Podcasts about maccessibility

In this episode we talk about podcasts, networks, and radio reading services that serve those who are Blind, having Low-Vision, and/or otherwise Print-Impaired. These include podcasts like Double Tap, Dot to Dot, Maccessibility, AT-FAQ, and Unmute Presents shows.

Ahead of this month's episode, we have some upsetting news to share with the AppleVis community. Recently, Randy Rusnak suffered a stroke. Randy is a beloved member of our Unleashed team, known for his warm and engaging personality. During his recovery, we will greatly miss his presence. We ask that you join us in sending Randy your well wishes for a speedy and complete recovery.This month, in Randy's absence, Darcy Burnard, a member of the Maccessibility team, joins regular Unleashed hosts Thomas Domville and Mike Malarsie to discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest.Topics featured in this episode include:Special Announcement (00:00:07)Introduction (00:01:52)Apple Vision Accessibility: the AppleVis Report Card (00:04:52)Apple's Spring Event went Missing in Action (00:21:42)Apple Music Classical App is Here (00:34:44)Apple introduces Shop with a Specialist over Video (00:39:01)Be My Eyes Announces New Tool Powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 to Improve Accessibility for People Who are Blind or Have Low-Vision (00:42:46)What's in iOS 16.4? (00:51:01)Rumors: Big Changes and Features Coming to iOS 17 (00:58:34)The Latest Rumors and News on the Upcoming iPhone 15 (01:05:57)What's in this month AppleVis News (01:14:25)Links:Apple Vision Accessibility: the AppleVis Report CardApple Announces New Yellow Color Option for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus.Apple Music Classical App Available To Download, Here Are The DetailsApple introduces Shop with a Specialist over VideoBe My Eyes Unveils New Virtual Volunteer With Advanced Visual Recognition Capabilities Powered by OpenAI's GPT-4iOS 16.4 Adds Voice Isolation for Cellular Phone CallsiOS 17 to Provide Several 'Most Requested Features.'Apple Engineers Reportedly Working on ChatGPT-Like AI Despite Siri Design FlawsiPhone 15 best new features: Six reasons to upgrade in 2023.iPhone 15 Pro Models to Feature Improved LiDAR ScanneriPhone 15 Pro to have new unified volume buttons with new ‘pressing type' mute button.OKO - AI copilot for the blind…

20230216 Let's Talk Mac Originally Aired February 16, 2023, on ACB Media 5 Darcy Bernard, from Maccessibility, and a valued ACB Community member, talked to us about Shortcuts from a mac perspective.

In Episode 224 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss: Our new Apple purchases More on iOS 15 Cases New Siri Problems homePod problems Ten years since the passing of Steve Jobs Knights on this episode: Darcy Burnard Holly Anderson Eric Troup Shelly Brisbin Robin Christopherson Links For This Episode Episode of Maccessibility recorded one day after the death of Steve Jobs

Guess who's back?? Rejoice, ye Barclheads! Steve triumphantly (well, that might be pushing it) to the podcast just in time for the newly reunited trio to welcome Darcy Burnard and Holly Anderson from the Apple-centric accessibility podcast ‘Maccessibility' to the show. They talk about what the state of accessibility of Apple is currently, whether the playing field has been leveled between all the different OS and device manufacturers, and what kind of innovations might be coming in the future. Show Transcript: https://atbanter.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/at-banter-podcast-episode-254-maccessibility.pdf Show Notes Maccessibility Podcast Online https://maccessibility.net/ AT Banter is brought to you by Canadian Assistive Technology, providing sales and training in Assistive Technology and Accessibility with over 30 years of knowledge and experience. Visit them online at www.canasstech.com or call toll-free 1-844-795-8324. Need repairs on your device? Chaos Technical Services offers service and support on almost any piece of Assistive Technology, while also providing parts and batteries. Visit them online at www.chaostechnicalservices.com or call 778-847-6840.

Meet DHSHolly and DHSDarcy, no they are not agents of Homeland Security.  For those of you not familiar with them, they have been using assistive technology their entire lives. From the early days of Apple 2e’s to the current slate of Apple products. They met on a tech mailing list for the blind. Have been podcasting since the early days of podcasting with two cans and a string. They can now be heard regularly on the MACCESSIBILITY podcast. Join us for their journey from the early days of accessibility in main stream devices to the modern explosion of accessibility everywhere. And no that was not Brian being rude during the latter part of the interview, his phone and Siri decided to make a phone call. Follow Darcy at @DHSDarcy and Holly at @DHSHolly on Twitter, and you can subscribe to the MACCESSIBILITY podcast here https://maccessibility.net You can contact That Real Blind Tech Show at ThatRealBlindTechShow@gmail.com, join us on Facebook at That Real Blind Tech Show, follow us on Twitter at @BlindTechShow, or call us and leave us a message at 929-367-1005.   

Josh de Lioncourt is the author of The Dragon’s Brood Cycle, an epic fantasy series that includes novels and short stories. He enjoys writing projects in a wide variety of fields, including fiction, music, software, tech articles, and more. He has written on Apple accessibility for Macworld and Maccessibility, hosts or participates regularly on several podcasts, and writes and records music with Molly, his wife. WATCH this interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VCzKF7-SSdQ Listen to more Writers Showcase podcast: http://soundcloud.com/authorsontheair/sets/creative-edge-writers-showcase Josh de Lioncourt's website: https://lioncourt.com/ Christie Stratos's website: http://christiestratos.com Creative Edge: www.creative-edge.services Like our Facebook page to watch LIVE author interviews: www.facebook.com/writersshowcasepodcast/ *This is a copyrighted podcast owned by the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network and Creative Edge Publicity*

First test your hearing with today's skill; Hearing Screener. Then test your sanity to the very limit with that infuriating audio clip you probably hoped never to hear again… And lastly, decide to subscribe to the excellent Maccessibility podcast in your favourite podcatching app or via www.maccessibility.net. Today's demo contains clips from the excellent Maccessibility episode; 156 Celebrity-airdrop.

Wow that's a lot of hyphens. I wonder if 'update' should actually have one too? Anyway, I digress. This is a quick update/up-date of the My Pod skill we covered recently, as well as a shout-out for the live Maccessibility stream starting today promptly after the end of the great Apple event of September 2018 (in which we all found out how much money we're going to have to shell out in the coming weeks). You can listen to the stream at maccessibility.net or using the My Pod skill on your Echo. Also feel free to follow @Maccessibility on Twitter and use #VOLive to interact with us - oh and why not follow me (@USA2DAY) while you're at it too?

Today's skill is definitely a keeper for anyone who wants to be able to listen to audio (and possibly video) files through the A-lady that they aren't able to otherwise access through TuneIn or Audible etc. Here are the steps - don't worry, they aren't as complicated as they look:First enable 'My Pod' through the skills store as usual, then link it to your Amazon account on that same page. Next go to mypodapp.com and sign in - again using your Amazon account details. Now you'll need to add links to all the things you'd like to play. It could be a podcast feed or streaming radio station. Whatever it is you'll need to locate the url to that file or stream and have it ready on the clipboard. Let's use the example of adding audio files from your Google Drive…Go to the files in your Google Drive you want to play on your Echo and copy a share link by right clicking and choosing 'Share public link' from the menu (this works in the Google Drive desktop app or when viewing your files at drive.google.com).Then go to mypodapp.com, make sure you're still signed in and create a new playlist - such as 'Movies'.You will then see a page that asks you to enter a link to an RSS feed (for podcasts), a live stream (for streaming audio like a radio station) or, in this case, a Google Drive file. First give the link a suitable name in the tag/name box (e.g. 'Crocodile Dundee') and in the corresponding box paste the url to that file/stream etc.You can do this several times and, when you're done adding links to that playlist, hit the 'Save' button.Then voila! Ask My Pod to play your playlist or file by that tag/name - e.g. "Alexa, ask My Pod to play the Movies playlist" or "Alexa, ask My Pod to play Crocodile Dundee." Note: When your audio is playing and you want to skip forward or back, make sure you start with 'Ask My Pod…' - e.g. "Alexa, ask My Pod to skip forward 10 minutes" or "Alexa, ask My Pod to go back to the beginning".Similarly, if you're listening to something using My Pod and you want to switch to something else, say "Alexa, ask My Pod to play X" (where 'X' is a playlist or file you've created and named as above).Finally, if you want to listen to the gang and me on the Maccessibility podcast while it's being recorded live tonight (30 Aug at 10pm BST or 5pm Eastern) then just create a suitably-named playlist and then add the following link to the mypodapp.com website: http://darcyandholly.com:8000/mrtp.m3u. Call it 'The live stream', say, and then you can say "Alexa, ask My Pod to play the live stream" and we'll come through your Echo when we hit the air (and it's probably best not to call it 'Maccessibility live stream' as, in my experience, she has difficulty understanding 'Maccessibility'). Alternatively, just click that link and listen to us in your browser but note that neither will work when we're not live so make sure you only tune in just before the hour at 5pm Eastern tonight.

Darcy Bernard (@DHSDarcy) and Holly Anderson (@DHSHolly) have joined the team and brought us a great demo of the A-lady's take on the classic Trivial Pursuit board game. Do check out their excellent all things tech podcast with a focus on vision; Maccessibility. I may or may not be on that podcast too. Alright, I am.

Today special guest host, Holly Anderson, gives us a brilliant insight into the querky audio adventure game that is The Daily 5/9. I'm not familiar with the show Mr Robot (on which it's based) - but that in no way means it isn't on-air over here, although not yet available in the UK skill store. You can follow Holly on @DHSHolly and on the Maccessibility.net podcast. Thanks Holly and hope everyone enjoys todays episode. 

In Episode 112 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss: Public betas are now available Apple versus Spotify The NFB resolution Apple gets award from ACB Shelly’s iPod Touch screen repair Bespecular Knights on this episode: Darcy Burnard Holly Anderson Eric Troup Shelly Brisbin Links For This Episode Blog post about the NFB resolution from Michael Hansen at Applevis Blog post about the NFB resolution from Jonathan Mosen Information on the ACB award from Applevis Bespecular Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above. Also if you choose the Maccessibility event at checkout you will get a free lip balm.

Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson bring us more podcasts with a Blindness perspective. Listeners sent in lists and we put together another cast of content providers that we feel you will enjoy and learn from their productions. Below is a list of the podcasts, their web link and the feed to subscribe to the podcasts using your pod-catcher of choice. We hope you enjoy. The blind Abilities Team Maccessibility » Podcast Touching the Future:… http://maccessibility.net Subscribe: feed://maccessibility.net/category/podcast/feed/1 Maccessibility is devoted to connecting, compiling, and providing easy access to the best resources for blind, visually impaired, and other disability groups using Apple products. It is maintained by a dedicated group of visually impaired volunteers, who are Apple enthusiasts themselves. Cool Blind Tech: https://www.coolblindtech.com Latest In Assistive Tech! News, Reviews and Interviews Subscribe: feed://www.coolblindtech.com/feed/podcast?format=rss Digital Accessibility Made Simple with Lyndon Dunbar: http://www.lyndondunbar.com Digital Accessibility Made Simple with Lyndon Dunbar is a weekly podcast dedicated to digital accessibility. The goal is to bridge the gap between technology and digital accessibility so that persons with disabilities can engage in fulfilling work and lead a life of independence with confidence. Subscribe: feed://www.lyndondunbar.com/feed/podcast Assistive Technology Update with Wade Wingler: http://www.AssistiveTechnologyUpdate.com Assistive Technology Update – A weekly dose of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs. Subscribe: feed://feeds.feedburner.com/AssistiveTechnologyUpdate Blind Bargains Audio: Featuring the BB Qast, Technology news, Interviews, and more: http://www.blindbargains.com/audio The biggest names, the latest news, and leading insights from the field. Weekly Podcasts, interviews, technology demonstrations, and commentary from industry experts. Get more at blindbargains.com. Subscribe: feed://www.blindbargains.com/rss/audionoads.xml Mystic Access Podcast: Where the Magic is in Learning: http://www.mysticaccesspodcast.com we record podcasts and write about products and services we find of interest. We specialize in providing the tools for people who are blind and visually impaired to learn how to maximize their access technology. Subscribe: feed://www.mysticaccesspodcast.com/?feed=podcast Freedom Scientific FSCast: http://www.freedomscientific.com/FSCast/ FSCast is Freedom Scientific's podcast. Hosted by Jonathan Mosen, FSCast features news, interviews, and product demonstrations relating to Freedom Scientific products. FSCast is a great way to make the most of the products you have as well as learning about what's new and what's around the corner. Subscribe: feed://www.freedomscientific.com/FSCast/rss.xml

"Distant Origin" - Josh de Lioncourt, blogger, novelist, and podcaster (Maccessibility and Masters Cast) joins Scott to discuss Distant Origin (VOY S3E23). This episode introduces the truly awesome alien race the “Voth.” This episode is also the only appearance of the Voth in Voyager frowny face. Also discussed on the episode: Josh’s shocking thoughts on TNG, the odd structure of this episode, and did we mention how cool the Voth are? Because they’re cool. Next on Random Trek: DS9’s The Forsaken (S1E17). Host Scott McNulty with Josh de Lioncourt.

In episode 52 of the Round Table, our knights discuss the new UnRead RSS Reader for iPhone, backup solutions, the ongoing Fleksy debate, and Sendero GPS. You can use this link to BackBlaze to try out and sign up for the service, as well as support Maccessibility at the same time. Unread BackBlaze Sendero GPS The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of audio games and educational tools for the blind and visually impaired. Check out its assortment of Mac, iOS, and Windows software titles at DracoEnt.com.

In episode #29 of the Round Table, the knights offer picks of software and hardware products that Apple users may find entertaining or useful. Our next live stream will be Thursday, 07/Feb/2013 at 12:00 PM EST. CHM Reader (Mac) FreshBooks Guide Talking Menus (iOS/UK) iPad Keyboard Case iText Express (Mac) RenameIt (Mac) RS Games Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock (iOS) Solo-DX SoundCloud.com (no longer available in the App Store) Take Control Books TapTapSee Transmit (Mac) Vintage Radio (iOS) Wordundrum (iOS)

In this test pilot podcast, we discuss using the Xcode development environment with VoiceOver, including some useful settings, the layout of the main interface, and the basic usage of InterfaceBuilder. If you find this developer focused podcast useful, please let us know here. Whether or not we produce more shows like this one, will depend on the interest.

In this episode, our knights discuss Darcy’s impressions of the iPad mini after a week of use, making use of mainstream versus blind-specific services, Instagram, and more. RadioArchives.com Are You Sitting Comfortably

In this episode of the Round Table podcast, our knights discuss the redesign of iTunes, speculate on what Apple may be planning for iCloud and Finder, and discuss the new audio game ChangeReaction. We will be taking a break during the holiday season, and will return to live streaming the podcast on 10/January/2013 at 12:00 PM EST. From all of us here at Maccessibility, we wish you and yours a happy and safe holiday season.

In this episode of the Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss their impressions of the iPad mini, the iPod nano, the recently accessible Barnes & Noble Nook application for iOS, and more. Our next live stream will be on 13/December/2012 at 12:00 PM EST, 9:00 AM PST. You can tune in by clicking the “Listen Live” link, and interact with us on Twitter with the #VOLive hashtag.

In this special episode of the Maccessibility podcast, we speak to blind recording engineer Slau Halatyn, who has long been working with Digidesign and now Avid, to improve VoiceOver support in ProTools, the premier audio production software system. Avid has recently decided to make voiceOver accessibility an integrity part of its UI development and in-house testing, and Slau is here to give us all the details. This development is yet another example of how patience and cordial engagement with developers can yield remarkable results.

In this episode, we discuss Apple’s recent announcements and more. Our live stream was unavailable in the aftermath of the storm that devastated the east coast of North America. Our thoughts are with those impacted by the storm. Our next live stream is scheduled for 15/November at 12:00 PM EST/9:00 AM PST. Listen live on our web site, and interact with us on Twitter with the #VOLive hashtag. Topics discussed include: Apple’s 23/October event. New MacBookPro, iMac, and Mac Mini products. The iPad mini. iBooks 3.0’s accessibility enhancements for PDF documents. Changes to Apple’s executive team. Matt Gemmell’s Accessibility Heroes and Villains piece, and the importance of developers advocating accessibility to other developers. App.net and accessible clients.

In this episode, the knights discuss iPhone 5, Sound Forge for Mac, and much more. This show was streamed live on 18/October. Topics in this show included: Apple’s event scheduled for 23/October Apple’s patent for dynamic TTS characterization iPhone 5 The pros and cons of using Fleksy The accessibility of Sound Forge for Mac The Magazine by Marco Arment Adobe’s decision to discontinue Flash accessibility development for OS X FireFox’s preliminary VoiceOver support GuideDogs.org.uk’s concept video of Inspiring Technologies of the future You can listen live to our next podcast on Thursday 01/November from 9:00 AM PT/12:00 PM ET. We will also be streaming live discussion during Apple’s 23/October event from 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET.

In this episode of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, the knights are joined by their newest comrade, John Panarese, and discuss a range of topics, (listed below). This show was streamed live on 04/October, and our next live stream will be on 18/October at 12:00 PM EDT, 9:00 AM PDT. click or tap the “Listen Live” link in the navigation bar to tune in, and interact with us on Twitter. We welcome the newest knight John Panarese from MacForTheBlind.com We explain the recent site redesign and shift in focus of Maccessibility.net We discuss the recent accessibility advocacy by mainstream iOS developer Marco Arement We talk about Instapaper We explore some of the changes in iOS 6 VoiceOver accessibility, including the new Maps We examine some issues in iOS 6 and how to work around them