Jernigan Institute

What can you do with it? Listeners share their perspectives on the pros and cons of iOS versus Android, and several relatively new apps that might add value to your daily computing experience.

It's Jonathan Mosen at the Jernigan Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, welcoming you to episode 96 of the podcast.

First today, as we've covered on previous episodes of Access On, we are aware of the increasing smart glasses backlash, the call for banning smart glasses, and the increasing use of pejorative rhetoric to describe the glasses and the people who wear them.

Equally, there is increasing concern about the way that smart glasses are being portrayed as some sort of miracle cure or necessity for blind people, so it's a complicated issue.

Qualik Ford is the brand new chair of the Jacobus Tenbrook Fund and was duly invited to the lectern to encourage contributions to same.

A dynamic young Marylander, Qualik reminded everyone of the many wonderful features of our home, the NFB Jernigan Institute, the maintenance of which this fund supports, including the famous and beloved cookies that are shared with visitors.

Marilyn Green of Illinois delivered a committee report regarding the Pre-Authorized Contribution PAC Program, one of the most venerable funding efforts in our movement and perhaps the most well-known.

The program accepts monthly contributions of as little as five dollars from individual members as well as from chapters and divisions.

Dr. Jernigan was a creative in his words and his actions.

His resonance is the inspiration for our Research and Training Institute in Baltimore.

The NFB Jernigan Institute is just one of the creative means we have used to develop programs to raise expectations among blind people.

Without a doubt, the National Federation of the Blind is a creative space, providing a wealth of mentors and life hackers who are ready to collaborate and iterate with other blind people to overcome barriers and test the limits.

This week's episode is devoted to a deep dive into the new features of iOS 27.

It's Jonathan Mosen at the Jernigan Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, welcoming you to episode 95 of Access On.

We have a lot of things to tell you about iOS 27 today.

And of course, some of those features make their way to other Apple operating systems too.

And there's an overview of our accessibility excellence initiatives here at the National Federation of the Blind.

It's Jonathan Mosen at the Jernigan Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, welcoming you to episode 94 of the podcast.

And before we take you back for the final time this year, at least, to Austin, Texas, a couple of quick notes.

First, if you are listening to this on a new shiny Apple thing, I hope that that is working out well for you.

And we return to the vendor showcase from our twenty twenty-six National Convention in Austin, Texas.

It's Jonathan Mosen of the Jernigan Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, welcoming you to episode ninety-three of Access On.

And we're going to begin with some comments from President Mark Riccobono of the National Federation of the Blind, delivered as part of the presidential release live.

You can find this on our YouTube channel, and I highly encourage you to check it all out because there's so much interesting information there about all of the programs of the National Federation of the Blind and some of the things that are focusing our attention at the moment.

Incident manager Jonathan Moses has started a remote session dot dot one of one.

Now you hear Eloquence talking and that Eloquence is coming from my computer back home.

Right now I'm in the Jernigan Institute.

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