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Mosen At Large Jonathan Mosen
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Podcasting since 2004, Jonathan Mosen MNZM is a totally blind Chief Executive, advocate, entrepreneur, technology expert and broadcaster. Direct from his studio in Wellington New Zealand, Jonathan talks about anything that takes his fancy this week, from helping you make sense of technology to music to politics to disability issues and much more. And listeners love to talk back. It's a captivating listen in which you can be informed, entertained, amused, in strong agreement and strong frustration all in one episode. Have your say! Email a voice clip or something in writing to jonathan at MushroomFM dot com. Or call the listener line, +1-864-606-6736. That's +1-864-60Mosen
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An upcoming webinar announcing the future of this podcast, The Be My Eyes Virtual Volunteer, Sonos has new speakers and features
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Can we claim this area code?,0:00
Join me for an announcement about this podcast's future, 1:00
Chat GPT turns its hand to punditry about the webinar's purpose,4:47
Hans Wiberg and Mike Buckley from Be My Eyes talk about the service in general and its new Virtual Volunteer in beta,7:51
I have the Sonos Era 300,37:27
Optima and Braille display thoughts,1:01:03
Apple issues and comments,1:20:17
Wanting to improve my English,1:34:08
Keeping TalkBack speech on my Android device,1:35:19
The Braille Doodle, a book on disability justice, and remembering Judith Heumann",1:36:13
Accessible wireless mesh recommendations,1:39:08
Sense Player and Victor Reader Stream,1:45:43
Vizling is an app that makes comics accessible to blind people,1:48:14
Reading poetry inBraille,1:49:25
Blindness and literature,1:55:43
Closing and contact info,1:59:29 -
Going in-depth on the Optima, more on well-being, and the blindness portable player discussion continues
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Welcome to Ohio,0:00
Adi Kushnir and Venkatesh Chari discuss the Optima, a forthcoming device that will be a laptop with a Braille display",3:01
Blind people being denied alcohol,1:08:43
Using Biblos to Turn ebooks into audiobooks,1:11:12
Advocacy to Google on a Google Calendar issue,1:13:17
Feedback on a few tech topics from recent episodes,1:15:45
Comments on Bing and Eleven Labs,1:18:12
Comments on episode 218,1:21:55
TaskManagers,1:24:58
Diet and well-being,1:26:46
Sense Player and Victor Reader Stream feedback,1:33:09
Podcast apps,1:48:11
Census and mail security,1:55:16
Closing and contact info,2:00:22 -
AI makes its presence felt in the blind community, exciting news from CSUN, and first-hand experiences of the Sense Player and Victor Reader Stream
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Welcome Indiana,0:00
Be my Eyes and Envision embrace Chat GPT,2:00
Optima is an exciting new product set for next year,13:04
TechRoundup,24:13
Windows podcast players and twitter,28:06
Scanner/Printer combo,34:26
The difficulty getting Braille manuals for Braille embossers,35:29
Questions about the new Bing,39:56
Notey,40:55
Eleven Labs,42:34
Ad blockers,50:41
Braille display recommendations,53:06
Survey on accessible poker,1:02:56. Complete the survey at
https://bit.ly/blindpoker
The Castro podcast app has become less accessible,1:04:44
Comments on Sense Player and similar devices,1:14:35
iOS 16 bugs,1:52:50
Closing and contact info,2:00:57 -
More advocacy success, what's your favourite Braille display, depression in the blind community, and the Sense Player from Hims
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Welcome to Minnesota,0:13
The New Zealand census and a story of effective advocacy,3:37
deteriorating compatibility between JAWS and some Microsoft apps,14:40
Depression in the blind community,16:26
Tech Roundup,36:11
Comments on episode 214,41:37
Which Braille display should I buy?,46:40
Dictation has gotten really bad on my iPhone,49:47
Bad Apple experience inSouthAfrica,55:55
Brian Hartgen discusses the Sense Player from Hims,1:05:01
Ableist language,1:38:48
Looking for an accessible CRM,1:51:30
Poor support from Zoom,1:55:55
Following up on the Microsoft Access inquiry,1:57:51
Closing and contact info,1:58:42 -
A demo of the new Bing powered by Chat GPT, tips for editing video in Windows accessibly, and the new Victor Reader Stream is arriving for early adopters
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Welcome Illinois,0:00
Looking for a good ad-blocker for my iPhone,1:53
Looking for some advice on Microsoft Access,5:33
More discrimination stories,7:45
I want to permanently disable YouTube Shorts,12:04
Task management apps,13:57
Tech Roundup,19:41
Keeping your iPhone unlocked,25:34
A serious problem with Apple's subscriptions page,26:32
Looping audio on the iPhone,31:28
Blind subculture,33:23
Microsoft Remote Desktop for iOS,36:04
The Victor Reader Stream,37:35
We're eager to cover the Sense Player from hims on this podcast,40:14
Why I use a Victor Reader Stream,43:30
Comments on Eleven Labs and the future of audiobook narrators,47:47
The new Microsoft Bing powered by Chat GPT,1:01:11
Anyone got scanner printer combo recommendations?,1:30:39
Editing video in Windows,1:31:53
My thoughts on the Brainport,1:33:38
The Bonnie Bulletin talks Google Docs and learning new things,1:40:47
Bonnie and the gremlins,1:48:33
Bonnie and the engineers,1:52:53
Bonnie and the granddaughter,1:55:57
Closing announcement and contact info,2:00:09 -
Progress on ableist language in the New Zealand media, where to go for great mastodon hosting, and President-elect of AER MarkRichert
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Welcome Cleveland,0:00
Making progress on the ableist language issue,1:47
A shout out and thank you to Masto.host,14:12
TechRoundup,21:16
Interview with AER President Elect, Mark Richert",27:05
Closing and contact info,2:10:03