Sunday, February 28, 2021

Friday, March 26, 2021 Tim Cumings: Technology for the Blind

My Life With Technology, Past, Present, And Future
presented by Tim Cumings

Presentation Outline:
I. Introduction
II. Braille, the door to literacy
III. More high-tech and low-tech ways to access printed material
IV. Orientation and mobility
V. Personal note-taking from a blindness perspective
VI. Computers, DOS and beyond
VII. The smart phone revolution

Bio:
I grew up in Winchester, graduated from Boston University in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism, and completed my master's degree in theology in 1989. 

In 1990 I joined the Visually Impaired Blind Users Group, part of the Boston Computer Society. I later served as president and am currently the webmaster. I worked for twenty years as a customer service representative at Eversource. 

Since 2014 I have worked at Perkins School for the Blind as an assistive technology trainer and currently as a customer service representative.

In 2015 I joined Blind Information Technology Specialists, an affiliate of the American Council Of The Blind, served as a board member, and chair the presentations committee.

In my spare time I enjoy karaoke and digital audio editing.

The presentation was recorded with Tim's permission.

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