Allison interviews Helene Rydell from Sonova Phonak about their Roger assisted listening devices. Roger is a system of microphones and receivers designed to help people hear better under various conditions. Roger mics include the Table Mic which automatically selects and amplifies the person who is talking and the Select which allows the user to manually […]
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NC #723 MarsEdit on SCO, CSUN, SleepPhones, Retissa Retinal Projection, Proloquo2Go, Ampere Unravel, Ocutech
We hope you’ll join us during Apple’s March 25th event in our chat room at podfeet.com/chat. My latest ScreenCastsOnline tutorial is on the awesome blogging tool MarsEdit. We attended CSUN’s Assistive Technology Conference and I’ve got an overview of what we learned along with interviews with Assistivewear about Proloquo2Go, their AAC App, and Ocutech low […]
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CSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2019
CSUN friends Steve, Aleeha, Mike, Al, Jeff, Shelly This week Steve and I attended the CSUN Assistive Tech Conference, and I wanted to tell you a little bit about it. You’ll be hearing the very few interviews we did on the exhibit hall floor but we did more than the exhibit hall this year. I […]
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QD Laser’s Retissa Retinal Projection Eyewear
We have three video/audio interviews from CSUN’s Assistive Technology Conference, but there was one product where we didn’t do an interview and yet it was a pretty interesting product. The product is the Retissa Retinal Projection Eyewear from QD Laser. This is a glasses-type piece of eyewear that projects the outside world directly onto your […]
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CSUN 2019: Ocutech Low Vision Aids
Allison interviews Sarah Lovejoy from Ocutech about their bioptic telescopes that help visually impaired people see better. Ocutech Bioptics are like miniature binoculars that attach to your regular eyeglasses and make images larger and easier to see. Bioptics are ideal for individuals with reduced visual acuity between 20/60 to 20/300 and they can be prescribed […]
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CSUN 2019: AssistiveWare Proloquo2Go AAC App
Allison interviews Barbara van ’t Westende from AssistiveWare about their Proloquo2Go Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app. This app runs on an iPad and helps people who cannot convey their thoughts using speech to communicate. Proloquo2Go uses symbols and pictures that are displayed on the iPad and selected by the user to communicate. The symbols […]
Continue readingNC #722 OWC Thunderbolt Dock, GoodTask, Web Accessibility Testing, Security Bits
I start off with what’s supposed to be a review of the OWC 14-port Thunderbolt 3 dock but which turns into a lesson on USB and Thunderbolt speeds and specs but does do a comparison of the OWC against the other docks I’ve reviewed. Then Allister Jenks tells us about the to-do app GoodTask 3 […]
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Web Accessibility Evaluation – Podfeet is Not as Good as it Should Be
I pride myself on paying attention to accessibility, as part of the natural fabric of my podcasts and blog. What is that saying taken from Proverbs, “Pride goeth before a fall”? Yeah, I have fallen big time on this one. I’m a fanatic about making sure I have alt tags on my images. Alt tags […]
Continue readingNC #721 Goodbye Honda Bob, Ring, Emmet, Vispero, SureCall Signal Booster, MPowerd Lights, WHILL
We say goodbye to Honda Bob, and you can download his book at podfeet.com/hondabob. We’ve got a CES interview with Ring talking about their smart lighting and doorbells for people in apartments. Caleb brings us a review of Emmet, a plugin for web developers that makes writing HTML code easier and more efficient. We talk […]
Continue readingNC #711 Accessibility Tricks, How Big is My Image, Best Buy for Apple Battery Replacement, Remove Backgrounds, Night Before Christmas
I’ll tell you the story of how I helped a friend of mine’s father-in-law who had some recent vision loss combined with hearing loss and why I think the effort was successful. We’ve got a Dumb Question about how to figure out how big images are on iOS. We have two Tiny Tips – one […]
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