Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, February 16, 2017 - Volume 598

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Greetings,

1) Blind Abilities introduces a new audio series, iPhone 101:

2) If you want to learn about the Dictation Bridge product, its supporters seem very enthused about Eyes on Success, Episode #1708 where the project is thoroughly discussed:

3A) Another podcast interview that has received favorable commentary is the Blind Side, Episode 23, regarding Google's accessibility initiatives:

3B) And here is a blog post about the new ChromeVox screen reader

4) A Braille edition of the book "Echolocation and FlashSonar," is available from American Printing House as a free download:

5) This is old but still good advice: "Backup Procedures for the Normal (non-IT) Person:"

6) Some of the NVDA add-ons from Jeff's NVDA Add-on Repository might be out of date, but there are a lot here to choose from:

7) From YouTube comes "Insights into Accessibility" a conversation with musician Andre Louis:"

8) We compare the two ways to download audio material from BARD: "BARD Mobile Vs. BARD Express:"

9) A Kickstarter project is under way to bring the popular Twitter client Twitterific to the Mac:

10) The first update of the year for NVDA is in release candidate phase, so barring major problems, it will be officially released in a week or so. This update brings reporting of sections and text columns in Microsoft Word; Support for reading, navigating and annotating books in Kindle for PC; and improved support for Microsoft Edge:

11) For the audio and music enthusiast ... You may have heard of artists like En Vogue, MC Hammer, Tony Tony Tone and more. Now hear all about a documentary being produced about Joe Capers. The owner & operator of J-Jams Studios where much of their music was recorded in the 1980's and 90's:

12) This survey studies audio description in the museum context and seeks participants:

13) Blind Bargains Qast #90 covers a lot of ground, including an interview about the new features in the latest version of ZoomText:

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