Sound Prints

Virtual reality glasses in the workplace; enhanced ID's - requirements, costs, who needs them and more

Orbit Reader news; more accessibility with Apple; meet a racehorse trainer up close and personal

Highlights from the Kentucky School for the Blind 2019 commencement program Commencement

New bags and totes at the ACB Mini Mall; Friends in Art in the spotlight; a new accessible cell phone for people who are blind, low vision, or hearing impaired; new video game for the blind coming soon

ACB supports new ABLE Act; meet Ron Brooks - the person, the transportation professional, and the chair of the ACB Board of Publications and the ACB Transportation Committee; Voices from Around the World with Sandra Sermons, ACB International Relations Committee chair

ADA Notification bill; Xbox braille controller; new job at the ballpark; Kentucky School for the Blind Founder's Day

The 2019 ACB conference and Convention in Rochester - the latest updates, sponsored discounts, and details about all things convention with Janet Dickelman, ACB Convention Co-ordinator

50th anniversary of the Kentucky Talking Book Library - speakers include Barbara Penigor, Director of the library; Michael Martys from NLS; Derrick Ramsey, former NFL quarterback and Secretary of the KY Education Cabinet; Kentucky's Lieutenant Governor; author Virginia Smith; and others.

Building membership in your affiliate or chapter; 2018 NLS braille and talking book library statistics; new Nintendo gaming accessibility; sounds increase safety in electric vehicles; healthier menu options at fast-food restaurants

ACB Board member Dan Dillon talks membership recruitment and fundraising at the 2019 KCB Crossroads conference; profile of ACB Board member, Jeff Bishop, and his work with Microsoft

Hulu adds audio-described content; source for low-cost, high-quality hearing aids; gene therapy research for retinitis pigmentosa

Meet Nancy Christine Feela from the ACB Minneapolis office and learn about her family's maple syrup-making operation; learn membership recruitment and retention techniques to help you grow your chapter or organization at the 2019 Kentucky Council of the Blind Crossroads Conference - all the details are here

From the Sound Prints archive: Dan Spoone - growing up visually impaired,, working at Cinderella's Castle in Disneyworld, running a pizza parlor, joining the corporate world, to ACB First Vice President

Talking Books - A Kentucky Perspective; personal and family histories - preserving early childhood memories

KCB visits Capitol Hill about low vision, diabetes, Medicare and autonomous vehicles; tips for writing your personal and family history

child actors in American Printing House for the Blind Braille Reader's Theater; recommended books from Page Turners

tours at ACB national convention; new administrators and more services at the Kentucky Department of Blind Services; projects and activities of the Kentucky Council of the Blind and its chapters, ACB Lions, ACB Families, and Library Users of America; accessibility for blind diabetics of the Freestyle Libra glucose monitoring system

United States is 50th nation to officially join the Marrakesh treaty; low vision equipment, accessible devices for diabetics, and autonomous vehicles - major legislative imperatives for ACB visit to Capitol Hill; a Super Bowl party at Perkins, KSB student writes award-winning play, audio description around the world, and emoji recognizing people with disabilities

Marrakesh Treaty sent to WIPO; new way to listen to the weekly ACB Advocacy update; news about Nearby Explorer, the wayfinding app from APH; how live plays and musicals are audio described

Court requires accessibility on Domino Pizza website; questions to ask your doctor after a diagnosis; free offer from Aira; how to find helpful and fun books, such as those by Joey Green, on Bookshare.org