During the CSUN Assistive Tech conference I spoke with Andy Waselchuk in business development from a company called Siteimprove (siteimprove.com), and he talked about how they work with companies to analyze their web presence for accessibility and SEO, and provide training for on how to fix their problems. I was intrigued and asked Andy to […]
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Parallels Toolbox in 2021 – And Still It Keeps on Giving
Parallels Toolbox In July of 2017 I told you about a tool called Parallels Toolbox for macOS and Windows from the people who make the virtual machine software Parallels Desktop. This app really is what it says on the tin, a toolbox of little utilities. I’ve not noticed any particular app inside Parallels Toolbox as […]
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Interaction with Home Assistants for People with Dysarthria
I find the whole topic of assistive tech fascinating, as you may have gathered by now. I know a lot more about assistive tech for the visually impaired than the other fields, and I’m trying to push myself to expand my horizons. At the CSUN Assistive Tech conference, I saw a talk that was way […]
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Security Bits — 21 March 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. An interesting timeline of the Microsoft Exchange mega-attack discussed last time (Editorial by Bart: it really begs the question ‘what took Microsoft so long?’) — krebsonsecurity.com/… Bloomberg Report that when Parler (the social media […]
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Everything is Fiddly – Dictation on my Walk
I dictate reminders to myself all the time while I’m on my walks. I wear AirPods, so I interrupt my podcast listening by saying, “Hey S-lady” and then “Remind me to …” I used to say “Remind me to… when I get home” but geofencing is not at all reliable, so I pick a time […]
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Learn Screenium 3 Basics at ScreenCastsOnline
Two weeks ago I told you about an incredibly powerful and yet surprisingly inexpensive screencasting app called Screenium. I walked you through the features to explain the capabilities, but I also explained that this tool is far too powerful to explain in text how to make a screencast with Screenium. I told you that in […]
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“It’s Showtime!” – Brought to You by Keyboard Maestro
Ever since Mike Price started working on how to automate the creation of chapter marks into the podcast using Keyboard Maestro, I’ve been taking baby steps to do things with this amazing macro tool myself. I am definitely still on the bunny slope with the tool, but I feel like I’m starting to get how […]
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Test Your Website with ANDI – Accessible Name & Description Inspector
ANDI 7 Focusable Areas Dropdown In my article about accessibility in the Federal Government, I explained that they had created a tool to help them assess their own websites for accessibility errors. It’s called ANDI – Accessible Name & Description Inspector. I teased that I’d installed it and that I’d tell you more about how […]
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Everything is Fiddly – the Developer Edition by Claus Wolf
Open Access Helper Safari Extension Typically this section only includes the end user perspective, but today I wanted to tell you that things are fiddly for developers as well – or at least the hobbyist developer, like myself. I maintain a Safari App Extension called “Open Access Helper”, which helps you find legal Open Access […]
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Hi, this is Jill from the Northwoods. I’ve always been a math girl. The world makes sense in math. It has rules that you must follow. Logical! Orderly! Everything fits inside those rules. But when it comes to writing, that is an art that has so many fiddly parts. I’ve never been a very good […]
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