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BA Teen Cast

BA Teen Cast is an AudioBoom Channel produced by Blind Abilities for State Services for the Blind of Minnesota. the BA Teen Cast promotes the sharing of information, news and audio interviews of stories, testimonies and successes. Send an email to BATeenCast@comcast.net and you too can contribute, share your experiences so that others can learn and have a resource for the transition from High School to College/University and the Work Force.

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42:00

Meet Cheryl, A.K.A.: Nutritionist, College...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/09/01

Cheryl macintosh A.K.A. @MoeLucie talks about her passion for sharing her experiences and her knowledge of Nutrition, College Education, Accessibility and how important it is for us to share what we have experienced. Jeff Thompson interviews fellow Blind Abilities team member, Cheryl, finding out what drives her to reach her goals and how she likes to give back to others what she has learned and experienced. She is finishing up her Masters Degree at an On-Line University, raising kids, writing blog

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12:31

Career Track: Dress For the Position You Want

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/08/16

CareerTrack focuses on the track towards gaining a career from high school to College to Employment. Highlighting specific areas of importance for you to enhance your opportunities, make good choices and get on the right track towards your career. Join Lucie as she navigates the CareerTrack showing you and demonstrating some of the best practices, resources and sharing the experiences of others to best give you the tools you will need in your own CareerTrack. Let Lucy know what you think and if

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34:50

Crashing Into Blindness, Racing Into History - Meet...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/08/16

Join the Blind abilities Team of Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson as they talk to Dan Parker about his life changing racing accident and how he has set goals to overcome the challenges from losing his eye sight and more than anything, not losing his vision of racing again. Dan is the 2005 World Champion racer who now uses his skills and confidence to re-invent himself as the World’s Fastest Blind Man. Racing is a family tradition and getting back into the shop and building racing components for cars and

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0:13

testing a bloating

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/08/15

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13:17

This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/26

The following podcast was recorded for use by customers of Minnesota’s State Services for the Blind. You can get more information about State Services for the Blind and the services it offers by going to www (dot) mnssb (dot) org. (music) This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22 By Katie Dupere, Jul 10, 2016, Mashable.com Apple engineer Jordyn Castor has never been one for limitations. She was born 15 weeks early, weighing just under two pounds. Her grandfather could

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32:49

Mandy VanCleave: Working and Volunteering to Enhance...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/26

So often Blind Abilities interviews blind individuals, or organizations or businesses who cater to the blind. Today, we feature a sighted individual who has devoted a large part of her life, both working and volunteering to enrich the lives of the blind. Pete interviews Mandy VanCleave: n Assistive Technology specialist, and a volunteer for various blindness apps including BeSpecular, Be My Eyes and soon, the new camera glasses, AIRA. Join us and meet Mandy!

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14:44

Caitlyn's Career Track begins with State services,...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/26

Caitlyn is setting out to transition from High School to College and to a career and is getting all the skills and training to enhance her opportunities. Jeff Thompson of the Blind Abilities Team interviews Caitlyn about her plans, goals, objectives and most of all, the connection with State Services and her peers to ensure her journey succeeds. From camps to training Caitlyn is getting it done.

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11:00

Blind Abilities ACB2016 Coverage, more Interviews...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/16

Live from ACB16! This time Lori takes the mic and interviews Jeff about Blind Abilities: the vision, the growing network and the community participation that makes it so successful! Jeff also interviews the team of developers of the fantastic new Bespecular app, now free in both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Check out Blind Abilities demo of the app from the last week in June, 2016. #ACB16 #Bespecular #BlindAbilities

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17:32

ACB2016 Coverage, Interviews On The Convention Floor...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/16

Jeff ventures out on the convention floor despite working hard in Booth #41. Catch these interviews with some great guests and interesting products! #ACB16 #BlindAbilities

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22:31

TextBooks and Accessible Formats - Got 'em?

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/16

Jeff Thompson talks with Lucy Macintosh and Raquel Gomez about Accessible Formats, Textbooks and resources that are available to high school and college students. From places to get books such as BookShare, Learning Ally, BARD or accessing them through an app such as the KNFB Reader. Using the Disabilities Office and how to stay ahead of the game and how to keep as many tools for success in your toolbox so you can become independent from Disability Offices as you surely can’t take that office to

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8:32

KNFB Reader: Go Mobile and Make the Print Yours

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/16

Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson asked members of the community what they liked about the award winning and life changing technology of the KNFB App. With such a positive response we thought we had to share. Join members of the Jacksonville iAccess group and members of the blind abilities community as Pete and Jeff talk KNFB Reader. You can get the KNFB Reader from the App Store for IOS and in the Google Play for Android. Follow Blind Abilities on Twiter @BlindAbilities and get the Blind Abilities App

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7:11

Meet the BeSpecular App Developers and Download the...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/16

Jeff Thompson interviews the BeSpecular App developers celebrating the new launch in the app Store and the Google Play store. Jeff and Pete also test the app and the additional functions on the new release. Follow @BeSpecular and download the App today!

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43:02

Blind Scooter Guy: How to Eat an Elephant Named...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/15

Blind Abilities Presents: Christopher Venter, A.K.A. Blind Scooter Guy. Christopher journeyed from Cape Town South Africa to Dublin Ireland on a scooter motorcycle, one of the smaller styles of cycles and traveled over 20,000 miles just to get a Guinness beer, well, kind of. Christopher contracted a virus that eventually took his eyesight. And Over the next two years Christopher did not stop pursuing the life he always dreamed of... being a writer. Join Pete and Jeff along with their gassed

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4:01

ACB Convention: Camp Abilities - A Youth Sports Camp...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/15

Jeff Thompson interviews the Directors from Camp Abilities-St. Louis who are excited about the grand opening of Camp Abilities in the St. Luis area. Join them at the ACB Convention and learn about Camp Abilities.

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12:22

Know Your Money - An Interview with the Bureau of...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/15

Blind Abilities Presents an interview with Leonard Olijar, Director, Bureau Of Engraving & Printing, an agency of the U.S. Treasury Department responsible for the printing and safeguarding of the United States currency. Mr. Olijar talks about the Currency Reader Program featuring the iBill Money Reader, the EyeNote and IDEAL Money Reader smart phones apps available free in the App Store and Google Play Store respectively. He also offers an update for the much publicized Currency Redesign

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3:09

Accessible images for everyone

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/14

The following podcast was recorded for use by customers of Minnesota’s State Services for the Blind. You can get more information about State Services for the Blind and the services it offers by going to www (dot) mnssb (dot) org. I’m Stuart Holland. (music) Accessible images for everyone Tuesday, March 29, 2016 | By Todd Kloots (@todd), Staff Engineer [13:00 UTC] Photos have been at the center of some of the biggest moments on Twitter. As a core part of the Twitter experience, it’s important that

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9:45

Blind Trader at StanChart Grooves to Currency Moves...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/14

The following podcast was recorded for use by customers of Minnesota’s State Services for the Blind. You can get more information about State Services for the Blind and the services it offers by going to www (dot) mnssb (dot) org. I’m Stuart Holland. (music) Blind Trader at StanChart Grooves to Currency Moves in His Ear 16 / 26 Bloomberg Anto Antony (Bloomberg) -- Feeling his way with a white cane, Vishal Agrawal, 29, reaches his foreign exchange trading desk on the fifth floor of Standard

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3:50

Working Strategies: You want a part-time job, now go...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/14

Career Corner is a program produced by the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network, part of State Services for the Blind, and it is recorded for people are blind or have reading disabilities. You can listen to the stream of the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network at www.mnssb.org/rtb, and the password is RTB. Your host, for Career Corner is Anne Obst. Music Working Strategies: You want a part-time job, now go get one • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) • Click to share on

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6:02

Working Strategies: Finding the right words and how...

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/07/14

Career Corner is a program produced by the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network, part of State Services for the Blind, and it is recorded for people are blind or have reading disabilities. You can listen to the stream of the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network at www.mnssb.org/rtb, and the password is RTB. Your host, for Career Corner is Anne Obst. Music Working Strategies: Finding the right words and how to use them • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) • Click to share on

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3:25

Additional Do Not Disturb Features

BA Teen Cast ·

2016/05/30

Some folks were commenting that they would really appreciate a Do Not Disturb function that really works. Pete reviews some of the settings in the DND function that we might neglect.

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