[Electronics-Talk] Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 23, 2020 - Volume 752

[Flying Blind, LLC]

Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 23, 2020 - Volume 752   Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 23, 2020 - Volume 752 The Week's News in Adaptive Technology A Flying Blind, LLC Publication http://www.flying-blind.com/ You have received this email from Flying Blind, LLC because you are subscribed to receive Flying Blind, LLC Publications. To ensure that you continue to receive Flying Blind, LLC Publications please add the following two email addresses to your Address Book, Email Contact List, Trusted Sender's List, and/or Safe Sender's List today: enews at flying-blind.ccsend.com and enews at flying-blind.com. Read this Volume of Top Tech Tidbits on the web, with full, un-shortened links at: http://www.flying-blind.com/tidbits2020/04232020/index.html. This Week's Featured Advertisement: Come Join Us Later Today for This Informative Webinar! How to Use JAWS Scripting to Accommodate Accessibility Barriers in the Workplace by Larry Lewis April 23rd 2020 at 1:00 PM ET This webinar will introduce common accessibility barriers vision-impaired employees face in vocational settings as well as identify challenges faced by employers when providing accommodations to overcome these barriers.Attendees will learn how to offer reasonable accommodations to vision-impaired employees through strategic planning, execution of a targeted assessment, and JAWS for Windows scripting services. The webinar will place special emphasis on independent and efficient task completion that will result in maximum productivity and efficiency when operating in a competitive work environment. Strategies for incorporating digital accessibility know-how across a worksite to raise awareness among the vision-impaired employees' sighted co-workers will also be addressed. Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3815871412328/WN_aqtkcrJ7TWue2t1GmDYYxQ Rolando, 1) Video on Completing Census with Screen Reader The Colorado Center for the Blind has produced a 10 minute video on completing the online census with a screen reader: https://bit.ly/2VsDFiG 2) Product Demos from Australia Check out past and future tech demos from Vision Australia on this YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2VSNyF4 3) Blind Users Struggle with State Coronavirus Websites WebAIM found lots of challenges with the Corona Virus sites provided by each state: https://bit.ly/2yEvV4g 4) Inclusive Remote Work Environments This free webinar from the Lighthouse for the Blind of San Francisco and American Foundation for the Blind takes place on Thursday, 23 April at 18:00 GMT. Register here: https://bit.ly/3eHXhH9 5) A Future Date This 3 day accessibility conference concludes on Thursday, 23 April 2020, and recordings of previous sessions are available: https://bit.ly/3aoWbg4 6) Office 365 becomes 'Microsoft 365' For All PC World reports on the changes, some happening now, most later: https://bit.ly/2VQaPYr 7) Northwest Association for Blind Athletes Launches Online Video Resource Library 30 instructional videos designed to show teachers and educators how to modify physical activities for individuals who are blind or visually impaired are presently available: https://bit.ly/2S3eEbM 8) 25 WhatsApp Tricks to Help Master the Messaging App NDTV Gadgets360.com passes on these tips for the internationally popular app: https://bit.ly/2Ko0JJ7 9) Mosen at Large #32 This podcast sometimes features lots of tech information. This episode discusses the new iPhone and also notetakers: https://bit.ly/2KDSxVj 10) The Next Windows 10 is The May 2020 Update PC World reports on this update, and the article contains links to their reviews: https://bit.ly/2zfFreb 11) APH Crossword App Young and old can do crossword puzzles! https://bit.ly/2VRbNDJ 12) A Deep Dive into the Amazon Echo and Alexa Smart Assistant This is the topic for Hadley's monthly Tech It Out Webinar, GMT Wednesday, 29 April 2020 at 00:00: http://bit.ly/2qAwoR0 ****************************************************** Flying Blind, LLC Highlights: ****************************************************** 1.) The Paciello Group - Introducing Your One-Stop Shop for All of Your Accessibility Consulting and Training Needs - Flying Blind, LLC Online Store https://www.paciellogroup.com/ Struggling to manage the adverse risk posed to your organization by the deployment of inaccessible content? Seeking guidance on building accessibility best practices into your development cycle? We offer a comprehensive range of services to address your accessibility needs - from accessibility testing of your websites, web applications and mobile apps to identify accessibility issues ... 2.) JAWS Inspect - Your Visual Resource for Accessibility Testing - Flying Blind, LLC Online Store http://bit.ly/2AV7lg1 If you are employed by, or lead an Organization committed to providing manual, accessibility test services for web content using the JAWS screenreader, but your testing and developer teams have individuals who are not JAWS users, then the newly released JAWS Inspect Solution is your missing ingredient for optimizing your test processes while maximizing your accessibility efforts ... 3.) Introducing TPG Tutor - Your eLearning, One Stop Shop for Accessibility Training - Flying Blind, LLC Online Store http://bit.ly/2JB9EnA Have you been directed to make a website or mobile app 'accessible', but have no idea where to begin? Or perhaps you know a bit about accessibility and really want to immerse yourself in the field, but you can't afford to have you or your ... 4.) Introducing ARC, Your Agile and Affordable Path to Accessibility - Flying Blind, LLC Online Store http://bit.ly/2ueyjtk Whether you are a novice to accessibility or a seasoned pro, sometimes your best start to accessibility is to let technology do some of the heavy lifting. Designers, developers and testers dealing with an accessibility project or program are looking ... ****************************************************** Flying Blind, LLC Subscription Information: ****************************************************** SUBSCRIBE: Do you, a friend, or colleague wish to receive Flying Blind, LLC Publications? If so, please use or pass along our CAPTCHA-free sign-up link, which is: http://bit.ly/1irUr9E. You can also subscribe to Flying Blind, LLC Publications on the Flying Blind, LLC Website at: http://www.flying-blind.com or by (SMS) texting "FLYINGBLIND" to 22828. Any of these methods will provide you with an accessibly friendly and secure medium through which you can subscribe to our mailing list. Just enter your name and email address, click send, and begin receiving Flying Blind, LLC Publications. It's that easy. WEBSITE: Visit Flying Blind, LLC online at http://www.flying-blind.com. FACEBOOK: Are you on Facebook? Stop by and "Like" Flying Blind, LLC to begin receiving Flying Blind, LLC Publications as part of your Facebook News Feed: http://www.facebook.com/flyingblindllc. YOUTUBE: If audio / video is more your style, you can follow Flying Blind, LLC on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/flyingblindllc. QUESTIONS: Tidbits are intentionally concise, and we know a lot of people may not understand some items because little explanation is given. If a particular Tidbit brings up a question in your mind, feel free to ask, and we will try to answer as time and knowledge permit. ARCHIVE Visit the Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday Archive at: http://bit.ly/tidbitsarchive where you can grab back issues. CONTENT CONTRIBUTORS: Any information for future issues of Top Tech Tidbits may be directed to our editor, Dean Martineau, at: topdot at gmail.com. ****************************************************** Flying Blind, LLC | 955 Pembrook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 44121 Unsubscribe electronics-talk at nfbnet.org Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by enews at flying-blind.com