Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, August 18, 2016 - Volume 572
The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
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1) This British technology expert mentions a few of his favourite apps
and offers resources for explorin
others:
https://www.rnib.org.uk/nb-online/blog-the-power-of-technology?utm_campa
ign=robinchristophersontechnologyblog&utm_medium=social-media&utm_source
=twitter&utm_content=nbonline&utm_term=
2) Despite its really long version number, new TalkBack 5.0.4.3
includes a variety of updates for Android users:
http://blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=15754
3) This Microsoft post provides accessibility resources for the
different versions of Microsof
Office:
https://support.office.com/en-US/article/Office-accessibility-resources-
by-version-b73c485e-5b75-4f3f-a1f2-71b761633f6d?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US&
fromAR=1
4) Jonathan Mosen has created a tradition of publishing books about the
new versions of iOS, available the day of the version's release. As iOS
10 will be with us in September, his book "iOS 10 Without the Eye" is
ready for pre-order at $19.95:
http://mosen.org/ios10/
5) CAVI has enhanced its audio production courses and you can still
register for the upcoming term. Here is a demonstration of what can be
achieved, a free tutorial:
http://cavi.xyz/irtutorial
6) This long Washington Post interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook has
garnered positiv
reviews:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/wp/2016/08/13/2016/08/13/tim-c
ook-the-interview-running-apple-is-sort-of-a-lonely-job/?tid=a_inl
7) From iMore comes "Touch ID: Ultimate Guide:"
http://www.imore.com/touch-id
8) A frequent contributor of content to Tidbits, David Woodbridge,
gives us his list of "Favorite Assistive and General Technology
Podcasts," complete with podcast URLs, a very thoroug
list:
http://davidwoodbridge.blogspot.com/2016/08/my-favorite-assistive-and-ge
neral-tech_15.html
Speaking of podcasts, here are a couple recent releases:
9A) Blind Bargains Qast #69
http://www.blindbargains.com/b/15750
9B) And the latest iAccessVo podcast covers interestin
territory:
http://iaccessvo.libsyn.com/iaccessvo-fantasy-football-league-for-the-bl
ind-are-you-ready-aira-visual-interpreter-for-the-blind-iavo-022
10A) Regarding the Windows 10 Anniversary Edition, Brian Hartgen takes
some issue with the article mentioned last week which purported to rank
performance of screen readers in the update:
http://www.hartgen-home.org/node/76
10B) Serotek has thoughts on the accessibility of the Microsoft Edge
browser in this update:
http://www.serotek.com/blog_seroteks_position_on_microsoft_edge
10C) And finally, here is a Cool Blind Tech Podcast with a thorough
discussion of the ne
version:
https://www.coolblindtech.com/windows-10-anniversary-update-complete-con
cise-overview/
11) Spoonbill Software has released yet another in its series of free,
self-voicing games for Windows, and now you can download the game
directly from the site rather than requesting it by email. The game is
B G Word Maze, which claims to combine the skill of solving a maze with
the skill of unscrambling letters:
http://www.spoonbillsoftware.com.au/bgwordmaze.htm
12) Take Another 5 is a new weekly podcast featuring recipes,
technology tips, thoughts on entrepreneurship and other musings of the
author:
http://www.takeanother5.com
13) Hear about the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk and other Microsoft
services for the visually impaired in Eyes on Success #1634:
http://eyesonsuccess.net
14) The team from National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) has
created several tutorials for performing tasks in Microsoft Outlook:
http://www.ncbi.ie/technology/
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