<img width="474" height="267" src="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2513-Pete-with-Be-My-Eyes-at-Desert-Botanical-Garden.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="photo of Pete using Be My Eyes to describe scene of saguaro and cholla and palo verde and other plants at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ" decoding="async" srcset="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2513-Pete-with-Be-My-Eyes-at-Desert-Botanical-Garden.jpg 682w, http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2513-Pete-with-Be-My-Eyes-at-Desert-Botanical-Garden-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /><a href="https://www.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_2513_podcast.mp3"> 
2513 Arizona Vacation with PiccyBot and Be My Eyes (Mar. 26, 2025) </a> 
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Experience the vivid landscapes of Arizona as enhanced by detailed descriptions by AI. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey used various AI services like PiccyBot and Be My Eyes to describe their adventures in the Sonoran Desert, the Phoenix Botanical Garden, Sedona&#8217;s trails, and more. Explore how technology can enhance the visually impaired&#8217;s experience of nature.

<description>&lt;img width="474" height="267" src="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2513-Pete-with-Be-My-Eyes-at-Desert-Botanical-Garden.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="photo of Pete using Be My Eyes to describe scene of saguaro and cholla and palo verde and other plants at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2513-Pete-with-Be-My-Eyes-at-Desert-Botanical-Garden.jpg 682w, http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2513-Pete-with-Be-My-Eyes-at-Desert-Botanical-Garden-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /&gt;2513 Arizona Vacation with PiccyBot and Be My Eyes (Mar. 26, 2025) Show Notes Experience the vivid landscapes of Arizona as enhanced by detailed descriptions by AI. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey used various AI services like PiccyBot and Be My Eyes to describe their adventures in the Sonoran Desert, the Phoenix Botanical Garden, Sedona&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_2513-arizona-vacation-with-piccybot-and-be-my-eyes-mar-26-2025_podcast.mp3" class="more-link"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="screen-reader-text"&gt;2513 Arizona Vacation with PiccyBot and Be My Eyes (Mar. 26, 2025)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>

2513 Arizona Vacation with PiccyBot and Be My Eyes (Mar. 26, 2025) Show Notes Experience the vivid landscapes of Arizona as enhanced by detailed descriptions by AI. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey used various AI services like PiccyBot and Be My Eyes to d...

2513 Arizona Vacation with PiccyBot and Be My Eyes (Mar. 26, 2025) Show Notes Experience the vivid landscapes of Arizona as enhanced by detailed descriptions by AI. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey used various AI services like PiccyBot and Be My Eyes to describe their adventures in the Sonoran Desert, the Phoenix Botanical Garden, Sedona’s … Continue reading 2513 Arizona Vacation with PiccyBot and Be My Eyes (Mar. 26, 2025) →

2513 Arizona Vacation with PiccyBot and Be My Eyes (Mar. 26, 2025)

<img width="474" height="267" src="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2512-Benetech-25-Anniv-logo.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Benetech&#039;s special 25th anniversary logo featuring a huge black &#039;25&#039; with &#039;Benetech&#039; in blue lettering and a few purple, pink, red, and blue dots all with a background that sweeps from mid-blue on the left to mid-purple on the right" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2512-Benetech-25-Anniv-logo.jpg 682w, http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2512-Benetech-25-Anniv-logo-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /><a href="https://www.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_2512_podcast.mp3"> 
2512 Benetech Celebrates 25 Years of Making Books Accessible for Everyone (Mar. 19, 2025) </a> 
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Show Notes</a> 
Benetech’s work has transformed how people with disabilities access information. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with founder Jim Fruchterman and CEO Ayan Kishore about the evolution of Bookshare, the use of AI in accessibility, the Global Certified Accessible program, and how Benetech’s efforts have impacted digital publishing and education.

<description>&lt;img width="474" height="267" src="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2512-Benetech-25-Anniv-logo.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Benetech&amp;#039;s special 25th anniversary logo featuring a huge black &amp;#039;25&amp;#039; with &amp;#039;Benetech&amp;#039; in blue lettering and a few purple, pink, red, and blue dots all with a background that sweeps from mid-blue on the left to mid-purple on the right" decoding="async" srcset="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2512-Benetech-25-Anniv-logo.jpg 682w, http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2512-Benetech-25-Anniv-logo-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /&gt;2512 Benetech Celebrates 25 Years of Making Books Accessible for Everyone (Mar. 19, 2025) Show Notes Benetech’s work has transformed how people with disabilities access information. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with founder Jim Fruchterman and CEO Ayan Kishore about the evolution of Bookshare, the use of AI in accessibility, the Global Certified Accessible &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_2512-benetech-celebrates-25-years-of-making-books-accessible-for-everyone-mar-19-2025_podcast.mp3" class="more-link"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="screen-reader-text"&gt;2512 Benetech Celebrates 25 Years of Making Books Accessible for Everyone (Mar. 19, 2025)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>

2512 Benetech Celebrates 25 Years of Making Books Accessible for Everyone (Mar. 19, 2025) Show Notes Benetech’s work has transformed how people with disabilities access information. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with founder Jim Fruchterman and CEO...

2512 Benetech Celebrates 25 Years of Making Books Accessible for Everyone (Mar. 19, 2025) Show Notes Benetech’s work has transformed how people with disabilities access information. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with founder Jim Fruchterman and CEO Ayan Kishore about the evolution of Bookshare, the use of AI in accessibility, the Global Certified Accessible … Continue reading 2512 Benetech Celebrates 25 Years of Making Books Accessible for Everyone (Mar. 19, 2025) →

2512 Benetech Celebrates 25 Years of Making Books Accessible for Everyone (Mar. 19, 2025)

<img width="474" height="267" src="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2511-Miele-2021-MacArthur-photo.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Close-up photo of Josh Miele smiling in front of a wood fence. Photo courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2511-Miele-2021-MacArthur-photo.jpg 682w, http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2511-Miele-2021-MacArthur-photo-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /><a href="https://www.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_2511_podcast.mp3"> 
2511 Encore of 2201 The Dream Of A Lifetime (Mar. 12, 2025) </a> 
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Show Notes</a> 
The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with Josh Miele, blind since childhood and one of the 2021 fellows, about how his work in the field of accessibility led to him receiving this special award.

<description>&lt;img width="474" height="267" src="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2511-Miele-2021-MacArthur-photo.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Close-up photo of Josh Miele smiling in front of a wood fence. Photo courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2511-Miele-2021-MacArthur-photo.jpg 682w, http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2511-Miele-2021-MacArthur-photo-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /&gt;2511 Encore of 2201 The Dream Of A Lifetime (Mar. 12, 2025) Show Notes The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with Josh Miele, blind since childhood and one of the 2021 fellows, about how his &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_2511-encore-of-2201-the-dream-of-a-lifetime-mar-12-2025_podcast.mp3" class="more-link"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="screen-reader-text"&gt;2511 Encore of 2201 The Dream Of A Lifetime (Mar. 12, 2025)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>

2511 Encore of 2201 The Dream Of A Lifetime (Mar. 12, 2025) Show Notes The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential.

2511 Encore of 2201 The Dream Of A Lifetime (Mar. 12, 2025) Show Notes The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with Josh Miele, blind since childhood and one of the 2021 fellows, about how his … Continue reading 2511 Encore of 2201 The Dream Of A Lifetime (Mar. 12, 2025) →

2511 Encore of 2201 The Dream Of A Lifetime (Mar. 12, 2025)

<img width="474" height="267" src="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2510-Josh-Miele-holding-his-book-with-LR-in-background.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Josh Miele stands in a living room holding a book whose cover features an image of a young boy seated with hand on cheek. Title reads, &#039;Connecting Dots: A Blind Life by Joshua A. Miele with Wendell Jamieson&#039;." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2510-Josh-Miele-holding-his-book-with-LR-in-background.jpg 682w, http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2510-Josh-Miele-holding-his-book-with-LR-in-background-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /><a href="https://www.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_2510_podcast.mp3"> 
2510 Connecting Dots &#8211; A Blind Life (Mar. 5, 2025) </a> 
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Joshua Miele is a MacArthur Award-winning accessibility expert who became blind at age 4. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with him about his new memoir “Connecting Dots &#8211; A Blind Life”, his experiences at UC Berkeley and how he came to work in accessibility, his shift from using a guide dog to a cane and how he hopes his book will reshape views on blindness.

<description>&lt;img width="474" height="267" src="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2510-Josh-Miele-holding-his-book-with-LR-in-background.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Josh Miele stands in a living room holding a book whose cover features an image of a young boy seated with hand on cheek. Title reads, &amp;#039;Connecting Dots: A Blind Life by Joshua A. Miele with Wendell Jamieson&amp;#039;." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2510-Josh-Miele-holding-his-book-with-LR-in-background.jpg 682w, http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2510-Josh-Miele-holding-his-book-with-LR-in-background-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /&gt;2510 Connecting Dots &amp;#8211; A Blind Life (Mar. 5, 2025) Show Notes Joshua Miele is a MacArthur Award-winning accessibility expert who became blind at age 4. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with him about his new memoir “Connecting Dots &amp;#8211; A Blind Life”, his experiences at UC Berkeley and how he came to work &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_2510-connecting-dots-a-blind-life-mar-5-2025_podcast.mp3" class="more-link"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="screen-reader-text"&gt;2510 Connecting Dots &amp;#8211; A Blind Life (Mar. 5, 2025)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>

2510 Connecting Dots – A Blind Life (Mar. 5, 2025) Show Notes Joshua Miele is a MacArthur Award-winning accessibility expert who became blind at age 4. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with him about his new memoir “Connecting Dots – A Blind Life”,

2510 Connecting Dots – A Blind Life (Mar. 5, 2025) Show Notes Joshua Miele is a MacArthur Award-winning accessibility expert who became blind at age 4. Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey talk with him about his new memoir “Connecting Dots – A Blind Life”, his experiences at UC Berkeley and how he came to work … Continue reading 2510 Connecting Dots – A Blind Life (Mar. 5, 2025) →

2510 Connecting Dots – A Blind Life (Mar. 5, 2025)

<img width="474" height="267" src="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2509-Sedona-Dave-and-Pete.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Photo of Sedona Dave and Pete Torpey in Dave&#039;s &#039;Cane Lab&#039; (in his garage). Each is holding an All Terrain hiking cane. There are many work benches and tools and parts in the background." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2509-Sedona-Dave-and-Pete.jpg 682w, http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2509-Sedona-Dave-and-Pete-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /><a href="https://www.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_2509_podcast.mp3"> 
2509 Sedona Dave and His Awarewolf Gear Cane Lab (Feb. 26, 2025) </a> 
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Show Notes</a> 
Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey&#8217;s Arizona vacation took an unexpected turn when Pete&#8217;s All Terrain Hiking Cane needed repair. Fortunately, Sedona Dave, designer of the cane, lived just a few minutes from their hotel. Inviting them into his “Cane Lab”, Dave not only repaired the cane, but also described the various canes offered by Awarewolf Gear.

<description>&lt;img width="474" height="267" src="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2509-Sedona-Dave-and-Pete.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Photo of Sedona Dave and Pete Torpey in Dave&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Cane Lab&amp;#039; (in his garage). Each is holding an All Terrain hiking cane. There are many work benches and tools and parts in the background." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2509-Sedona-Dave-and-Pete.jpg 682w, http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2509-Sedona-Dave-and-Pete-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px" /&gt;2509 Sedona Dave and His Awarewolf Gear Cane Lab (Feb. 26, 2025) Show Notes Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey&amp;#8217;s Arizona vacation took an unexpected turn when Pete&amp;#8217;s All Terrain Hiking Cane needed repair. Fortunately, Sedona Dave, designer of the cane, lived just a few minutes from their hotel. Inviting them into his “Cane Lab”, Dave &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://podcast.EyesOnSuccess.net/eos_2509-sedona-dave-and-his-awarewolf-gear-cane-lab-feb-26-2025_podcast.mp3" class="more-link"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="screen-reader-text"&gt;2509 Sedona Dave and His Awarewolf Gear Cane Lab (Feb. 26, 2025)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>

2509 Sedona Dave and His Awarewolf Gear Cane Lab (Feb. 26, 2025) Show Notes Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey’s Arizona vacation took an unexpected turn when Pete’s All Terrain Hiking Cane needed repair. Fortunately, Sedona Dave, designer of the cane,

2509 Sedona Dave and His Awarewolf Gear Cane Lab (Feb. 26, 2025) Show Notes Hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey’s Arizona vacation took an unexpected turn when Pete’s All Terrain Hiking Cane needed repair. Fortunately, Sedona Dave, designer of the cane, lived just a few minutes from their hotel. Inviting them into his “Cane Lab”, Dave … Continue reading 2509 Sedona Dave and His Awarewolf Gear Cane Lab (Feb. 26, 2025) →

2509 Sedona Dave and His Awarewolf Gear Cane Lab (Feb. 26, 2025)

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