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On this week's edition of the National Federation of the Blind's technology podcast:
Introduction 0:00Darrell Hilliker discusses AI hallucinations 1:41Using Be My Eyes and Aira Explorer on your PC 11:18Resolution to Facebook for iOS comments bug 34:17Link previews disappear in WhatsApp 34:43International availability of Meta AI on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 35:32Choosing the right Braille display, and Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses feedback 37:15Using my NLS eReader as a Braille display 42:45Longstanding bug with Netflix and the Amazon Fire TV Cube 44:43A range of accessibility issues 49:17Tech Tip, pinning folders to Quick Access in Windows 57:02Closing and contact info 59:41
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In this week's edition of Access On:
Panel discussion about CSUN 2025 0:00Facebook for iOS regression re comments 49:06Seeking advice on accessible fitness equipment 49:52Innosearch is great but needs to do more 52:24Three tech questions 53:48Tech tip, finding another iPhone user in a crowd 56:57Closing and contact info 59:15
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This week, we bring you an abridged recording of our recent boutique on AI prompt engineering. It covers:Introduction 0:00Overview and general examples of prompt engineering 1:47Using prompt engineering to get the visual information you want 24:37Custom GPTs and tactile graphics 47:02Closing and contact info 58:44
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Coming up in this week's episode:Introduction 0:00Register for our PowerPoint training boutique 1:15Finding the earbuds that are right for you 2:29Amazon announces a significant Alexa upgrade 42:30Could logging into Gmail become less accessible 47:08Thoughts on the BT Speak 51:06Tech tip, converting photo file formats on Mac 55:36Closing and contact info 59:27
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In this week's episode: Introduction 0:00Shopping in-person is problematic 1:16Discussion about accessible kiosks and other purchasing options 14:09The iPhone 16e 30:58Variable quality of audio description 37:17Alexa.amazon.com appears to have gone 40:41Accessibility of MailChimp 42:56Navigation apps for pedestrians 44:42Eset VPN accessibility issue 46:27Finding Access On on the SensePlayer 48:48Reporting a problem with Uber Eats, and MLB's Beat the Streak 49:43Geographic restrictions of the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 53:07Focusrite Vocaster 2 54:15My use of the BTSpeak 56:55Tech tip, finding used Perkins Braillers online 58:10Closing and contact info 59:10
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This week on Access On:
Introduction 0:00Your final reminder to register for our AI prompt engineering boutique 0:59Follow-up from some items on previous episodes 2:56Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell from Pneuma Solutions discuss Scribe for Documents 5:40When we can't choose the tools we prefer due to inaccessibility 43:57Access ChatGPT via phone 56:28Closing and contact info 59:24
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On this week's episode of Access On:
Introduction 0:00Register for the webinar, how to engineer an AI prompt on Feb 25 0:53National Federation of the Blind President, Mark Riccobono 2:02On Innosearch doing the heavy lifting 42:08Flock accessibility, learning a language, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 45:26Remembering Ed Potter 49:01Recommending a captioning service 51:13Some potential downsides of buying through Innosearch 51:44When accessibility breaks 54:16Tech tip, battery health 57:34
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Here's what's in store for you on this episode, followed by the time in the file you can hear the item.Introduction 0:00Update on Facebook accessibility 0:53Bryan Blazie and David Goldfield of Blazie Technologies 4:33Accessibility of the RODECaster 44:43Ray-Ban Meta Smart glasses 49:35Playback Magazine and other publications of the past 53:50Boutique on how to engineer an AI prompt 54:56Tech tip, Scribe for Documents 56:25Closing and contact info 58:00
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In this week's episode:
Introduction 0:00Improvements to Facebook accessibility 0:54To use the mobile experience on a desktop device, visit https://facebook.com/?force_mobile=1Brandom Biggs discusses Audiom 13:02Remembering Ed Potter 43:35Listening to Access On with SensePlayer, and accounting software 45:44Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and hearing aids 47:10Accessibility of Microsoft Word for iOS 50:16Learning another language 51:40Configuring the restaurant program for Phonak hearing aids 54:49Closing and contact info 59:28
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Welcome to episode 9 of Access On. Here's what you can hear in this week's episode.
Introduction 0:00Ed Potter dies 0:50To hear past episodes of Playback Magazine, you can check out the Playback magazine ArchiveJonathan Mosen, Karl Belanger and Kennedy Zimnik discuss the National Federation of the Blind's Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility 4:33Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 31:36Review of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 33:58Brit Box has no audio description 47:39Seeing AI barcode descriptions deteriorating 48:24Problems composing posts in Facebook for iOS 50:09Learning another language 52:00Accessible closed captions 53:39Switching software, now my job is less accessible 55:11Tech Tip, Paprika Recipe Manager 56:39Closing and contact info 58:33
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Here are the items we cover in this episode of Access On, and the times in the file for each.Introduction 0:00Patrick Long and Bryan Vuong discuss Innosearch.ai 1:12JAWS sound split feature, and a talking body temperature thermometer 45:58Pages for Mac with Apple Intelligence, and playing Access On with Siri 48:07Podcast apps for iPhone 50:58Tech Tip, keep your travel organized with TripIt 56:35Closing and contact info 58:55
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Happy new year from all of us here at the National Federation of the Blind. Here's what's on our first episode for 2025.
Introduction 0:00Register for our document accessibility boutique on January 28 1:09Review and demonstration of the Plaud NotePin 2:38Microsoft office on mobile devices, and Microsoft Bookings 36:59The most accessible way to learn a new language, and getting familiar with Microsoft Teams 40:28The future of the Envision glasses 43:49Amazon Alexa 52:39Problems with the voice rotor in watchOS 11 53:52Tech tip for Victor Reader Stream users 55:30Closing and contact info 59:17
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Access On will be taking a short break over the holiday season, returning in early 2025. We all wish you and yours a joyous holiday season.
Here's what's in this week's episode.
Introduction 0:00A look at iOS 18.2 1:30Why isn't Siri's ChatGPT integration on all iPhones? 41:59Assistance with purchasing access technology 46:15AudibleSync doesn't work for all Victor Reader Stream 3 users 50:29Thunderbird accessibility 53:28Creating tables in Pages for Mac 54:16Tech Tip, accessing the classic Windows sound settings 55:24Closing and contact info 56:58
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Welcome to our fifth episode. Here's what you can hear, and when you can hear it.
Introduction 0:00Karthik Kannon from Envision discusses their new AI called Ally 1:09Reordering tracks in Ferrite Recording Studio 35:09Listener responses to Thunderbird accessibility question 38:40Facebook accessibility 41:50Ray-Ban Meta glasses feedback 45:34Induction cooktop that can be used by a blind person 47:27Braille displays and notetakers 49:00Live Listen not working 52:22Closing and contact info 56:38
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Thanks for listening and spreading the word about Access On. Here is what you can hear in this episode and the time in the file to listen. The podcast is also segmented by chapter for podcast apps that support this feature.
Introduction 0:00How you can win a HumanWare Victor Reader Stream or a Blazie Technologies BT Speak Pro 2:12You can enter the drawing until Dec 8 by visiting https://nfb.org/donateMathieu Paquette from HumanWare discusses the Victor Reader Stream 3 6:47Hearing aid compatibility with iOS, and Apple intelligence on the Mac 41:15Lotus Smart Ring 44:41What is happening withFacebook accessibility? 47:00Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 54:59This week's tech tip 58:16Closing and contact info 1:00:48.766
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Welcome to episode 3. Thank you for listening, and for spreading the word about our new podcast.In this episode,
Introduction and happy thanksgiving 0:00Now you can subscribe to an announcements list for Access On 1:45If you've lost your Apple Notes, here's how to get them back 2:56NV Access wants your opinion on NVDA's contributor documentation 4:06Doordash introduces importing of grocery lists 4:51Google Gemini can now remember things about you 5:23Changes coming to Microsoft Teams 6:22ChatGPT's premium voice feature is now on desktop 7:02Audio and video upgrades for FacebookMessenger 13:14Audio transcripts come to WhatsApp 13:40Kevin Yoo describes the free HapticNav app and the technology that is behind it 14:18Help us bridge the gap between blind people and our dreams 32:21The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 33:37AI's instructions onExcel commands 47:21Editing videos accessibly in Windows 48:36Listening to Access On with Amazon Alexa 50:47AI audio description on the desktop? 53:11How accessible is the latest Thunderbird email client? 53:52This week's tech tip 56:07Closing and contact info 57:38
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Welcome to our second episode and thank you for all your wonderful feedback. Here is what we cover this week.
Introduction, follow us on Mastodon 0:00Samsung working on Meta Smart Glasses rival 1:52Blindshell releases the Blindshell Classic 3 2:33Firmware update for the BT Speak 4:25Ads coming to Threads 5:16Interview with Google Gemini on its dedicated iOS app 6:06Whatsapp has added drafts 10:49Upcoming CENA boutique on teaching someone to use a screen reader 11:05What will Apple Intelligence mean for screen reading? 12:27How is Apple's Visual Intelligence going? 15:42Getting descriptions of videos using Seeing AI and PiccyBot 17:27Mike Buckley, CEO of Be My Eyes, discusses the Ray-Ban Meta collaboration and other partnerships 28:18Latest episode of the Nation's Blind Podcast 1:04:01Tech tip, reading complex emails in Microsoft Outlook 1:04:46Closing and contact info 1:06:55
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Welcome to the first episode of Access On, the National Federation of the Blind's Technology podcast.
The show is segmented by chapter, making it easy to move between segments of the podcast if you have an app or player that supports chapters.
Here is what's on the show this week, and when you can hear it.
Launch of Access On by Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind 0:00Introduction from Jonathan Mosen 3:36News Bits 6:34Upcoming boutique from the Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access 14:03Jeremy Curry from Microsoft discusses the new Ask MA service 15:45Demonstration of Ask Ma 42:44Visit the Ask Ma service and try it for yourself. https://aka.ms/askma FS Companion from Vispero 56:28Access On Tech Tip 1:06:22Closing and contact info 1:08:30
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