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Tech Talk 17 – Phone stands and phone lanyard
Have you ever been on a video call and couldn’t find anything to hold up your phone? Or have you lost your phone and wondered if there’s a way to keep it secure? Today, Andrew Howard shares some handy gadgets that may help. Video translation: Hello, my name is Andrew Howard. Today I want to…
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Tech Talk 16 – iPhone with screen reader… and a “technology” that’s alive!
DBV employee Jael Espinal-McCoskey explained to Andrew what technology she uses at work: an iPhone, a braille display, and a screen-reader program. And a surprising fourth piece of “tech”! Watch the video and read the transcript below to find out what it is. Transcript of video: Andrew: Hi, my name is Andrew. How about you?…
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Tech Talk 15 – Explore 12 portable video magnifier
Video Translation Hi, my name is Andrew Howard. Today I’m talking about Explore 12. It’s larger than the Explore 8. They both have different coloured backgrounds, and Explore 12 has some additional features. Let’s have a look. [Andrew sets up the stand for the magnifier on a table] Once you set it up you slide…
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Deafblind World workshop at Melbourne Polytechnic
After a workshop for Auslan students at Melbourne Polytechnic, lead teacher Fiona Marke recently shared this lovely message with Deafblind Victoria: We were really excited to see so many students at our Deafblind World workshop! Four deafblind people – Jasper, Joe, Rodney and Heather – presented about: Students enjoyed the guiding activity and asked lots…
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Deafblind World Workshop: Connecting in the Deafblind Community 2025
Deafblind Victoria presents the deafblind awarenes workshop for 2025, run by people who are deafblind to raise awareness among the Auslan signing community. The workshop welcomes Deaf, hard of hearing, hearing, CODA, Auslan learners, Auslan teachers, Auslan friends and more. Topics include: integrating live activities, deafblind communication, technology, barriers & access, guiding demonstrations and more.…
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Tech Talk 14 – Apple Vision Pro
Deafblind Victoria member Robert Lokmer tried out a new device: Apple Vision Pro. It’s a headset that you wear in front of your eyes for enhanced vision, and it has digital features like apps and photos. Below are two videos. The first shows Andrew Howard talking to Robert about whether this device is useful for…
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Deafblind awareness workshop for Occupational Therapists, 28th October 2024
Occupational therapists (OT’s) often work with deafblind people to help us adapt our environment, improve daily living skills, use technology, develop communication strategies and build independence. We were really pleased that a group of OT’s approached DBV to find out more about Deafblind people, what we need and how we communicate. We delivered a special…
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Generation Women – Heather Lawson’s Presentation
Generation Women Australia is a series of storytelling events that aims to unite and empower women. On 25 September 2024, six Deaf women of different generations told personal stories to a live audience in Melbourne. DBV member Heather Lawson was one of the presenters. She gave an inspiring story about her life as a deafblind…
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Deafblind workshop at Heritage College Knox, 17th October 2024
The collaboration between Deafblind Victoria (DBV) and Heritage Knox College began in May 2022, when DBV ran a Deafblind workshop for the students. The following year, on the 2nd November 2023, some of the students who had learned Auslan visited the DBV office to meet Deafblind members. Recently, on 17th October 2024, DBV delivered another…
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Tree of Kindness
In support of mental health month, DBV members gathered together on the 9th of October to create leaves for the Schizy Inc ‘Tree of Kindness’ at Ross House. Each person brought their unique perspective to their paper cut-out leaves with art and messages about things for good mental health that are important to them. The…
