Join us online and discover the ACB Media Network
The ACB Media Network is your one-stop site to access the ACB digital media library.
- Find what you are searching for quickly; whether it is the latest podcast in a series or to access any of ACB’s 10 live streams to hear your favorite program or a great selection of music.
- You can also find the latest content from the ACB Braille Forum and ACB Voices Blog.
- The Calendar features ACB events and our ACB Media program schedule.
Make sure to bookmark this page to access all that ACB Media has to offer and check back often for more updates!
Upcoming Events
- May 22, 2022, All day: Keystrokes
- May 22, 2022, 1:00 am: Sunday Edition
- May 22, 2022, 3:00 am: ACB Advocacy Update
- May 22, 2022, 4:00 am: VISAbilities
- May 22, 2022, 5:00 am: Tuesday Topics
- May 22, 2022, 7:00 am: Pride Connection
- May 22, 2022, 8:00 am: Art Parlor
- May 22, 2022, 9:00 am: Keystrokes
- May 22, 2022, 10:00 am: Cooking In the Dark
- May 22, 2022, 11:00 am: World of Sports Live
- May 22, 2022, 12:00 pm: Keystrokes
- May 22, 2022, 1:00 pm: Sunday Edition
- May 22, 2022, 3:00 pm: ACB Advocacy Update
- May 22, 2022, 4:00 pm: VISAbilities
- May 22, 2022, 5:00 pm: Tuesday Topics
- May 22, 2022, 7:00 pm: Pride Connection
- May 22, 2022, 8:00 pm: Sound Prints
- May 22, 2022, 9:00 pm: Tek Talk
- May 22, 2022, 10:00 pm: Sunday Edition
- May 23, 2022, : Art Parlor
- May 23, 2022, All day: Braille Forum Deadline for July 2022 Issue
- May 23, 2022, 1:00 am: Keystrokes
- May 23, 2022, 2:00 am: Main Menu Live
- May 23, 2022, 4:00 am: ACB Reports
- May 23, 2022, 4:30 am: Speaking Out for the Blind
- May 23, 2022, 5:00 am: Main Menu Live
- May 23, 2022, 7:00 am: ACB Reports
- May 23, 2022, 7:30 am: Speaking Out for the Blind
- May 23, 2022, 8:00 am: Sound Prints
- May 23, 2022, 9:00 am: Tek Talk
- May 23, 2022, 10:00 am: Sunday Edition
- May 23, 2022, 12:00 pm: Art Parlor
- May 23, 2022, 1:00 pm: Keystrokes
- May 23, 2022, 2:00 pm: Main Menu Live
- May 23, 2022, 4:00 pm: ACB Reports
- May 23, 2022, 4:30 pm: Speaking Out for the Blind
- May 23, 2022, 5:00 pm: Main Menu Live
- May 23, 2022, 7:00 pm: ACB Reports
- May 23, 2022, 7:30 pm: Speaking Out for the Blind
- May 23, 2022, 8:00 pm: Council Cconnection (Bay State MA)
- May 23, 2022, 9:00 pm: VISAbilities
- May 23, 2022, 10:00 pm: iACast
- May 24, 2022, : Council Cconnection (Bay State MA)
- May 24, 2022, 1:00 am: iACast
- May 24, 2022, 2:00 am: World of Sports Live
- May 24, 2022, 3:00 am: ACB Advocacy Update
- May 24, 2022, 4:00 am: ACB Advocacy Update
- May 24, 2022, 5:00 am: World of Sports Live
- May 24, 2022, 6:00 am: Sound Prints
- May 24, 2022, 7:00 am: Art Parlor
- May 24, 2022, 8:00 am: Council Cconnection (Bay State MA)
- May 24, 2022, 9:00 am: VISAbilities
- May 24, 2022, 10:00 am: iACast
- May 24, 2022, 11:00 am: ACB Advocacy Update
- May 24, 2022, 12:00 pm: Council Cconnection (Bay State MA)
- May 24, 2022, 1:00 pm: iACast
- May 24, 2022, 2:00 pm: World of Sports Live
- May 24, 2022, 3:00 pm: ACB Advocacy Update
- May 24, 2022, 4:00 pm: ACB Advocacy Update
- May 24, 2022, 5:00 pm: World of Sports Live
- May 24, 2022, 6:00 pm: Sound Prints
- May 24, 2022, 7:00 pm: Tuesday Topics
- May 24, 2022, 9:00 pm: ACB Advocacy Update
- May 24, 2022, 10:00 pm: Pride Connection
- May 25, 2022, : Braille and E Forum
- May 25, 2022, 2:00 am: ACB Reports
- May 25, 2022, 2:30 am: ACB Reports
- May 25, 2022, 3:00 am: Tek Talk
- May 25, 2022, 4:00 am: Sound Prints
- May 25, 2022, 5:00 am: ACB Reports
- May 25, 2022, 5:30 am: ACB Reports
- May 25, 2022, 6:00 am: Tek Talk
- May 25, 2022, 7:00 am: Tuesday Topics
ACB Media Network News
ACB Leaders Announce Highlights of March Leadership Meetings
Changes Coming for the ACB Media Network and your Alexa Devices
In an effort to modernize ACB radio’s live streams as a part of the ACB Media Network, The American Council of the Blind will be updating its popular Alexa skills. This new skill will provide greater ease of access with minimal technical hick-ups. Effective June 27th, the current skills used to access ACB Radio over Alexa-enabled devices will no longer work. To listen to ACB Radio streams, please follow the below simple steps to access the newly created skill:
From your Alexa-enabled device first Enable the skill by saying:
Alexa, Enable ACB Media.
- Launch the skill by saying:
Alexa, Open ACB Media.
- You’ll then be asked what stream you would like to access. As convention season ramps up, listeners will have ten streams to choose from. With so many choices, we are moving to a numbered order for the streams (Think BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, etc, but in this case use ACB).
- Ask for the name of the stream that you would like to hear. For example, to hear the General Sessions at the convention that had previously been on ACB Mainstream, then tune in to open ACB Media 1 by saying:
ACB Media 1 Or simply “ACB 1
Below provides names for each of the stream designations:
- ACB Mainstream is now ACB 1
- ACB Mainstream 2 is now ACB 2
- ACB Treasure Trove is now ACB 3
- ACB Café is now ACB 4
- ACB Community is now ACB 5
- ACB Live Event is now ACB 6
- ACB Special Event is now ACB 7
- (new) ACB Convention is now ACB 8
- (new) ACB Convention is now ACB 9
- (new) ACB Convention Information is now ACB 10
To follow along during our upcoming 60th annual ACB Conference & Convention, please refer to the convention daily announcements or the ACB Convention web site to determine the stream you should use for the event you are interested in hearing. The new ACB Media Alexa skill adds a special channel for information about this year’s ACB convention. This includes things like the convention daily schedule, the convention newspaper and other important convention details. . After launching the ACB Media skill ask for the Convention Information stream by simply saying:
Convention Information or ACB 10
Stay tuned as we continue to prepare for the launch of this year’s annual convention. Additional information about the ACB Media Network along with audio-based tutorials will be launching soon. We will distribute this information once it becomes available. ACB is excited to provide you with these important technology advances to help keep you up to date on how to access the ACB Media content that you need and enjoy. For any questions, please reach out to [email protected].