Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, September 22, 2016 - Volume 577
The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
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1) This is a free cyber-security PDF e-book titled, "Cyberwar and the
Future o
Cybersecurity:"
http://www.techrepublic.com/resource-library/whitepapers/special-report-
cyberwar-and-the-future-of-cybersecurity-free-ebook/
2) In iOS10, some kinds of apps can be integrated directly with SIRI so
you can use SIRI to control them. This list gives the apps that have
been endowed with this capability to date, and the promise is that it
will be updated as new apps are added:
http://www.imore.com/these-are-apps-you-can-use-siri-ios-10
3) The latest operating system for the Mac is out, so we have "macOS
10.12 Sierra: The Ars Technic
Review:"
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/09/macos-10-12-sierra-the-ars-technica
-review/
4) Back on September 8th 2016 we mentioned the existence of OE Classic,
a simple, free email client for those who miss the ease of Outlook
Express. Unfortunately, the program didn't work very well with JAWS.
Hartgen Consultancy has released free scripts to solve most of the
major problems:
http://www.hartgen.org/OEClassic
5) RNIB recently held a technology conference in Scotland, and the RNIB
Connect Techtalk team was there to record. This page offers a complete
list of the recordings b
subject:
http://www.insightradio.co.uk/Techshare_Europe_Conference_2014.html#.V-L
qGe_rtfF
6A) JAWS scripts for the free Twitter client Open Tween keep evolving:
http://www.dlee.org/tween/tween.htm
6B) Doug Lee is also developing scripts vfor Adobe Connect:
http://www.dlee.org/adobeconnect/
7) Joseph Lee has issued "Request for comments: An audio tutorial and
an online meeting on what it takes to make universal apps accessible
and create scripts for them:"
https://win10.groups.io/g/win10/topic/request_for_comments_an/2751576
8) On Thursday, 29 September at 18:00 GMT, Humanware will hold a
webinar, "The BrailleNote Touch, Demonstration, Discussion and What's
Coming!"
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6978345591997334276
9) CAVI is offering a short course on Microsoft Word for beginner and
intermediat
users:
http://wiki.cucat.org/pmwiki.php/Main/Word?utm_content=buffer4dc0a&utm_m
edium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
10A) Google has released a messaging app, Allo, with good reviews. Here
is an audio demonstration on Android:
https://www.inclusiveandroid.com/content/allo
10B) Here is a 9to5Google post abou
it:
https://9to5google.com/2016/09/20/google-allo-android-ios-now-available/
10C) And here are tips and tricks from BGR
http://bgr.com/2016/09/21/google-allo-download-tips-tricks/
11A) Here is a Blind Abilities podcast about the latest update to the
Victor Reade
Stream:
http://blindabilities.com/bapresents/victor-reader-update-with-greg-stil
son-from-humanware/
11B) They also offer a series on how to create a podcast, iOS demos,
and more:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blind-abilities/id972152176
12) The ICT-Accessibility Lab of the ZHAW, in collaboration with the
Swiss Blind and Visually Impaired Association (SBV), has developed a
web tool called PAVE which quickly and easily makes existing PDF
documents accessible. With PAVE 2.0, the existing web tool has been
fundamentally revised and extended with a new paragraph detection
feature:
http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2016/09/12/pave-2-0-a-new-generation-
of-the-web-tool-for-pdf-accessibility/
13) The OverThere iOS Navigation App continues to be improved:
http://bit.ly/overTHERE
14) Learning Ally has a new app for its books, so far on iOS, coming
for Android:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learning-ally-link/id1131235021
15) Visit Hadley's YouTube Channel to find the all new "iOS 10
Compatible Walking Directions with Siri iFocus Instructional Video" at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIpIPoDZebQ&feature=youtu.be
16) Eyes on Success Episode #1639 discusses Top Tech Tidbits:
http://eyesonsuccess.net
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