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Why Accessible Computer Skills Matter for Blind Professionals—and How You Can Help Improve Them
Accessible computer skills are essential for today’s workforce. Microsoft is inviting screen reader users to share feedback on Windows Narrator to help improve access and opportunity for blind professionals worldwide.
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Your Secretary in Your Pocket: Lumen’s Promise for Blind Professionals
In this episode of the Penny Forward Podcast, Chris Peterson and Liz Bottner talk with entrepreneur Sri Ram about Lumen, a voice-controlled AI email assistant designed to help blind professionals manage email hands-free. Sri shares his journey through vision loss, entrepreneurship, and building technology rooted in independence, community, and real-world accessibility.
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Treading the Waters of Life: Reflection, Action, and Impact | Penny Forward Podcast
In this episode of the Penny Forward Podcast, Chris Peterson speaks with Sylvia Stinson Perez about leadership, lifelong learning, self-advocacy, and defining impact on your own terms. Sylvia shares her journey through the blindness field, the lessons behind her book Treading the Waters of Life, and why reflection paired with action can help create meaningful…
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Do I Really Need a Professional Headshot?
Wondering whether a professional headshot is worth the cost? This advice-style post breaks down when a paid headshot makes sense, affordable alternatives to consider, and how blind and low-vision professionals can make confident, practical choices.
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Tech, Tenacity, and Financial Independence
Software engineer Mike Gorse joins the Penny Forward Podcast to share how mentorship, Linux accessibility, and simple investing strategies led to his financial freedom.