Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS)

Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS) Broadcasting the Printed Word to Georgians who are Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Since
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A radio station for the blind, visually-impaired, and otherwise print-impaired of Georgia. We bring the printed word to those who cannot read it for themselves.

07/13/2023

When he was in high school, Andrew Leland was told that he had retinitis pigmentosa, a rare disease affecting about 100,000 people in the U.S., and that he would be completely blind by middle age. “I spent my teen-age years mostly in denial: my blindness seemed distant, like fatherhood, or death,” he writes. “But in my 30s the disease caught up with me.” In 2020, he heard about a residential training school called the Colorado Center for the Blind, which is staffed almost entirely by blind people; students live there for several months, wearing eye-covering shades and learning to navigate the world without seeing it. The school takes a radical approach to cultivating blind independence. Students use power saws in a woodshop, take white-water-rafting trips, and go skiing. To graduate, they have to produce professional documents and cook a meal for 60 people. The most notorious test is the “independent drop”: a student is driven in circles, dropped off at a mystery location in Denver, and tasked with making his way back to the center. Read about Leland’s experience of learning to live without sight: http://nyer.cm/BibJTbb

What's New at GaRRS in June -
06/08/2023
What's New at GaRRS in June

What's New at GaRRS in June -

Please click here for a list of all our service programs. Book Schedules - Click here to listen to the books aired this month. All books are accessible here.  

What a remarkable young man! We can't wait to see where Trey Quinn goes from here.
05/31/2023
Georgia Tech grad: Students with disabilities can improve campuses for all

What a remarkable young man! We can't wait to see where Trey Quinn goes from here.

In a guest column, an honors graduate of Georgia Tech who has cerebral palsy details the challenges facing students with disabilities and how campuses can work with students to improve outcomes for everyone.

What's New at GaRRS in April -
04/21/2023
What's New at GaRRS in April

What's New at GaRRS in April -

Please click here for a list of all our service programs. Out and About: This month's program features Atlanta's Center for Civil and Human Rights. We describe memorabilia from Martin Luther King, take you through the entire Civil Rights era, and learn about civil rights in places around the worl...

What's New at GaRRS in March -
03/23/2023
What's New at GaRRS in March

What's New at GaRRS in March -

Please click here for a list of all our service programs. Out and About: It’s time to travel again with host Jody Franco. Picture elephants, lions, hippos, and the most colorful and unusual birds...and you will know that Africa is the destination. From South Africa to Botswana, you will want to t...

What's New at GaRRS in February -
02/22/2023
What's New at GaRRS in February

What's New at GaRRS in February -

Please click here for a list of all our service programs. Out and About: Kenzie Rowland, mental health advocate and comedienne, was featured on Out and About with host Jody Franco on Saturday, February 4 at 11 am. Eye on Blindness: On February 11th, Jane spoke to Karen Lieberman, founder of Cam...

GaRRS is 42 years old today! A big thank you to our listeners, volunteers and GaRRS supporters who keep us on the air! C...
10/14/2022

GaRRS is 42 years old today! A big thank you to our listeners, volunteers and GaRRS supporters who keep us on the air!

Click here to learn more about our history:
https://garrs.org/about-us/history/

And check out this photo of our first Board of Directors in October of 1980.

Blind Woodworker Can Smell the Difference in Wood. | Nokia News
08/04/2022
Blind Woodworker Can Smell the Difference in Wood. | Nokia News

Blind Woodworker Can Smell the Difference in Wood. | Nokia News

Blind Woodworker Can Smell the Difference in Wood. Even though he is blind, a skilled carver uses his senses of touch and smell to create intricate objects and works of art from lumps of wood, wowing customers in the process. Chris Fisher, 52, took up woodturning as a hobby when he lost his sight 14...

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06/01/2022

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🌟Website Testers Needed! 🌟

The Audio Description Project team has been working, for the past several months, on a redesign of the ADP website. We have worked on modernizing the site, applying more user-friendly color schemes, organizational structure, layout, and increased usability.

It is now time to assemble a team of experienced users of the existing ADP site to test the features and functions of the new site. The experience of the user team during testing will be a key factor as we develop the plan to roll the site out to all end-users, currently scheduled for early fall.

We need three groups of volunteer testers with varying levels of proficiency in web browsing and use of their assistive technology:

✅ Beginning, intermediate, and advanced screen reader users (including Jaws, NVDA, Voiceover, Narrator, and Talkback).

✅ Low Vision Screen Magnification users with beginning, intermediate, and advanced skills (including ZoomText or Magnifier).

✅ Fully sighted users with all levels of proficiency.

If you are a user of the Audio Description Project website, and you are interested in assisting the ADP Website team, you can send an email message to [email protected] and provide the following information:

Your name, city/state, email address and cell phone number. Also be sure to include how often you access the ADP website and the pages you use the most often.

We will be launching the tester teams in the next couple weeks, so please send your email ASAP indicating your willingness to assist us with this important project. This website is the go-to resource on Audio Description all around the world, and is highly respected and used by thousands of people every month.

Thank you so much for your assistance!

04/11/2022

GaRRS will be saying goodbye to Executive Director Rebecca Arayan at the end of May as she will be moving on to lead Villa International in Atlanta. We are looking for an Executive Director and have placed an announcement here. Please spread the word about this opportunity for GaRRS which is open through April 20th!

Thank you to Representative Sharon Cooper and the House Health and Human Services Committee for taking the time to hear ...
01/26/2022

Thank you to Representative Sharon Cooper and the House Health and Human Services Committee for taking the time to hear about GaRRS and all we do. Also thank you to Jasmine Seabron and Phil Jones for their time and presentations!

Hearing from Jasmine Seabron with Georgia Radio Reading Service at our House Health and Human Services Committee Meeting. The GaRRS brings the printed word to individuals who are visually-impaired and print-disabled. Listen online at garrs.org for programming including local newspapers, magazines, books and service programs completely free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. infoGeorgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS)

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12/22/2021
$100,000 in grants go to 10 Atlanta arts groups in a mix of corporate and local support

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The modern version of the Medicis underwriting artists in 15th century Italy, in Atlanta it is often companies like WarnerMedia, Mailchimp, Georgia Pacific, Delta Airlines and the Coca-Cola Company that have filled in gaps in supporting art and artists when mercurial government funding flags.

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260 14th Street NW
Atlanta, GA
30318

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(800) 672-6173

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You folks are angels in my book,..I am not blind, but near sighted and I love the soothing voice coming over my radio and telling me the news and such. Thank you very much.
Hear ye, Hear ye! Come one, come all! Foresight Augmented Reality is hosting a public awareness celebration next Sunday, September 10th in Decatur Square-at the Band Stand, from 1-4PM!In celebration of the City of Decatur incorporating the FAR Vision beacon technology in 6 of their municipal buildings, a special event is being held to raise awareness of what the Blind and Visually impaired community of Atlanta is doing to improve their lives, and independence! GARRS will be there, the GA chapter of the NFB, ACB's Guide Dog Users group will be in attendence. Emory Eye Center's, Low Vision Doctors will be present,Members of the champion , Atlanta Eclipse, Beep Baseball team will show how it's done, as well as Georgia Blind Sports, introducing us to Goal Ball! Take a visually impaired guided tour of the Square, utilizing the free FAR Vision App to variouss businesses and restaurants! Free goodies, and lots of FUN! Come see us, and ask for Samson, the Guide Dog!!! Dave the Blind Guy: Dave the Blind Guy and his perspectives on Vision and Sight
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Garrs is really moving along. I can hardly wait to see what we're going to do with our programming. Please listeners if you're out their listening let us know! We do need your feedback. After all we're here for you!
When you listen to Garrs you get plenty of Health Information. When you listen to Garrs you get of food info. When you listen to Garrs you get plenty of science information. When you listen to Garrs you get plenty of information about technology. Garrs is not just a Radio Reading Service. It's also a tremendous radio information service.
Garrs has something for everyone. Check it out
Garrs has a number of public service announcements that we air. We do this to keep our listeners informed about what's going on with the blindness population.
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