We work in partnership with australians who are blind or h. This podcast feed brings you the best content from vision australia radios onair content along with specialist episodes produced exclusively for your podcasting pleasure. Devices to help the vision impaired independent living. Plates with a sloping end enables the spoon or fork to be pushed towards one end. Mdfas newsletter vision voice covers relevant issues affecting the macular disease community. Prayer points presentation slides to lift up specific prayer. I was trying to borrow a book called all is not enough. They work in partnership with australians who are blind or have low vision to help achieve the possibilities they choose in life.
This is the podcast of the vision australia vision store 0 847 466. Discussion of issues relating to blindness and low vision. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. Vision australia is a notforprofit organisation and australias largest provider of services for. A few tasty morsels from our free audio library available to any person with print disability in australia. Each week vision australia radios talking tech takes you through developments in mainstream and assistive technology from the perspectives of blindness and low vision. Podcasts from vision australia tech hub vision with david.
Real faith is a radio program hosted by eric skattebo who has conversations with everyday real australians about the impact faith has on their lives and the challenges. Vision australia is a nonforprofit organisation that provides essential services to vision impaired and blind people. Talking watches independent living centres australia. Vision australias senior adaptive technology consultant david woodbridge talks with stephen jolley about the latest from the tech world from a blindness and low vision perspective.
This involves implementing a number of measures everyone has been asked to do including social distancing. It is a digital talking book format that offers many advantages over traditional audio. Through the accessible and simple interface you can listen to content such as books, magazines and newspapers. Vision australia canberra vision australia is a notforprofit organisation and the nations leading provider of blindness and low vision services. To listen to previous podcasts and see a rundown of what is appearing in each talking tech episode go to talkingtech. Talking touchtyping training for windows vision australia. Analogue and digital models in leather bands, expandable metal bands or plastic are available. This week a very special and different talking vision as we share an interview from the uks rnib royal national institute for the blind connect radio with filmmaker peter middleton, who along with producer james spinney, created the incredible documentary notes on blindness. Anyone you connect with will have passed robust background checks, signed strict privacy clauses, and undergone weeks of rigorous training. Discussion of issues relating to blindness and low vision stories of inspiration and achievement from people living with vision loss how one can access services from vision australia how one can become involved in assisting vision australia to \make a. Talking products products for hearing, vision, speech. For more vision australia radio podcasts visit or subscribe to this podcast feed. Vision australia is a leading national provider of blindness and low vision services in australia.
Pastors talking points and prayer points to help lead your congregation and answer questions. During world glaucoma week 10 16 march volunteer gaela hildtich spoke with vision australia radio host stella glorie on the weekly program talking vision. As quality analyst for our national contact center, i monitor calls with our clients for quality and training purposes. These are devices with voice output so strong vision is not necessary for use. Whether you are looking for a screen reader, like our world renowned jaws software or a magnification software such as zoomtext, we have a variety of solutions to meet your specific needs.
Vision statements should be aspirational the imprint you want to make in the world or the positive state of the future world you imagine in your industry. Let talking vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. Karen wolffe will be vision australias keynote speaker at our upcoming careers sampler. Blindness, low vision and vision loss are challenges faced by many thousands of australians. Not all ebook readers are easy to use if you are blind or have low vision. We work in partnership with australians who are blind or have low vision to help them achieve the. Listen to or download program 315 let talking vision be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. Frances keyland is also on the program with a special anzac day reader recommended.
Library members will have access to all the same collections of materials that they have now and can continue to download books, magazines, newspapers and braille music from the vision australia library in the same way they previously did using their wifi, 3g, or envoy connect player, as well as via iaccessmy vision australia and the new app. Using this framework, a talking book format is presented that enables. They can read material straight away stream or download to read later. You can download or stream over 40,000 audio books and over 400. Freedom scientific provides software solutions for blind and low vision needs.
The vision australia library has a range of books, resources and services for young people who are blind, have low vision or a print disability. For new installations, download and save the executable file to your pc and install from there. The installer includes language support for english, spanish, german, french, french canadian, dutch, hebrew, brazilian portuguese, russian, arabic, danish, hungarian, swedish, italian, norwegian, and. Humanware home low vision aids for macular degeneration. Microsofts seeing ai is designed to help people with visual impairments use artificial intelligence to recognise objects, people and text via a phone or tablets. You can also listen to podcasts and web radio stations, as well as receive important messages from vision. Atomic talking alarm clock 8 wake up or pill reminder alarm clock an option for talking watch perfect for vision impaired, elderly or blind by 5 senses 1623 3. Talking vision vision australia radio on apple podcasts. Singer, musician and vision australia braille music transcriber jordie howell is entering the holman prize with. Daisy is a way of preparing an audio book that allows the reader many more options than cassette or audio cd books, for a superior reading experience. The be connected program aims to increase the confidence, skills and online safety of older australians.
The vision store product catalogue is available for download as a pdf. High this article has been rated as highimportance on the projects importance scale. A range of talking watches that provide voice time report, with options such as hourly time reporting and alarm. Thank you for registering your interest in our accessibility resources. We provide services to tens of thousands of australians with varying. Download until the end of this week drop in to your local vision australia office to see what low tech and high tech bargains can be had. Vision australias carols by candlelight is the organisations leading fundraising and awareness campaign and is an australian christmas tradition. What you need to know about vision australia and covid19. Humanware offers a wide range of innovative products, including the braillenote apex, the leading productivity device for the blind in education, business and for personal use. Stream tracks and playlists from vision australia library on your desktop or mobile device. It operates from studios based in kooyong and broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Victor reader, the worlds leading family of digital audiobook players. Vision voice newsletters macular disease foundation.
David jeremiah founded turning point radio and television ministries in 1982. Vision australia library free listening on soundcloud. You can download the vision australia connect app for your suitable device. With esight, you can see the face of a loved one, or scale the face of a mountain. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. By providing a realtime image that toggles between near and far almost instantly, esight lets you do more things with much greater ease and clarity. A new mobile app created for the vision impaired community can now be accessed in australia that will make it easier to do things like move around the house and open an sms. Chris edwards and scott jacobs from our advocacy and engagement team talk us through how the budget might affect you.
The vacast podcast from the vision australia vision store. Dating back to 1938, it is held on christmas eve at the sidney myer music bowl in melbourne and reaches a television audience of more than 2 million australians each year all proceeds from this event go towards vision australias childrens services. World vision australia is within the scope of wikiproject australia, which aims to improve wikipedia s coverage of australia and australiarelated topics. Share download loading behind the scenes 20th april 2020. The sampler is an opportunity for young students to hear adults with similar lived experience of blindness talk about their experiences of choosing and following their career paths. The vision australia connect app allows you to read titles that are available. Download vision australia radio talking vision now ep2. Vision australia ceo, ron hooten, said while these were challenging times for all, the organisations response is one of supporting the australian government in flattening the curve of covoid 19. Stories of inspiration and achievement from people living with vision. Download vision australia connect and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad and. Activation is via pressing a button either on the face or side of the watch.
Bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in. Talking watches and clocks are available for easy timetelling, talking kitchen scales are available for accurate measurement and talking calculators are also available. Vision australia library is a free library service for anyone in australia with print disability. They should be short and use plain language so that they are memorable and can easily roll off the tongue of every employee. A vision australia radio production, it is broadcast nationally each week on over 25 rph and other community stations. You can read titles directly from your personal online bookshelf or download them. Visual standards aspects and ranges of vision loss with emphasis on population surveys report prepared for the international council of ophthalmology at the 29th international congress of ophthalmology sydney, australia, april 2002. Daisy was developed in 1995 by a body of experts, including vision australia, responding to suggestions from blind or vision impaired readers from around the world. Talking vision great australian pods podcast directory. Humanware is the global leader in assistive technologies for people who are blind or have low vision. This talking calculator includes all digits and functions entered, as well as calculations, and are read aloud to you to ensure accuracy.
Talking vision vision australia radio vi family network. Download talking tech vision australia radio talking. Protecting your privacy and ensuring you feel secure using aira are our top priorities. Let \talking vision\ be your national radio reference on blindness and low vision. Visual standards international council of ophthalmology. Below you will find links to our tools, tip sheets and other resources. Melbourne provides most of the broadcast material for its seven regional stations, and also distributes program content to other stations in the rph australia network. Talking vision now is a best of episode of talking vision that you can listen to now. It includes drills, practice, and typing games and is adjustable to the students level of skill and sight impairment. On the show gaela talks about living with glaucoma and the glaucoma support group she runs in perth. You can also listen to vision australia radio podcasts via the app. Today, turning points 30minute radio program is heard on more than 2,200 stations worldwide.
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