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Samuel Greene from Zoom North America on accessible audio recorders, and our new Accessibility Excellence Advocate for Home and Independent Living, Ron Miller Dec 10, 2025

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Here is what you can hear on this week's episode of Access On.

Join us for our Accessible Device Showcase 0:00 Samuel Greene from Zoom North America talks accessible audio recorders 2:15 The National Federation of the Blind's Accessibility Excellence Advocate for Home and Independent Living, Ron Miller 40:17 Closing and contact info 1:00:19

Review and demonstration of the Zoom Podtrak P4Next accessible podcast recorder Dec 03, 2025

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Here's what you can hear in this week's episode, and when.

Register for our Accessible Devices showcase 0:00 Introduction to the Zoom Podtrack P4Next 1:59 Dimensions and orientation 5:54 First start, setting up the recorder 16:53 File List 21:03 Sound Pads 22:12 Mic Settings 26:48 SD Card 28:13 File Transfer 28:23 Audio Interface 33:02 System 39:32 The Tone function 45:19 AI Noise Reduction 47:51 Bringing in a guest via smartphone 50:24 Use cases beyond podcasting, and comparing your accessible recorder options 53:56 Closing and contact info 1:03:51

Accessible online shopping Nov 26, 2025

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As peak shopping season arrives, this episode is all about online shopping. Here is what you can hear and when.

Introduction 0:00 Blind Owned and Operated Marketplace 1:58 The NFB Independence market 3:38 Innosearch 5:03 Copilot Vision 38:30 Amazon's Rufus 51:21 Sparky from Walmart 57:57 Closing and contact info 1:09:09

Vispero's CEO responds to NFB concerns, and NFB members can now use ElevenReader from Eleven Labs free Nov 19, 2025

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On this week's episode of Access on:

Introduction 0:00

Vispero's CEO responds to NFB concerns 0:57

Gabi Leibowitz from Eleven Labs discusses the partnership with the NationalFederation of the Blind 11:39

Closing and contact info 58:43

The NFB communicates concerns to Vispero, a fresh look at Windows Narrator, and using Edge to obtain an AI page summary Nov 12, 2025

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Here's what's on this week's episode of Access On, and when you can hear it.

President Riccobono communicates concerns to the CEO of Vispero 2:24

Listener feedback on Vispero changes 14:09

Plenty of enhancements to Microsoft Narrator 20:11

Enjoying the benefits of Auphonic 36:39

Improving audio description 38:38

I am missing the Stream Player Alexa skill 41:50

I am having difficulty adjusting my iPhone charge limit 43:48

iPhone key clicks 45:44

Libre and other continuous Glucose monitors 46:27

WhatsApp and Facebook concerns 52:59

Tech tip, Getting an AI summary of a page from Microsoft Edge 57:13

Closing and contact info 1:01:11

New accessible recorders from Zoom, and an evaluation of in-door navigation solutions Nov 05, 2025

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Welcome from Colorado 0:00 More accessible audio recorders from Zoom 2:42 We have reached episode 50 7:08 Introduction to indoor way finding 8:45 GoodMaps 24:33 RightHear 34:51 NaviLens 40:07 WayMap 51:52 Closing and contact info 1:00:44

Tips on advocating for better technology outcomes, Meta AI comes to Puerto Rico, and a look at the smart glasses market Oct 29, 2025

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This week, Access On brings you highlights of the National Federation of the Blind's webinar on technology self-advocacy. Here is what you can hear, and when.

Introduction 0:00 Karl Belanger introduces technology self-advocacy 1:53 Kennedy Zimnik, Identifying accessibility issues for low vision users 20:40 Jonathan Mosen on Putting it all together with real world examples 31:10 Meta AI in Puerto Rico 50:05 An overview of the smart glasses market from a blindness perspective 51:38 Closing and contact info 1:07:29

A comprehensive review and demonstration of Orbit Speak from Orbit Research Oct 22, 2025

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In this week's episode:

Join us for our AI in employment boutique 0:00 Introduction to Orbit Speak 2:13 Orientation 4:55 The Main Menu 9:59 Onboard help 11:25 File Manager 17:10 Book Reader 18:20 Editor 26:29 Media Player 29:39 Podcasts 30:35 Internet Radio 35:10 Utilities 37:41 Settings 48:21 Conclusion 55:36 Closing and contact info 58:34

new Apple OS feedback, no more public betas of JAWS, and NLS feedback Oct 15, 2025

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This week's Access On is all about your feedback.

Bard Mobile 1:01 NLS digital talking book machine 2:51 Locked out of Uber due to inaccessible ID verification 8:03 Camera in the iPhone 17 range 9:00 amazon first oven smart oven 10:58 JAWS public betas are no more 13:08 How do I stop my locked Android phone from talking when I tap the screen 14:56 What can the NFB do about show stopping Apple bugs 16:53 VoiceOver takes an efficiency hit 23:49 Color detector apps for iPhone, and typing sounds 26:47 Problem with bulleted lists in Google Docs 28:43 Degraded WhatsApp on the Windows desktop 30:04 How do I get Seeing AI to describe videos? 31:39 How can I stop my iPhone from going to the App Library? 33:15 Using Discord with a screen reader 34:48 Interesting bug with UK voices in iOS 26 37:17 How long should post-production take on my podcast? 38:25 Editing with Microsoft Clipchamp or some other accessible alternative 42:31 Comments on iOS Personal Voice comparison 45:03 Braille input on the Mac 45:54 Thoughts on 1Password 47:57 iOS Live Captions 52:42 iOS 26 and continuous glucose monitors 54:55 Ongoing accessibility problems with Plaud products 55:52

JAWS in the past, present and future, and accessible self-checkout with Target Oct 08, 2025

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This week on Access On, we make our final visit to New Orlans and NFB25.

Introduction 0:00 Glen Gordon and Ryan Jones from Vispero 1:25 Accessible self-checkout with Target 37:01 Closing and contact info 1:02:51

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