📢 Great News: Walmart Access Pilot Extended!

Explorers, we have exciting news—the Walmart Access Pilot Program has been extended! 🎉 That means you can continue using both location-based and online Walmart offers until further notice. This program has already made a huge impact, helping Explorers across all 50 states shop with greater independence and ease.

Your participation can help shape the future of inclusive programs like this one. Let’s keep the momentum going and show why #AccessForAll matters! 🚀

Partnership Details: bit.ly/airaxwalmart.

Walmart Access Update 🛒

Over the past three months, our Walmart Access Partnership has been a huge success, with Explorers in nearly all 50 states using this opportunity to enhance their shopping experiences. It’s been great to see how much this partnership has meant to so many of you.

As the pilot phase wraps up on February 16, the Walmart access offer will be on hold while Walmart reviews and considers continuing this offering. We’re hopeful this partnership will continue on a permanent basis, and we want Walmart to know just how valuable it’s been for our community.

If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, we encourage you to visit Walmart with this offer before the pilot ends. And if this program has made an impact on you, please share your story with us—your feedback can help show Walmart how important #AccessForAll truly is.

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Walmart offers Aira Nationwide 🌟

Holiday shopping just got an accessibility upgrade! 🎁 For the first time, Aira is available nationwide in Walmart stores and online at Walmart.com – one of our most requested Access Partners! You asked, and Walmart delivered. Here’s what our explorers are saying:

"For the first time ever, I was able to go to my local Walmart and pick up an order I had placed independently. Excellent service!"

"The Agent did an excellent job guiding me through Walmart to the prescription counter and back. Exceptional navigation skills!"

'"The Agent helped me navigate to the customer service counter – so efficient and professional."

Download the Aira App for free for IOS or Android and visit your local Walmart today!
Learn more: aira.io/aira-at-walmart/ 🎄✨

#AccessibleRetail #InclusiveShopping #DisabilityAccess #HolidayShopping #OnMyTerms #AccessForAll

Access Announcement: Aira at JP Morgan Chase!

Starting today, June 3rd, Aira is thrilled to announce that Chase Bank is launching an Aira Access pilot, offering Aira for free at 44 Chase Bank Innovation Lab locations across the U.S.

Visitors to any of these Chase Bank locations can connect at the tap of a button with a professional visual interpreter or utilize Aira’s Access AI feature for free. Explorers have the peace of mind knowing they are working with professionally trained visual interpreters backed by Aira’s safety and security promise.

Whether locating the bank’s entrance and exit, navigating to the line to speak with a teller, withdrawing or depositing funds at an ATM, or reading printed banking materials, Chase now offers increased accessibility for its blind and low vision customers.
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#AccessForAll #OnYourTerms

We are thrilled to announce our sponsorship of the incredible duo, Dave Wilkinson - The Speedy Turtle, and his tandem pilot, Jim Trout, for the 3000-mile Race Across America! 🐢🚴‍♂️

From June 11-21st, these endurance athletes will embark on a historic challenge, riding from CA to NJ as the first tandem bike with a blind rider to compete solo in RAAM history.

"We hope you will say, 'I don’t want to BE them (because they are a bit nuts!), but I want to support them and be a part of their journey.' And if, along the way, you decide this is for you, we’d be okay with some competition." - Dave Wilkinson

#AccessForAll

On Tuesday, May 21st, from 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm EST, Aira’s CEO, Troy Otillio, will be speaking at the United Nations panel: "Promoting Inclusive Ageing Through Technology: Collaborative Perspectives and Cases."

As the leading company in visual interpreting, Aira has consistently expanded to meet the needs of its growing user base through product innovation and partnerships based on global accessibility initiatives. Panel inclusion among leaders in the accessibility industry highlights Aira’s impact for the blind and low vision community across all walks of life. At this panel, CEO Troy Otillio will share Aira’s innovative approaches and experiences in leveraging technology for accessibility.

Join in person (New York, New York, UN Room CR2) or tune into the UN Live Stream to join the conversation on promoting inclusive aging and advancing the rights and well-being of older adults across the globe.

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#AccessForAll #OnYourTerms #AssistiveTechnology

Aira Event Alert: Visual Interpreting at the Kentucky Derby!

🎉Join us for the 150th Kentucky Derby with visual interpreting by Aira! Following our successful streaming of the 2024 solar eclipse, which engaged over 500 listeners, we’re thrilled to continue expanding access for the blind and low vision community.

When: Saturday, May 4th, with Aira coverage from 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm PST
Where: Live on the Aira Explorer app (more/events) and via Zoom (access link to come). The event recording will be posted on our YouTube channel for post-event viewing.

Our visual interpreters will be describing everything from race details to jockey silks, symbolism to event history, and horse breeds to competitor profiles. We know the importance of experiencing events to their fullest and our team can’t wait to continue bringing visual interpreting to your event day festivities.

#InclusiveEvents #AccessForAll #OnYourTerms #AssistiveTechnology

Everette Bacon, Aira’s Vice President of Blindness Initiatives, was featured on the most recent episode of Talking Technology sharing Aira’s history, functionality, and future developments including the new Access AI feature and recent Eclipse event coverage.

#AccessForAll #OnYourTerms #AssistiveTechnology #Accessibility

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Talking Technology with V I Labs Episode 54 – Aira, Voice Dream, and a Solar Eclipse

On the show this week we catch up with Everette Bacon, Vice President of Blindness Initiatives at Aira Technologies to find out about the inspiration behind ...

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