Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, June 19, 2014 - Volume 462
The Week's News in Access Technology

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Greetings,

1) Two iFocus videos, bringing the total of iOS-related videos to twenty, have been added to the Hadley YouTube channel. These cover Using Zoom and Exploring the Low Vision Features:
http://www.youtube.com/hadleyschool

2) While we're talking iOS, here are a few articles with general tips. From LifeHacker: Stuck with a 16GB iPhone? Here's how to make the most of that storage space:
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-make-the-most-of-an-iphone-with-minimal-storage-1592159896

3) One can never get enough knowledge about Siri, so here are seven tips. A couple were new to me:
http://fieldguide.gizmodo.com/7-uses-for-siri-you-might-not-know-about-1589307090/+whitsongordon

4) Finally, read a summary from one user of "Accessible iPhone Apps That Help Me Manage Work, Life, and Travel as a Blind Professional":
http://www.afb.org/blog/careerconnect-blog/accessible-iphone-apps-that-help-me-manage-work-life-and-travel-as-a-blind-professional/12

5) Here is a YouTube video about the Louis Database of Accessible Materials from American Printing House:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLr36KSJmMM&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1

6) Comcast appears to have started a forum where screen reader users and other users of adaptive technology can ask questions and perhaps get answers:
http://forums.comcast.com/t5/Accessibility/Blind-Guys-with-Issues-with-Jaws-Guide-Zoomtext-etc/m-p/2197298

7) We mentioned a class on the GoldWave audio editor a couple weeks back. Here are all the files for the course in one SendSpace folder:
https://www.sendspace.com/folder/rmk4oz

8A) HIMS, Inc. has released version 8.2 of their Sense devices, bringing with it a Facebook App, macro capability and the ability to import comma delimited files into the database, greatly increasing the database flexibility. Read one blog post about the upgrade here:
https://mehgcap.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/hims-has-done-it-again/

8B) HIMS offers a free webinar about the new features on GMT Tuesday, 24 June at 19:00. Register here and you will receive recordings and slides even if you can't attend:
http://t1689492.invoc.us/track.aspx?id=402|19C794|73F6|3E9|BD|0|3FA|1|70DC2508&destination=http%3a%2f%2fhims-inc.com%2fwebinar-registration-new-sense-v8-2%2f&dchk=5BC294C8

9) Blind users who want to learn to program in Python, a popular language and the one used by NVDA, can get considerable support. Twice-weekly discussions take place on the free out-of-sight portal, and students, from beginners to experienced programmers should subscribe to the pythonvis list to learn about all this by putting the word subscribe in the subject line of a message to:
pythonvis-request@freelists.org

10A) Turning to the week's audio content, you might want to use headphones to listen to this AudioBoo comparing 5 different bluetooth speakers:
https://audioboo.fm/boos/2255083-best-to-use-headphones-for-this-boo-audiomo-comparing-5-different-bluetooth-speakers

10B) BGZ contributors offer Terraformers the Game:
http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/terraformers-the-game/

10C) Bebot Demonstration:
http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/bebot-demonstration/

10D) Comparing the current versions of the blindness GPS Apps:
http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/comparing-the-current-versions-of-the-blindness-gps-apps/

10E) And introduction to the IRT-1 Talking Infrared Thermometer:
http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/introduction-to-the-irt-1-talking-infrared-thermometer/

10F) The AppleVis crew brings us AppleVis Extra #21: Blindfold Racer:
http://applevis.com/podcast/episodes/applevis-extra-21-blindfold-racer

10G) And AppleVis Extra #22: The Inquisitor Audiogame Adventure and Beyond:
http://applevis.com/podcast/episodes/applevis-extra-22-inquisitor-audiogame-adventure-and-beyond

10H) The new Tech Doctor Podcast is called "Introducing LaunchBar":
http://www.dr-carter.com/

10I) Catch up on the latest news related to adaptive technology in SeroTalk Podcast 202:
http://serotalk.com/2014/06/12/serotalk-podcast-202-thermoform-in-the-summertime/

10J) And Eyes on Success #1425 features an interview with a blind soon-to-be-PhD in computational organic chemistry in "Wine Tasting and Chemistry"
http://www.eyesonsuccess.net/

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