20240810 Handy Around the House Originally Broadcasted August 10, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Need a few tips on installing a smoke detector, fixing an electrical outlet, dealing with that pesky squeaky door or other things around the house? This call’s for you. Participants joined me and other handy folks from around the ACB Community as we shared tips and tricks for tackling those DIY projects. Being able to do some basic repairs yourself saves you time and money, plus it’s a great feeling to say, I did it myself. We talk about home repair each month in the community!

20240809 Its Play Time Originally Broadcasted August 9, 2024, on ACB Media 5 Meka and Cindy welcomed participants to join in for another fun Friday night filled with games and laughter.

20240809 Community Couch-Audio description Originally Broadcasted August 9, 2024, on ACB Media 6 This time, we talked about all things’ audio description. Please come share tips on accessing audio description on different devices, your favorite streaming service for watching shows or movies with audio description and what your hopes are for the future of audio description.

20240809 A Blind View–Fear Originally Broadcasted August 9, 2024, on ACB Media 5 What does fear look like to you? This week, participants joined Bel for a discussion of fear and blindness.

20240809 In Perspective Originally Broadcasted August 9, 2024, on ACB Media 5 This episode featured Sara Freeman Smith, author of “Turning Stones into Gems,” a book about setting and achieving personal goals. Sponsored by: Branco Events

20240809 Learning Blind Tech with Desiree Renee Originally Broadcasted August 9, 2024, on ACB Media 5 We recapped a little using the zoom essential recorder, taking recorded files from the device, and importing them for editing. We also touched a bit on AppleVis, would love to hear some experiences and favorite content from the site that may be going away at the end of August. Email me at: [email protected] ** with feedback and ideas for future calls.**

20240808 Vispero–Manage Messages in Gmail with JAWS Originally Broadcasted August 8, 2024, on ACB Media 5 We showed attendees how to move messages from your inbox to another label, archive messages to All Mail, and delete or recover Gmail messages using JAWS. Sponsored by: Vispero

20240808 NVDA Basics–Mozilla Firefox Originally Broadcasted August 8, 2024, on ACB Media 5 This week, we discussed Mozilla Firefox. For details for this week’s class: Click here

20240808 I Love Braille Originally Broadcasted August 8, 2024, on ACB Media 5 This week, we had an interactive discussion on braille from questions participants will be asked. Sponsored by: East Bay Center for the Blind Access Archives Email Vileen Shah

Office Space Explore your Windows computer with Tyson Ernst, Access Technology educator for the Washington Dept of services for the blind, and learn the ins and outs of your PC. Topics covered will include: the Windows desktop environment, File explorer, Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point from a screen reader perspective. Each session will build upon the previous one working towards competent and confident use of the Office productivity applications. All skill levels welcome. Come prepared to take notes to get the maximum benefit. Sponsored by ViperTech Training.