Category: Audio Description

Blind Justice? TV’s Vision of Blindness

In this episode of iCantCU, I share a mix of personal anecdotes and reflections on technology, media representation, and community engagement.  My weekend outing with Liz to Brio, a restaurant in the Christiana Mall, turned into an exploration of assistive technology. I intended to pick up my Mac mini. Still, I delved into the capabilities […]

Blind Insights: From App Struggles to AI Music Magic

In this episode of iCantCU, I discuss more issues with apps and their lack of accessibility. This time, it’s Uber and ASX. Both were better than Starbucks but required workarounds or the dreaded sighted help. I also recount a fantastic afternoon with our friends at the Greater Philly Chapter. Their President, Denice Brown, invited members […]

Audio Description Disappointment at the Wilma Theater

In this episode of iCantCU, I discuss my experience at the Wilma Theater with audio description for the play Fat Ham. I was hoping the AD device worked. I left disappointed. I also explain what is going on with Ziggy. Additionally, I mention upcoming episodes of That Real Blind Tech Show and Double Tap that […]

Jumping The Turnstile To Help My Blind Friends

n this episode of iCantCU, I talk about jumping the turnstile at Penn Medicine station to help my blind friends get to our Keystone Chapter meeting. I also talk about taking part in a Zoom meeting about Audio Description for live theater in the Philadelphia area. I discuss my work with Vision Council, which is […]

Audio Description Success On Verizon FiOS

  In this episode of iCantCU, I talk about more time on the phone with Verizon to get audio description to work on FiOS. It only took hours of hold time on two separate calls to get to the tech support person who knew what audio description was and how to help a blind customer. […]