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Listen to Bruce Wallick's selections of current technical topics and trends and stories of inspiration and success for those with vision impairments.

Current Technical Clips
TitlePodcast DescriptionAuthor/ReaderDuration
Seeing Emotions, Mail & Movies - 05/03/2010"New technology helps visually impaired to 'see' emotions" physorg.com; "Receiving Social Security mail" McClatchy-Tribune News; "WGBH helps find audio described DVDs" by Michael McCarty; "Student filmmakers capture a world they know and can't see" by Linda MatchanReader: Bruce Wallick00:16:35
Movies, audioguides & gadgets 04/24/2010"A milestone in movies for the blind" by Amy Kaufman; "woices.com: Location-based audioguides" fredshead.com; "iBill money identifier review" access4us.us; "Doctor I'm seeing spots" by Laura Legendary; "Kids audio stories" blind-planet.comReader: Bruce Wallick00:15:10
Gadget & Tech Reviews 04/11/2010"Bionic sight for blind" by Ron Leuty; "iPad Review for Blind" by WaldorfPC; "12 Ingenious Gadgets" by Steph; "Blind Man to Graduate in I.T." by Kristi L. Nelson; "LookTel: Future of mobile accessibility" by Matilda ZieglerReader: Bruce Wallick00:23:37
Displays, ATMs, PDFs, Bionics & Games - 04/03/2010"Audio-Tactile Graphics" by Clara Van Gerven nfb.org; "Full page Braille displays" Michelle Bryner technewsdaily.org; "B of A Talking ATMs" money.cnn.com; "WebbIE Accessible PDF" Robert Kingette matildaziegler.com; "Prototype Bionic Eye" healthcosmo.com; "Accessible Rubik's Cube" matildaziegler.comReader: Bruce Wallick00:22:52
Hi-Tech & Inspiration 03/26/2010"LookTel SmartPhone" by Mary Anne Simpson, physorg.com; "Pearl Portable Reading solution" from accesstechnews.com; "Skiing/Shooting Blind Athletes" teamusa.org; "iPad Camera hopes" from blindphotographers.org; "Talking barcode scanner" from envisionamerica.comReader: Bruce Wallick00:17:27
Technology, Support & Inspiration 03/20/2010"Blind man hikes alone."; "BrainPort helps soldier see with tongue." by Catherine Paddock; "New Teaching Tools" by Sharita Forrest; "Visually impaired skiers & guides" by Daniel Girard; "Visually impaired Alpine racer crashes" from the Montreal GazetteReader: Bruce Wallick00:20:54
3D T.V. Technology 03/13/2010"Info and Answers: Three dimensional television. Three articles describing the technology and required equipment." by Stephen HopkinsReader: Bruce Wallick00:15:50
Movie Assistive Technology 05/12/2009Assistive Technology: "Technologies help more enjoy movies." by Marta Hepler Drahos from Record-Eagle.comReader: Mike Vaughn00:05:54
Two iPhone Articles 05/04/2009"Report: iPhone 3.0 May Include Voice Recognition" by Dan Moren, Macworld.com, "New iPhone app helps visually impaired" by Chris Higgins, NeoSeeker.comReader: Mike Vaughn00:04:43
Short Articles from Walyou.com 04/28/2009"Braille language E-Book Reader" by Jai, "Braille language label maker" by Ruchi, "Braille electronic imaging" by Eran AbramsonReader: Mike Vaughn00:04:29
Tech Blamed for Braille Illiteracy 04/14/2009Tech Clips: "Braille Illiteracy Report has Some Blaming Technology" by William Loeffler, Pittsburghlive.comReader: Mike Vaughn00:05:43
The Kindle (part 2) 03/31/2009Mike reads Steve Murphy's review of the Kindle reader. From PerpetualPost.com.Reader: Mike Vaughn00:04:48
The Kindle (part 1) 03/24/2009Mike reads Steve Murphy's review of the Kindle reader. From PerpetualPost.com.Reader: Mike Vaughn00:16:51
Magnification Equipment 03/09/2009Tech Clips: "Magnification equipment help the visually impaired to read" by Clare Howard at uticaod.comReader: Mike Vaughn00:06:01
Moshi IVR Alarm Clock 02/17/2009Tech Clips: "Moshi IVR Alarm Clock Honored with Vision Free Award" by Jayashree Adkoli and Michelle Robart for TMCnetReader: Mike Vaughn00:03:29
GPS For Visually Impaired 02/03/2009Tech Clips: "Visually impaired on right path with GPS" by Jennifer Latson, Houston ChronicleReader: Mike Vaughn00:04:20
Video Games For Visually Impaired 01/27/2009Tech Clips: "New Video Game Lets Visually Impaired Share The Fun" from MIT, "Visually Impaired Benefit From Video Games" from Medical News TodayReader: Mike Vaughn00:05:37
Accessible Technology 01/20/2009Tech Clips: "Making technology accessible to blind" by Miguel Helft, New York TimesReader: Mike Vaughn00:07:24
Gadgets For Blind 01/13/2009Tech Clips: "Tech Firms to Develop More Gadgets for the Blind" from RedOrbit.comReader: Mike Vaughn00:03:48
Touch Sight Camera 12/30/2008Tech Clips: "Touch Sight camera for the blind displays photos using Braille," by Nilay PatelReader: Mike Vaughn00:03:14
Sat-Nav For Blind 12/23/2008Tech Clips: "Sat-Nav for blind 'not a gimmick,'" by Malcolm Moore in Rome, for the Telegraph (UK)Reader: Mike Vaughn00:02:08
Braille Display 12/02/2008Tech Clips: "Prototype affordable Braille display in development," by Chris WilliamsReader: Mike Vaughn00:07:12
Visual Technology Lesson 11/25/2008Tech Clips: "Visually impaired receive technology lesson," by Linda Conner LambeckReader: Mike Vaughn00:03:33

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