1917 Tragedy to Triumph Racing (Apr. 24, 2019)


1917 Tragedy to Triumph Racing (Apr. 24, 2019)


Show Notes

Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with Dan Parker who was fully sighted at the age of 41 when he was injured in a drag racing accident that left him totally blind. Despite his injuries Dan continues to build and race cars and motorcycles, went on to participate in acoustic target shooting, and also teaches machine shop to sighted high school students.

1915 Seeing AI App from Microsoft (Apr. 10, 2019)


1915 Seeing AI App from Microsoft (Apr. 10, 2019)


Show Notes

Seeing AI is a free app from Microsoft for iOS devices. The app can be used to scan and read text, identify colors, scan product bar codes, perform facial recognition, and much more. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with Saqib Shaikh, the totally blind initiator of and lead developer of the app, about how the app came to be and what makes it special.