ACB Tuesday Topics

We are going to explore a question that may seem beyond the scope of our program. Over the past few months we have spent quite a lot of time discussing chat bots. Recently we have seen lots of evidence that they can get things amazingly wrong in terms of information. Our friend Jonathan Mosen reported … Read more

How well did voting work last year at ACB? What changes, if any, can we look forward to this year? How did people vote who were at the convention? Did many need assistance? How did affiliate voting work? Are there going to be any changes in how affiliates vote this year? What do we know … Read more

Don’t miss a chance to choose from three issues! Several weeks ago Tuesday Topics asked all of you to come up with subjects for us. However, we indicated that we would put together a series of topics in case our listeners did not come up with discussion issues. We did not have to use those … Read more

Remember to join us when David Trott is our guest on Tuesday Topics!During that period, we will invite David Trott to share with us a notion of where ACB is financially and in terms of membership. During the in-person segment of ACB’S recent meetings in Alexandria Virginia those present were invited to talk about membership … Read more

Ever since he was a student at university, Eric Bridges has been active in ACB. For much of his career he has worked for ACB. For the last several years Eric has been ACB’S Executive Director. Virtually all the members of ACB are almost certainly aware that Mr. Bridges has been chosen to become the … Read more

Some of our Tuesday Topics people have been in Washington over the last week. There were programs that were on in DC last Tuesday so we decided to step aside for one week. We are back and feel like there are a number of topics which may be a part of our Tuesday. We have … Read more

As often seems to happen, our program last week intended to cover two topics but only got to one. That left the accessibility of large appliances as essentially undiscussed. On the last day of February, then, that will be our topic. Where are we with this issue? Historically, how did we handle access. How has … Read more

Last week we discussed new devices that are expected this year and, after that, barely scratched the surface with a discussion of phones. As a result, we will begin this edition with a discussion of the three main groups of phones used by people who are blind or have low vision. We will talk about … Read more

Once more Tuesday Topics will depend on you for our success. We are once more going to try for a double feature. Those of you who have been a part of Tuesday Topics for a while know that this means we are going to choose two topics which we will discuss. The idea is that … Read more

February is a month full of significant events. The Grammies will happen before our next Tuesday Topics. The Superbowl, number 57, is on February 12. Valentine’s Day is on February 14. Later in the month are the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln. We will look at all of these elements and other February phenomena. What … Read more