Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 16, 2020 - Volume 751
The Week's News in Access Technology
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1) JAWS Scripts for Microsoft Teams, Explanation (MP3)
Doug Lee has produced a short audio file about his scripts and their use:
https://www.dlee.org/teams/teams1.mp3
2) Accessible Chords and Scales
This site offers clear chord and scale descriptions for guitars and similar instruments:
https://www.standardguitar.com/
3) Voice Dream Scanner vs Kurzweil 1000
Kurzweil 1000 is a venerable OCR program for Windows PC's. Voice Dream Scanner is a popular newer app for scanning text using a phone. How do they compare?
https://doubletap.online/voice-dream-scanner-vs-kurzweil-1000
4) Google's New Braille Keyboard Makes Typing More Accessible on Android
You still can't use Android phones with Braille displays well, but now you can write in Braille effectively using this virtual keyboard:
https://www.androidcentral.com/googles-new-Braille-keyboard-makes-typing-more-accessible-android
5) COVID-19: Accessible Information
This Canadian site has information much of which is useful for everybody:
https://nnels.ca/covid-19-accessible-information
6) AtHomeWithAPH Resources
APH has compiled their own learning resources and listed a variety of others:
https://www.aph.org/athomewithaph-resources/
7) How To Record & Edit Audio Using Audacity
Audacity is a free recording app, and this podcast should get you up and running with it:
https://doubletap.online/how-to-record-edit-audacity
8) HumanWare Buddy Now on Google Play Store
This app was already available in the App Store, but now it is, as promised, available on Android:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoX4tysdRRg&feature=youtu.be
9) LightHouse's Access Technology Team is Here to Help You Complete the 2020 Census
This 3-hour workshop will help with accessibility of the Census site. It takes place Friday, 17 April 2020 at 20:00 GMT. RSVP to Abby at:
adecker@lighthouse-sf.org
10) Free Educational Basic HTML Editor for Windows
A new version of Inclusion Code is now available:
http://www.inclusioncode.com/
11) Mailing List for Discussion of Accessibility of Microsoft Teams
To join this new list, write to:
teams-access_subscribe@groups.io
12) Completely Free & Comprehensive Classical Guitar Curriculum for People with Visual Impairments
This is in the category of a resource technology makes possible which we could not have had easy access to otherwise:
http://LetsPlayGuitar.org
13) The .NEW Extension From Web Friendly Help
.NEW is a domain extension exclusively for performing new actions online:
https://webfriendlyhelp.com/a-dot-before-new/
14) How JAWS Works on Kiosks, on Tek Talk
Hear about this exciting acessibility development on Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 28 April 2020 at 00:00:
https://zoom.us/j/839935813
15) Braille Displays, Dot Watch and Beyond on Eyes on Success
Hear about innovative products from this Korean company on Episode 2016:
http://eyesonsuccess.net
16) Supersense AI, New Mobile OCR App
Check out Supersense AI, a new mobile OCR scanning App for both Android and iOS:
App store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1484547836?mt=8
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mediate.supersense&hl=en_US
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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