(formerly ViewPoints)
Support for Eyes On Success is provided by:
... Innosearch AI, an accessible e-commerce tool for the blind. You can find your favorite electronics, groceries, or do some early holiday shopping at
innosearch.ai
now partnered with over half a million retailers.
and by:
... Glidance, pioneers of Glide, an intelligent guide for the blind and low vision community. Glide's AI-powered technology guides you around obstacles, hazards and more, providing audio and haptic feedback, getting you where you need to go safely and independently. More information is at
glidance.io/eyes
Take advantage of the special promotions below and also support Eyes On Success
Hable One - The Pocket-Size Braille Keyboard
The Hable One is a small braille keyboard that connects to smart phones and tablets used with Voiceover and TalkBack.
You can find out more about the Hable One and order one from:
https://www.iamhable.com/?ref=EYESONSUCCESS
Use the referral link above and coupon code Eyesonsuccess to get a 5% discount and support Eyes On Success!
Also hear an interview on Eyes On Success with its developer by clicking on the following link:
Show #2410: The Hable One Keyboard (Mar. 6, 2024)
Use Innosearch for Your Shopping
Innosearch AI is an AI driven service that offers an accessible and clutter-free interface to let you shop at Amazon, Walmart, and other vendors.
Especially well-suited to use with a screen reader, you can even ask the AI questions about any product.
Use the referral link below to sign up for an account and support Eyes On Success:
https://innosearch.ai/r/QsiJLN
When you sign up, you'll receive $10 in credit to shop, and Eyes on Success will earn $10 credit after your first purchase is delivered. It’s that simple! There’s no limit to how much you can earn, and your credits never expire.
This Week's Show:
2449 Accessible Materials for a Spiritual Life (Dec. 4, 2024)
Show Notes
Accessible religious materials enable people to fully engage with their communities. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with Livia Thompson from JBI and Malachy Fallon from Xavier Society for the Blind about how each organization produces materials in braille, audio, and large print to help visually impaired patrons participate in family and congregational events.
About Eyes On Success:
This half-hour weekly podcast and radio program discusses products, services and daily living tips for people with vision loss. It is available through radio reading services across North America, via several internet streaming services, and to everybody else as a podcast. To date, the show has been downloaded in all 50 states in the US and over 100 other countries on all
the inhabited continents. Eyes On Success is hosted and produced by Peter Torpey and Nancy Goodman Torpey.
Each episode is basically a success story. Some are human stories of visually impaired people's accomplishments in academics, employment, sports or pasttimes. Others are descriptions of adaptive aids that enable visually impaired people to achieve things. These include screen readers, magnifiers, navigation aids, and others. In all cases, the focus is on success.
Eyes On Success has been airing weekly since January 2011. Prior to January 2013 the name of the show was ViewPoints. Other than the name, nothing has changed.
Awards
- 2011 WXXI’s Producers Award in honor of creating and hosting the weekly radio series heard on Reachout Radio, WXXI’s reading radio service.
- 2012 Program of the Year Award in the Consumer Information category from the International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS) for show #1242 about Downloading and Reading Books on a Smart Phone.
- 2015 AFB's VisionAware named Eyes On Success "Agency of the Month" in recognition of the amount and quality of information provided to people with vision loss. This was the first time that this award was given to an organization that was not actually an agency.
- 2016 Program of the Year Award in the Interview category from the International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS) for show #1644 about Currency Identification.
- 2017 Program of the Year Award in the Interview category from the International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS) for show #1725 about Low Vision Optometry.
Connecting with Eyes On Success
To contact us with questions, comments or suggestions for future shows
send an e-mail to hosts@EyesOnSuccess.net
If you would like to receive weekly announcements of upcoming episodes, you can join our low traffic "announcements only" list by sending an e-mail to:
EyesOnSuccess+subscribe@GoogleGroups.com
If you would like to connect with other listeners and share your thoughts about what you've heard on the show, you can join our listener e-mail forum by sending an e-mail to:
EOS_Discuss+Subscribe@GoogleGroups.com
You can play Eyes On Success with Amazon or Google smart home devices by saying "Play Eyes On Success podcast".
You can also find it on iTunes, like it on Facebook ("EyesOnSuccess"), follow us on X / Twitter ("@_EyesOnSuccess"), or listen on YouTube (search for "Eyes On Success with hosts Peter and Nancy Torpey")
Click here to find out how you can support Eyes On Success.
Click here for a list of resources for the visually impaired.
Click here for accessibility tools that Pete developed.
Listener Support
Eyes On Success has been airing since 2011. If you've been enjoying the show and would like to see it continue, consider joining other listeners who have made a financial contribution to the show by clicking the PayPal button below.
No amount is too small and will help defray the cost of web hosting and upgrading software and equipment. All contributions appreciated. Thanks.
Promote and build awareness of your organization's products, services, or resources with a weekly on-air announcement
Connect with a targeted audience of listeners interested in topics related to vision loss by including a promotional item in the show or on the web site. More information can be found at:
Sponsoring promotional items
We are grateful to the many organizations who have supported Eyes On Success by running promotional items about their services and resources targeted to the visually impaired cmmunity including:
About The Logo:
The logo is a black square with rounded corners and has the letters EOS in silver across the top with 4 silver lines fanning out downwards from the bottom of the O. Since the initials of the show's name (Eyes On Success) spell the name of the Greek goddess of the dawn (EOS), the logo was designed to give the impression of a sunrise which in turn provides a positive uplifting feeling in keeping with the theme of the show. We are grateful to our daughter Allison for the graphic design work.
About The Hosts:
The Torpey's both have PhD's in Physics and retired from Xerox Corporation after
over 25 years in corporate research. Nancy is sighted and Pete is blind, and they've been learning together for many years. Pete and Nancy have two adult children, 2 young grandsons and they love to travel, hike and enjoy music together.
Here are photos of them at Garden of the Gods, at the Badlands and in their home studio recording Eyes On Success.
© 2011 - 2024 by Eyes On Success Productions