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Living Blindfully audio episodes

Episode 52: Reflections as the ADA turns 30, the secrets of effective advocacy, people-first language, smart homes, TTS preferences and Braille displays

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Continue ReadingEpisode 52: Reflections as the ADA turns 30, the secrets of effective advocacy, people-first language, smart homes, TTS preferences and Braille displays

Episode 51: The text-to-speech engines you love and loathe, things to know when buying a Braille display, and the controversy surrounding IAAP

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Continue ReadingEpisode 51: The text-to-speech engines you love and loathe, things to know when buying a Braille display, and the controversy surrounding IAAP

Episode 50: Judy Dixons book Capturing and Sharing the World, and Marco Salsiccia discusses audio description in less than the optimal format

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Continue ReadingEpisode 50: Judy Dixons book Capturing and Sharing the World, and Marco Salsiccia discusses audio description in less than the optimal format

Episode 49: How you use your smartphone’s camera, more on the word “blind” as a pejorative, how do you handle religious people who want to heal us and more

Kia ora Mosen At Largers. Here's what's in store for you this week.Introduction and contact info,0:00.000Another Mosen At Large interview extra is coming,2:15.487COVID-19 update,2:48.849I've been evaluating podcast hosting companies and…

Continue ReadingEpisode 49: How you use your smartphone’s camera, more on the word “blind” as a pejorative, how do you handle religious people who want to heal us and more

Episode 48: Write beautifully formatted documents anywhere with markdown, and how does the Optimise Battery feature on your iPhone work?

For those of us who have been using computers for a long time, inserting little strings of text into a document to denote formatting may seem like a backward step.…

Continue ReadingEpisode 48: Write beautifully formatted documents anywhere with markdown, and how does the Optimise Battery feature on your iPhone work?

Episode 47: Is it OK for people to use the word blind to mean something other than the absence of sight, would you buy an iPhone without a charger, favourite Bluetooth keyboards and more

Kia ora Mosen At Largers. Here's what's in store for you this week.Opening and contact information,0:00.000An extra episode coming later in the week,2:15.544Is it OK for the word Blind to…

Continue ReadingEpisode 47: Is it OK for people to use the word blind to mean something other than the absence of sight, would you buy an iPhone without a charger, favourite Bluetooth keyboards and more

Episode 46: Plenty of news from Apple’s WWDC, facial vision and echo location, Braille displays, and a Twitter bot to get descriptions of images

In this week's show:Opening and contact info,0:00.000COVID-19 in New Zealand,2:15.595The audio described Atmos problem is just the tip of the iceberg and it needs to be addressed,3:00.633. To read more…

Continue ReadingEpisode 46: Plenty of news from Apple’s WWDC, facial vision and echo location, Braille displays, and a Twitter bot to get descriptions of images

Episode 44: What’s in your Apple Watch dock, Castro just got some epic new Siri smarts, JAWS works around dodgy audio Windows driver issues and preparing for experimental sight restoration

Kia ora koutou Mosen At Largers. We are prolific just at the moment and here is our second podcast episode of the weekend. Here's a summary of what you can…

Continue ReadingEpisode 44: What’s in your Apple Watch dock, Castro just got some epic new Siri smarts, JAWS works around dodgy audio Windows driver issues and preparing for experimental sight restoration