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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, October 1, 2020 - Volume 775The Week's News in Access Technologyhttps://toptechtidbits.com/ A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication Top Tech Tidbits. The world's #1 online resource for current news and trends in access technology. This Week's Featured Advertisement: Let Us Show You What Supporting Tidbits Can Do For You. Only 4 Sponsorships Remaining. Test Drive A Quarterly Sponsorship Today For Just $325.00 USD.
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If you'd like to learn more, please head on over to the Sponsorship Information section of the Top Tech Tidbits website at https://www.toptechtidbits.com/sponsorship-information.html. If you're ready to secure your Sponsorship today please contact Aaron Di Blasi of Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. at: sponsorships@toptechtidbits.com. Greetings,1) 1) NVDA Add-On- Numpad Nav ModeNumpad Nav Mode is an NVDA add-on which allows you to easily switch your keyboard's numpad between NVDA's navigation controls and the non-screenreader Windows navigation controls:https://github.com/opensourcesys/numpadNavMode/blob/master/readme.md 2) NVDA Quick Dictionary Add-OnThis add-on allows you to get detailed dictionary articles for a selected word or combination of words, including foreign language definitions:https://github.com/grisov/quickDictionary 3) The New Windows 10 And JAWS GroupThis mailing list has migrated to a new home. As a subscriber, you get access to an ever-growing archive of text files on the use of Windows; most are not JAWS-dependent. Here is the subscription address:The-new-Windows-10-and-Jaws-group+subscribe@groups.io 4) Flatten Inaccessibility ReportAFB Announces the Flatten Inaccessibility Report, illustrating the impact of COVID-19 on blind or visually impaired adults:https://www.afb.org/press-room/press-release-archive/announces-flatten-inaccessibility-report 5) Webinar, Hosting a Zoom Meeting with JAWSThis takes place on Thursday, 15 October at 16:00 GMT. Register here:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rVUQR6biRt2AITD3MroHFw 6) Apple Watch Series 6 Review:This review focuses on improvements noticeable to people with some vision and people with some fine motor difficulties:https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino/2020/09/28/apple-watch-series-6-review-it-literally-shines-brighter-than-any-apple-watch-ever-has-before/#4f0960223884 7) How Do You Audio Transcribe an Entire Video Game?This group asserts that audio description of entire games is the next bastion of accessibility in video games:https://www.ign.com/articles/how-do-you-audio-transcribe-an-entire-video-game 8) 16,000 BBC Sound EffectsBBC has released all of these sound effects for personal, research or educational use:http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/ 9) List of Free Python Resources [Updated September 2020]This list offers a lot of resources for learning programming, and not only in Python:https://hakin9.org/list-of-free-python-resources/ 10) Using PowerPoint with JAWSThis APH webinar takes place on GMT Wednesday, 14 October at 15:30. Here is the registration link:https://aph.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PU1If1ooSEeyxAj_zkdvsQ 11) Instructional Courses from MacForTheBlind on Blind AbilitiesThis Blind Abilities podcast with transcript conveys information about various Apple-related courses, some free, some costing $15:https://blindabilities.com/?p=6220 12) Here are the Let's Go Shopping 3 Event RecordingsRecently, Elegant Insights organized a weekend event where blind entrepreneurs could share their product information. Some are tech-related, and here are their recordings:https://accessibleinsights.info/blog/2020/09/27/here-are-the-lets-go-shopping-3-event-recordings/ 13) How to Add Widgets with iOS 14iOS14 offers remarkable new ways to organize the home screen. This tech Juggernaut post shares how to make use of widgets:https://ttjtech.net/2020/09/28/how-to-add-widgets-with-ios-14/ 14) NFB-Newsline Mobile 3.0 with KNFB Reader Basic ReleasedThis iOS app for reading newspapers and magazines now includes a basic version of the KNFBReader app for reading print:https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/nfb-newsline 15) LibreOffice Writer Tutorials:These are free audio tutorials for the writing component of LibreOffice, a free office suite and one which is included with computers acquired from Computers for the Blind. New ones are added around monthly:http://www.talking-computers.org.uk/jimonlibreoffice.html 16) Talking Computers MagazineThis monthly audio magazine and podcast comes from the UK. They also offer a series of audio guides such as those for LibreOffice mentioned above:http://www.talking-computers.org.uk/index.html 17) AceSight on Eyes onSuccessEpisode #2039 features these electronic eyeglasses:https://eyesonsuccess.net 18) Mailing List for Buying, Selling Technology, Other Items and Services for the BlindThis list has grown and evolved, is well run, and has over 1,000 members. Subscribe at:blindads+subscribe@groups.io 19) Twitter To Add Transcriptions for Voice Tweets to Promote AccessibilityTwitter said it's working on adding transcriptions to voice tweets in order to make the feature, which it began testing in the summer, more accessible. This comes after many criticized the social media platform for not taking all users' needs into consideration before the release:https://www.cnet.com/news/twitter-will-add-transcription-for-voice-tweets-to-promote-accessibility/ 20) Tidbits Opinion Polls: Access QuestionSeveral readers have written in to ask if they need to have a Facebook account (or need to be logged into Facebook) in order to participate in Top Tech Tidbits Polls. The answer is no, you do not. Each Top Tech Tidbits Poll that is released is posted to the Top Tech Tidbits Facebook Page, Top Tech Tidbits LinkedIn Page, Top Tech Tidbits Twitter Page, and the Top Tech Tidbits website. You may access Top Tech Tidbits Polls using any medium you prefer. The only caveat being that you must complete each poll before you can review the results. 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