Just a reminder that Top Tech Tidbits comes out every Thursday and
contains lots of useful links. Of course for many of us, there are
more links that are meaningless. But tucked away are some real
jewels. A tip of the old hat to Dean Martineau, for his faithful
Thursday posts.
Carl Jarvis
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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, June 9, 2016 - Volume 564
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Dear Carl,
Let's start this week by noting a couple of posts to the VisionAware blog:
1A) "My Father's Day Gift List for Your Dad Who Is Visually Impaired:"
http://www.visionaware.org/blog/visually-impaired-now-what/my-father's-day-gift-list-for-your-dad-who-is-visually-impaired/12
1B) And "Using a Computer with a Visual Impairment: A Beginner's Guide
to Computer Accessibility:"
http://www.afb.org/info/living-with-vision-loss/using-technology/using-a-computer/123
2) The European Union has published "Making Information Accessible for
All" in several languages:
http://www.euroblind.org/resources/guidelines/nr/88
3) Reddit describes itself as "A support and discussion community that
welcomes people who are blind, visually impaired, those who work with
the blind, and those who are just curious:"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/wiki/faq/blind
4A) Here are two free training videos from Access Technology
Institute. First is a free video with accompanying text about creating
"Outlook Email Templates:"
http://www.blind.training/free-training/microsoft-office/outlook-templates/
4B) Then in a similar production, we learn about "Moving System
Folders to Another Location in Windows 10:"
http://www.blind.training/free-training/windows-training/moving-sytem-folders-to-another-location-in-windows-10/
5) Version 14.1 of JSay has many new features. These features have
also been added to JDictate:
http://www.hartgen.org/j-sayupgrade
6) This post details the accessibility features in the new Microsoft Planner:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Accessibility-in-Microsoft-Planner-ca8c16cf-0317-4e91-870e-9b04afa76461
7) This contribution from Marco is called "The Web Accessibility
Basics," and seeks to detail at least the minimum of what an
accessible web site should have:
https://www.marcozehe.de/2015/12/14/the-web-accessibility-basics/
8) An organization called ACVREP has had a group of AT Specialists
developing a certification called: Certified Assistive Technology
Instructional Specialist (CATIS) for people who are blind or visually
impaired. They're seeking input:
http://www.acvrep.org/certifications/catis-survey
9) This Microsoft video covers "Updates to Office 365 in High Contrast
Black Mode on a PC:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTLWFzpc17U&feature=youtu.be&list=PLXtHYVsvn_b-OyLfCR3M7djOLShKq7sBB
10) As suggested last week, NVDA's second update for the year is out,
with on-the-fly announcement of spelling errors in some programs and
improvements for users of Office:
http://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2016-2-released/
11) From Ireland comes the June 2016 podcast from NCBI, featuring
Dictation Bridge and other news:
http://www.ncbi.ie/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/podcast_june_2016.mp3
12) This podcast demonstrates Voice Assistant (Screen Reader) basic
gestures using the Samsung Galaxy Tab:
http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/mf/web/4yyecp/Voice_Assistant_demo_using_Samsung_Galaxy_Tab.mp3
13) Ballyland Magic App is a new, educational and fun iPad game
specifically designed for children who are blind or have low vision,
to learn and practice touch gestures for VoiceOver, Apple's built-in
screen reader:
http://www.ballyland.com/mobile/ballyland-magic-app.php
14) NFB Newsline has added USAJOBS.gov, a free web-based job board
enabling federal job seekers access to thousands of job opportunities
across hundreds of federal agencies and organizations:
http://www.nfbnewsline.org
15) Episode 1624 of Eyes on Success features an interview about a
computer camp for blind youth:
http://eyesonsuccess.net
As it seems timely to list a number of opinion and experience pieces
about blindness and/or technology, we'll finish with some.
16) Joe Orozco writes about going "Back for a Seeing Eye Dog, One Year Later:"
http://joeorozco.com/blog_back_for_a_seeing_eye_dog_one_year_later
17) As time draws near for a new version of iOS, a lot of both
speculation and longings are expressed as to what it will or should
contain. Here is Jonathan Mosen's perspective on the matter:
http://mosen.org/the-top-10-things-id-like-in-ios-10/
18) This person talks about web browsing with a screen reader in this
well-considered article, "Things I learned by pretending to be blind
for a week:"
https://silktide.com/things-i-learned-by-pretending-to-be-blind-for-a-week/
19) This Washington Post piece is called "Going blind isn't funny. But
I've learned to laugh about it anyway:"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/06/07/im-26-and-going-blind-but-its-funnier-than-it-sounds/
20) In the fourth in a personal series, we learn that "I, Mike Morris,
Am Losing My Vision:"
https://theoutlookfromhere.wordpress.com/2016/06/01/i-mike-morris-am-losing-my-vision/
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