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This website provides a list of podcasts for listeners who are Blind/Visually Impaired. Please note: Parent/teacher preview is recommended before a student uses this resource.

PlayerFM is an independent podcast player and podcast library. Listeners can search, discover, save, and listen to more than 20 million free podcasts. Please note: Parent/teacher preview is recommended before a student uses this resource.

VAST provides video-assisted speech therapy. This app provides therapy to students with autism and motor-speech programming disorders such as apraxia. VAST combines the concept of video modeling with written words and auditory cues to help individuals acquire relevant words, phrases, and sentences so they can speak for themselves. For children and individuals with strong visual skills, this can be a key to developing speech.

This app provides a guide to use with Amazon Alexa devices. It has 1,000 commands, questions for Alexa to answer, and users can create their own sayings.

Daniel Kish has been Blind since he was 13 months old and has learned to "see" using a form of echolocation. He clicks his tongue and sends out flashes of sound that bounce off surfaces in his environment and return to him, helping him construct an understanding of the space around him.

In this TED talk, Dr. Dennis Hong explains the design, technology, application, and future of the prototype car for drivers who are Blind/Visually Impaired.

Inventor and IBM Fellow Chieko Asakawa has been Blind since she was 14. In this TED talk, Asakawa shows new technology that is helping people who are Blind/Visually Impaired (BVI) explore the world more independently. Asakawa explains how accessibility has ignited innovation for people who are BVI. She also shares ways for people who are BVI to access digital technology.

Retired Colonel Chris Hadfield delivers an inspiring reminder for people to pursue their dreams, no matter how big or small, and to stay strong in the face of diversity. Colonel Hadfield paints a vivid portrait of how to be prepared for the worst in space (and life) - and it starts with walking into a spider’s web.

What would a city designed for the blind be like? Chris Downey is an architect who went Blind suddenly in 2008. In this TED talk, Downey contrasts life before and after -- and shows how the thoughtful designs that enhance his life now might actually make everyone's life better, sighted or not.

TED features inspiring talks from Blind presenters on their accomplishments, including astronomers, inventors, and even an astronaut. Topics include technology, cars for the blind, and more.