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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, July 23, 2020 - Volume 765
The Week's News in Access Technology
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1) Spanish Videos on NVDA
This site contains several training videos on NVDA in Spanish, with more to follow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtz2QZpvBrg
2) Microsoft PowerPoint with NVDA Training Module, and More
This week's In Process newsletter unveils this new training module, and discusses the status of NVDA 2020.2:
https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-20th-july-2020/h
3) New Features in NVDA 2020.2
And the Web Friendly Help podcast fills you in about the new version:
https://webfriendlyhelp.com/new-features-in-nvda-2020-2/
4) Keyboard Power
Read about one reader's keyboard and all the customization power it offers:
http://alexhall.blot.im/explaining-my-crazy-new-keyboard
5) ATW360 Enters The Virtual Matrix at the NFB-2020 Convention
This podcast hits some of the accessibility highlights from the recently-concluded online event:
<https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vfxe2-e409b8?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share
6) Very Accessible Freeware
The author of this set of programs announced them on a mailing list. You might like this windows freeware, including a countdown timer, a dictionary and a calculator:
https://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/a-kevin-sisco-42641-freeware.html
7) Five Resources to Teach Keyboarding Skills
The author of this Paths to Technology post says the article is some two years old but still contains useful information:
https://www.perkinselearning.org/technology/blog/five-resources-teach-keyboarding-skills
8) When Your Ears Can't Help You See: Strategies for Blind and Low Vision Individuals with Hearing Loss, on Tek Talk
Deborah Kendrick will discuss her new book on Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 28 July 2020 at 00:00:
https://zoom.us/j/839935813
9) How To Use The Volume Buttons to Take Pictures With Your iPhone
This is the latest instructional post on The Tech Juggernaut:
https://ttjtech.net/2020/07/20/how-to-use-the-volume-buttons-to-take-pictures-with-your-iphone/
10) FSCast #186
A new training podcast, a demo of the new feature allowing JAWS to work with Bluetooth earphones, information about summer sales, and more:
http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/4/c/c/4ccfd0c7f2b4c89b/FSCast186-July2020.mp3?c_id=78969182&cs_id=78969182&destination_id=699950&expiration=1595467192&hwt=e556d081776c429d1a19e8e9bdff6b01
11) Optelec Compact 10 and the L-Braille on Blind Abilities
Learn about these newest FS products and the Summer specials:
https://blindabilities.com/?p=6015
12) How To Install & Remove An iOS Beta
This DoubleTap Online post demystifies this process:
https://doubletap.online/how-to-install-ios-beta
13) Castro Podcast Player Demonstration
This iOS podcast player was recently highlighted in 9 to 5 Mac, so this is a replay of a Mosen At Large demonstration of it:
https://mosenatlarge.pinecast.co/episode/3312305883534f1e/castro-podcast-player-the-best-podcast-app-for-ios-i-ve-ever-used
14) Using Text Replacement in iOS
The DoubleTap Online crew dubbs these quick tutorials "High Speed How To's"
https://doubletap.online/hsh2-text-replacement-ios
15) Text to Speech Engine Preferences, Buying Braille Displays and More on Mosen At Large #51
Several topics on this 2-hour audience-participation podcast:
https://mosenatlarge.pinecast.co/episode/94f98dc1cc3f4d04/the-text-to-speech-engines-you-love-and-loathe-things-to-know-when-buying-a-braille-display-and-the-controversy-surrounding-iaap
16) Anatad Podcast #43
Here, the topics are VPN, OnePlus and Fun:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1163732/4621052
17) Tidbits Poll Results: Do you have physical disabilities other than blindness that require you to use Assistive Technology in addition to a screen reader or Braille display?
Last week we asked Tidbits subscribers, "Do you have physical disabilities other than blindness that require you to use Assistive Technology in addition to a screen reader or Braille display?" For those that said yes, we asked "Please share with us, if you are willing, the names of the Assistive Technologies that you use, in addition to a screen reader and/or Braille display." So far 26 readers have weighed in with 17 votes for (A) No. I use only a screen reader and/or a Braille display. and 9 votes for (B) Yes. I use other assistive technology in addition to a screen reader and/or a Braille display. The names of the additional Assistive Technologies that these readers identifed were: (A) I only use enlargened display on my phone. Could use assistance in reading screens more proficiently. (B) Darci USB, an alternative input device that uses switch interface. (C) Bluetooth hearing aids. (D) Hearing aid with ComPilot. You can still weigh in, or review the breakdown here:
https://poll.app.do/at-other-than-screen-reader-or-braille-display
18) New Tidbits Poll: As an AT-user in search of the most accessible experience, are you more likely to use a mobile app or a website for tasks such as online shopping or banking?
Share your opinion with us on this, and future AT-related polls, on the Top Tech Tidbits website where you can weigh in and view results:
https://poll.app.do/pg/more-accessible-mobile-app-or-website
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