For my last interview at CSUN’s Accessible Tech conference this year, I spoke with Michael Karpelson of the Wyss Institute. The audio for this conversation will be in NosillaCast #830 which will be published on 4 April 2021. You can learn more about the Wyss Institute and Michael’s work by going to wyss.harvard.edu/… You can […]
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CCATP #678 – Matt Campbell on Accessibility Overlays & Cloudflare Remote Browser Isolation
Matt Campbell is a blind software developer who has specialized in making computers more accessible to blind people for over 20 years. He was the lead developer for Serotek for 15 years, where he developed several affordable and easy-to-use products, including a Windows screen reader and an online community for blind people. More recently, he […]
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NC #829 Morphic Plus, Parallels Toolbox 2021, Everything is Fiddly RV Hotspots & Life
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, March 28, 2021, and this is show number 829. mp3 download CCATP #676 – Jill McKinley on Windows to Mac Conversion Last week, because of some scheduling changes […]
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Morphic at CSUN – Gregg Vanderheiden Interview Transcript
At the CSUN, assistive tech conference, I had the pleasure of talking to to Gregg Vanderheiden, who’s a Professor and Director Trace R&D Center at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. He was at CSUN to talk about a project called Morphic. This is an interesting solution to a problem many […]
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Siteimprove at CSUN – Andy Waselchuk Interview Transcript
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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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 […]
Continue readingCSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2021 – Section 508 is More Interesting Than You Think
CSUN AT with Sign Language Interpreter One of my favorite conferences of the year is the CSUN Assistive Tech Conference. Steve and I were really on the fence whether to attend last year in person, and pulled out at the last minute as all of our friends’ companies had canceled their trips. In retrospect of […]
Continue readingCCATP #671 – Allison Sheridan on American Council of the Blind Radio
This week the tables are turned and you’ll actually hear me being interviewed. I was asked to be on the Magic Mac Show, which is on the American Council of the Blind’s streaming radio channel. Hosts Tyson Ernst, Katie Frederick and Jason Castonguay asked me on so they could learn about how I got interested […]
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Dumb Question Corner – How to Answer iPhone Hands-Free
Recently, my good friend Kelly Guimont (aka @verso) asked me a question I couldn’t immediately answer. She asked whether there was a way, through accessibility on iOS, to answer a phone call on an iPhone without using your hands. This began a journey of discovery. I found several ways to accomplish this, and the methods […]
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Back Tap … A New Way To Use Your iPhone – by Rick Cartwright
I don’t know about you, but I love it when technology and life collide to create an amazing experience. And then there are those magical moments when you find pure joy from a new, shiny gadget. I am sure you have experienced this. One such experience for me was when I purchased and set up […]
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