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Episode 276:Voice Dream Reader at odds with Apple's App Review Guidelines, iOS 17.4 feedback, and track your ketosis accessibly using the Keyto Breath Sensor Apr 06, 2024

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

Welcome to 276 0:00 More on Voice Dream Reader 2:07 intersectionality, the BT Speak, customer service and swimming 30:43 Tempo Perfect, an accessible metronome app 35:52 contacting TSA Cares 38:33 Transcriptions in Apple Podcasts 39:48 Why VoiceOver switches languages in the status bar in iOS 17.4 42:14 Comments on the Deane Blazie interview 52:21 Dictation in iOS 17.4 59:04 Problems with the Guardian app 1:02:12 Windows 10 and 11 1:03:32 I saw an Apple Vision Pro 1:06:44 Comments on some recent topics 1:08:56 Victor Reader Stream 2 and Audible 1:19:35 Review of the Keyto Breath Sensor 1:21:31 Comments on iOS 17.4 1:31:58 Dolby Atmos 1:33:27 Thoughts on episode 271 1:38:19 Apple Podcast notifications 1:43:09 New hearing aids 1:45:18 Zoom H Essential series recorders 1:50:48 Petition to restore the EnvisionCollege Success program 1:54:28 If you wish to sign the petition, it is available here.

Closing and contact info 1:57:55.019

Episode 275:Voice Dream Reader moves to subscriptions for all users, blind people and Linux, old DOS apps, and Jonathan's new hearing aid journey Mar 30, 2024

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Welcome to 275 0:00 Voice Dream Reader to charge a subscription to people who paid for the app 2:10 Kishin Manglani from Applause Group discusses the Voice Dream Reader subscription controversy, and the future of the app 23:42 Living Blindfully Plus 57:29 Joining a Zoom meeting when recording is in progress 59:15 The Zoom HEssential handy recorders 1:02:01 Blind people using Linux 1:21:07 Running old DOS programmes on today's Windows 1:33:36 Help with Oticon hearing aids 1:51:36 It's new hearing aid time 1:53:57 Closing and contact info 2:00:15

Episode 274:Jonathan Mosen's demonstration and review of the Zoom H1Essential Handy Recorder Mar 29, 2024

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Jonathan's series on the Essential recorders from Zoom, which have accessibility features, concludes on this Living Blindfully extra with the look at the Zoom H1Essential. This is the smallest member of the family and sells for just $99 USD. It can fit in any pocket, and offers high-quality 32-bit float recording. While understandably the recorder lacks some of the features of its larger siblings, it also boasts some features unique to this member of the family.

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Welcome to 274 0:00 Introduction 1:18 Orientation 3:10 First start 9:29 Recording, marking, and playing 11:58 H1Essential menus 23:08 Overdubbing with the H1Essential 33:20 More menu options 37:54 Installing firmware updates 42:09 Installing or updating accessibility files 52:41 Using the H1Essential as a USB microphone 55:56 Conclusion 59:12 Closing and contact info 1:01:24

Episode 273:Jonathan Mosen's demonstration and review of the Zoom H4Essential Handy Recorder Mar 28, 2024

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Continuing his extensive look at the accessible Zoom Essential family, Jonathan demonstrates and reviews the Zoom H4Essential in this Living Blindfully Extra. With its compact size, powerful features and priced at just $199 USD, the H4Essential may be the Goldilocks recorder for many. While this review stands alone and therefore revisits many of the features found in the H6Essential, Jonathan expands further on the powerful mixer functionality and some other features.

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Welcome to 273 0:00 Introduction 0:59 Orientation 4:22 Inaccessible arming function 17:33 Exploring the menus 21:08 The inaccessible File List 46:16 The Mixer 55:56 Setting markers in a recording 1:06:38 The input jack 1:08:43 Using the H4Essential as an audio interface 1:09:40 The H4Essential Control app 1:12:16 Conclusion 1:16:55 Closing and contact info 1:20:13

Episode 272:Jonathan Mosen's review and demonstration of the Zoom H6Essential handy recorder Mar 27, 2024

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In this Living Blindfully extra, Jonathan Mosen begins his reviews of all three recorders in the Essential series, with the Zoom H6Essential

Zoom has provided these units so the reviews can be produced, but have not heard these reviews before publication, nor influence what they contain.

There is considerable interest from the blind community in the Zoom Essential series, due to the accessibility features available in this professional class of equipment.

The h6Essential is the most capable member of the series, providing six tracks of recording, interchangeable microphone capsules, 32 bit float, a playback mixer, audio interface capability and more.

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Welcome to 272 0:00 Introduction 1:15 Description and physical layout 5:35 Setting up the Zoom H6Essential 21:35 A look at the Settings 25:51 The completely inaccessible File List, and working with recordings you've made 38:26 Recording content, inserting markers 43:40 The mixer 52:11 Using storage mode with a PC 54:45 Using the H6Essential as an audio interface 57:01 Controlling the H6Essential via its iPhone app 1:07:44 Conclusion 1:14:58 Closing and contact info 1:17:46

Episode 271:Aira joins the AI party, new devices at CSUN, and a user review of the All Terrain cane Mar 23, 2024

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Welcome to 271 0:00 Troy Otillio and Everette Bacon from Aira discuss Access AI and more 1:51 A look at Aira's Access AI feature 45:49 Other items of note at CSUN 1:06:06 Things to know when trying to charge a Qardiobase scale 1:09:27 Running a DOS programme on Windows 1:11:47 Goodmaps in German 1:14:04 Mixer to record phone conversations 1:15:26 the All-Terrain Cane and duo Lingo on a smartphone 1:17:44 Samsung and Microsoft integration 1:21:06 Best notetaker for college 1:23:27 Trouble in Zoom meetings 1:27:14 Do we still need dedicated digital talking book players 1:31:18 Email composition focus in iOS 17.4 1:35:17 Linux for blind users 1:37:41 Comments on episode 268 1:40:15 Podcast chapters in Spotify 1:48:41 Why do blind people so frequently get asked to sit in a wheelchair at airports 1:56:10 Closing and contact info 2:00:05

Episode 270:A conversation with Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer Jenny Lay-Flurrie, accessibility is a fundamental human right, and welcome to the Matrix Mar 16, 2024

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Welcome to 270 0:00 Jonathan Mosen speaks with Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer, Jenny Lay-Flurrie 3:15 Accessibility is a fundamental human right 47:29 You may not know texts are being truncated, and generalSiri thoughts 57:12 Impressed with my Chromebook 1:10:49 Questions about Sonos and Dolby Atmos 1:12:31 Lectrote interactive fiction interpreter 1:20:15 Transporting and caring for kids 1:22:49 Blind people and video editing 1:25:16 The good and bad of the new Stuff website 1:29:58 Everything you ever wanted to know about Matrix 1:32:37 Make Windows 10 free for blind people 1:46:22 Where is the NFB Newsline Android app? 1:54:05 What laptop keyboard meets my needs 1:55:44 Closing and contact info 1:58:42

Episode 269:What's next for the Envision smart glasses and app, iOS 17.4, and AI image recognition comes to JAWS Mar 09, 2024

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Welcome to 269 0:00 Three extra episodes coming up 1:35 The founders of Envision, Karthik Mahadevan and Karthik Kannan, discuss Envision today and in the near future 4:26 iOS 17.4 is a significant release 1:07:57 JAWS introduces AI image recognition 1:22:23 Comments on the Deane Blazie interview 1:37:46 More memories of David Holladay 1:42:03 The Bonnie bulletin 1:44:28 Closing and contact info 1:59:59

Episode 268:Blindness technology icon Deane Blazie goes down memory lane, then discusses his new notetaker, BT Speak, from Blazie Technologies Mar 02, 2024

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Welcome to 268 0:00 Jonathan Mosen speaks with Deane Blazie about Deane's significant role in blindness technology history 2:58 Deane Blazie tells Jonathan Mosen about the new BT Speak line from Blazie Technologies 1:09:05 Remembering David Holladay 1:38:50 Response to episode 267 on intersectionality 1:40:36 Can I swim with the FeelSpace Navibelt? 1:45:01 Where to obtain the Blind Alive accessible workouts 1:47:40 Pursuing a career in customer service 1:49:09 Impressions of the Seleste Smart Glasses, and Apple thoughts 1:51:23 Be My AI, and airlines with Braille safety cards 1:53:51 Vocaster 2 with the Mac 1:56:01 Best and worst airline security experiences 1:57:27 Closing and contact info 1:59:58

Episode 267:Remembering blindness technology pioneer David Holladay, and emotions run high as ACB struggles with intersectionality Feb 24, 2024

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Welcome to 267 0:00 Blindness technology pioneer David Holladay has died 1:31 Read David Holladay's history of Raised Dot Computing Leah Gardner, President of Blind LGBT Pride International, talks about why they aren't participating in the American Council of the Blind's convention 11:12 ACB President,Deb Cook Lewis, responds to the LeahGardner interview and discusses questions of intersectionality 54:06 Closing and contact info 2:01:20

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