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**Living Blindfully**

Sight is a highly dominant sense. If you have it, naturally you’ll use it for a lot of things. But if you don’t have it, or you don’t have as much sight as you used to, it’s still possible to live a rich, full life. This podcast is all about how it’s done.
We offer tips and tricks for living blindfully, including plenty about the latest accessible technology, but we discuss the barriers too, ranging from attitudinal barriers to accessibility barriers and more.
Hear interviews with movers and shakers in the field, plus plenty from our engaged Living Blindfully community. You’re welcome to join the conversation.
And always remember, with your cane, you’re able.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 196:Apple's Far Out event from a blindness perspective Sep 07, 2022

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Jonathan Mosen, Judy Dixon, Anthony Horvath and Heidi Taylor consider Apple's new product offerings announced at its 7 September Far Out event from a blindness perspective. We discuss Apple Watch, Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Ultra, new AirPods Pro, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Episode 195:One guys thoughts on iOS podcast apps, looking ahead to Apple's Far Out event, and could the Dot Pad be the holy Braille? Sep 03, 2022

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Kia ora Mosen At Largers. A reminder that this podcast is indexed by chapter. If you listen with a podcast client that offers chapter support, you can easily skip between segments.

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each.

Looking ahead to Apple's Far Out event,0:00

Will the Castro podcasts app be ready for iOS 16, and what's the best alternative?,3:32

Apple topics,27:47

The Louis Braille Museum and other travel tips,40:05

Elevators at the NFB convention,1:00:53

Dot Incorporated CEO, Eric Kim talks about Dot Pad",1:05:31

Robots at the ACB convention,1:35:05

The Bonnie Bulletin,1:49:09

Closing and contact info,2:04:31

Episode 194:Aira comes to the Envision Smart Glasses, Apples got new iPhones coming, and a final discussion about literacy in a blindness context Aug 27, 2022

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Kia ora Mosen At Largers. A reminder that this podcast is indexed by chapter. If you listen with a podcast client that offers chapter support, you can easily skip between segments.

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each.

The big reveal,0:00

Next week, Mosen at Large welcomes a sponsor,1:29

Apple's Far Out event is 7 September,3:32

Final thoughts on literacy in a blindness context,6:16

Sony noise cancelling headphones,49:42

Karthik Kannan talks about Aira on the Envision Glasses and more,58:53

Siri, iOS 16 and more,1:43:11

We should capitalise Google when using it as a verb, and here’s the Grammar Girl podcast notes on the matter,1:54:46

Comments on episode 187,1:56:47

Closing and contact info,2:00:13

Episode 193:What does literacy mean in a blindness context, travel tips, and a thorough look at the Zoom F3 digital field recorder Aug 20, 2022

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Kia ora Mosen At Largers. A reminder that this podcast is indexed by chapter. If you listen with a podcast client that offers chapter support, you can easily skip between segments.

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each.

Feedback on the Mark Riccobono interview,0:00

What constitutes literacy in a blindness context?,2:40

Noise cancelling headphones,30:52.151

Travel tips,35:34

Zoom F3 introduction,42:44

Zoom F3 physical description,45:59

Zoom F3 menu structure,1:01:54

The Zoom F3 Control app,1:10:41

ZoomF3 conclusion,1:39:51

Recap of charger and power products,1:47:36

Braille improvements in iOS 15.6,1:50:30

The Bonnie Bulletin recorded on the Zoom F3,1:51:04

Closing and contact info,1:59:11

Episode 192:Listeners respond to the Mark Riccobono interview, siri reliability issues, and Waymap is new navigation technology Aug 13, 2022

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Kia ora Mosen At Largers. A reminder that this podcast is indexed by chapter. If you listen with a podcast client that offers chapter support, you can easily skip between segments.

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each.

Listener feedback on the Mark Riccobono interview,0:00

Abuse at schools for the blind,14:58

Problems with Siri and delayed notifications,30:13

Learning DutchBraille,41:52

Looking for eReader advice,42:23

Comments on episode 187,46:06

Blind people and the medical profession,49:38

Aira outside its service area,58:40

Waymap CEO Tom Pey,1:05:19

Alt+Tab, and renaming files,1:38:48

System Error Five on Victor Reader Stream,1:40:49

A guide to using Lyft with VoiceOver on iOS,1:43:53

iBeacons,1:51:17

Sony WH-1000XM5 and Sony WF-1000XM4,1:53:02

Episode 191:National Federation of the Blind President, Mark Riccobono Aug 06, 2022

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Kia ora Mosen At Largers. A reminder that this podcast is indexed by chapter. If you listen with a podcast client that offers chapter support, you can easily skip between segments.

This week’s episode is devoted to an interview with National Federation of the Blind President, Mark Riccobono. Here is a timeline of the key topics covered. These are also chapters in the MP3 file.

Introduction,0:00

Early life and background,1:44

NFB membership numbers and the place of advocacy organisations in the Internet age,7:44

Feeding the family,16:43

Is NFB advancing a left wing agenda?,18:02

COVID at the 2022 convention,22:18

Is NFB truly a democratic organisation?,24:47

Perceived conflicts of interest,42:32

sexual misconduct,56:20

The place of Federation philosophy today,1:30:33

How does NFB determine which individual advocacy cases to take on?,1:34:55

Accessible COVID tests,1:37:55

accessible voting,1:40:04

advocacy for new accessibility legislation,1:42:05

The Museum of the Blind Peoples' Movement,1:44:57

Reunification?,1:47:35

Concluding questions,1:50:26

Closing and contact info,1:54:41

Episode 190:The visual description debate goes viral, more on abuse at schools for the blind, and Remote Incident Manager from Pneuma Solutions Jul 30, 2022

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Kia ora Mosen At Largers. A reminder that this podcast is indexed by chapter. If you listen with a podcast client that offers chapter support, you can easily skip between segments.

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each.

Introduction,0:00

Abuse at schools for the blind,0:27

Siri, Sonos and Alexa problems,11:05

Give the JAWS unified keyboard processing a try,19:57

Looking for a mood tracker that is accessible,22:04

Big improvements to the accessibility of the Phonak app,27:37

Word auto-correct isn't as good as it should be,29:02

Matt Campbell and Mike Calvo from Pneuma Solutions talk about the new Remote Incident Manager,31:46

Remote Incident Manager demo and comments,1:00:15

How to leave a podcast review,1:24:54

The Bonnie Bulletin from the comfy chair,1:29:28

The debate about visual descriptions has gone really viral,1:32:11

We've given up on the Cygnett ChargeUp Edge,1:44:45

We broke up with Menulog. It's not us, it's them,1:46:59

Travel plans, cool recording gear, and they're in hot water at Buckingham palace,1:52:25

Closing and contact info,1:55:39

Episode 189:Giving public evidence on school for the blind abuse, more on ableist language, and a comprehensive demonstration of the Vocaster Two audio interface fromFocusrite Jul 23, 2022

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Kia ora Mosen At Largers. A reminder that this podcast is indexed by chapter. If you listen with a podcast client that offers chapter support, you can easily skip between segments.

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each.

Introduction,0:00

Giving public evidence to the Royal Commission on Abuse inCare,1:48

Revisiting ableist language and some tech topics,12:37

Introduction to a review of the Focusrite Vocaster Two,31:15

Bundled software,39:59

Unboxing,42:33

Detailed layout description,45:50

Installing the drivers and Vocaster Hub on Windows,54:06

Working with built-in Windows support,1:00:54

Vocaster Hub for Windows,1:14:29

Working with Vocaster Two in Reaper,1:34:41

Pairing Vocaster Two with iPhone via Bluetooth,1:38:43

Using a TRRS cable between Vocaster Two and iPhone,1:47:14

Final thoughts,1:55:31

Closing and contact info,1:59:10

Episode 188:ACB says no toBraille with a capital b, and an extended interview with Slau Halatyn Jul 16, 2022

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Kia ora Mosen At Largers. A reminder that this podcast is indexed by chapter. If you listen with a podcast client that offers chapter support, you can easily skip between segments.

Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each.

ACB will continue to spell Braille with a lower case b,0:00

Text selection in iOS 15.5,6:50

Demeaning attitudes towards blind people,7:24

Problems with new Amazon Echo devices,12:10

Playing guitar while wearing Oticon S1,16:05

Questions about Microsoft Office 365,20:38

Interview with Slau Halatyn,22:17. You can find Slau’s tutorial on Pto Tools from a blindness perspective at http://ptaccess.github.io

Closing and contact info,1:55:28

Episode 187:Aira arriving on new devices, differing Uber experiences, and tech tips for travel Jul 09, 2022

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