Talking Tech by Vision Australia Radio

Forza Motorsport Racing 2023   A chat with guest Michael Heart who has been playing the game for a while, and sounds great to play.   https://access-ability.uk/2023/10/04/forza-motorsport-2023-accessibility-review/#:~:text=This%20initial%20menu%2C%20which%20features,on%20a%20series%20of%20default   Using Head band Mounts for Smart Phones   The $16 or so simple fabric band that I used sort of worke...

Apps that have caught my attention in 2023 Obstacle Detecter. Lire RSS. Mona.  Spring. Be My Eyes AI Perplexity Bing Call Annie. Chat GPT.   Reminder for Getting in Last Orders from the Vision Store before Christmas   WA Dec 1, and rest of Australia Dec 8.   https://shop.visionaustralia.org   Outdoor Demo from me on Toys to Play/Use outside   https://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/e/sounds-of-summer-from...

Lets Talk about JAWS, Zoomtext, and Fusion for a Change   Points   JAWS screen reader, Zoomtext screen magnifier, and Fusion JAWS/Zoomtext running together. Compatible with Windows 10, and Windows 11. Around for over 25 years for JAWS, and Zoomtext. Fusion more recent.. Number one product used for Education and Employment for all 3 products.. JaWS Home edition and JAWS Professional. A large variet...

Update to the Final Ordering Dates from the Va Store   8 December except for WA which is the 1st of Dec to make sure you get your orders in by Christmas.   Another Way to access the Va Library   My Experience having more time with the daisy function in the Brailliant, especially accessing the Vision rare Australia Library.   Obstacle Detecter  App   An interesting app using LIDAR for detecting dis...

Apple Scary Fast Event 31 October 2023   3 New M3 MacBooks, and a new M3 iMac 24 inch.   https://www.apple.com.au Taking The All Terrain Cane for a Spin Over the Week End   https://shop.visionaustralia.org/all-terrain-cane.html   Brailliant BIX Update and Mantis Q40   New localised voices and daisy library’s.   https://shop.visionaustralia.org/brailliant-bi-20x-cells.html   Focus 14 verses the Bri...

Apple October 31 Scary Fast Event   Scary no, enjoyable yes.   https://www.engadget.com/apple-confirms-scary-fast-event-for-the-night-of-october-30-164836214.html?src=rss&guccounter=1   Apple Releases Update of iTunes to Support Podcasts and Audio Books   Odd, because I thought it already did this.   https://www.macrumors.com/2023/10/24/itunes-for-windows-12-13/   Schools in the US Join Growin...

A look in to the past for me of some of the tech which I wish was  around today either in its original form as it would still work or updated to connect to modern day tech.   Plus some of the tech that is still around.   A look in to the past for me of some of the tech which I wish was  around today either in its original form as it would still work or updated to connect to modern day tech.   Acce...

Monarch   Hardware description, and current beta functionality. Released towards the end  of 2024.   Comments: pondering the difference between the Monarch and the DotPad results in very interesting discussions about Braille graphics.   https://www.humanware.com/en-usa/monarch   International White Cane Safety Day October 15 2023 - Clearing the Way - Guide Dogs   Great reminder on how many obstacl...

Talking Tech for October 10 2023   Forza Motorsport - The Blind Accessibility Review (full accessible racing game)   https://victordima.net/forza-motorsport-review/   JAWS, Fusion, and Zoomtext Public beta 2 2024 Release   https://support.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/PublicBeta   NVDA Access Public Beta 2023.3.4   https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2023-3beta4/   The New Pixel Phone, and Pixel...

Royal Commission Report in to Violence against People with a Disability   Accessible  formats.   https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/final-report   Be-My-Eyes AI Virtual Assistant Rolls Out World Wide   Well, sort off, rolling out gradually to whole world over the next few weeks so as not to overload the system.   Um, no more actual dialog warning for low battery on my iPhone 14...

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  Apple Keynote event. iOS 17 Main blind and low vision Accessibility Features   Apple Keynote event.   iPhone   Design & display   The Super Retina XDR display on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus is great for watching content, and playing games. And, when it is sunny, peak outdoor brightness reaches up to 2000 nits — twice as bright as the previous generation. The all-new Action button on iPhone...

Some Suggested Places to Catch up with the New Hardware announced by Apple ON September 12 (US) 2023   Apple   The Apple’s Events Page where you can watch the new and Recent Keynotes   https://www.apple.com/au/apple-events/   AppleVis   The Applevis Community page for blog articles about the September 2023 Announcements   https://applevis.com   Twit TV   The TWiT TV Network Does a Great live/Podca...

NASA Sounds Alarm about the Deep Space Network   https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/nasas-artemis-i-mission-nearly-broke-the-deep-space-network/   Space X Sending iPhone Emergency SOS Satellites in to Space    https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/01/spacex-iphone-emergency-satellites-globalstar/   Nissan is Reusing Old Batterys from Electric Cars for portable Power sources.   https://abcnews.go.com/Tech...

Sam Taylor Joins Vision Australia as an AT   If you are wondering where Sam has gone from Pacific Vision, he is going the Technology Services team at VA as an ATS.     How the EU’S New Battery Rule Could Change Your iPhone   https://www.macworld.com/article/1993926/european-union-battery-regulation-removable-iphone-ipad-macbook-2.html     The EU’s Digital Services ACT Goes into Effect   https://ww...

Be-My-Eyes AI Assistant My experience so far: overall quite positive, still a way to go with positive 100 percent object recognition. Australian Invention to Help the Blind Smart glasses due out in 2025 which uses AI and object recognition to tell you about the world around you. Same goes here for AI object recognition, lets see how it goes shall we!!!! https://www.smh.com.au/technology/australian...

Vision Australia Digital Access Assistive Technology Survey https://visionaucx.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9XmHczxfoUMwFh4 Bindi maps Navigation Survey https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WC5ZM8L__;!!BW9V2p7J0Kl2QvQ!AWdtzaBl4_YqQypD7rdzit6SkKUl2dv1uRe7GK2Ez1M3L0ThJi6WtYhv2niQEYrdGWkSj3WmfnQCSUvtXTps8-BVPdY$ Be-My-Eyes Extending Testing Virtual AI Assistance from August 15...

Musing about assistive tech for home, school, and employment   The show today is blindness related, and next weeks show will be on low vision. Note - these are just recommendations and ideas, check at the end of the show notes where to get further assistance or information.   Thoughts on main stream and assistive tech for home as a person who is blind   Windows   Windows 11 PC desktop or laptop I7...

Talking Tech for August 1 2023   Exploring Tech Webinar for Accessing the Printed Word now up on Youtube   Covering Magnification and print to speech from printed words on mail from the mail box, on packaging etc.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecXIAgGF1F0&t=2s   Apparently This has been a Thing for about a decade, ASMR   This is a physical response  in your body (tingling)to particular vis...

Things You Can still Do Offline with Electric Type Things   No Internet or wifi required  in other words or for quite a lot, no internet at all.   Victor Reader Stratus 12m plus Wifi.   Listen to audio CDS, commercial audio books, music, documents, and daisy books.   https://shop.visionaustralia.org/victor-reader-stratus-12m-wi-fi.html   Victor Reader Stream 3.   access documents, daisy books, mus...

Ok Tried to Avoid AI News for a While, but Here are Some Interesting articles for listeners to read, learn a bit more about AI,and get a sense of what is happening.   Bill Gates Explains Why we Should Not beA Afraid of AI   https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/12/bill-gates-explains-why-we-shouldnt-be-afraid-of-ai.html   Amazon CEO Explains How They will Complete with AI Race Search   https://www.cnbc.com...

An Update About the Philips Air Fryer 5000   App for Android and iOS not very accessible, but usable via Amazon Echo.   My Find of the Tefal Grill Fry Classic Air Fryer   Has real and usable knobs: one for time, and the other for temperature.   https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/tefal-easy-fry-classic-air-fryer-ey2018   July Webinar 2023   Reading hard copy print via Magnification or Text to Speech Re...

the Vision Australia Vision Store 3 new catalogs   Magnifiers, assistive technology, and independent living.   https://shop.visionaustralia.org/catalogues   VoiceVista - Another Open Source version of Sound Scape (similar to OpenScape still in Beta)   https://applevis.com/apps/ios/navigation/voicevista     All of these devices are app enabled for use on Smart Phones. Most of the apps are accessibl...

Apple Card Global Roll out Continues, but Without Success   No, still in the US.   https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/23/apple-card-global-rollout/   How to Eject Water out of Your iPhone speaker Quickly   Excellent shortcut for iPhone to duplicate the eject water feature on the Apple Watch.   https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-get-water-out-of-your-iphone-speaker-fast/#ftag=RSSbaffb68   Turn off Your...

Stephen’s experience OS   A Reminder about the VA Library and the vA Connect app   Remember, you can get the va Connect app for Android and iOS to listen to books, newspapers, magazines, and podcasts.   Ashes Cricket Test, ABC Listen Ap a Great way to Listen   For Both Android and iOS.   Forget Mastodon and Twitter for News etc, Lire RSS Reader Great Way to Keep up to Date   iOS only.   Exploring...