue the interview with the founder of Dancing Dots, Bill McCann. Here, he will be telling us how his idea of starting a company came to be, and the hurdles he had to go through to get this started! All this and more, on episode 24, on Teachavision!
Links Of InterestDancing Dots
DuxburyMore Information on braille displaysWhat is a screen reader?Thank you for checking out Teachavision, by Screenless Allies! If you wish to know more about us:
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14 min - Teachavision Bonus Number 1: Santa Claus Is Coming To Play
Welcome to a Teachavision Bonus! On this episode, we switch gears for Christmas, by introducing you to how we the blind entertain ourselves! the sighted have video games, we the blind have audio games! Since it's Christmas at the time of publishing, we will demonstrate two games! both of them to do with Christmas! Stay tuned and find out how Santta beats up elves, and then self destructs!
Links Of Interest-Kringle Crash, The game](http://blastbay.com/kringle_crash.php) (The great toy Robbery The Screenless Holiday Gift Guide
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20 min - Teachavision Number 23: Dancing With the Dots (Part 3)Welcome to episode 23 of Teachavision! In part 3 of the interview with Bill McCann, founder of Dancing dots, we go into more details about how he started in music, plus the obstacles you face as a blind musician. Also, has the role of the teacher of the visually impaired changed any since his school days? Find out on this episode of Teachavision, by Screenless Allies!
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15 min - Teachavision Number 22: Dancing with the Dots (Part 2)
Welcome to part 2, of the interview with Mr. Bill McCann, founder of Dancing Dots! On this episode, we talk all things technology back in the 1970's to mid 1990's! We look at a tactile device that would display print letters, along with the evolution of the screen reader for computers. All this and more, right here! On Teachavision! We'd Like to once again thank Mr. McCann, for allowing us to interview him for this podcast!
Links Of InterestDancing Dots Website
Optacon in actionThe Old JAWS screen reader site from 1996, thanks to Wayback MachineThe history of Henter Joyce, now called Freedom ScientificThe Perkins Brailler that was a punishment for most blind studentsThe Slate and StylusThank you for checking out Teachavision, by Screenless Allies! If you wish to know more about us:
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13 min - Teachavision Number 21: Dancing with the Dots (Part 1)
Welcome to episode 21, of Teachavision! We have interviewed teachers, and students. We now take you to a whole new level of interview, as I interview Mr. Bill McCann, a totally blind person who founded Dancing Dots, a company that specializes in music creation software for blind and visually impaired musicians, bringing their musical ideas to both talking and braille formats. On this part, it is all about how McCann was as a child, and if it was difficult for him to adjust in the sighted world! All this and more on part 1, of this interview! Right here, on episode 21!
Links of InterestDancing Dots Website Our Dancing dots Software Suite Review The school McCann attended as a child
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17 min - Teachavision Number 20: Post Blindness Unit (Part 2)
PLEASE NOTE:
This episode is about 28 minutes long. Feel free to pause and continue later, if you wish to listen in increments.Welcome to this installment of Teachavision, episode 20! This is part two, of interviewing people that were in the special Populations class I do my annual blindness in education settings presentations at a community college in Borger Texas. We recommend you check out episode 19 first if you have not done so. Today, we have an art lesson, followed by interviewing the teacher that started this adventure! You do NOT want to miss this episode, right here on Teachavision!Links Of Interesta new kind of art, which I have yet to see
turning on VoiceOver on iPhone, and other screen readers on other mobile platformsThank you for checking out Teachavision, by Screenless Allies! If you wish to know more about us:
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29 min - Teachavision Number 19: Post Blindness Unit (Part 1)
Welcome to another Teachavision Installment! In this episode, it is back to the blindness unit! I, Jose, am conducting interviews with some students that participated in these presentations. We will get their perspectives about what they thought before, and after, the presentation about the blind in the classroom.
We highly recommend you listen to episode 11 before listening to this one, in order to get a better understanding on which presentation I am referring to. We hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast!Thank you for checking out Teachavision, by Screenless Allies! If you wish to know more about us:
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About Teachavision
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to Teachavision, where EVERYONE has a different vision of learning!
Teachavision is a production of Screenless Allies, hosted by Jose Briseño. Here, we bring on different guests and discuss their different visions of learning, as the slogan says. These guests can have a disability or, they could have also made a difference in people with disabilities. Join him as we learn their stories, and learn something new along the way as well! We also have fun along the way, so why not check out what this podcast has to offer? We look forward to having you join us!