Educational Webinars
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The Training and Education Services team is proud to partner with Northwest Hills Eye Care to present webinars on a variety of topics of interest to people who are blind or visually impaired.
- Tech Tips: Keeping Your Accessibility Settings Working in All Apps
Don’t you hate when your accessibility settings don’t work in certain apps? Well, Apple has created a fix for that in it’s right in your settings menu. Learn how to set your iPhone up for success in this week’s Tech Tips.
- Tech Tips: Using the Accessibility Shortcut on Your iPhone
Ever needed to turn off your VoiceOver to watch a video without notification interruptions? Or, maybe you need to invert your colors to view a particular site clearly. Did you know you can turn your accessibility settings on and off quickly with a shortcut? If you didn’t, you’re in luck! We’re explaining how you can set up your accessibility shortcut in this episode of Tech Tips.
- Tech Tips: How to Select Text While Using Voiceover on Your iPhone
Our Training & Employment Services adaptive tech instructors have been exploring the accessibility settings of Apple iPhone. One of the newest features in the menu is Text Selection. Join Steven as he explains how you can enable the feature and start selecting, copying and pasting text with ease. Be sure to like the video if you’d like to see more content like this. Subscribe to our channel so you won’t miss any tips.
- Tech Tips: Using the Back Tap Shortcut on iOS
Join our Training & Employment Services staff for an in-depth exploration of Apple’s accessibility settings for iPhone and iPad. In this week’s tip, learn all about the Back Tap shortcut. This feature allows users to turn on a setting of their choosing with a simple tap on the back of your device.
- Tech Tips: How to Read Gutenberg Ebooks on Voice Dream Reader
Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60 thousand free eBooks. Start reading them now with your Voice Dream Reader. Adding them to your library is easy. Join Adaptive Tech Supervisor Aaron Hoffman as he explains how in this episode of Tech Tips.
- Tech Tips: Listen to Librivox Books on Voice Dream Reader
Get your Voice Dream Reader ready! In this Tech Tips from the Austin Lighthouse training team, you’ll learn how to add LibriVox books to your VDR. Librivox is a public domain of free audiobooks read by volunteers around the world. Learn more here.
- Tech Tips: Download Bookshare Books to Voice Dream Reader
Bookshare is an accessible online library for people with print disabilities. People who are blind or have other reading barriers can access over a million books that can be used with multiple devices. We’re showing you how to add it to your Voice Dream Reader in this week’s Tech Tips.
- Tech Tips: Enjoy Audiobooks with Bard Mobile
With the BARD Mobile app, blind audiobook lovers can access hundreds of books while on the go. All you need is an account with the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled and an Apple IOS device. Tune in to this week’s episode of Tech Tips to explore the app with adaptive tech expert, Aaron Hoffman. To learn more about NLS and apply for an account, click here.
- Tech Tips: Seeing AI Currency Channel
Keep your money straight with the Seeing AI app. Listen in to the audio to learn how.
- Tech Tips: Seeing AI Product Channel
With the Seeing AI app, people who are blind or visually impaired can identify products with the quick scan of the barcode. Our adaptive tech instructor explains how in this week’s Tech Tips episode.
- Tech Tips: Seeing AI Document Channel
Need to read a document? Try Microsoft’s Seeing AI app for IOS devices. Our adaptive tech instructor Eric describes how it works in our Tech Tips YouTube series.
- Tech Tips: Seeing AI Short Text Channel
Join our tech instructor Eric Sifuentes as he demonstrates how to read printed text in real-time using Seeing AI’s Short Text channel.
- Tech Tips: Starting Microsoft Narrator
Did you know Windows PCs have a built-in screenreader? Join our adaptive technology supervisor, Aaron Hoffman, as he explains how to get it started in this weeks Tech Tips. Enjoy!
- How to Use Microsoft Outlook Calendar with JAWS
You can do tons of things with Microsoft Outlook, including keeping your day organized with the Outlook calendar. At the Austin Lighthouse Adaptive Technology Center, blind Texans have the opportunity to enroll in courses that teaches students how to use Outlook with the popular screenreading program, JAWS. Our training team will demonstrate a little bit of what you’ll learn in this course in this webinar. This webinar series is brought to you in partnership with Northwest Hills Eye Care.
- Introduction to Microsoft Excel – Part 3
Learn to format cells and other concepts in the third and final part of Introduction to Microsoft Excel. This three part series is a snapshot of the Excel course offered at the Austin Lighthouse. The Lighthouse’s Technology Training Center has a full curriculum of courses available for people who are blind or visually impaired.
- Introduction to Microsoft Excel – Part 2
Looking for more training on using Microsoft Excel with JAWS? The Austin Lighthouse Adaptive Technology instructors have you covered.
- Introduction to Microsoft Excel – Part 1
Learn Microsoft Excel basics with this webinar from the Austin Lighthouse Training & Employment Services department. At the Lighthouse Adaptive Technology Training Center, blind or visually impaired people may sign up for a full curriculum of classes on using Microsoft Office Suite with JAWS screen reading software. Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll get when you enroll.
- Introduction to Microsoft Word – Part 3
The final episode of the Word with JAWS series is here. Enjoy and be sure to come back for more courses on the Microsoft Office Suite.
- Introduction to Microsoft Word – Part 2
The Microsoft Word with JAWS continues in this webinar brought to you in partnership with Northwest Hills Eye Care.
- Introduction to Microsoft Word – Part 1
The Austin Lighthouse Adaptive Technology Center offers many training courses for blind or visually impaired people. In this 3-part webinar series, viewers will get a glimpse of the Word training course, which teaches clients how to use the word processing software with JAWS, one of the top screen reading programs for the blind.
- Untangling the Web
Screen readers allow people who are blind to navigate the internet nonvisually. In Untangling the Web, the Austin Lighthouse trainers will demonstrate how with JAWS screenreading software on a PC and with TalkBack on Android mobile devices.
Handout: Untangling the Web
- File it Away
Get organized with File it Away, webinar 16 in the Lighthouse educational webinar series. In this episode, learn how to navigate, organize and manage files and folders on your PC or mobile device.
Handout: File it Away
- Eyes on Demand
With just a touch of a button, you can get visual assistance anytime you need it. Be My Eyes and Aira allows users to dial in and ask an actual human to take a look at something for them. Whether you need help finding the right bus, a misplaced item or an expiration date, these two products can help. Learn more in Eyes on Demand, a webinar brought to you by the Austin Lighthouse and Northwest Hills Eye Care.
Handout: Eyes on Demand
- Putting the Eye in AI – Part 2
The Austin Lighthouse trainers continue their discussion on how artificial intelligence can enhance the lives of people who are blind. In this installment of the Lighthouse educational webinar series, the trainers are examining Google Lookout and Google Lens, apps available only on Android devices.
Handout: Putting the Eye in AI (Part 2)
- Putting the Eye in AI – Part 1
The Austin Lighthouse Trainers are sharing their thoughts about artificial intelligence and how it can enhance the lives of people who are blind. In Putting the Eye in AI – Part 1, they will demonstrate the popular artificial intelligence app, Seeing AI. This all-in-one accessibility app, available through Apple’s App Store, reads texts, identifies money and so much more. Listen now!
Handout: Putting the ‘Eye’ in AI (Part 1)
- iOS Refresh
iOS devices from Apple are very popular in the blind community, so it’s no surprise the Austin Lighthouse Training Team gets frequent requests to share tips and tricks for iPhones, iPads and Macbooks. In iOS Refresh, a webinar brought to you in partnership with Northwest Hills Eye Care, the trainers are doing just that. Plus, they’re sharing some helpful info about new features found in the iOS 14 update.
Handout: iOS Refresh Webinar
- Gently Down the Stream
Streaming services give us access to hundreds of movies and TV shows, but how accessible are they for people who are blind or visually impaired? The Austin Lighthouse Training Team has the answer in Gently Down the Stream, a webinar brought to you in partnership with Northwest Hills Eye Care. Be sure to download the handout below the video to follow along.
Handout: Gently Down the Stream
- Cooking With Confidence
The Austin Lighthouse trainers are back with another great webinar brought to you in partnership with Northwest Hills Eye Care. In Cooking with Confidence, our training team shares tools and techniques to help you maneuver safely through the kitchen as you prepare meals.
Handout: Cooking with Confidence
- I Get Around
Navigation apps are great tools to help get you where you need to go. There’s a variety in the mobile app stores for purchase or free download that will give you walking or transit directions, describe what’s nearby or give information about the bus you’re waiting for. In I Get Around, a webinar brought to you by the Austin Lighthouse and Northwest Hills Eye Care, our training team demonstrates how to use some of their favorite navigation apps.
Handout: I Get Around
- Smart Speakers and Smart Homes for Smart People
In this eighth installment in our educational webinar series the Austin Lighthouse training team will share their experiences with smart speakers and smart home devices. It turns out we do all live in the sci-fi future where you can tell your house to cool down, your oven to heat up, and your fridge to order more milk.
- Open Your Windows
If you have a Windows 10 computer, you have access to several built in features that can make your computer easier to use. Want to learn more? Click on the video below, open your Windows and follow along as the Austin Lighthouse training team shows you how to unlock the accessibility features of Windows 10.
Handout: Open Your Windows
- The Lockdown Scholar
If you’re looking for new ways to relax or expand your mind while staying safe at home, the Austin Lighthouse training team has you covered. In The Lockdown Scholar, a webinar brought to you in partnership with Northwest Hills Eye Care, the Lighthouse trainers demonstrate ways to learn with video courses, audiobooks and text to speech software.
Handout: Lockdown Scholar
- You Can Have That Delivered?
There’s an app for everything these days. With a few taps on your smartphone or clicks on your computer, it seems you can have just about anything in the world delivered right to you. Groceries, prescriptions, fast food, a sectional sofa and so much more can be ordered and delivered all through an app. In the 5th installment of the Austin Lighthouse bi-weekly webinar series, our staff shares some of their favorite delivery apps. Check out the video below and be sure to watch other episodes in this series brought to you in partnership with Northwest Hills Eye Care.
Handout: You Can Have That Delivered
- To Disclose or Not To Disclose, That is The Question
Many job seekers with disabilities often wonder when’s the best time to disclose their disability during the job search and interviewing process. Some wonder if they should even disclose at all. The Austin Lighthouse Vocational Specialists have a few thoughts about this subject. Listen in on this roundtable discussion in the fourth installment of this webinar series brought to you by Travis Association for the Blind and Northwest Hills Eye Care.
Handout: Disclosing Your Disability
- Hey Google, Let’s Talkback About Tips, Tricks & Apps for Android
Android Accessibility’s mission is to make the world’s information universally accessible and useful. Watch as the Austin Lighthouse training team shares their favorite tools and features for blind Android users in Hey Google, Let’s Talkback About Tips, Tricks & Apps for Android, a webinar brought to you by Travis Association for the Blind and Northwest Hills Eye Care.
Handout: Hey Google, Let’s Talkback About Tips, Tricks & Apps for Android
- Tips, Taps and Apps for the iPhone
The Apple iPhone is one of the most popular mobile devices for people who are blind. It’s loaded with accessibility features and useful tools. The Austin Lighthouse Training Team shows you how you can use your iPhone successfully and effectively in Tips, Taps and Apps for the iPhone, the second installment in the learning webinar series brought to you by Travis Association for the Blind and Northwest Hills Eye Care.
Handout: Top Tips, Taps, and Apps
- Putting the V I in Virtual Meetings
Virtual meetings are a mainstream way to connect with others. Lately, they have become part of some people’s daily routine. People are meeting for business, fitness, education, entertainment and to just catch up with friends. Many of these online meeting and conference platforms are accessible to people who are blind. The Austin Lighthouse Training & Employment Services Team, in partnership with Northwest Hills Eye Care, recently hosted a webinar to show how blind and visually impaired people can use these virtual spaces.
- Lighthouse Trainers Launch Webinar Series on ZoomThe Austin Lighthouse Training & Employment Services Team, in partnership with Northwest Hills Eye Care, is hosting learning webinars via Zoom. The bi-weekly sessions, which began on May 4, will cover a variety of topics submitted to the training team. The next webinar, Tips, Taps and Apps for the iPhone, will be Tuesday, May 19, at 6:30 pm CST. Join Lighthouse staff members Thomas, Aaron and Dan, as they teach participants how to use an iPhone more efficiently. Register Now Future topics will include:
- Shopping for Groceries Without Leaving the House
- What accessible gadgets can I get to turn my home into a smart home?
- Tips & Tricks for Using Android with Speech and Magnification
- Employment Workshop: How to Find, Get & Keep a Job as Someone who is Blind or Visually Impaired
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