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Episode 206:Mastering Mastodon, how do you get started with ham radio, and a fix for the Eset issues plaguing screen reader users

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Episode 205:My most bizarre Windows experience ever, the real-world impact of iOS bugs, how to maintain maximum iPhone battery health for years, and audiobooks on the BlindShell Classic 2

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Episode 204:iOS 16 bugs, more Envision Smart Glasses Feedback, and the history, art, and technicalities of audio description with Joel Snyder

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Episode 203:iPhone and iOS feedback, comments on the Envision Smart Glasses, another Beatles remix and more

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Episode 202:A comprehensive demonstration and review of the Envision Smart Glasses

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Episode 201:Casting a secret ballot shouldn't be this hard, VoiceOver quiet when on phone calls, and is it time Aira ditched its free calls-

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Episode 200:New Zealand says yes to Braille with an uppercase B, Apple feedback, Envision glasses and more

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Episode 199:Meet the Hable One, and David Andrews remembers the early days of assistive computer technology

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Episode 198:Microphone advice, laptop advice, and one of these 26 things is not like the other

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Episode 197:iOS 16, demo and explanation of some of its new features

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Episode 196:Apple's Far Out event from a blindness perspective

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Episode 195:One guys thoughts on iOS podcast apps, looking ahead to Apple's Far Out event, and could the Dot Pad be the holy Braille?

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Episode 194:Aira comes to the Envision Smart Glasses, Apples got new iPhones coming, and a final discussion about literacy in a blindness context

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Episode 193:What does literacy mean in a blindness context, travel tips, and a thorough look at the Zoom F3 digital field recorder

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Episode 192:Listeners respond to the Mark Riccobono interview, siri reliability issues, and Waymap is new navigation technology

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Episode 191:National Federation of the Blind President, Mark Riccobono

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Episode 190:The visual description debate goes viral, more on abuse at schools for the blind, and Remote Incident Manager from Pneuma Solutions

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Episode 189:Giving public evidence on school for the blind abuse, more on ableist language, and a comprehensive demonstration of the Vocaster Two audio interface fromFocusrite

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Episode 188:ACB says no toBraille with a capital b, and an extended interview with Slau Halatyn

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Episode 187:Aira arriving on new devices, differing Uber experiences, and tech tips for travel

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Episode 186:JAWS for ARM processors available for testing, Leasey version 7 is packed with new features, and gadgets for travelling

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Episode 185:RNZ told to lift its disability game, ACB, NFB andCOVID19, and part 2 of the BlindShell 2 review

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Episode 184:More about Eloquence in iOS 16, Braille should always be spelled with a capital B, and JAWS lets you take control of Windows notifications

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Episode 183:Apple surprises and delights the blind community with Eloquence, HumanWare talks Braille HID, and to capital B or not to capital B?

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Episode 182:A recap of WWDC from a blindness perspective

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Episode 181:Braille HID expectations and complexity, a demo of Sonos Voice Control, and a joyous personal announcement

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Episode 180:Looking ahead to WWDC, Google finally answers the Braille question, And author of After Steve, Tripp Mickle

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Episode 179:Apples forthcoming accessibility features, groundhog day at Google Accessibility Support, and accessible learning from Fable Pathways

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Episode 178:Some Braille users may be locked out of the new TalkBack Braille support, The ReVision Fitness app, and farewell to the iPod Touch

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Episode 177:Blind people on juries, ACB's advocacy priorities, an explosive new book about Apple, and part 1 of an extensive look at the Blindshell Classic 2

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Episode 176:Elon Musk is buying Twitter, have you ever served on a jury, and APHs Braille revolution

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Episode 175:If you could only choose one video streaming service, which one would you pick, And a review and demonstration of the Spring Twitter app for Apple devices

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Episode 174:We're with U is almost here, make ringtones right from your iPhone, and Michael Lauf talks about his new site, Laufware

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Episode 173:We're with U coming this Saturday, a comprehensive review of Fantastical for iOS, what's your favourite food delivery service and why

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Episode 172:Memories of radio station launches, your favourite antivirus for Windows, your favourite labelling system and seeking national office when blind

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Episode 171:Ubers making progress, the big Brailliant bug, and memories of radio station launches

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Episode 170:Be a part of our benefit concert for Ukraine, feedback on ableist language, and your JAWS could have arms too

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Episode 169:persistence pays off when it comes to advocacy, Apples Peak Performance event, and David Kingsburys free Windows Screen Reader Primer

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Episode 168:New natural voices for Windows Narrator, new Apple hardware, new Uber bugs and new Leasey 7

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Episode 167:Russias invasion of Ukraine from a blindness perspective, tell me the songs you love and hate, and your old bulletin board memories

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Episode 166:Revolutionary blindness navigation with Biped, review of the WeWalk Smart Cane, ongoing iOS Braille issues and more

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Episode 165:workarounds for Ubers buggy apps, running on a treadmill without holding on, the latest version of iOS Access for All is out

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Episode 164:More on Apples Braille bugs, a guide to help you teach iPhone to the sighted, and disabled New Zealanders protest the appointment of a nondisabled person to a key role

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Episode 163:A post-holiday catch-up, Apple has broken iOS Braille yet again, and some cool gadgets at this years Consumer Electronics Show

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Episode 162:Blind people teaching iPhone to the sighted, more on the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 carbon, and a little festive fun

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Episode 161:Review of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 carbon, more on mainstream vs blindness tech, and a new book designed to give hope to newly blind people and their families

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Episode 160:What are your top 10 holiday songs of all time, your Chromebook has TalkBack built in, and do you need a dedicated blindness device when a smartphone app does the same thing?

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Episode 159:The unacceptable price blind audiophiles pay for audio description, 20 years since George Harrison died, and our Chromebook series concludes

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Episode 158:New Realtek driver causes problems for some Dell owners, presenters describing themselves at meetings, and more on Chromebooks

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Episode 157:Is visual description a step too far, changes to JAWS Tandem, and the big reveal ofScribe from Pneuma Solutions

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Episode 156:Part 2 of our Chromebook tutorial, Amazon removes some email functionality from Alexa, a radio app for your Apple Watch and more

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Episode 155:Apple SharePlay, JAWS 2022, part 1 of our Chromebook review and more

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Episode 154:New tech from Apple and Google, what games can a blind person play with their sighted kids, and a review of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G

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Episode 153:Feedback from Windows 11 early adopters, Apple and Android discussion, and meet the Voxmate suite for Android

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Episode 152:Welcome to the world Windows 11, happy 10th birthday Siri, and a new book shares perspectives on being a disabled parent

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Episode 151:Goodmaps acquires the former Sendero GPS mobile apps and makes them free, adventures in Android, and Siri loses smarts

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Episode 150:iOS 15 reaction, Ed Green from the Blind Android Users Podcast, and listener feedback on Android

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Episode 149:iOS 15, new Apple hardware, and adventures in Android

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Episode 148:A recap of Apple's California Streaming event from a blindness perspective

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Episode 147:September 11 memories, Apples big reveal, advice on starting a business and more

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Episode 146:New Zealand's Royal Commission into abuse in care, blindisms, tech topics and more

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Episode 145:A COVID-19 check-in, blind people in the media, and flying toCanada now takes extra effort

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Episode 144:FlickType has gone and Apple is to blame, how to use Braille Screen input, more on alternative iOS calendar apps

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Episode 143:Thoughts on what it means to be blind, calendar apps for iPhone and has Apple lost its moral authority on privacy?

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Episode 142:Leona Godin, author of There Plant Eyes, a Personal and Cultural History of Blindness

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Episode 141:Staying in step with a cane, is blindness your dominant culture, weird iOS mispronunciations and more

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Episode 140:Amazon Echo's new voice, the Apple MagSafe Battery, meet the Optophone, a reading machine invented in the early 1900s and more

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Episode 139:The great tech conference with an ableist name, blindness tech support from Microsoft and Apple, scribe for meetings demo and blind ghetto products

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Episode 138:Why we're going podcast-only, what will and won't Apple's Accessibility Team help you with, and blindness employment discussion

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Episode 137:Work with superb-quality remote audio. Meet Cleanfeed

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Episode 136:The variable quality of PDFs, can you be proud of one impairment but not another, more great radio memories

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Episode 135:Windows 11 comments, inaccessible financial data, have we gone soft on blindness advocacy and more

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Episode 134:Windows 11 from a blindness perspective

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Episode 133:childhood radio memories, non-24, what do you want in Windows 11 and more

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Episode 132:New Zealand broadcasting and entertainment icon, Don Linden

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Episode 131:A detailed look at the forthcoming iOS 15 focus options, when social services says being blind means you can't be a parent and more

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Episode 130:You're invited to participate in the Sonaar research project to improve the quality of image descriptions on the web

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Episode 129:Recapping the WWDC keynote from a blindness perspective

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Episode 128:Pre-WWDC wishes, headset reviews and more

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Episode 127:Janet Ingber discusses her updated Mac Basics book and why you might want a Mac in your life

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Episode 126:Wishes, washes, and presses

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Episode 125:Record remote interviews from your iPhone with Backpack Live

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Episode 124:Plenty of Apple news, a laptop update that went badly wrong, screen reader comparisons and more

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Episode 123:Brian Hartgen of Hartgen Consultancy

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Episode 122:The moral dilemma of boycotts, more on the Zoom Potrak P4, the Rivo2 keyboard, super-charging the Windows clipboard and more

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Episode 121:Blind pride, blind people at the airport, plenty of tech questions and opinions

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Episode 120:Twitter Spaces from the perspective of a blind person using the VoiceOver screen reader

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Episode 119:Blind pride, accommodations we don't want at airports, AirTag thoughts and more

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Episode 118:Apple changes the game for blind people locating lost stuff, with their stunningly accessible AirTags

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Episode 117:Transcripts come to Mosen At Large, Sonos Roam set up and reviewed, and more on ableist language

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Episode 116:Tim Cumings demonstrates the Zoom Podtrak P4 from a blindness perspective

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Episode 115:A recap of Apple's Spring Loaded event from a blindness perspective

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Episode 114:Microsoft bought Nuance, what's the best text-to-speech in the world, getting vaccinated and more

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Episode 113:The many benefits of meditation, how I discovered them and how you can too

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Episode 112:New Cloudflare feature could put some blind people's jobs in jeopardy, attitudes towards knowingly bringing blind children into the world, high-quality Siri voices with iOS Speak Screen and more

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Episode 111:Thinking Cap Innovations, makers of the Alexa Skills Thinking Cap Math and Thinking Cap Spanish

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Episode 110:New Siri voices, ableist use of the word "blind" in the media, cochlea implants, iOS hints and more

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Episode 109:How to get high quality audio into Clubhouse

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Episode 108:New resources for blind podcasters, cochlea implants, blind culture and more

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Episode 107:Is there such a thing as blind culture?