Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, March 23, 2017 - = Volume 603
The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
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1) Apple = held another of its product announcement events, and you can
read about = what they announced here, courtesy
AppleVis:
https://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-apple-watch-ios-apps-ipad-iphone-new
= s/summary-apples-march-21-2017-product-announcements
2) In = the March, 2017 issue of AccessWorld, we find "Advocating for
Yourself = in an Emergency Medical Situation: Advice for People with
Visual = Impairments," "A Review of Manamon, an Audio-Based
Role-Playing Game by = VGStorm," "A Review of the Audio Tutorial for
the Google Suite of = Products by Mystic Access," "There's No Place
like Google Home: A Review = of Google's Voice Assistant," "CAPTCHA Be
Gone from Accessible Apps = Removes Another Barrier to Accessibility,"
"Feel the Buzz of the = BuzzClip," as well as the usual news and
Editor's page:
http://www.afb.org/aw/main.asp
3) This = Amazon post discusses new ways to read Kindle books
accessibly on the = computer with NVDA:
https://www.amazon.com/p/feature/56t8mmto2ae86ag
4A) This = is a thorough article on accessible design for developers
and users who = would like to understand what
involved:
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/03/web-accessibility-with-accessib
= ility-api/
4B) In a = similar vein, this video with transcript is called "Using
the Voiceover = Screen Reader to Test f
Accessibility:"
https://egghead.io/lessons/tools-using-the-voiceover-screen-reader-to-te
= st-for-accessibility
4C) And = the University of Illinois is offering a number of fee-based
courses on = accessible development in April and May 2017:
http://go.illinois.edu/a11y-badges
5) = Perhaps some will find useful information within this "Savings
Guide for = People with Disabilities" from Coup
Chief:
https://www.couponchief.com/guides/savings_guide_for_those_with_disabili
= ty#guide2
6) The = 17 March 2017 post to the NV Access In-Process Blog links to
the = company's activities at CSUN and gives indications of future =
developments:
https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-17th-march-2017/
7) Here = is a link to a Word document entitled "Guide for People Who
are Blind or = Low Vision" fr
Microsoft:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/3/4/9348AE66-A963-43ED-8F05-4C6
= 908DA64E1/VisionGuide.docx 8) This Gizmo post and the associated =
comments offer plenty of resources to those who want to download
YouTube = videos as audio
files:http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/download-youtube-video-aud
io-mp3= -file.htm
9) You = can listen to a CSUN presentation on the forthcoming ElBraille
= Notetaker, then ask questions live, on Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 28
March = 2017 at 00:00:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=3Drsc9613dc89eb2
10) = Elsewhere in the Braille device world, HumanWare has released
Version 3 = of the BrailleNote Touch, featuring many more languages and
Braille = tables, some more modern Android components, and the ability
to load = multiple word process
documents:
http://www.humanware.ca/web/humanware/phoenix/releasenotes/release/300/e
= n.html
11) = "What Is It Like to Have Low Vision? A New Sight Simulator Can
Help You
Understand:"
http://www.visionaware.org/blog/visionaware-blog/what-is-it-like-to-have
= -low-vision-a-new-sight-simulator-can-help-you-understand/12
12) = Version 2.1.3 of the free Audacity sound editor has been
released, with = some intentional accessibility enhancements. A written
guide to Audacity = for JAWS users, which mostly will benefit any blind
user no matter what = screen reader is in use, is availab
here:
http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Audacity-2.1.3-Guide.html
=
13) = FSCast Episode 138 includes Essential updates to JAWS, MAGic and
= ZoomText required for the Windows 10 Creators update, a JAWS Byte on
key = labels and a replay of Eric Damery's CSUN presentation:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/About/FSCast
14) = "Tired of Siri? Here's How to Use Amazon's Alexa on iPhone:"
https://appadvice.com/post/amazon-alexa-iphone/743034
15) = Assistive technology users can get a $25 gift card to participate
in a = study about financial decisi
making:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBkJsHiZJ_2DCMX4Sj3-bq0fRPQ538
= 0LDbfD5mbVSJtOwqZQ/viewform
16) We = mentioned the Holman Prive from the San Francisco Lighthouse
earlier = this year. Now, watch the videos from the three
semi-finalists:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=3DPLBgTkRMP5uaxWtNj7gzrMiqKY0we4ic
= O_
17) = Recent editions of the Life after Blindness podcast have focused
on = basketball:
http://lifeafterblindness.com/
18) You = can catch Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast 127 here:
http://maccessibility.net/?p=3D2521
19) = Episode #1713 of Eyes on Success is an interview with the first
blind = climber to climb Mount Everest:
http://eyesonsuccess.net
20) And = we close this issue with some accessibility resources for =
DirecTV:
http://acb.org/direcTV-accessibility-resources
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