By Steve Dresser | From BayLines Express, June, 2022 Even though I had heard about them, I never seriously considered a “smart” doorbell or a security camera. Then one day, a neighbor called to inform me that he had found a package on the sidewalk that appeared to be medicine. I had been expecting such … Read more
By David Kingsbury | From BayLines Express, May, 2022 Crinkled-up papers, tangles of wires, candy wrappers and other random paraphernalia are scattered over the desk of my little home office. A few weeks ago, I took a bulldozer to it as a spring-cleaning project. As my fingers were fumbling around, and to my surprise and delight, I came across a familiar boxy little hard plastic object. It was my very first iPhone: my … Read more
By Jerry Berrier | From BayLines Express, March, 2021 I am an Access Technology Director at the Perkins School for the Blind. I have been an ACB member since 1982. I have been learning, and often re-learning bird sounds since I was 19 years old. I have used professionally recorded training guides, lists of mnemonics … Read more
By Emily Luz | From BayLines Express, February, 2021 I am a missionary, professional artist/writer and technology expert. I have been an advocate for the blind for the past thirty-four years. I was born with optic nerve gliomas, rendering me legally blind in both eyes with a vision of about 20/800. I was mainstreamed in … Read more
