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Subject: Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, November 12, 2015 - Volume 534
Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, November 12, 2015 - Volume 534
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Dear David,
1) The VisionAware Blog has reproduced the article "Ten New Tips for Braille
Users of iDevices" which provides a lot of useful information in one place:
http://www.visionaware.org/blog/visionaware-blog/ten-new-tips-for-braille-users-of-idevices-scott-davert-applevis-editorial-team-2150/12
2) Last week, we mentioned Talking Books in the UK. Now, the digital
download service in that country is free:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/talking-books-digital-download
3) Last week, we announced the Audio-Central mailing list. That list has
apparently been replaced by the Audio-Go-Round list on freelists. Put the
word subscribe in the subject line of a message to:
audio-go-round-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
4) Learn what's going on at Serotek, where they have updates and new
features planned, on Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 17 November at 01:00:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2
5A) An organization called International Institute on Visual Impairment is
holding what they are calling the "1st International Online Conference on
Inclusion and Rehabilitation for the Visually Impaired." This takes place
from 11-13 November. Some 30 lectures are planned, and the conference will
be translated into English, Spanish and Portugese. Here is the conference
schedule:
http://www.deficienciavisual.org/schedule/
5B) And you can register here:
http://www.deficienciavisual.org/conference/
6) Robert Carter is back with a new Tech Doctor podcast: "Talking Apple TV
with David Woodbridge:"
http://www.dr-carter.com
7) Read about present use and future plans of the Nearby Explorer GPS App
from American Printing House:
https://medium.com/backchannel/open-data-with-a-purpose-9f31db156365
8) Here is a lesson plan for teaching a few gestures to blind students using
an iPad:
http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/technology/lesson-plan-ios-voiceover-gestures-practice
9) The Main Menu Program for 6 November was a comprehensive introduction to
Android for the Blind:
http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/viewshow.php?showid=382
10A) Kathy Ann Murtha makes available a free training on the Windows 10
Start Menu. This is the YouTube link:
https://youtu.be/iMMcebZnnnw
10B) And a text version:
http://www.blind.training/free-training/windows-training/windows-10-start-menu
11) From the YouDescribe site comes an audio described version of a Japanese
trailer for the forthcoming Star Wars prequel:
http://youdescribe.org/player.php?v=SdAUiyeJMFQ&prefer_d=DoubleJ
12A) In news regarding Facebook, we have the October Facebook Accessibility
Update:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-accessibility/october-2015-accessibility-update/996073187103073
12B) While this article's title doesn't lead you to expect anything useful
to come from it, it does: "Chatty App from Facebook helps the sight-impaired
'see:'"
http://www.cnet.com/news/chatty-app-from-facebook-helps-the-sight-impaired-see/#ftag=CADf328eec
12C) And the Facebook App itself for iOS now offers larger type:
https://www.facebook.com/accessibility/posts/997008960342829
13) The Cool Blind Tech podcast demonstrates the KNFTReader App processing
the same document on an iPhone 6S and a Galaxy Note 5 to compare the
effectiveness:
https://www.coolblindtech.com/knfb-reader-compared-on-both-android-and-ios/
14) Jamal Mazrui has created a command-line utility for determining whether
or not a PDF document is properly tagged for accessibility:
https://github.com/JamalMazrui/pdf2tag
15) The latest update to the Brailliant Braille Display yields Windows 10
accessibility and simpler connectivity:
http://www.humanware.ca/web/en/Newsletter/0511151402.htm
16) Eyes on Success #1546 lets us in on "Doing Photography with Limited
Vision:"
http://eyesonsuccess.net
17) CAVI is making it easy to know if their 2016 courses will have enough
enrollments to run. You can check this page and watch the progress:
http://wiki.cucat.org/index.php?n=Main.EnrollmentNumbers
18) Here is a free, web-based tutorial on the Nemeth code for Braille
scientific and mathematical notation:
https://tech.aph.org/nemeth/
19) Project Starfish, which describes itself as a "An experiential and
inclusive business opportunity platform for the blind/visually impaired to
Learn, Earn, Grow and become Employable," is forming a writers' guild which
it claims can lead to employment:
http://www.pstarfish.org/
20) FSCast Episode #116 features an interview with a newly-blind information
technology professional who has written a free e-book on learning to use the
computer in a new way, a short feature on creating voice profiles, and more:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/About/FSCast
21) We've let a couple episodes of the Blind Bargains Qast go unannounced,
namely episodes 38 and 39, and depending on when you visit, episode 40 could
appear there as well:
http://blindbargains.com/audio/
22) And we end with a good thought-provoker from The Mighty: "5 Things I
Wish People Understood About Being Legally Blind:"
http://themighty.com/2015/11/5-things-i-wish-people-understood-about-being-legally-blind/
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