Allison interviews Ben Yu, founder and CEO of Monar, about their Canvas Speaker. The Monar Canvas Speaker is a smart device that merges the display of renowned artworks and music playback with live lyrics, creating an immersive audio-visual experience. Monar is made to be hung on a wall just like a piece of art. It […]
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CES 2025: Soliddd Vision Correction for Macular Degeneration
Allison interviews Motti Attia from Soliddd about their technology to improve vision for those suffering from macular degeneration. Soliddd has a new kind of electronic eyeglasses that beam light in parallel rays to the retina. The key here is that the rays illuminate a smaller version of the same image multiplied 64 times in a […]
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CES 2025: Tombot Robotic Puppies for Those Facing Health Adversities
Allison interviews Tom Stevens, CEO and Founder of Tombot, about their robotic puppies designed to comfort those with health adversities. The Tombot puppy, Jennie, is very lifelike with fur, eye motion, body movement, and tail wagging modeled after a 3-month-old Labrador puppy. Jennie stays in the owner’s lap and reacts to petting and stroking through […]
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Tiny Mac Tips 4 Video Tutorial on ScreenCastsONLINE
If you’ve been following along with my Tiny Mac Tips series in text form or listening to them in the podcast, but you’d like to actually see some of them in video tutorial form, you’re in luck. My latest ScreenCastsONLINE video tutorial just dropped and it’s called Tiny Mac Tips 4. Remember my disclaimer, while […]
Continue readingInstead of Bartender, Learn about Ice on ScreenCastsONLINE
The poorly communicated sale of Bartender has caused many people to seek alternatives to manage their menu bar apps. While Bartender is still being developed and works as well as it ever did, you might want to consider the open source donationware alternative called Ice for macOS Sonoma and above. That’s why I chose Ice […]
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Are You Baffled by iStat Menus 7’s Interface? Lee Garrett’s ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial Can Help
Whenever I do a ScreenCastsONLINE tutorial video, I always tell you about it. I tell you how much fun I had creating the tutorial and what you’ll learn from it. I do this because I’m very proud of the work I do for ScreenCastsONLINE. What I rarely mention is that there are other terrific tutors […]
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How to Use Audio Hijack – Video for SVMUG
Last night I taught the Silicon Valley Mac Users Group how to use Audio Hijack. I’m not telling you that to make you sad you missed it – they recorded the session and produced a high-quality video of the session. It’s not as structured as my ScreenCastsONLINE tutorial but I think it’s still pretty darn […]
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CSUN 2024: Index Braille High-Speed Embossers
Allison interviews Mikael Vikman Sunna, CEO of Index Braille about their affordable braille printers. Index Braille offers a full line of braille printers ranging from small and portable to full-size and high-speed embossers for production use. The Basic-D V5 is a portable tractor-fed braille embosser weighing 16.7 lbs. It handles double-sided braille and prints at […]
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CSUN 2024: ReBokeh iOS App for People with Vision Impairment
Allison interviews Emerson Maggi from ReBokeh about their iOS app that helps people with low vision use their iPhone more easily. Rebokeh is working on a similar app for Android phones. The ReBokeh app makes use of the camera on your existing iOS device and enables adjustments to contrast, brightness, colors, and inversion filters. It […]
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Macstock 2024: Make the Mac Work for You
Allison Sheridan presents several methods to use your Mac faster and more efficiently to get the most out of it at the Macstock VIII Conference held in Crystal Lake, IL. Using a Screen Reader? click here
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