Allison interviews Dr. Chris Gibbons from Smartbox about their Grid 3 software and Grid Pad hardware to help people who can’t speak to communicate. Grid 3 is a complete Augmentative and Alternative Communication software package designed to help users communicate and connect with their world using symbols, text or a combination of both. With a […]
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Safer Nighttime Exercise with LED Shoe Clip Lights
In January I wrote a post entitled Nite Ize Taglit Might Save Your Life. I explained that I was nearly hit by a car twice while walking Tesla in the early evening hours. I figured that I might live a bit longer if I lit myself up with blinky lights. At Bart’s recommendation, I bought […]
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Security Bits – Even More Cambridge Analytica/Facebook, WebAuthn
Followup 1 — Meltdown/Spectre Intel won’t fix Spectre flaws in older chips — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… AMD systems gain Spectre protection with latest Windows fixes — arstechnica.com/… Followup 2 — The Cambridge Analytica/Facebook Kerfuffle
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CSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2018: AssisTech SmartCane
Allison interviews Manshul Belani from AssisTech Labs about their new SmartCane device for those who are blind or visually impaired. SmartCane is an electronic travel aid which fits on the top fold of the white cane. It serves as an enhancement to the white cane and overcomes its limitations by detecting knee-above and hanging obstacles […]
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Seeing AI from Microsoft
I’m going to talk about an accessibility app called Seeing AI developed by Microsoft and while you might not need this yourself, it’s a fascinating, free tool for iOS that has huge capabilities. I’m going to walk through how I heard about it and the problem it originally solved and then I’m going to do […]
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Dumb Question Corner – Why Do I Care About Accessibility?
Harald sent in a lovely note and included a Dumb Question for the show. Here’s his note: Dear Allison, Several months ago I started listening to the NosillaCast after discovering, and listening to all episodes of Taming The Terminal. I haven’t skipped a single week ever since. Many thanks for putting a big smile on […]
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CSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2018: OrCam MyEye 2.0
Allison interviews Bryan Wolynski from OrCam about their new MyEye 2.0 artificial vision device for those who are blind or visually impaired. MyEye 2.0 is comprised of a 13 Mpixel camera that takes a photograph and speaks back to the wearer a description of the image contents, whether it be text, facial recognition or product […]
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NC #673 Dumb Mistakes, Monosnap Screencast, Worst Book Creation Apps, Security Bits
We start with how wrong I was last week, with two huge mistakes. I posted a teaser video about a Monosnap screencast I did for ScreenCasts Online, and how I was on Daily Tech News Show #3248 where we talked about whether the announcements from Apple will help them get back in the game with […]
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Followups Cambridge Analytica & Facebook Kerfuffle Followup Additional developments: It’s been revealed that Facebook scraped call and text data from Android phones for years. Technically users did opt in to the collection, but it doesn’t seem to have been informed consent based on the public reaction to the reporting: Facebook scraped call, text message data […]
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Monosnap Video Tutorial on ScreenCasts Online
Back in January I told you guys about a really slick tool called Monosnap. I explained that it’s so much more than a screen capture tool. Anyway, I am so enchanted with Monosnap that I decided to do a video tutorial for Don McAllister’s ScreenCasts Online. I had a blast making this video because the […]
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