September 6 Show Podcast

Scott White


The September 6 show features the National Federation of the Blind's Scott White discussing NFB-Newsline, which allows users to have newspapers and magazines read over the telephone.

Also featured is Humanware's Brenda McBride talking about the ClassMate Reader, which is a portable digital audiobook player that can support DAISY books.

August 23 Podcast Available

Dr. David Brown



On the August 23 show, we'll have two of Louisville's Dr. Norman Radtke's patients, Elizabeth Bryant of Louisville and Denise Schweizer of Mount Vernon, Indiana, discussing retinitis pigmentosa and their lives after retinal transplants.

Also featured will be Houston's Dr. David Brown explaining the effectiveness of laser therapy and steroid injections in treating diabetic macular edema.

August 9 Show Podcast Available

Pictured: Dr. Norman Radtke (top)
Dr. Sanjay Asrani (bottom)

The August 9 show features Louisville's Dr. Norman Radtke discussing the role of the retina and the effectiveness of retinal transplants. Paul Steiner talks about the Freedom Scientific company and its products, JAWS, Magic, FSReader, and Onyx Deskset. Also, Duke University's Dr. Sanjay Asrani explains Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography, which is a retinal imaging device used to study glaucoma.

July 26 Podcast Ready to Roll

Pictured: Navroze Mehta (top)
Roselle and Michael Hingson (bottom)

The July 26 show features NovaVision's Navroze Mehta discussing Vision Restoration Therapy, which involves detecting light stimuli from a computer screen. Michael Hingson will explain a program that allows human students to use Humanware's Victor Reader Stream to store lecture material at San Rafael, California's Guide Dogs for the Blind. Nashville's Pamela Merrill will talk about her work teaching blind children and using Enhanced Vision's Jordy, which is a head-worn magnifier.

June 28 Podcast Available

Guy Rocha, Nevada historian, talks about his battle with glaucoma and myths about the state of Nevada. Also. Leonia, New Jersey's, Dr. Ronald Luxenburg, and Beyond Optics' Sy Greenwald discuss contact lens care and Beyond Optics' new designer contact lens cases.

June 21 Podcast Now Here

The June 21 show features the University of Iowa's Dr. Gregory Hageman discussing factor H protein and its effect on macular degeneration. The National Federation of the Blind of Tennessee's Michael Seay goes over the funding problems of the digital conversion of the Talking Books Program of the Library of Congress. Independent Living Aids' Fran Henelly explains Zoomtext Magnifier USB drives.

June 14 Podcast Available

The June 14 show includes Dr. Otis Stephens of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville College of Law discussing a recent appeals court ruling regarding the accessibility of American paper currency. Also, Humanware's Dave Wilkinson explains KeySoft 7.5 Build 29, software for the BrailleNote that is compatible with the latest WiFi's.