We learn about TravelEyes, a unique travel agency that pairs up sighted and blind travelers in group tours, giving the blind access to travel and the sighted a discount on amazing vacations from traveleyes-international.com. Trunk Notes from Apps on the Move to take type written notes on the iPad using wiki technology and using the […]
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#359 Lumin, Art Text 2, LookTell Recognizer, Osfoora
Verizon LTE rocks but I can’t use it. Thoughts on how school districts could evaluate the idea of iPads for books in our schools. Professor Albert reviews Lumin from iTunes. Lens cap holders and more from >photojojo.com. Art Text 2 review from Belight Software and in the Mac App Store. Todd McCann asks in Dumb […]
Continue readingMore Tag#358 New IPad Rant, DrawSomething, Skim, Refreshabraille Display, Origin Instruments, Georgia Tech Braille Touch for iOS and Android
Rant about how hard it was for me to receive the new iPad (and a few comments about how awesome it is). @SwitcherMark gives us a Draw Something from OMGPop. Beautiful Skim PDF annotation tool – free and open source from skim-app.sourceforge.net. Hugo complains that Professor Albert does not have an active license for his […]
Continue readingMore Tag#357 Kernel Panics, Quicken for Lion, My Talk Tools, Capti, FlyGrip, Home Networking
We had a kernel panic during the live show last week, and four tech mavens helped me figure out what caused it, George from Tulsa tells us about the new Quicken for Lion: Lion Compatible Quicken FAQ, Import Quicken Essentials Data into Quicken, Buy Lion Compatible Quicken from Intuit for $14.99. Two more reviews from […]
Continue readingMore Tag#356 CSUN Disability Expo, HP Folio 13, Windows 8 Customer Preview, Apps Gone free, ABiSEee EyePal Reader, Future of OSX
CSUN Persons With Disabilities Expo, Hype 1.5 update to last week’s review from tumultco.com. HP Folio 13 Review from hp.com compared to the current Macbook Air from Apple. More Windows fun with a first look at Windows 8 Consumer Preview from windows.microsoft.com. Knightwise gives us a review of Apps Gone Free from the iTunes store. […]
Continue readingMore Tag#355 SSD Swap, Lion Internet Install, Hype, Home Networking Primer
SSD swap out adventure – with the 120GB Mercury 6G from OWC using the bare drive Lion installation. Hype review from the Mac App Store and tumultco.com for creating HTML5 animations for your iBooks Author books. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart gives us a home networking primer.
Continue readingMore Tag#354 Keynote for the Blind, Vlingo, Tweetbot, Cosmonaut Stylus, Crimson iPhone Case, Mountain Lion with Jeff Gamet
New Logo from Ryan Sakamoto at ryansakamoto.com, Keynote Theme explanations for the blind, Vlingo review from Timothy Gregoire. Learn how to create documentation your software users can actually use over at bluemangolearning.com. Donald Burr of Otaku No Podcast brings us a Tweetbot review (Tweetbot for iPhone/iPod Touch in iTunes, Tweetbot for iPad in iTunes). Cosmonaut […]
Continue readingMore Tag#353 Ecodock, Opena Case, iKliK Stand, Readdle Remarks, Qmadix Quick Shot and Eclipse, TourWrist, DNSCrypt
Podcast feed went on a diet with fewer episodes and shorter names. K-Array Ecodock Review available at B&H Photo. Clarify Beta lets you export to Evernote available at clarify-it.com/download/beta. Opena iPhone Case review from openacase.com. iKliK Stand review with video from Kickstarter, available at Amazon. Three video interviews from Macworld | iWorld: Readdle Remarks from […]
Continue readingMore TagBlindfolded! – Macworld 2012
At Macworld | iWorld 2012, I presented a Tech Talk in which I blindfolded myself in order to demonstrate the accessibility features built in for the blind on the iPhone and Mac. I’d like to say there was flawless execution, but I’d be lying to you. The good news is that the audience helped me […]
Continue readingMore Tag#351 Sony DRM, Bias DRM, WavePad, Azul, Blue Microphone, Heatmaps, Piezo, Airfoil, Sarah Lane
Sony DRM keeps me from getting the digital copy of District 9 that I paid for, but it’s ok, they offered me The Smurfs instead. Bias DRM keeps me from using the copy of Sound Soap I bought, but WavePad from http://nch.com.au saves the day. Clarify gets the coveted title “Mac Gem” from macworld.com. In […]
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