Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, February 25, 2016 - Volume 549
The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
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1) Learn about "Accessible Services for Preparing Your US Income Taxes"
in Episode 1609 of Eyes on Success:
http://eyesonsuccess.net
2) The team looking to create Dictation Bridge, a free program allowing
blind people to use programs such as Dragon Naturally Speaking with
screen readers, have produced an audio demonstration of what the
program wil
do:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lcqgi33ou6q5f68/DictationBridge%20Promo.mp3?dl
=0
3) Dell has created a Windows 10 troubleshooting page, and while some
of it is specific to Dell computers, most is not:
http://dell.to/1TAg4Vm4) Here is a positive summary of the recent
accessibility efforts undertaken by Microsoft, with lots of relevant
links:
https://www.marcozehe.de/2016/02/23/microsoft-are-stepping-up-their-acce
ssibility-efforts-considerably/
5) This page contains Free Computer Help and Support Resources for the
Visually Impaired:
https://davidgoldfield.wordpress.com/resources/
6) Two new audio games are available for Leasey users:
http://www.hartgen.org/leaseygamesupdate
7) Every Pixar Film Is Now Accessible with Mobile Audio Description
fro
Disney:
http://lighthouse-sf.org/blog/every-pixar-film-is-now-accessible-with-mo
bile-audio-description-from-disney/
8) NVDA 2016.1 is now available. Highlights of this release include the
ability to optionally lower the volume of other sounds; improvements to
Braille output and braille display support; several significant fixes
to Microsoft Office support; and fixes to Browse Mode in iTunes:
http://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2016-1-now-available/
9) Here is an interview with Bryan Shaw, creator of Cradle, the app
that detects Ey
Cancer:
http://reidmymind.com/reid-my-mind-radio-cradle-the-cancer-detecting-sma
rt-phone-app/
10) The new version of the F123 Access extension for Mozilla Firefox
now includes accessibility improvements for YouTube and Facebook, in
addition to WhatsApp:
https://F123Access.com/intro_en
11) Prescription labels in Braille, large print or audio formats are
now available on request at all Rite Aid locations:
http://bit.ly/1p6PbwW
12) This is Everything You Can Say to Siri on the New Appl
TV:
http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/everything-you-can-say-to-siri-on-the-new-
apple-tv-1759487086
13) Learn about two areas of endeavor on Tek Talk: "Key Stroke Tips
with Windows Ten with JAWS," and "Using the Client Update with the
iPhone." The program airs GMT Tuesday, 1 March at 01:00:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2
14) The University of Washington offers a page on "Developing
Accessible Websites:"
http://www.washington.edu/accessibility/web/
15) These are the apps one blind user runs on his Samsung Galaxy Note 5
running Android Lollipop:
https://blindbites.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/accessible-android-apps-4/
16) Emily Davison is a fashion blogger who happens to be visually
impaired:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/emily-davison/fashion-blogger-visually-i
mpaired_b_9169976.html
And we'll wrap up this week with reminders on a couple more podcasts of
interest:
17) Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast #102:
http://maccessibility.net/2016/02/20/mrtp-102-error-54/
18) And Blind Bargains Qast #52:
http://www.blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=14836
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