iSee - Using various technologies from a blind persons perspective.

David Woodbridge
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iSee - Using various technologies from a blind persons perspective.

Technology Accessibility for the Blind or low vision

  1. JUN 2

    Simplifying tactile images with TactileView

    Simplifying tactile graphics with TactileView from HumanWare Andrew and Peter showcase how to use TactileView with the menu-driven design and a screen reader. The webinar also shows how to build tactile graphics using some of the built-in portals, such as the catalog.  Demo available from https://www.humanware.com

    54 min

  2. MAY 27

    WWW or Talking Tech for May 27 2025

    In this Talking Tech show for this week, I give you a run down of a talk I gave at the Round Table in Melbourne this week on things to think about when choosing a smart Braille display, Braille Note taker, Braille embosser or a Multi line Braille display.

    33 min

  3. MAY 20

    Tripple W or Talking Tech for May 20 2025

    Plaud AI Pin   If you have ever felt a FitBit, this is the size of the Plaud AI pin. As I said in the episode, app mainly works ok, device is ok to use.   https://www.amazon.com.au/PLAUD-Notetaker-Transcribe-Summarize-Languages/dp/B0DZWQ9WWJ/ref=sxin_15_sbv_search_btf?content-id=amzn1.sym.e97d0f60-983b-4a36-b35e-ccbffb80a35f%3Aamzn1.sym.e97d0f60-983b-4a36-b35e-ccbffb80a35f&crid=160HN41YPT0FW&cv_ct_cx=plaid%2Bai%2Bpin&keywords=plaid%2Bai%2Bpin&pd_rd_i=B0DZWQ9WWJ&pd_rd_r=3ce26411-cd20-43ec-b14c-f98f6112cdf7&pd_rd_w=CexLI&pd_rd_wg=9vz75&pf_rd_p=e97d0f60-983b-4a36-b35e-ccbffb80a35f&pf_rd_r=CW43KGFNDR5JNMXD0C4K&qid=1747716672&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sprefix=plaud%2Bai%2Bpin%2Caps%2C260&sr=1-1-0a53d72a-e58c-4324-b739-134d51de9f78&th=1   The Speaker I talked About for $13 Au   Small speaker that did USB, 3.5, and Bt plus had FM radio. Volume was good, FM good, connectivity via Bluetooth poor, and making sure it was charged was almost useless via the micro USB. Attracted me because of the FM chip and the volume was great. If you search for Bt speaker with UsB, 3.5, and FM radio that is really really cheap at $13 that will probably be it.   Ray Ban Meta Glasses on the Vision Store   As I said in the episode, lots of places to purchase this, not NDIS funded, main demos probably at major VA sites, and two corrections to VA Store promo: you can hear the audio from the glasses via the person next to you, and its not a good idea to Bt connect them to any thing else as you will have issues reconnecting them to your phone again with the Meta AI app.   https://shop.visionaustralia.org   Apple Accessibility Sneak Peak from GAAD 2025   Looks very interesting , especially the Braille Note taker, and using continuity iPhone camera as a portable VM on your Mac. API opening up for camera based assistive apps on the Vision Pro looks interesting as well, but quite happy with my Ray Bans.   https://www.apple.com/au/newsroom/2025/05/apple-unveils-powerful-accessibility-features-coming-later-this-year/   As I sign Off this week   Testing JAWS sneak build that works with the Monarch, Tactile View Beta tactile images with the Monarch, and Wing It app all demos coming from me in August when this should all be released fully. Of course, I will be doing demos when I get my hands on the development builds of IOS etc once WWDC is happening.   Catch me on social media or davidwoodbr@gmail.com

    23 min

  4. MAY 11

    WWW/Talking Tech for May 11 2025 - an early celebration for GAAD - talking all about NVDA.

    Helpful links from today’s program on NvDA.   Download the current stable version of NVDA at    https://www.nvaccess.org/download/   We mentioned it a little bit, but we are currently in the Beta period for NVDA 2025.1.     Some of the key updates in NVDA 2025.1   - NVDA Remote built in - Speech responsiveness and other features for, SAPI4, SAPI5, and OneCore - Improvements to add-on store auto updates - New commands to manually refresh ocr - Native selection in Chromium and Edge (Press NVDA+shift+F10 then copy as normal to copy text with formatting) - Default input & output braille tables based on language - Added a general setting to prevent the display turning off during say all or reading with braille. This option is enabled by default, but may result in increased battery depletion.  - Braille works with say all config profiles   Add-ons:   Braille Extender, developed by André-Abush Clause and contributors   https://github.com/aaclause/BrailleExtender   Many features including Switching between displays or tables with shortcuts, and additional commands and support for a range of features.   PC Keyboard Braille Input   NVDA Spanish team (Available from the NVDA Add-on store) Type Braille using six keyboard keys as on a perkins   Still on Braille, we published a lot of recent and upcoming features in a special edition of our In-Process blog back in October:    https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-23rd-october-2024/#datavalidation   And you can subscribe to that blog, and to all our announcements, updates, releases etc, via email at:    https://eepurl.com/iuVyjo   Our training material is all available from our shop:    https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/   We recommend starting with Basic Training for NVDA, which you can get as: - Electronic text (Word, Text, ePub and HTML formats) for $35:  https://www.nvaccess.org/product/basic-training-for-nvda-ebook/ Human-read MP3 audio for $52:  https://www.nvaccess.org/product/basic-training-for-nvda-downloadable-audio/ UEB Braille for $71: https://www.nvaccess.org/product/basic-training-for-nvda-braille-hard-copy/   Community links:   NVDA user group:  https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda Add-ons group: https://nvda-addons.groups.io/g/nvda-addons/ NVDA Developer Guide:  https://download.nvaccess.org/documentation/developerGuide.html   Contact us:   Web: https://www.nvaccess.org/ Email: Info@nvaccess.org Social Media - most of our users are on Fosstodon: https://fosstodon.org/@NVAccess

    24 min

  5. MAR 26

    Monarch Tactile Display V1.2 software update (webinar from HumanWare

    In this webinar, Andrew and Peter from HumanWare discuss and demonstrate the latest enhancements to the Monarch software and a few other points including: the new Email app, Web browsing with Ecosia, eBraille version of Treasure Island, and a demo of the Wing It app to allow drawing on the Monarch tactile display from the iPhone. Contact monarch@humanware.com for more information, Andrew or Peter or myself in Australia David Woodbridge at HumanWare Australia.

    53 min

  6. FEB 27

    Demo of connecting via BT the Mantis Q40 to your Mac using VoiceOver

    In this demo, I show you how simple it is to connect your Mantis Q40 QWERTY keyboard and Braille display device to your Mac. Enjoy Woody

    6 min

  7. FEB 17

    Demo on how to connect Brailliant BI 20 or 40 X to the Mac via BT using VoiceOver

    Demo of how easy it is to connect your Brailliant BI20X or BI40X to your Mac using VoiceOver with Bluetooth.

    6 min

  8. FEB 16

    BrailleDoodle demo part 2

    In this demo, I talk about the importance of accessing the accessible QR code to learn how to use the BrailleDoodle fully, which then leads me on to my next point, and that is the amazing function of the BrailleDoodle where you can practice each character displayed on the back of the BrailleDoodle as well as having an example to work with for each character. Also, happy to say BrailleDoodle is now available from the Vision Australia Vision Store: https://shop.visionaustralia.org/brailledoodle.html   Have fun. Woody

    10 min
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