Mystic Access Podcast

In this episode of the Mystic Access Podcast, we are joined by Greg Stilson, Blindness Products Manager at Humanware.  Greg is excited to tell us about the new BrailleNote Touch.  This is the next generation BrailleNote tablet.  It has the familiarity of both Keysoft and mainstream Android applications.  Yes, you can install and use third party Android apps on the BrailleNote Touch. Greg explains...

Lisa Salinger returns to the Mystic Access Podcast for another episode. In this episode we briefly touch on the progress of the TWBlue tutorial currently in production.   We devote the majority of the episode to Lisa’s’ new Logitech H800 wireless headset. Lisa describes them and talks about why she ended up purchasing this headset, and also the fact they can work with your mobile phone over Blueto...

In this episode, Lisa Salinger joins Chris and Kim for a presentation on Accessible Worlds’  Tek Talk. First Kim talks about the Amazon Echo audio tutorial that Mystic Access produced.   Next Lisa talks about the Twitter client TWBlue audio tutorial currently in production. Finally they talk about other tutorials in the pipeline.   This presentation was recorded on February 22, 2016.   The p...

In this podcast episode Chris first discusses the Webdrive FTP client and talks about the screen reader menu item he found that enables accessibility in the WebDrive client. Next Chris talks about the Bop It! games and plays with the Star Wars R2D2 Bop It! he got for Christmas. Chris and Kim talk about the latest books they are reading through Audible as they sponsored this episode. Chris is readi...

This is the first Mystic Access encouragement corner.  Kim familiarizes us with the  concept of an encouragement corner and introduces the first topic.  She also  shares a coupon code good for 16% off of downloadable audio tutorials from mysticaccess.com. The post Encouragement Corner for January 18 2016: Big Commitments, Small Steps appeared first on Mystic Access Podcast .

In this episode Chris and Kim announce the winner of the Twitter contest announced in the previous episode. Chris touches briefly on the VeraCrypt utility and gives an example of what you may wish to encrypt.   Kim takes us on a tour of the three new features of the just released update to the Victor Reader Stream.   We also include a new coupon good until January 4, 2016. We conclude by wishing e...

In today’s episode, Chris and Kim begin by publicly retracting their contest.  We wish to apologize, and are excited to share that we are beginning a new and improved contest whose winner will receive the Sharkk Bluetooth speaker and audio tutorial.  This contest is accessible to many people, as we are running it via Twitter.  To enter, mention us in a tweet (our Twitter user name is mystica...

In today’s episode (we’re celebrating episode #100.)  Chris and Kim begin by sharing about some new devices they’re using to make their lives more comfortable and convenient. First, we talk about our great-sounding Logitech headphones that we’re now using to conduct our podcasts.  For their price point, they’re very impressive. Next, Chris talks about his new Gate Hou...

In this episode Lynne Tatum from malynworks.com joins Chris and Kim to talk about her new iOS app, MLWordTips. This app is designed to give users simple easy to use keystrokes to get most tasks done in Microsoft Word 2010 and 2013 for Windows. The app encourages users to put the mouse away and navigate by using just the keyboard.   Lynne shares what it was like for her personally to develop such a...

On November 9, 2015 Mystic Access was invited to Stocking Stuffers.  This presentation was in conjunction with Accessible World and Tek Talk. We just wanted to share our portion of the presentation.  We even snuck in a coupon along the way. Enjoy.     The post Stocking Stuffers, Spreading the joy around appeared first on Mystic Access Podcast .

Chris gave a presentation on the amazon echo.  He demonstrates and talks about the features and functionality of the device.    Talks about the accessibility  of the iPad and android app.  Even demonstrates some third party skills.  The presentation was given in conjunction with accessibleworld.org   The post Amazon Echo Tek Talk Presentation appeared first on Mystic Access Podcast .

In this episode, Chris and Kim share several noteworthy Mystic Access-related news items, and then have a bit of fun. First up, Chris and Kim share that four new tutorials are currently in pre-production, including one on the Chicken Nugget accessible Twitter client. Kim talks a bit about some of the challenges that go into creating a tutorial. To be the first to learn when the Chicken Nugget tuto...

This is the second podcast in our accessible house cleaning gadgets series. Please click here for Part 1. In this episode, Chris describes and demonstrates another accessible vacuum, the iRobot Roomba 630. You will hear the vacuum’s text to speech voice, and experience the sounds of the vacuum performing a quick spot cleaning. After a brief in-house ad (yes, Kim has some of those done, final...

In this episode Chris describes the LG Roboking VR6371LVM. He demonstrates its speech capabilities and also discusses the fact the main unit doesn’t have physical buttons and seems to be a touch screen to start and stop. Chris’ preference is to use the remote to start and stop cleaning.     The post Accessible house cleaning gadgets, Part 1: LG Roboking VR6371LV Robot Vacuum With Speech appeared f...

In this episode Chris talks about the “Provide Feedback With Sound” option in Microsoft Office for Windows.   He installs the sound pack in Office 2013, demonstrates how to activate it in the office products as well as shows where to assign different sounds to these events should you wish to do so. You can download the sound pack direct from us as it is not available from Microsoft any longer by c...

Chris and Kim of Mystic Access have been enjoying utilizing VOIP phone services for work and home use for years.  In this presentation, they are excited to introduce you to the power, affordability and rich feature-sets of their favorite VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) services.  Topics of discussion will  include: What is VOIP and why should you even consider it? What is required to get st...

Chris and Kim remember the Type Lite and share some experiences with early assistive technology.¬† Chris turns on a Type Lite so you can hear what it sounds like.   They also announce an upcoming Tek Talk presentation as well as give the answer to the contest,¬† the question asked in episode 88.Unfortunately they didn’t have a winner. The post Remembering the Type Lite and Other Blazie Engin...

In this podcast Chris gives a short demo of the Vox-2 Talking Kitchen Scale.¬† He comments on the scale and its voice quality.   The post Demo of Vox-2 Talking Kitchen Scale appeared first on Mystic Access Podcast .

It this episode, Kim gives a tour of the BirdTunes app for IOS. There are three apps in the BirdTunes family; BirtTunes Lite which is free and includes songs, calls and photos of 24 bird species, BirdTunes Basic which is $1.99 and includes 135 bird species from the eastern U.S., and what Kim calls the “Big Brother version”, BirdTunes, which is $9.99, and includes 674 species of birds f...

Chris and Kim demonstrate two LG phones. Chris does a first time start by enabling Talkback and going through the setup process. Kim shows some cool things she likes about her LG phone. Chris is running the LG Optimus L90 D415 T-Mobile 4G Android Smartphone – Graphite Gray phone and Kim is running¬† an LG Ultimate 2 Android Prepaid Phone with Triple Minutes (Tracfone)   They are also running...

In this episode, Chris and Kim discuss the assistive technology that they’ve been enjoying the most in recent weeks. Chris has been browsing Cyberspace while listening to his Triple Talk speech synthesizer. He shares some of the history of the hardware, as well. Chris shares why he’s so excited to get his hands on the newly-released Trekker Breeze + GPS hardware from Humanware. Kim sha...

Chris and Kim talk about the new tutorial they released on Monday May 18, 2015.¬† This tutorial is for the new generation victor reader stream. Kim demonstrates some features of the stream and also talks about what went into the creation of the tutorial.¬† They also answer questions from the attendees.   If you decide to purchase the tutorial use the coupon code tektalk518 and take off $15.¬† The...

In today’s episode, Chris and Kim discuss their Microsoft wireless keyboards, and why they enjoy using these particular models. Kim uses the Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Keyboard for Business (V5S-00001), and loves her split space bar and luxurious wrist rest.¬† She also enjoys the spacing and the very smooth typing action. Chris uses the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard for Business (5KV-000...

In this episode, we will be debuting our comprehensive tutorial on the Humanware New Generation Victor Reader Stream. This tutorial covers universal Stream features such as creating, using and deleting bookmarks, date and time, the sleep timers, key describer mode, the built-in user guide and using the multi-tap text entry method to conduct text searches. We will be exploring and navigating the on...

Mike May of Sendero Group walks us through the Uber service.   The post Uber Demo appeared first on Mystic Access Podcast .