Blind Bargains Audio: Featuring the BB Qast, Technology news, Interviews, and more

Blind Bargains Audio: Featuring the BB Qast, Technology news, Interviews, and more


Latest Episodes

Blind Bargains Qast 140: Perky Duck Marble Slides
April 13, 2018

Our first show back in the various studios around the U.S. and we even have a guest joining us for valium medicine the whole episode. Steve Clower of Desmos joins us to talk about Screen Reader friendly math, equations, graphs and more. He even throws in

Blind Bargains Qast 139: The Almost Live #CSUNATC18 Wrap-up Show, the Devil's Triangle
April 06, 2018

And now the podcast you've been waiting for. For the first time ever, we recorded our CSUN wrap-up show live from the Blind Bargains suite in San Diego. Join Shelly Brisbin, Ricky Enger, Chancey Fleet, Joe Steinkamp, and J.J. Meddaugh as they discuss the

#CSUNATC18 Audio: A New NVDA Add-on Can Describe Website Images, Plus Accessible Approaching Buses
April 06, 2018

DescribeIt is an NVDA add-on which uses Microsoft's Computer Vision API to identify graphics on web pages. J.J. speaks with Manshul Belani, Project Associate for the Indian Institute of Technology who explains how the add-on works as well as a system for

#CSUNATC18 Audio: A New ViewPoint in Wearables from Patriot Vision
April 06, 2018

The Patriot ViewPoint is a new wearable that is ideal for people with macular degeneration. To learn more, Shelly speaks with John Palmer, CEO of Patriot Vision in this podcast.

#CSUNATC18 Audio: The Brailliant 14 from Humanware is Now Available
April 05, 2018

It's been a long road to get to this point, but Humanware is ready to ship their new and powerful 14-cell braille display. Joe speaks with Humanware's Andrew Flatters to learn about the 14-cell Brailliant BI along with the latest updates to the BrailleNot

#CSUNATC18 Audio: A new Gesture-based Keyboard for your iPhone from Qwertyfree
April 05, 2018

5-key Shift is a gesture-based keyboard for iOS which can be used to type letters, numbers, and even emojis using simple swipe gestures. Joe speaks with Peter Tooch, CEO of Qwertyfree to learn how this keyboard works and why he thinks it could be a useful

#CSUNATC18 Audio: OCR Comes to the Small Screen on the Optelec Compact 6
April 05, 2018

The Compact 6 from Optelec is a 6-inch video magnifier which also includes full-page reading and OCR capabilities. Shelly speaks with VFO's Northeast Sales Director Bill Kilroy to learn more about this and other recent magnifiers from the company in this

#CSUNATC18 Audio: LS&S is Talking About a Lot of Talking Products and More
April 04, 2018

From a new afordable atomic watch to a higher-end talking digital voice recorder, LS&S had a lot of new gadgets at this year's conference. J.J. speaks with Jason Neeland, Senior Account Manager for LS&S who does a rapid-fire showcase of some of the cool n

#CSUNATC18 Audio: The Smaller, More Portable MyEye 2.0 from OrCam
April 04, 2018

OrCam has released the MyEye 2.0, a smaller and more portable version of its wearable device which can read text, identify products and currency, and recognize faces. Shelly speaks with OrCam Regional Business Development and Sales Manager Anat Nulman and

#CSUNATC18 Audio: Vital Access to Graphics using a Tablet
April 04, 2018

Vital has created a web application that teachers can use to create accesible graphics using vibrations, text-to-speech, and sounds along with a Samsung tablet. J.J. speaks with Corrine Mueller, Cofounder of Vital, to learn more about the company's webapp