Airacast, With Jonathan Mosen

Discovering aira and Content Creation  Have you ever wanted to give content creation a try? Aira is a great tool in your toolbox of creativity. Our panel of content creators and Aira Agents bring you their tips and tricks for unleashing your brand via digital media, print, video and more.  You can find our amazing panelists at:  Iris Pang  Instagram: https://Instagram.com/pangbaoshaniris  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iris.m.pang  Twitter: https://twitter.com/gracesong815  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iris-m-pang/ Robert Kingett  Website: https://blindjournalist.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/kingettr Claire Potter  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/285026739573632/   Wenwei Fisher  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wenwei  Bryan Velasquez:  TikTok: https://Tiktok.com/bboy8090  Facebook: https://facebook.com/bryantimothy Instagram: https://instagram.com/bryanbravado  Youtube: https://youtube.com/bryanvelasquezz  Learn more about Aira and visual interpreting at http://aira.io.E

October is full of updates here at Aira. Sandi Marcus gives us an update on Aira Points with Starbucks, https://aira.io/aira-points.  You can register for our webinar, “Discovering Aira and Content Creation”, Tuesday, October 25 at 2:00pm Eastern time at https://aira.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g9O7k3RaR7mYYT1ODnm0cA.  We want to hear your workplace story at http://bit.ly/airaworks.  If your workplace wants to provide Aira for employees, contact us at access@aira.io. You can get started with our desktop beta at http://aira.io/desktop. Envision has a new email list primarily for the Envision glasses. You can subscribe at envision+subscribe@groups.io. You can subscribe to our email list at aira+subscribe@groups.io. Want to keep up to date? Subscribe to our RSS feed for all of our newsroom posts, including workplace stories  at http://aira.io/feed.  Contact us: airacast@aira.ioEpisode Notes This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

In the first of our “Discovering” series, we talk with Diane Ducharme of Blind Shell USA about the features of the Blind Shell Classic 2 phone.  You can get a demo of how to set up your Aira account at https://pnc.st/s/airacast/1cedaead/airacast-episode-43-welcome-to-aira. We’ll also talk about ways to use Aira for everything from shopping to navigating your world.Episode Notes This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

During this month’s call, We covered quite a bit of ground: Phones, Glasses and on your Desktop We invite you to try the Aira Desktop application, visit either aira.io/desktop for more information or go directly to the web-based application at explorer.aira.io. Envision Glasses Promotion From now until October 31, 2022, you can receive a 10% discount on the purchase of new Envision Glasses by calling Aira Customer Care at 1-800-835-1934 from 6:00am - 6:00 pm Pacific time. And when you make your first call to an Aira Agent from your Envision Glasses, 200 minutes will be credited to your Aira Account. Join us in acknowledging White Cane Awareness Day which takes place on Saturday, October 15th. Any time during the month of October, post a photograph to any social channel of yourself with your white cane, your guide dog or simply by yourself and tag it with #OnMyTerms. At the end of the month, we will randomly pick someone who participates to receive a fantastic gift.Episode Notes Notes go here This podcast

We’ve had a lot of new customers in the past month with the addition of Envision glasses and the Blind Shell Classic 2 phone. We’re taking it back to the basics in this episode with a guide to installation and calls on the Blind Shell. Join us for our monthly Explorer Call at https://aira.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2dcNNvGkQW6-2JLbBUN87A with guests from Envision to talk glasses. We’ll also have a webinar series with Blind Shell USA. Register at https://aira.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g9O7k3RaR7mYYT1ODnm0cA This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

We have updates on Aira for Desktop which can be found and tested in our public beta at https://aira.io/desktop. Then we talk about plans and pricing for 2023, details at https://aira.io/newsroom. Episode Notes Notes go here This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

We continue our Aira Everywhere series with Aira for Desktop. Troy Otillio, Aira’s CEO, talks about the evolution of our app for PC and Mac and why the public beta process is so important. Then we have a demo of the app. If you want to join the public beta, fill out the form at https://aira.io/choice. Episode Notes Notes go here This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Next in our Aira Everywhere series we talk with Diane Ducharme of Blind Shell USA about the Blind Shell Classic2, a tactile phone with many features for those who don’t want to use a touch screen.  For more information about this phone, on which Aira will appear soon, go to http://blindshellusa.com. To find a dealer outside the US, go to http://blindshell.com/where-to-buy. You can subscribe to our update list for more news about the Blind Shell phone and more at https://aira.io/choice. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

We talk with Charles Leclercq, http://www.arx.vision about the new ARX Vision headset. For more on this headset you can also listen to episodes of Blind Guy Talks Tech with Steven Scott in your podcast player of choice. Sign up for info about Aira and ARX at https://aira.io/choice.

This month we welcome Anthony Carona and Gabriel Lopes Cafati of Blind Pride International http://blindlgbtpride.org in honor of Pride Month. We’ll also talk about Aira Points, https://aira.io/aira-points and more ways for you to get more Aira. Plus, our summer convention schedule.

Sevana Massih, Aira’s Vice President of Service Delivery, outlines her role in overseeing our agents and Customer Care Team. She also talks about her experiences using sign language interpreters and the parallels to visual interpreting . CEO Troy Otillio updates us on Aira for Desktop, then takes your questions.

The AIRA Access Network is comprised of businesses, transportation providers, government organizations and retail stores that cover the cost of our professional visual interpreters while using their services. TD Bank, and its on-line offering, TDbank.com recently became part of our network. This month we feature Steve Turley, Head of Consumer Distribution Strategy, Planning, and Innovation, to talk about the many ways they are innovating to meet customers’ expectations.

It’s a fireside chat this month live from the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. Our panel includes Matt Ater from Vispero, Mike May from GoodMaps and Aira’s own CEO, Troy Otillio, plus Aira’s Head of IT, Ryan Bishop talking technology, accessibility and elevators.

This month we update our response to inaccessible Covid at-home test kits with a message from NFB President Mark Riccobono. Then we have big news for customers of the Texas Workforce Commission. Join Jenine Stanley, Ryan Bishop, Sandra Marcus and Aira CEO, Troy Otillio.

From a mind-reading smart speaker to some rogue clowns, Zeus in retirement and the heroic Budweiser Clydesdale, Jenine and Agent Tracy review this year’s Super Bowl commercials. Get ready and be afraid!

Granted, we did air this prior to the Super Bowl but now you can look back with a whole new perspective. Wondering what all those football terms mean and what the formations look like? Brian Fischler, Commissioner of the All Blind fantasy Football League and That Real Blind tech Show, and Liz Loza of Yahoo Sports bring you Football 101.

We start the year with a report from our CEO, Troy Otillio. Then we talk Covid rapid antigen home tests with tips for testing from https://aira.io/aira-covid-promotion. Finally it’s the big announcement about The Big Game!

This month we have two special guests. Product Manager Ryan Bishop updates us on the Aira Roadmap for 2022. Then we talk more Access Network partners for Oceania with CEO Troy Otillio. This podcast has chapter markers if your player supports them.