Episode Details

Join Marty and the Michaels as they discuss the incredible features of ACB Link, the official app of the American Council of the Blind. Discover how ACB Link provides a seamless experience to access the latest news, affiliate information, live streams, podcasts, and more. Streamlining your ACB media experience has never been easier!

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Marty S: [0:04] Hey all, Marty here, and today with me I have the Michaels. Say hello, Michaels.

Michael B: [0:09] Hello.

Michael D: [0:11] Hello.

Marty S: [0:12] Today, we're going to be talking about ACB Link. So Michael D., why don't you give us a little primer on what ACB Link is?

Michael D: [0:20] Sure. ACBLink is an app on iOS and there's a version on Android currently. It needs the same love that the iOS version has gotten recently. But ACBLink is the official app of the American Council of the Blind. And basically, it allows the user to go in, find out the latest news and what's going on with the American Council of the Blind. And then you can check to see all of the different affiliates that you can join and get information about that affiliate. We have the different ACB Media live streams and podcasts and all of that great content that you can get from ACB Media in the app. So it's a very convenient place to quickly get all of the information you want from the American Council of the Blind.

Marty S: [1:14] Excellent. So, one feature about it that's really cool in this new version is the streams, one through, I don't know what the last number is. How many are there? 10, So, do you want to talk about that because that's a really cool feature.

Michael D: [1:35] So I'm really excited about this because in the past in the app you had to double tap on the stream, go and find the play button, and then go to play. Now all you have to do is just double tap on each of the streams to play it. It's kind of like you're changing the dial on the radio. You could just go from one to the next to the next very quickly by flicking and double tapping and then if you want to stop or start back up the playback you can just do a two finger double tap if you have voiceover on or there's an out playing button at the top right of the screen that's a like visually it's a music note kind of signify something's playing and you double tap on that and you can go play and pause and and all those things see what you're listening to so yeah, i will say that the acb link update has caused me to listen to acb media a lot more than I ever have in the past and I will stick by that statement because it's just so easy.

Michael B: [2:32] You go in there, you tap streams and then you tap the stream number. Used to be you go in, you tap the menu, you tap on ACB radio, then you tap the stream number, then you tap the play button. See? See? It's a lot simpler to just go and tap streams, tap the stream number. You can also listen to podcasts there, Michael. Can you explain what that process looks like?

Michael D: [2:49] Sure. This process is just as easy. So you go into the podcast tab. Yes, there's a new tab for podcasts. And you find the podcast you want, you double tap, you find the episode you want, you double tap. It's as simple as that. And you can go back and forth between episodes of the same podcast. I think it's faster to do this method than going through a podcast app, like Apple podcast or anything like that, because everything is just in one place for that podcast. You don't have to look at show notes. You don't have to look at any of that stuff. You just want to listen, find the episode, double tap.

Michael B: [3:27] Can you adjust play speed for podcast episodes?

Michael D: [3:31] Yes, you can. In fact, that now playing button that I told you about is at the top right corner on every screen for the most part in the app. So you just find that now playing button, double tap, and then there's a on