[Electronics-Talk] Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, March 7, 2019 - Volume 699

Thu Mar 7 09:00:50 UTC 2019

Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, March 7, 2019 - Volume 699

The Week's News in Adaptive Technology

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20 years ago this month I had the pleasure of working my first CSUN Conference. Two decades later, and I couldn't think of a better way for me to celebrate my 20 year CSUN Anniversary than by working alongside, and standing with the most comprehensive, competent group of Digital Accessibility Professionals that this Industry has to offer. I am fortunate to be a part of a team with so such depth of Accessibility know-how.

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1) Let's Talk Tips Newsletter
The Monthly Let's Talk Tips Newsletter from Canada contains some Tech information each month:
https://tinyurl.com/y2bahhuq 

2) Why Emojis of Blindness are Important
This post discusses the happiness one user experienced that there is now an emoji of a white cane:
https://tinyurl.com/yx8tvx67 

3) Nearby Explorer Becomes Access Explorer
A new company has taken on development of the Nearby Explorer apps:
https://tinyurl.com/yyc4btz6 

4) NFB Reviews The Braille Me
The NFB blog reviews this low-cost Braille device:
https://tinyurl.com/yyfewwkv 

5) Back to Video Games Thanks to Be My Eyes
An avid gamer uses Be My Eyes volunteers to get past the inaccessible portions of XBox games:
https://tinyurl.com/yyvvlohk 

6) Speak TTS Adds Languages and Voices for Android
Several NeoSpeech voices are available and some voices for other languages as well:
https://tinyurl.com/y4ce56og 

7) Accessible iOS Music Training Tool
TenuTo contains 24 customizable exercises for the student of music:
https://tinyurl.com/y372x2x3 

8) Ways to Reduce Battery Drainage in iOS
This article lists a lot of ways to improve battery performance:
https://tinyurl.com/y232r6x9 

9) Such a Site Plethora of Resources
Glenda Such has put together a growing site with iOS, JAWS and NVDA resources along with other useful information:
https://tinyurl.com/y2qhg2oq 

10) Five awesome Android Apps You Can't Get from the Play Store
These are legitimate apps you might want to try, courtesy of Android Guys:
https://tinyurl.com/yygsse8z 

11) Cash Reader, Bill Identifier for Android
Cash Reader has been available for iOS. It identifies a lot of currencies, and is available for subscription or outright purchase:
https://tinyurl.com/yxh652xj 

12) How (And Why) to Run Portable Versions of Windows
This HowToGeek post gives options for portable copies of Windows. Don't know about the accessibility of the process:
https://tinyurl.com/y4eskdq8 

13) 100 apps that work with Siri Shortcuts
iMore keeps adding to and updating this list of useful places to use shortcuts:
https://tinyurl.com/y6xydoy4 

14) Really Big Shortcut Collection from MacStories
This growing collection of Siri shortcuts is currently at 150:
https://tinyurl.com/y543g9vd 

15) NV Access In Process March 1st 2019
Get updates about NVDA and a summary of text navigation keystrokes:
https://tinyurl.com/y4enabh2 

16) AppleVis Unlimited: What's New and Noteworthy for February 2019
Six days ago, the Applevis team gave us their handy monthly summary of Apple accessibility news:
https://tinyurl.com/yyfcsra4 

17) Aira Podcast #4 (MP3)
Learn of the latest innovations from Aira in this regular podcast:
https://tinyurl.com/yy9paudp 

18) Demo of Ear Hockey
This podcast is a demo of a Microsoft Garage project, a game called Ear Hockey:
https://tinyurl.com/y4yx9x8r 

19) Maccessibility Round Table Podcast
Five knights of the Round Table discuss a variety of Apple technology issues:
https://tinyurl.com/y26xsgys 

20) BBQ 174
Here we have a shorter, more in-depth Blind Bargains Qast:
https://tinyurl.com/y6tl7acs 

21) Code Jumper on Eyes on Success
Episode 1910 discusses this new initiative to teach programming:
https://tinyurl.com/yyjmfrtw 

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