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choosing the earbuds that are right for you, could Gmail be about to get more difficult to log into, and Amazon upgrades Alexa Mar 05, 2025

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Coming up in this week's episode: Introduction 0:00 Register for our PowerPoint training boutique 1:15 Finding the earbuds that are right for you 2:29 Amazon announces a significant Alexa upgrade 42:30 Could logging into Gmail become less accessible 47:08 Thoughts on the BT Speak 51:06 Tech tip, converting photo file formats on Mac 55:36 Closing and contact info 59:27

Making purchases in-person, Apples iPhone 16e, and MLB Beat the Streak Feb 26, 2025

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In this week's episode: Introduction 0:00 Shopping in-person is problematic 1:16 Discussion about accessible kiosks and other purchasing options 14:09 The iPhone 16e 30:58 Variable quality of audio description 37:17 Alexa.amazon.com appears to have gone 40:41 Accessibility of MailChimp 42:56 Navigation apps for pedestrians 44:42 Eset VPN accessibility issue 46:27 Finding Access On on the SensePlayer 48:48 Reporting a problem with Uber Eats, and MLB's Beat the Streak 49:43 Geographic restrictions of the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 53:07 Focusrite Vocaster 2 54:15 My use of the BTSpeak 56:55 Tech tip, finding used Perkins Braillers online 58:10 Closing and contact info 59:10

Scribe for documents and when automated remediation is the right answer, inaccessibility limiting our tech choices, and making a phone call to ChatGPT Feb 19, 2025

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This week on Access On:

Introduction 0:00 Your final reminder to register for our AI prompt engineering boutique 0:59 Follow-up from some items on previous episodes 2:56 Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell from Pneuma Solutions discuss Scribe for Documents 5:40 When we can't choose the tools we prefer due to inaccessibility 43:57 Access ChatGPT via phone 56:28 Closing and contact info 59:24

The NFB President Mark Riccobono talks technology advocacy, and the National Federation of the Blind RadioNetwork NFBRN Feb 12, 2025

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On this week's episode of Access On:

Introduction 0:00 Register for the webinar, how to engineer an AI prompt on Feb 25 0:53 National Federation of the Blind President, Mark Riccobono 2:02 On Innosearch doing the heavy lifting 42:08 Flock accessibility, learning a language, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 45:26 Remembering Ed Potter 49:01 Recommending a captioning service 51:13 Some potential downsides of buying through Innosearch 51:44 When accessibility breaks 54:16 Tech tip, battery health 57:34

Blazie Technologies prepares its first refreshable Braille product, more on Facebook accessibility, and join us for our AI prompt engineering boutique Feb 05, 2025

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Here's what's in store for you on this episode, followed by the time in the file you can hear the item. Introduction 0:00 Update on Facebook accessibility 0:53 Bryan Blazie and David Goldfield of Blazie Technologies 4:33 Accessibility of the RODECaster 44:43 Ray-Ban Meta Smart glasses 49:35 Playback Magazine and other publications of the past 53:50 Boutique on how to engineer an AI prompt 54:56 Tech tip, Scribe for Documents 56:25 Closing and contact info 58:00

Meta rolls out some accessibility fixes to Facebook, Audiom provides accessible maps, and learning a language Jan 29, 2025

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In this week's episode:

Introduction 0:00 Improvements to Facebook accessibility 0:54 To use the mobile experience on a desktop device, visit https://facebook.com/?force_mobile=1 Brandom Biggs discusses Audiom 13:02 Remembering Ed Potter 43:35 Listening to Access On with SensePlayer, and accounting software 45:44 Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and hearing aids 47:10 Accessibility of Microsoft Word for iOS 50:16 Learning another language 51:40 Configuring the restaurant program for Phonak hearing aids 54:49 Closing and contact info 59:28

The NFB's Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility, Meta Smart Glasses review, and a tribute to Ed Potter Jan 22, 2025

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Welcome to episode 9 of Access On. Here's what you can hear in this week's episode.

Introduction 0:00 Ed Potter dies 0:50 To hear past episodes of Playback Magazine, you can check out the Playback magazine Archive Jonathan Mosen, Karl Belanger and Kennedy Zimnik discuss the National Federation of the Blind's Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility 4:33 Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 31:36 Review of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 33:58 Brit Box has no audio description 47:39 Seeing AI barcode descriptions deteriorating 48:24 Problems composing posts in Facebook for iOS 50:09 Learning another language 52:00 Accessible closed captions 53:39 Switching software, now my job is less accessible 55:11 Tech Tip, Paprika Recipe Manager 56:39 Closing and contact info 58:33

Accessible shopping with Innosearch.ai, podcast apps for your iPhone, and organize your travel with TripIt Jan 15, 2025

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Here are the items we cover in this episode of Access On, and the times in the file for each. Introduction 0:00 Patrick Long and Bryan Vuong discuss Innosearch.ai 1:12 JAWS sound split feature, and a talking body temperature thermometer 45:58 Pages for Mac with Apple Intelligence, and playing Access On with Siri 48:07 Podcast apps for iPhone 50:58 Tech Tip, keep your travel organized with TripIt 56:35 Closing and contact info 58:55

The Plaud NotePin, what's the most accessible way to learn a language, and smart glasses feedback Jan 08, 2025

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Happy new year from all of us here at the National Federation of the Blind. Here's what's on our first episode for 2025.

Introduction 0:00 Register for our document accessibility boutique on January 28 1:09 Review and demonstration of the Plaud NotePin 2:38 Microsoft office on mobile devices, and Microsoft Bookings 36:59 The most accessible way to learn a new language, and getting familiar with Microsoft Teams 40:28 The future of the Envision glasses 43:49 Amazon Alexa 52:39 Problems with the voice rotor in watchOS 11 53:52 Tech tip for Victor Reader Stream users 55:30 Closing and contact info 59:17

iOS 18.2, AudibleSync and the Victor Reader Stream 3, and funding for Access Technology Dec 18, 2024

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Access On will be taking a short break over the holiday season, returning in early 2025. We all wish you and yours a joyous holiday season.

Here's what's in this week's episode.

Introduction 0:00 A look at iOS 18.2 1:30 Why isn't Siri's ChatGPT integration on all iPhones? 41:59 Assistance with purchasing access technology 46:15 AudibleSync doesn't work for all Victor Reader Stream 3 users 50:29 Thunderbird accessibility 53:28 Creating tables in Pages for Mac 54:16 Tech Tip, accessing the classic Windows sound settings 55:24 Closing and contact info 56:58

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