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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, October 23, 2014 - Volume 480
The Week's News in Access Technology

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Greetings,

1) Let's begin with a series on the new Mac operating system, Yosemite. Read about "17 Things You Can Do in OS X Yosemite That You Couldn't Do in Mavericks"
http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/17-things-you-can-do-in-os-x-yosemite-that-you-couldnt-1648399541/+barrett

2) BlindPodcaster tells us about "OS X Yosemite for the Low Vision User"
http://blindpodcaster.com/os-x-yosemite-whats-in-store-for-low-vision-users/

3) iMore brings us "OS X Yosemite in 6 minutes: Everything You Need to Know"
http://www.imore.com/os-x-yosemite-6-minutes-everything-you-need-know

4) From MacWorld comes "OK, Mac: Using Automator's Dictation Commands, New in Yosemite":
http://www.macworld.com/article/2834532/ok-mac-using-automators-dictation-commands-new-in-yosemite.html#tk.rss_all

5) Finally on this topic, we learn from 9to5Mac "Yosemite & iOS 8 How-to: Set up and use Handoff":
http://9to5mac.com/2014/10/17/handoff-yosemite-ios-8/

6) It's back to iMore to learn "How to use Camera for iPhone and iPad: The Ultimate Guide":
http://www.imore.com/camera-ultimate-guide?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

7) Here is a compendium of "6 iPhone Apps That Use TouchID to Make Your Life Easier":
http://gizmodo.com/6-iphone-apps-that-use-touchid-to-make-your-life-easier-1648397490

8) You can take part in a 30-minute webinar about Bookshare's new site:
http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/266797/ee3e9f9d4e/ARCHIVE

9) Learn about the new features in NVDA for use in Microsoft Office, and get a preview of using NVDA with Windows 10, on Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 28 October at 00:00:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2

10) Here is an in-depth article about the Disk Cleanup utility found in Windows 7 and 8:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/regain-hard-disk-space-by-using-windows-update-cleanup-in-windows-7-and-8x/

11) Learn about iCloud Drive for Windows from PcWorld:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2686017/apple-releases-icloud-drive-for-windows-pcs.html

12) Not sure this will help much with accessibility in the desired transition, but we see that "Google publishes guide to help iPhone users switch to Android":
http://9to5google.com/2014/10/21/google-publishes-guide-to-help-iphone-users-switch-to-android/

And below we include a few of the week's podcasts before we hit the deadline:

13A) Since we were touting Android, here's "That Android Show, Podcast 33":
http://thatandroidshow.com/2014/10/22/that-android-show-episode-33-crusade-of-one/

13B) And there's SeroTalk podcast 215:
http://serotalk.com/2014/10/22/serotalk-podcast-216-cranial-course-correction/

From AppleVis come:

13C) New in OS X Yosemite: Easily Navigate Web Content with the Arrow Keys:
http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/new-os-x-yosemite-easily-navigate-web-content-arrow-keys

13D) New In OS X Yosemite: Making And Receiving Phone Calls On Your Mac
http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/new-os-x-yosemite-making-and-receiving-phone-calls-your-mac

13E) Perform OCR Directly From Your Photos Or Camera App Using Prizmo On iOS 8
http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/perform-ocr-directly-your-photos-or-camera-app-using-prizmo-ios-8

13F) And Quick Tip: Setting Up Your iPhone For Use With Apple Pay:
http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/quick-tip-setting-your-iphone-use-apple-pay

13G) And this Eyes on Success podcast is the companion show of the last one: #1443, Partner of One Losing Vision Early in the Relationship:
http://eyesonsuccess.net

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