[Athen] Experiences with Aira

[George Kerscher]

I believe that one does not need to have a paid subscription  to use site access, like when I was at CSUN or the Minneapolis airport. However, it is probable that paid AIRA users would discover this free site access when they went to use the service.
 
Best
George
 
 
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George
 
 
From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Jay Wilson
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 3:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Experiences with Aira
 
Hello,
Do you know if a student is required to pay for personal access minutes in order to also access "Site Access" minutes?


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On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 8:33 AM, Frederick, Kathryn A. <frederick.273 at osu.edu <mailto:frederick.273 at osu.edu> > wrote:
AIRA is available for monthly subscriptions, but there is also a feature called “site Access,” which means that if a person is using AIRA at a designated location that has the access, the AIRA usage doesn’t go against their paid for minutes. I hope this helps clarify…
 
Katie
 
From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu <mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> > On Behalf Of Robert Spangler
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 9:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Experiences with Aira
 
Hello, I don't think the cellphone battery would be an issue if the student used the glasses that come with the product.  I think this makes it easier for the agent on the other end to see the environment, too.  Also, as far as "making it available downtown" - I don't think that it's made available anywhere; the blind individual calls in and an agent answers their questions, meaning that it's available everywhere.  I shall stand corrected, however.
 
 
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Kluesner, Bryon <Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu <mailto:Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu> > wrote:
We had one student use it last semester and it was paid for as a monthly subscription ($89?) by a private donation to the office. The complaint the student had was it drained his cell phone battery. He is working with Aira on how to get a discounted institutional rate and plans to to talk to city mayor about making it available downtown. He did like it, except the cell phone app issue.
 
Bryon
 
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Disability Resource Center
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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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Subject: [Athen] Experiences with Aira 
 
Good afternoon all,
 
I am curious if anyone has any experiences in using Aira (aira.io <https://aira.io/> ) with students who are blind, specifically on an institution level. We have one student utilizing a personal subscription in the classroom with seemingly great success, and we are curious if this might be a worthwhile investment for all of our students to utilize. Any information you are able to provide would be greatly appreciated.

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Thank you very much.
 
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