Tek Talk

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Tek Talk episodes

September 04, 2024 Tek Talk welcomes participants to share their suggestions and requests for future Tek Talk programs. 08/26/2024
As we all know, technology changes continuously with a multitude of new products and accessibility features available. Please bring your suggestions and requests for topics you want discussed in future Tek Talk programs.
Presenter Contact Info
Open forum

52 min
August 27, 2024 Tek Talk welcomes a panel to discuss the Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer Smart Glasses from a blind users perspective. 08/19/2024
The four panelists discussing these glasses will be Jeff Bishop, Michael Babcock, Michael Doise, and Taylor Arndt.
Presenter Contact Info
Jeff Bishop Email: [email protected]
Michael Babcock Email: [email protected]
Michael Doise Email: [email protected]
Taylor Arndt Email: [email protected]

59 min
August 13, 2024 Tek Talk welcomes Everette Bacon, VP of Blindness Initiatives and Jenine Stanley, Director of Customer Success and Engagement, of Aira to discuss its new features announced at the national conventions in July. 08/12/2024
Access AI, our new image description tool, is now available to everyone. We’ll give you some tips about how to use it. We’ll also tell you about our Build AI project and how you can use Aira free and help construct the next generation of AI. That’s not all though. There’s a smart glasses testing pilot, RIM and pricing info plus contests. Learn more about Aira at https://aira.io or call our Customer Care team at 1-800-835-1934.
Presenter Contact Info
Everette Bacon, Aira VP of Blindness Initiatives
Email: [email protected]
Jenine Stanley, Aira Director of Customer Success and Engagement
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://aira.io

55 min
August 13, 2024 Tek Talk welcomes Barry Scheur to discuss the latest version and features of the Orbit Speak. 08/05/2024
Presenter Contact Info
Email: [email protected]
Product website: http://www.orbitresearch.com/product/orbit-speak/

1 hr 1 min
July 30, 2024 Tek Talk welcomes a panel discussing the ACB convention and those displaying at the Exhibit Hall. 07/29/2024
Tek Talk welcomes a panel discussing the ACB convention and those displaying at the Exhibit Hall.
Presenter Contact Info
None

54 min
June 30, 2024 Tek Talk welcomes Janet Dickelman, National Convention Coordinator, American Council of the Blind, to discuss the 2024 ACB Convention. 06/03/2024
Want to know about the 2024 ACB National Convention? Join Janet Dickelman, ACB convention coordinator, Saint Paul, MN to find out. Learn about the General Sessions, the Affiliate presentations, the exhibit hall, and the tours. If you can not be there in person, learn how you can listen as a part of The ACB Media Network. There will be time for questions.
Presenter Contact Info
Email: [email protected]
Convention website: https://www.acbconvention.org/
1 hr 1 min
June 23, 2024 Tek Talk welcomes Don Olson and Zhi Huang of NLS to discuss the new BARD website. 06/17/2024
The BARD website has recently been updated to offer NLS patrons expanded functionality and will serve as a gateway to expanded services in the future. NLS patrons are able to search for and discover BARD books and magazines better than ever before.
Some of the features of the new website include:
• A reorganization of the Wish List, Reading History, Subscriptions, and Account Settings under one menu.
• Book lists such as Recently Added Books and Magazines, Most Popular Downloads, and Wish Lists have new sorting capabilities, patrons can search through these lists, and refine the results by format, language, and subject.
• BARD uses an updated Solar search engine, so finding books is now easier than ever before.
• Perform Advanced searches to look through the catalog, including the world’s largest Braille music collection.
Join Don Olson and Zhi Huang from NLS for a demonstration of the new BARD website!
Presenter Contact Info
Don Olson and Zhi Huang from the Patron Engagement Section
Zhi Huang Email: [email protected]
Don Olson Email: [email protected]

1 hr 8 min
June 13, 2024 Tek Talk welcomes Humanware’s Peter Tucic, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Mathieu Paquette, Product Manager, to discuss the StellarTrek, the AI-powered GPS device. 06/10/2024
Peter Tucic and Mathieu Paquette from HumanWare join us today to talk about the StellarTrek, the AI-powered GPS device from HumanWare. Since its launch in August 2022, the StellarTrek has seen many additions to its lineup of features, including a barcode reader, color detection, and most recently, crosswalk detection. Come hear about why the StellarTrek is the perfect companion for the blind traveler!
Presenter Contact Info
Peter’s Email: [email protected]
Mathieu’s Email: [email protected]

1 hr 3 min
June 04, 2024 Tek Talk welcomes Dave Wilkinson to discuss Race Across America and the technology and other wizardry used for it. 05/20/2024
Next month, Dave and his tandem pilot Jim Trout will become the first tandem solo team to complete Race Across America (RAAM) with a blind rider on the tandem. RAAM is a 3,000-mile bike race from coast to coast across the US. The race has 31 miles of vertical climbing and must be completed in under 12 days.
Presenter Contact Info
Bio: Dave is a Senior Digital Accessibility Analyst for Hilton, tireless advocate for braille, and an accomplished endurance athlete. Dave has completed over 30 marathons, 3 Ironman triathlons, and tons of other races of varying lengths and levels of difficulty. A good friend once described Dave as a good idea taken a step too far, which is now his life mantra.
1 hr
May 28, 2024 Mystery Book Discussion Group to discuss The raging storm DB116366 by Ann Cleeves. 05/26/2024
The NLS annotation follows:

The raging storm DB116366
Cleeves, Ann Reading time: 9 hours, 50 minutes.
Jack Holden

Suspense Fiction
LGBTQ+
Mystery and Detective Stories

“When Jem Rosco—sailor, adventurer, and legend—blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. But just as abruptly as he arrived, Rosco disappears again, and soon his lifeless body is discovered in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, a place with legends of its own. This is an uncomfortable case for Detective Inspector Matthew Venn. Greystone is a place he visited as a child, a community he parted ways with. Superstition and rumor mix with fact as another body is found, and Venn finds his judgment clouded. As the winds howl, and Venn and his team investigate, he realizes that no one, including himself, is safe from Scully Cove’s storm of dark secrets.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

You can find this book on Bookshare at the following website:
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/5635986?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9tb2R1bGVOYW1lPXB1YmxpYyZrZXl3b3JkPXRoZSUyQnJhZ2luZyUyQnN0b3Jt

1 hr 5 min

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