[Electronics-Talk] Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, January 3, 2019 - Volume 690

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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, January 3, 2019 - Volume 690

The Week's News in Adaptive Technology

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1) NLS on Eyes on Success
Hear about the present and future of the National Library Service for the Blind on the first Eyes on Success for 2019, Episode 1901:
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2) Android on Tek Talk
Navigation on Android, comparison between Android and iOS will be the theme of Tek Talk for GMT Tuesday, 8 January 2019 at 01:00:
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3) Holiday Coupon for All Audio Tutorials and Apple Slices!
You can get a 40% reduction in the price of iOS and Mac training packages from this company:
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4) Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen
Learn about the Rivo 2, the $299 add-on that lets you use your smart phone without a touch screen, on Audio Pizza:
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5) 9 Google Tricks For Better Search Results
Gizmodo Australia brings us this list of search tips:
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6) When Readers Are Good
This article from the December 2018 Braille Monitor counters the notion that reading using technology is desirable under all circumstances:
http://bit.ly/2AqTj3g 

7) User Experience and Accessibility of Gutenberg (The WordPress 5.0 Block Editor)
This is information from a talk in Edinburgh in November 2018:
http://bit.ly/2CL05C9 

8) That Blind Tech Show
This is Episode #25, covering a lot of ground:
http://bit.ly/2QnhNQ4 

9) Alexa for PCs
Users in The US, UK and Germany can run Alexa on their Windows 10 PC:
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10) This Year In A.T. 2018 - Blind Bargains
Blind Bargains Qast #170 is the annual year-end retrospective:
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11) Blind Post Classifieds
The January Blind Post Classified News submission deadline is January 7, 2019. Visit:
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