Hi everyone! Hope you're having a great weekend so far. I'd like to start a discussion around audio devices for teachers/librarians in the classroom. I am a Librarian. A colleague of mine asked me wha

Tlo Nicholas I hope this comes out and you can make head and tale of it. There is quite a lot you will not be interested in but the body of the email you might find interesting. Jonnathan is a young m

Kia ora Tatou, Hello to All of Us, In listening to RNZ National just now, Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern has announced that Minister Carmel Sepuloni retains the portfolios of Disability Issues and MSD

Kia ora Tatou, Hello to All of Us, I’ll get the weather report out of the way first! It’s fine here in Nelson. I have my Alixa set up with a flash briefing which reads the weather first and the news s

Kia ora Tatou, Hello to All of Us, The first of May has rolled around and it is a glorious one in Nelson so I am hoping the same for all of you! Some of you will be receiving our Friday update for the

Hi folks. I struck a difficulty I had not experienced before when using voice over. I have an iPad Pro 12.5’ with facial recognition. I was using voiceover to read a book. I had put the iPad down and

Kia ora Tatou, It’s another week under our belt, so to speak, and still there is a lot happening. The two things on top for me this week are: Launch of our Telephone Information Service! This is a big

Hi all, could someone tell me how to use my apple I phone to use as a microphone to go direct to my hearing aids. I have asked thid long ago eith success but recently since download apple says this se

Kia ora Tatou, Hello to All of Us, Firstly, welcome to two people who have joined this group in the week. Allen, you have already posted, which is great. No doubt our other person will introduce thems

Kia ora Koutou, Hello Everyone, Added to our website today is an introduction to the WFDB joint statement on advocacy for Deafblind referencing CRPD pertaining to the Covid 19 situation. While as deaf

Kia ora koutou, Hello Everyone, While we have a huge among of digital messaging about Covid 19, below are a few things I found out about in the last couple of days I didn’t know before that may be use

Greetings All Amanda kindly recommended this group and here I am It’s nice to see one or two participants whom I know. My hearing loss is becoming more significant as life rolls along and is something

Hello All, I thought you maybe interested in the survey below as I am sure some of us will be affected by side effects of medications. Kindest, Amanda Amanda Stevens Executive Officer Taringa Turi Kāp

Kia ora Koutou, Hello Everyone, The message below came out a little while ago but, if you are like me, sometimes life gets very busy and a reminder is useful. If you are thinking about studying in 202

Kia ora koutou, I’m guessing that most of you will be receiving information through Blind Citizens NZ Discuss List, but just in case you aren’t please find below an opportunity that may interest you.

Hello Everyone, Hope you are having a great Friday! Below is a message about the Chair’s Award from the Blind Foundation. We think you are all outstanding so please think about nominations. Kindest, A

Hello Everyone, It’s a gorgeous day here so hope you all have your devices where you can get some Vitamin D too! Speaking of health, I’m forwarding information as below I hope you may feel inspired to

Hi everyone. My new hearing aids are paired up with smart 3D. The visual display is terrible. I really need voiceover. To work for me. The double tap gets me in all sorts of bother. Any help would be

Thanks to Dave Allen I managed to get to the new Access World website and find this attached article, "I hear it: a review of MFI - supported hearing aids from a voiceover user's perspective". It's fa

Hi all! There is a useful article in the current issue of AccessWorld about using Iphones with hearing aids. It can be found at http://afb.org/aw Cheers, Dave David Allen, Director Blind-Sight Limited