New ways to edit PDFs with Aira 📝

We’ve expanded our Visual Interpreter toolkit to better support the tasks you use the most.

Now, all Aira VIs are trained to assist with core PDF editing tasks like:

- Filling forms
-Adding e-signatures
- Inserting text or comments
- Navigating your own PDF editor remotely

Need more advanced assistance? We've licensed a small group of VIs with Adobe Acrobat to support:

- Editing existing text
- Merging, compressing, or converting files
- Creating new PDFs from scratch

You can connect with these specialists by selecting “Adobe Acrobat” under “Customize Your Call,” available 6AM–6PM PT.

Read more on our latest blog: https://aira.io/explorer-update-pdf-editing/

#AiraExplorer #AssistiveTech #AccessibleDocuments #PDFSupport #VisualInterpreter

From advocacy to fencing, Pat Pound is always in the fight. 🧠🤺

Born weighing just over a pound, Pat’s life began with a battle, and she never stopped competing.

She fought for advanced math classes after losing her vision at fourteen. She taught herself the abacus when no one else would. She led the Center for Independent Living out of financial crisis, became the first blind woman to direct the Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, and played a key role in early ADA implementation.

Now retired, but only on paper, Pat uses Aira’s Visual Interpreters to manage her home, organize her late husband’s belongings, and keep her independence on her terms.

And her newest arena? Blind fencing. Pat’s helping bring it to the global stage, proving again that if someone else can do it, she can do it, probably better.

Read her full story in this month’s Community Profile:
https://aira.io/community-profile-pat-pound/

#DisabilityRights #BlindFencing #AssistiveTech #AiraExplorer #AccessForAll

It's an exciting time for wearable and hands-free tech, but “Will it work with Aira?” 👓

Check out our latest blog post to explore compatibility, resources, and what's coming up next in wearable integration: https://aira.io/using-smart-glasses-with-aira/

#AiraExplorer #VisualInterpreter #SmartGlasses #OnMyTerms #AccessForAll

Tech that clicks: Allison Malloy

From early tech enthusiasm to leadership at OOD, Allison Malloy champions tools that provide access to visual information. She’s a Braille reader, a panelist on That Real Blind Tech Show and The Tech Doctor Podcast, and a fan of the Monarch braille display.

As an Aira Explorer since 2018, Allison pairs Visual Interpreters with Access AI to support work, travel, and daily life. Learn more about her story in this month's Community Profile!

https://aira.io/community-profile-allison-malloy-ood-aira-explorer/

#AssistiveTech #Braille #Accessibility #Ohio #AiraExplorer