Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, January 24, 2019 - Volume 693
The Week's News in Access Technology
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This Week's Featured Advertisement: Webinar: Take The Bite Out Of JAWS Testing by Larry Lewis, Director of Government Sales and Strategic Partnerships at The Paciello Group
January 31st 2019
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What: Webinar: Take The Bite Out Of JAWS Testing by Larry Lewis, Director of Government Sales and Strategic Partnerships at The Paciello Group
When: Thursday, January 31st 2019 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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About: Join Larry Lewis, Director of Government Sales and Strategic Partnerships with The Paciello Group on January 31st 2019 at 12:00 PM EST as he explains how to make JAWS testing of web content more intuitive and efficient for people who are not "power" screenreader users.
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Greetings,
1) Perspective on CES
This is a blog post from The Paciello Group discussing the experience of the Consumer Electronics show and what was seen there:
https://developer.paciellogroup.com/blog/2019/01/ces-2019/
2) Tek Talk CES Discussion Rescheduled
The discussion of the Consumer Electronics Show that was to happen earlier this week will now take place on GMT Tuesday, 29 January 2019 at 01:00:
https://zoom.us/j/839935813
3) HumanWare Training Center
You can now call (800) 722-3393 📱️ and follow a menu to get to the new Training Center, where you can listen to human-narrated instruction on the Victor Reader Stream, Victor Reader Trek, Braillenote touch and Braillenote Apex. This document lists the available modules:
http://www.humanware.ca/web/en/Newsletter/files/HumanWare%20Training%20Center%20document.pdf
4) Skills from APH
You can play O&M Trivia and Math Flash on your Amazon or Google Home device:
http://www.fredshead.info/2019/01/skills-and-actions-from-aph.html
5) Getting Started with Google Suite
The Mystic Access team has written Getting Started with Google Suite, a Brief Overview of Google's Most Powerful Productivity Apps, and National Braille Press sells it. Paper Braille and electronic downloads cost $12, and electronic copies shipped on USB drives cost $14.50:
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/GOOGLE-SUITE.html
6) Sticky Notes Accessibility
You can use the Sticky Notes program with Narrator, or perhaps another screen reader, to make use of this handy Windows feature:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/use-a-screen-reader-with-sticky-notes-1499ebc6-a2f0-46b6-a6e8-4755a4a908e3
7) 5 Ways To Make Your YouTube Videos More Accessible to People with a Visual Impairment
This blog post is good to share with YouTubers:
https://unseen-beauty.com/2019/01/22/5-ways-to-make-your-youtube-videos-more-accessible-to-people-with-a-visual-impairment/
8) Accessibility Reviews Site
Developers of this fledgling site hope people will submit positive and negative accessibility reviews of sites in various categories. The goal of the site is to let us, the community, both find and share our accessibility experience with assorted resources.
http://adrianroselli.com/2019/01/announcing-a11y-reviews.html
9) Using a Screen Reader with Microsoft Word: Modifier Keys and Desktop Navigation
Hadley Institute is launching a series of videos on Word. This is the first:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYA-WJtclm8&feature=youtu.be
10) European Union AccessCast
Episode 7 of this podcast covers a variety of devices:
http://ebuaccesscast.libsyn.com/ebu-access-cast-07
11) How to Transfer Voice Memos from iPhone to Computer
This basic tutorial from I Download Blog ensures you can make the most of voice memos:
https://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/02/23/how-to-transfer-voice-memos-iphone-computer/
12A) Aira Podcast
Aira now offers a podcast:
https://airacast.libsyn.com/rss
12B) Aira 7-Day Trial
The service also offers a 7-day 30-minute free trial:
https://aira.io/free-trial
13) Surfing on Eyes on Success
We hear from a blind surfing champion in Episode #1904 of Eyes on Success:
http://eyesonsuccess.net
14) Blind-Friendly Sewing Kit
The WayAround blog fills us in about this possible add-on:
http://blog.wayaround.com/journey/how-to-use-the-blind-friendly-sewing-kit-part-of-the-laundry-starter-pack
15) Macessibility Roundtable #168
A panel of five discuss the latest Apple perspectives:
http://maccessibility.net/2019/01/20/mrtp-168-beware-of-plastic-broccoli
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