Back to School   Stephen and I have a bit of a chat on how you don’t need the latest and greatest to get you up and going at the beginning of the year if your promised stuff hasn’t turned up yet. Remember the inbuilt accessibility features in Windows, and Mac in particular.   Mac Monterey 12.2 and iOS 15.3 beta’s Released to fix Safari bug Leak   As the topic heading suggests, this fix’s an issue with Safari on Mac and...

Talking Tech for Jan 18 2022   Not much tech news as such this week, so some tech news of my own.   My first Experience with an Electronic Sit/stand Desk   As I find myself sitting down a lot and not moving, it was recommended to me to go out and get a sit/stand desk, hence this personal review.   This model is the Matrix Executive Electronic Sit/Stand desk.   Dimensions 1520 long, by 750 wide. Desk height which is adjustable from the control panel is from 600MM to...

  Common apps between iOs and Android   If choosing either Samsung/Android or iOS, look at the tasks that are needed to be performed and if the apps to do those tasks are accessible.   Two specific apps which are not currently available on Android are the Microsoft Sound Scape and Seeing AI apps.   As the Seeing AI app currency mode doesn’t work with Australian currency, Cash Reader is recommended for both iOS/Android.   Where it  is not obvious what the apps listed are for,...

With VoiceOver running, turn on in Settings, Accessibility, VoiceOver, Hand Gestures. Once turned on, activate when watch is waken with a double clench of your fist (need to do this every time watch is woken up). When on: double pinch (thumb and index finger twice) move previous item, Single pinch (thumb and index finger once) next item, clench (fist once) activate item, and double clench (make fist twice) Digital Crown function. Handy for the workout app.  

Simple but powerful all in one audio app for the blind Android user. https://www.voxmate.com.  

My chat to customers of Vision Australia all about the Apple Watch, bands, and devices.

This is an amazing upgrade to the traditional slate or as we say in Australia hand frame. So rather than sticking in a bit of paper, writing in Braille, and then having to take the paper out, read what you have Brailled, and then stick it back in again to continue Brailling, you just Braille or write on once side and the pins pop out on the other reading side, for you to just read what you have Brailled. You can push any pin in with your finger tip to clear pins within a cell or use the...

Give you a physical description of the battery pack, how to check battery status, charging tips, using the pack as a wireless charger, and some general tips for usage.

In this demo, I give you a physical description of the ReadEasy Evolve, setup, and use. Vision Australia  Store web link to purchase is:   https://shop.visionaustralia.org/shop/product/esocr057-so

Quick run through of the Micro Speak Plus Digital Voice Recorder. Extremely easy to use, and copy files recorded over to Mac or PC. Product ID for Vision Australia Vision Store is ES7427. Enjoy.  

This Dyson 3 in one tower unit, purify’s the air, heats, and emits cool air.   Comes in white or silver.   Prices seem to vary quite a lot, when I purchased mine they were about $750  Australian for the second two.   When setting the unit up, take it out of the box, install the Hepa filters in both sides of the base, [plug in to wall outlet, stick remote on top face down to attach. Note - don't lift or move the Dyson via the top part of the fan unit, even though it looks...

These head phones offer great comfort, good sound quality with minimal design and rugged construction.   For use as a monitoring head set to a mixer, they perform very well indeed.   The head set comes in Quite a large box. Inside you will find - leather carry pouch, neatly stored head phones (they do fold up), long attached to left ear cup head phone audio cable (2.74M, with step up  adapter already screwed on to the end of the 3.5MM audio jack), and warranty card.   The...

As you will b able to tell, Cleanfeed works fine on the Mac using Voiceover in Google Chrome. Rather than just a boring demo, scott and i thought, why not chat about our old and new tech stuff. i've combined what the Zoom Podtrak P4 was recording as far as logging in to www.cleanfeed.net was concerned, and of course, the issue with using Safari with Voiceover on the iphone for Scott aas everything including Voiceover was coming through. So besides demoing that Cleanfeed works, i hope...

Hi all, This time around, no speaking from me at all. What you will hear is me using the Siri remote to go through all the English voices for VoiceOver on the Apple TV. I've placed chapter marks for each of the English voice categories: Australia India Ireland South Africa UK US This will hopefully give you a good idea of the different voices in case you want to ever change.

This podcast contains all of my 12 podcast demos on the Zoom Podtrak P4. You can navigate by chapter on the Mac via Downcast or on iOS via Overcast. I don’t know why you want to, but you can also just listen to start to end if you really really want to smile. Demos include my first impressions of the P4, full description of the P4, using channel 3 (TRRS) and channel 4 (UsB) on the P4, recording VoiceOver from the Mac, tips on recording and playing back recent file, using the Sound Pad...

Samson 29 Q2u Podcasting PackParticularly handy for podcasting. Plus Backpack Studio   Set up for todays demo   iPhone 12 Pro on a wireless charging stand Magic Keyboard 2 connected to iPhone Samsung Q2u microphone/stand. Ear phones plugged in to mic for monitoring.   And yes, this demo was all recorded on my iPhone and Backpack Studio using the Samsung Q2u mic.   First Backpack Studio   Description from the iOS App Store   Create professional sounding podcasts...

In this demo, I discuss and demo the BTA-2 Bluetooth transmitter and Receiver to allow you to wirelessly connect to the P4. Note - as with connecting a TRRS cable, mic 3 (channel 3) needs to be in the most right position for the switch, and the BTA-2 plugs in to both the 2.5mm and 3.mm jacks on the side of the P$.

In this demo, I use my Zoom Podtrak P4 with the Audio Technica BPHS1 broadcasting head set which combines both a head set with an XLR boom microphone. I compare it to my current desktop mic/stand, the Samson 29 Q2U podcasting kit. Note - to use with the P4, I used a 6.3mm to 3.5mm female to male adapter to plug it in in to the head phone jack on the P4. The cable coming off the head set splits in to an XLR mic jack and the 6.3mm head phone jack. Certainly does the job, and great for...

Amazingly or not, this function is still around on the Mac, although now days its called Add to Music as a Spoken Track: a great way of producing audio files from text. Interesting what 10 years can do in how ones voice sounds more confident and relaxed smile. David 2021  

On a previous podcast, here is my catch up demo using 3 LIDAR apps on my iPhone 12 Pro. As I mainly use People Detection, I focus in this demo mainly on Super LIDAR and the Magnifier apps.