Living Blindfully

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 281 0:00 The new apps from Sonos are nothing short of appalling 4:03 Following sports events when you're at the venue 24:45 Zoom Recorders 44:27 Pocketcasts for Android 48:12 Is Android viable for you now? 50:32 Unimpressed with the ARA device 56:30 Seeing AI unavailable in Uganda 1:06:11 Canada's federal Pa...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 280 0:00 Zoom improves accessibility of their H Essential Series 3:02 It appears Sonos accessibility is about to experience a significant regression 6:00 Mathieu Paquette from HumanWare talks Audible support for the Victor Reader Stream 3 and more new features 23:01 A demonstration of Perplexity 1:01:48 An A...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 279 0:00 A user review of the Seleste Smart Glasses 3:05 Demonstration of an accessible LG washer dryer 11:05 Microsoft Copilot on Windows 10 23:03 Problems with accessible YouTube Downloader 25:10 New hearing aids 28:42 Review and demonstration of the MyPhonak app 47:21 Review of the Phonak Roger On V2, and...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 278 0:00 In loving memory of Pauline Mosen 2:22 Downloading from YouTube on iOS 10:17 Looking for accessible real-time translation app 11:35 Keeping access to Windows 10, and Zoom H Essential Recorders 13:25 YouTube accessibility issue 18:31.684 Notetakers in the past, present and future 22:40 Verifying iden...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 277 0:00 Existing Voice Dream Reader customers can keep what they paid for 2:59 Amos Miller discusses the forthcoming Glide mobility device 8:41 Guiding in the swimming pool 1:10:58 Non-24 and managing insomnia 1:11:53 Boycotting Israeli technology products 1:22:20 First impressions of my Phonak Lumity heari...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 276 0:00 More on Voice Dream Reader 2:07 intersectionality, the BT Speak, customer service and swimming 30:43 Tempo Perfect, an accessible metronome app 35:52 contacting TSA Cares 38:33 Transcriptions in Apple Podcasts 39:48 Why VoiceOver switches languages in the status bar in iOS 17.4 42:14 Comments on the...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 275 0:00 Voice Dream Reader to charge a subscription to people who paid for the app 2:10 Kishin Manglani from Applause Group discusses the Voice Dream Reader subscription controversy, and the future of the app 23:42 Living Blindfully Plus 57:29 Joining a Zoom meeting when recording is in progress 59:15 The Z...

Jonathan's series on the Essential recorders from Zoom, which have accessibility features, concludes on this Living Blindfully extra with the look at the Zoom H1Essential. This is the smallest member of the family and sells for just $99 USD. It can fit in any pocket, and offers high-quality 32-bit float recording. While understandably the recorder lacks some of the features of its larger siblings,...

Continuing his extensive look at the accessible Zoom Essential family, Jonathan demonstrates and reviews the Zoom H4Essential in this Living Blindfully Extra. With its compact size, powerful features and priced at just $199 USD, the H4Essential may be the Goldilocks recorder for many. While this review stands alone and therefore revisits many of the features found in the H6Essential, Jonathan expa...

In this Living Blindfully extra, Jonathan Mosen begins his reviews of all three recorders in the Essential series, with the Zoom H6Essential Zoom has provided these units so the reviews can be produced, but have not heard these reviews before publication, nor influence what they contain. There is considerable interest from the blind community in the Zoom Essential series, due to the accessibility...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 271 0:00 Troy Otillio and Everette Bacon from Aira discuss Access AI and more 1:51 A look at Aira's Access AI feature 45:49 Other items of note at CSUN 1:06:06 Things to know when trying to charge a Qardiobase scale 1:09:27 Running a DOS programme on Windows 1:11:47 Goodmaps in German 1:14:04 Mixer to record...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 270 0:00 Jonathan Mosen speaks with Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer, Jenny Lay-Flurrie 3:15 Accessibility is a fundamental human right 47:29 You may not know texts are being truncated, and generalSiri thoughts 57:12 Impressed with my Chromebook 1:10:49 Questions about Sonos and Dolby Atmos 1:12:31 Le...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 269 0:00 Three extra episodes coming up 1:35 The founders of Envision, Karthik Mahadevan and Karthik Kannan, discuss Envision today and in the near future 4:26 iOS 17.4 is a significant release 1:07:57 JAWS introduces AI image recognition 1:22:23 Comments on the Deane Blazie interview 1:37:46 More memories o...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 268 0:00 Jonathan Mosen speaks with Deane Blazie about Deane's significant role in blindness technology history 2:58 Deane Blazie tells Jonathan Mosen about the new BT Speak line from Blazie Technologies 1:09:05 Remembering David Holladay 1:38:50 Response to episode 267 on intersectionality 1:40:36 Can I swi...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 267 0:00 Blindness technology pioneer David Holladay has died 1:31 Read David Holladay's history of Raised Dot Computing Leah Gardner, President of Blind LGBT Pride International, talks about why they aren't participating in the American Council of the Blind's convention 11:12 ACB President,Deb Cook Lewis, r...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 266 0:00 HeardThat now offers a remote microphone kit 5:37 The future of Castro Podcasts looks bright 8:58 Samuel Greene from Zoom North America discusses their new and accessible Essential Series of recorders 11:55 More on advocacy strategies and responsibilities 45:43 best and worst experiences going throu...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 265 0:00 Advocacy comments in episode 263 5:10 Two users of Framework computers comment on their experiences 14:46 Inaccessible date pickers on travel agency websites 27:28 Using Emoji on Mac and Windows 31:29 What are accessible options for those interested in crypto currency? 39:11 Samsung Accessibility us...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 264 0:00 A tribute to Paul Paravano 1:52 Zoom are about to release audio recorders with accessibility features 9:04 Potentially good news for Castro users 13:27 Machine-generated transcripts coming to Apple Podcasts 18:01 Some blindness stories 19:03 Helpful Samsung TV accessibility hints 26:40 How do I shar...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome back for 2024 0:00 Episode 263 1:54 Blind is fine 3:45 Jonathan Mosen speaks with Ryan Jones,VicePresident, Software Product Management at Vispero 13:20 Level Access buys Userway 1:15:15 A new key is coming to your Windows keyboard 1:21:30 The AI Microsoft DisabilityAnswer Desk 1:29:16 My favourite podcast app...

A reminder that this is the last episode of the current season. We will be publishing again from 28 January 2024. Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 262 0:00 Reflecting on a remarkable year for Living Blindfully 4:15 My 25th anniversary of live Internet broadcasting 7:54 Drafts working around a serious iOS bug 14:50 Hearing technology 17:45 i...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. The ---- ------------------------------------ --------------penultimate episode for 2023 0:17 Welcome to 261 3:19 Hurry! Voting soon closes in the MushroomFm holiday countdown 6:17 A big week for Android accessibility 9:27 Very impressed with the Qardiobase X smartscale 12:28 Accessible appliances 19:09 Close, but no c...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Living Blindfully taking a break over the New Zealand summer 0:00 Welcome to 260 with some help from ChatGPT 1:35 There's still time to vote in the Mushroom FM holiday countdown 4:35 The Castro podcast app is being shut down 7:50 JAWS and Fusion aren't as accessible with RIM as they should be, and users are the losers...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to the placeless 259 0:17 Hell freezes over. Apple will support RCS 2:48 We'd love to get your top 10 holiday songs for our annual countdown 6:58 Cast your vote today at https://MushroomFm.com/countdown2023 Accessibility on the job 20:25 Memories of the KGS graphical Braille display 23:37 Thoughts on the Vosh t...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 258 0:00 A third-party screen reader for Mac may be on the way 3:23 Is blindness-aware AI customer service the future? Be My AI comes to the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk 11:17 A funny thing happened to me on my way home 37:14 Can't hear VoiceOver on a call 42:56 Transitioning to Windows for music product...

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each. Welcome to 257 0:00 Comments about the Victor Reader Stream 3 1:50 A thorough description of the Beatles' Now and Then music video 6:03 Read the description here. New bug in the iOS weather app 7:56 Apple developer calls for boycott of Apple's Feedback Assistant 8:53 Inaccessible appliances 15:35 iOS Personal Voice 18:...