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iACast – New Year, New Changes

In this episode, we sit down with Lauren Bradford to discuss some exciting changes coming to iAccessibility and the IAcast as we step into the new year. As we reflect on the podcast’s journey, it’s remarkable to note that this year marks the tenth anniversary of the IAcast, which first aired in 2015. Our discussion touches on the vibrant community we’ve built, exploring how our conversations about technology and accessibility have fostered a sense of belonging and collaboration among listeners.

In a significant shift for our organization, We’re passing the torch to Lauren, who will be taking over the leadership of both iAccessibility and the IAcast. This transition opens up fresh opportunities for engagement and innovation, allowing for a new perspective to guide the future of our projects. Lauren expresses her gratitude for this chance, emphasizing her vision to transform iAccessibility into an even more robust resource hub for everyone seeking support, tools, and knowledge in the tech and accessibility space.

We delve into Lauren’s plans regarding the rebranding of the IAcast network as the Techopolis podcast network. This change signals a commitment to broadening our content focus; while the IAcast will maintain its core identity, it will also expand into specialized areas that cater to mainstream technology interests. Lauren shares her eagerness to see the IAcast evolve through the addition of new formats, such as demo casts, resource-focused episodes, and collaboration opportunities that connect our community.

Furthermore, during our discussion, Lauren outlines her ambitions for enhancing our social media presence and community engagement. She envisions a cohesive online strategy that not only highlights the resources and developments at iAccessibility but also showcases the work of our community members. By creating a structured posting schedule, she aims to curate valuable content and bring together our collective knowledge, enabling everyone to find support easily.

As we transition into a new chapter, I am excited about the possibility of growth and connection. Lauren shares her plans for the future of our app and website, hinting at exciting developments in the pipeline that aim to centralize our offerings and improve user experience. Utilizing AI tools to reconstruct our application in SwiftUI, she seeks to create a more integrated environment where listeners can access all aspects of our community seamlessly.

In closing, we emphasize the importance of community involvement in shaping our future. It’s essential for us to hear from our listeners as we embark on this journey together. Both of us urge everyone to reach out with ideas and feedback through various platforms, ensuring that our collective voices guide the evolution of iAccessibility and the IAcast.

As we prepare to step back into a supportive role, I remain committed to contributing to the podcast in any capacity Lauren finds valuable. we are thrilled about the path ahead and look forward to witnessing the creative direction she will bring. This episode marks not just a transition but a new beginning, filled with potential and opportunities for our entire community. I encourage you all to stay tuned for what’s to come and to engage with us as we navigate this exciting new landscape

iACast – UnboxCast- iPhone 16 Pro Max

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In this episode, we dive into an exciting unboxing experience of the highly anticipated iPhone 16 Pro Max. Joining me are Taylor Arndt and Jeff Bishop as we explore the latest features and updates of Apple’s flagship device. The atmosphere is buzzing with anticipation as I reveal the shiny new phone in its white titanium finish, highlighting the heft and premium feel of the packaging.

We kick off the discussion by examining the device’s physical attributes, comparing it to the previous generation, the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The new camera button grabs our attention; it’s now a pressable button that promises a more tactile experience when taking photos or videos. This switch marks a departure from previous models, sparking a debate about whether such changes enhance usability or overcomplicate the design. We take the time to reveal various elements inside the box, including the USB-C cable, and lament the absence of Apple stickers in the packaging.

As I set up the phone, we talk about pricing, options for monthly payment plans, and the convenience of Apple’s trade-in program, which has facilitated my purchase strategy over the years. The unboxing continues with a closer look at the device. The new weight, a bit heftier than its predecessor, is noted, yet it seems to provide a reassuring grip, which is appreciated by everyone on the call.

Moving on to the setup process, I narrate my experience activating the phone with Verizon, showcasing how streamlined and intuitive the procedure is. The phone’s prompt recognition of my existing Apple ID and the quick-start feature create a smooth transition from my old device. As I delve deeper into the setup, we discuss the differences in Face ID recognition, highlighting improvements that cater to users who require accessibility features.

Once the initial setup is complete, I focus on the sound quality, initiating a microphone test that showcases the new audio profiles, which appear to offer enhanced clarity. Taylor and Jeff weigh in on their observations, comparing the sound characteristics to those of the older devices. The quality of the built-in microphones becomes a key point of conversation, with intriguing insights regarding how they stack up against previous models.

Throughout the episode, we emphasize the aesthetic aspects of the phone, explicitly drawn to the new camera bump design and the shinier titanium sides. The conversation flows seamlessly into the new photographic features and styles available, as well as the practical applications for everyday users and photography enthusiasts.

As we transition towards the conclusion of this episode, our discussions touch on the intriguing thought of an entire podcast dedicated to the art of iPhone photography, aiming to educate listeners on how to maximize their experience with the new device. Each of us provides our social media handles where listeners can connect, share their thoughts, and continue the conversation surrounding the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

This unboxing episode is not only a detailed walkthrough of the new device but also a lively interaction that reflects on our shared excitement, apprehensions, and anticipation for the enhanced capabilities of Apple’s latest smartphone.

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Hello everyone and welcome to an IACast special unboxing of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

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We may have a few people joining us today, but right now we have Taylor Arndt. Hi Taylor.

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Hi Michael. Super excited that you got your phone. I was wondering if you’d

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actually get it today. Yeah, me too.

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And Jeff Bishop. Hi Jeff. Hello.

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I did not get one. Me either yet. Jeff didn’t order one yet.

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Yeah. And Taylor hasn’t either, but we have one right here.

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And that would be embarrassing if I had a box upside down.

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Good job, Michael. So we have the iPhone 16 Pro Max in white, white titanium.

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And it already looks really exciting. I went out and got it just to make sure I’d have it.

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And it’s a nice phone. Like the box is pretty hefty. It is definitely bigger.

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We’re going to see how much bigger.

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And we’re also going to do a mic test as well once I get it set up.

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So this is 512 gigs with Verizon. Let’s get into it. What did it cost?

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Well, I’m paying monthly on it. So I think it’s normally $1,300,

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but I’m paying monthly on it.

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Okay. That’s correct. $1,300. And about that whole thing, what I’ve actually done in the past,

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and I’ve saved a whole lot of money on this, is I’d pay for the phone monthly

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for like two or three months and then pay it all off because I still get all

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the Verizon trade-in deals and things. That way I could save more money on it.

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So I love that Apple has these neat little pull tabs that you just pull off on the box.

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You know, they don’t have the plastic, you know, wrappings that go around the

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boxes anymore, which were always terrible to get off of these things.

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But the one side was very easy to get off and this other side is proving to

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be a little more stubborn.

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But I was expecting just cameras and Apple intelligence and things like that.

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Oh, I was going at the wrong part there.

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I was expecting Apple intelligence and camera stuff, but not the speaker stuff

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that we got. Were y’all expecting that?

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Not at all. For the past few years, it’s all been cameras, cameras,

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cameras, and more cameras.

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But this year it was a mix, which is great. Here we go. Pulling the lid off.

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Without dropping it. Let’s make sure we don’t… That would really suck.

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The lid is off.

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And they put the phone back side up in the box.

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I think that’s new. They did not typically do that from what I remember.

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And of course, it’s always at the top. So there’s a little pull tab that will

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pull the phone out of the box.

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Oh, wow, it is heavier.

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No lie there. A little tab off the front screen.

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But it’s not much bigger. I mean, it’s bigger, but it’s not terribly big.

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Okay. So I’m going to describe this phone after I take out everything from the

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box. You get another USB-C cable.

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Is it braided? Oh, yeah, I was just going to add that. Yeah. Whoops. Good job.

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Unfortunately, that’s it. You get a little bit of paper manuals in here.

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Like, very small amount, but no more Apple stickers.

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Oh, but you can ask for them, can’t you? Or can you get them another way?

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Yeah, you can go to the store and ask for them, but that’s, you know,

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it’s like if you really, really want them, you can ask for them.

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But the closing the box, pain to open the box, and it was a pain to close the

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box. Okay, so we have the phone here.

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And it is kind of, the back is kind of an off-white color.

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It’s not exactly white. And the Apple logo is very, kind of hard to see.

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Kind of translucent, kind of Apple logo. Very white.

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And the titanium sides are very shiny.

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Cool very shiny i think i’m gonna

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really like this phone just because of how flashy and

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hey look there’s your phone michael i’ll be

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able to easily see this one unlike my last couple that that’s

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great because sometimes you’re like where’s my phone i’m like you’re like

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i can’t see it it it’s kind of

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a shinier it’s brighter

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than the stainless steel than it’s it’s similar to the same stainless steel

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look and i really like that i i’m i’m really liking the this this phone this

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is a little bit more heft it is heavier oh and that is i thought that was the um,

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the 5g antenna no that is the camera it is a pressable button like it it’s flush.

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But it’s flush but it is a button like it’s definitely a button that’s really neat,

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you can take a picture with that yeah it’s meant

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for like you can take a picture you can hold it

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down for other taking a video like you could hold it oh man

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i like this i was worried that with this camera

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i haven’t even turned on the phone yet i was worried with this camera connection

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or camera control button that you would easily be pressing that with your hands

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on the side of the phone you’re not going to do that folks and a lot of reviews

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have not talked about that you are not going to easily be pressing that button.

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I really like that. And I feel like, let’s see.

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So I’ve got my 15 Pro Max right here, and I almost dropped the cable on the couch. That’d be great.

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The cameras are very similar. Let’s put these phones together and see the sizes.

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Yeah, look at that. It is slightly bigger. It is not much bigger. It is slightly bigger.

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A few millimeters on the sides and

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it’s bigger more on the top than

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it is on the sides any questions

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about the design before i power it on i don’t think i have any questions i think

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i understand it so can you push the button now michael the camera button yes

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because it’s a it’s a tactile it’s an actual pressable button oh i hear it i

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hear it oh that’s interesting.

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But it’s actually flush, huh? So how do you think cases will work with that?

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Well, they have to have like a pass-through, like a little glass covering that

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goes over that button. Is that right? Yes.

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It’s touch sensitive. How is that going to work? I can go left and right.

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Apple’s cases have a little sapphire covering that goes over it.

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Huh. And this one was built very similarly to the 15 Pro Max.

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So, so how taller is it? It’s a few centimeters, a few millimeters taller,

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probably two or three. And then wide?

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Maybe half a millimeter wider, I would say.

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It’s not much different in the hand. What about the, what about the,

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on the left side where the volume up and volume down in the,

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on the action button, does it look any different?

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Looks exactly the same. Looks exactly the same.

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But it will not fit in your previous cases though. What about the,

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what about the camera on the back?

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They feel exactly the same. Although I really liked the white camera bump.

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It is very much like a lighter glass, transparent glass.

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It looks very nice. I mean, it’s it it is definitely an update to the 15 pro

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line That’s good And it’s a very shiny very flashy,

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Rim on this phone and I’m very glad that I went with the white I am NOT a fan

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of just like if it was a blue I would have probably gotten that again,

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but I’m not too much into the sand kind of desert color and and not as much

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into the just black slate color so what about the weight i know you said it’s

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a little heavier but is it noticeably heavier let me put one in each hand and i’ll tell you,

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it is slightly heavier not enough

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for me to care but interesting honestly it kind of gives it a little bit more

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grip in my opinion this phone feels better to hold like if i’m using it without

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that a case as i typically do i like the weight of this phone a little better oh that’s fascinating.

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So i’m going to power it on i’m going to power it on there we go we got an apple logo.

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And it’s booting up,

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it’s booted all right that was fat wow

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that was fast for a new phone mm-hmm voice alert

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voiceover gestures to go

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home slide one finger up from okay but it sounds about the same huh select your

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country or region heading in united states back choose how you would like appearance

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heading continue but default adjustable continue Continue. But…

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Quick… Quick start. Heading. Set up without another device.

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Bring your current iPhone or iPad near this iPhone to sign in and set up.

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make sure it’s running iOS 11 or later, and has Bluetooth turned on.

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You can also set up this iPhone manually.

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How are you going to do it, Michael? I’m going to use automatic setup at least.

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Voice over off. Yeah, because there’s no sense in writing your Apple ID again.

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Right. But I thought you were going to set it up as new. I am,

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but this just sets up your settings. Got it. Yeah.

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And your Apple ID and crap like that.

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So, set up for me. Finish on another iPhone. Okay.

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That’s nice that it transferred your voices.

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And I like with Verizon, this process is just automatic. It just activates my phone.

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So with Verizon, you just enter the number and it will work?

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Oh. Sorry, I’m having to mute voiceover, but I don’t want all that stuff going out. Understood.

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See, that’s awesome that it’s seamless. With a business account,

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it’s not seamless. Activating my iPhone.

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In progress. this. Activate an eSIM with connected iPhone to cellular network.

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This may take a few minutes.

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I wonder if it’s going to get both of my eSIMs. Really?

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Fascinating. Yeah, I’m a huge fan so far of this phone.

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This is a nice and you could definitely tell that the status bar is much bigger even with the notch.

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In my opinion. My view. The way I’m seeing this.

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I’m kind of excited to have a shiny phone again because Because it actually

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is very, you put it in the light and you can see it.

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Like, although the developer in me is now like, okay, are these new phones going

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to have new screenshot sizes I got to make?

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Oh no, I’m wondering that too.

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I mean, that’s fine. The one I want them to get rid of though is the iPhone 8 screen.

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8 or 8 Plus, I don’t remember which. They are going to get rid of them. About time.

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I heard something about it on Hacking with Swift Activate an easy mode connecting

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The cellular network This may take a few minutes.

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Yeah, I mean, I’m not doing Having to call Verizon or anything Is your carrier like that, Jeff?

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Yeah, I don’t have to call them Nope No Sorry, Jeff You just log in Oh, sorry Really, Jeff?

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Yeah, you just log in It knows your phone number and you tell it what carrier

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you have and sometimes it has you log in to your actual account,

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and then it just seems to figure it out that you’re already a customer.

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When I had my business account, I actually had to call Verizon,

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So, that was a pain in the butt. Button data and privacy. This icon appears

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when an Apple feature has to continue.

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Button continue. In progress. I was not a fan.

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Face ID. Setup. iPhone can recognize what you need. Three-dimensional features

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of your face to unlock automatically. Use Apple Pay. Make purchases.

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Or subscribe to service. Continue. About face ID. Continue.

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How to set up face ID. Edit. Get started. Button. Get started.

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Depth. Position your face within the frame. Switch your face.

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Face that’s interesting now when we heard

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a podcast last night without using voice over

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it just made like a beep sound and it just right that was interesting which

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is yeah wearing a mask iphone can recognize the face id and use face id with

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a mask don’t use face id with a mask don’t use face id with a mask you can set

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up later and set face id is now set up heading Hey,

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don’t use Face ID. Face ID is now set up. Continue.

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Button. Continue alert. Face ID and voice over.

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Cap F. Face ID has been set up to verify your identity but not require that

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you look at iPhone to authenticate.

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This can’t be changed in Face ID and passcode settings. See,

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I have to have this because I can’t look right at my iPhone. Hey, button.

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Set up. Download transfer your data. Download from iCloud. Transfer from iPhone.

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Other options. Button. Progress.

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Here’s where I’m bold.

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So, transfer from iCloud or transfer from other iPhone? I went to other options.

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Don’t transfer anything.

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I can’t believe you do that. There’s no way.

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Too much crap on my phone. I mean, too much stuff on my phone.

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Some might call it that, though.

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Oh, voiceovers having problems? Don’t transfer anything. Button.

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Don’t transfer anything.

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There we go. That just was delayed for a while.

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That’s interesting. Interesting. Relaxed. Settings. See your wallet. Nine items. Settings.

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Action data. Don’t transfer anything. Settings. Siri. Screen time.

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And more. Collect knowledge. Nine items.

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Continuum. 9 items in your wallet? Wow.

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Wow. That’s a lot, Michael. Yeah, I know. I have gift cards and other cards like that.

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Interesting. I need to add a bunch of my stuff back. You know,

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that doesn’t transfer, though, a lot of times.

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We’re gonna yep i found that a lot of stuff from your walk like your state id does not transfer

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i don’t have that yeah we don’t have that here in texas yeah i think california

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just got it arizona has it hawaii i forget where else there’s a few other states.

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Isn’t that interesting i wonder why they

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don’t transfer your i mean if you’ve authenticated with it it

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should transfer your state id i don’t understand maybe for because it’s

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a i don’t know i don’t know

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why they don’t do that inquiring minds

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yeah i know i just want to

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know when we can get it well it won’t be long

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now i mean if california did it it’s probably not

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going to be long now before you guys get it i hope

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not i mean michigan already had it but yeah it’s

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not the easiest thing to set up by the way no it’s very

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very very very hard yeah it’s not it’s not

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no it’s very very hard i don’t

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understand like if you have a chip in it you should it should be

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able to do it like your credit card which by

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the way have any of you done that yet with the new ios i have that is that is

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magical is what that is pay to cash no no no no but they’re just adding a card

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to your phone oh well there’s also that tap to cash so i wasn’t sure what you’re

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talking about but it’s amazing like you just hold the remember before where you had to scan the card,

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right you’d hold the card up to the camera and you’d scan the card remember.

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You don’t do that anymore all you do is you if it has a chip in it you just

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hold the chip up to the nfc sensor and it just goes and then it asks for your

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ccb code you’re done it’s amazing here we go.

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There’s something on my iPad screen that I need to get off, so give me just a second.

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Go. Continue. Buck, continue. Camera control.

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Click camera control to open the camera app. Then click again to use camera

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control with shutter. Continue.

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Emergency shows. Press and hold for emergency shows. Press and hold iPhone is

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ready to open an emergency.

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Press and hold for emergency shows. Press and hold the side button at either

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volume button to make an emergency call.

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Crash detection. Select countries. Emergency shows via satellite.

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When available, iPhone could try to text emergency services via satellite if

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it can’t connect to cellular.

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Safety features may share your location personal data use. I continue.

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Button. Continue. Welcome to iPhone. Welcome to iPhone.

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Weather. Cumbertino. 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Mostly sunny. High of 79 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Low of 58 degrees Fahrenheit. Settings. One new item. Wow, that activated fast.

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Yeah. I mean, normally that takes a while.

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Cellular one? You know, at least a little bit more time. Like it would say,

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you know, please wait, activating or whatever.

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Set up cellular one, Michael. Oh, set up cellular and then one.

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Yes. I don’t know. Confused.

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Oh, I thought it meant cellular one, like the network. Yeah,

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that’s what I was like. No, it said set up cellular, left parenthesis one,

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right parenthesis. That’s not what it said.

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That’s not what it said. It said set up cellular one.

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Oh, that’s not what I heard. I heard set up cellular one.

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Well, either way, it was confusing. Not for me. Cellular right now, Michael?

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You don’t have cellular right now? I think it was setting up for my other sim. Oh.

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So we’re just it’s just doing that real quick so does that mean your 15 pro

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max is not on the verizon network anymore nope it is that’s correct that’s right

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it just got overridden yeah dang,

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yeah you can’t you can’t share the device on two networks right that’d be cool

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if you could though indeed,

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yep I mean you can have two multiple numbers but it’s not the same yeah okay.

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Let me go through my cellular setup, picking which ones I want to be used for what. Okay.

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VoiceOver alert. VoiceOver would like to send you notifications.

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Allow. Button. Settings.

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I feel like, and y’all may say I’m cuckoo, or our good old friend Jason might,

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I feel like VoiceOver starting up and just moving through things is a little

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more snappy on here. I don’t know.

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Like, I feel like the way that it just turns on and just starts working is a little more snappy.

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Definitely, Michael.

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I think it’s too early to tell.

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If I disagree with you. It does seem like that, but. connected.

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See all my channels. But library. Back button.

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Back bar. Home. Selected. Home. Tap. One.

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Back press. Follow. With news. Up. Untitled. This week in tech.

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This week in speak. Tech news weekly. Okay, so I’m trying to find one of our shows.

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Library. Tap. Selected. Library. Tap. Library. Library. Whoa.

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Oh. But channels. Button. Note. Button. Selected. Shows.

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A little sensitive. Thank you

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for listening to this episode of the Accidental Tech Initiative. Hello, everybody.

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I think the true test for me once you get a bunch of apps loaded and stuff.

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You know what I mean? Yep. cast episode.

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Music.

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This episode has chapters.

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All right, I’m Michael Jones, and yet again, I’m here with Taylor.

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That sounds really good. I just did this yesterday, Taylor. Apple Watch announcements.

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Yeah, I really think we did. I mean, gosh, today’s been a great day.

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This episode has chapters.

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This episode has chapters. This episode has chapters.

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Maybe you should use that and use it in your next podcast or even video.

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That’s pretty nice, guys.

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Do you think it’s louder than the other phone? I feel like it’s clearer,

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honestly. I feel like it’s slightly clearer.

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Maybe not louder. I mean, we can find out.

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Yes, that was a new accidental one. I don’t know how you would tell that.

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We’ll go with that. So today was a very amazing event and pretty exciting stuff. It does.

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Yeah. It’s not distorting at all. No, that’s max volume too.

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Wow. That’s pretty good.

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So I guess the next way for us to really test this thing is I’m going to go

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to the app store and I’m going to download the zoom app.

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App well now supposedly there’s these new audio profiles

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for recording do you know how you enable or disable those

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i do not i know that

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there’s stuff in the voice memos app for this but

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yeah huh that’s interesting

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jonathan when he did his

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podcast did not show the different profiles he just

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showed recording like audio video and he showed

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recording audio and audio with stereo yeah and

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then a video right i think so yeah

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yeah yeah yeah i didn’t i didn’t hear about the video oh the

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video was amazing you guys should go back and listen to that the video was

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amazing like the audio for that was really interesting it sounded better okay

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voice memo should already be on your phone isn’t it should be hold on a minute

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we’ve got a new member i think Michael on his iPhone.

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So I’m going to go ahead and let him in.

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Hello, Michael. Michael. Hello.

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Hello. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

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That that’s really good

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quality oh really guys

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that’s me on my eye my iphone mic oh well you know considering i’m on aftershock

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it sounded distorted initially yeah because i was too close but it seems like

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it’s podcast worth talk again michael this is a test,

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now if you go up if you go into the control where would that be i think it’d

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be in the control center and double tap and hold on the microphone do you have

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options there working on it let’s see,

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i gotta see where they move that oh that’s weird when you catch my background it sounds strange,

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change it sure does it doesn’t sound much different to me michael can you hear

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a difference michael b he’s not doesn’t have audio michael b is not here is

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he oh i thought you said michael was here no oh okay that michael joined with

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his phone oh that’s right that’s right okay okay,

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but now i’m paranoid i was a little confused i’m sorry hold on.

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Yeah he wasn’t in the waiting room i was like oh no no i got confused when you said michael,

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because i heard his voice already i’m like wait is there another michael coming

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sorry michael’s iphone i understand that now yes i got it sorry sorry it’s late

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in the day here you know no jeff i hate to break the news to you but it’s later here,

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it’s 740 this is standard okay what this is automatic.

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It’s not letting me change anything other than those do you have to turn on

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high fidelity you know in zoom settings i would but.

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I’m on speakers on my iPhone.

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Okay. This is video and audio. Well, Oh, wow. Wow.

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That’s picking up the speaker from something. Oh yeah.

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It would. Cause you’re on two devices, right?

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Yes. But I’m muted on that. That audio and video is like, is that coming from

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the iPhone or is that coming from it?

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Picking up the other device it’s picking up itself oh that’s

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not good well that’s audio and video that’s like what do they call it in zoom

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oh i see no that’s yeah yeah yeah i get it okay and this is standard now i’m

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on standard standard yep you can tell the difference yes,

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and you’re still echoing back

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that’s interesting am i uh-huh not now it seems it’s interesting Yeah.

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I wonder if they have to configure that at some point.

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That may be a Zoom issue, right? Because this could be that they’re not tuning

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to the new hardware. Yeah.

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I think it sounds better than my previous phone. Huh.

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It definitely has different audio characteristics when you change modes, though.

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Let’s find out. Hang on. No, it does. I’ll be right back.

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Okay, so I think Michael is switching to his old phone now. I am, yes. Mm-hmm.

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Oh, this is so neat. This is kind of fun to test.

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Fascinating. Isn’t it?

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I thought the cameras would look slightly different on the new one.

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They don’t. They feel a little different, but I don’t know how to explain that. Okay. Coming in.

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Do you need to be back in the meeting? Yeah, he’s coming in on his iPhone. Okay.

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Should i let you back in sure i will okay this

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is on my older phone oh wow that does sound different it does sound different

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yeah wow i can’t really tell which was better though i almost have to do them

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side by side you’d almost have to like i i honestly like the sound of the newer one it i feel,

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like this has too many lows in it this has

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too many lows in it i think you sound brighter on the other one yes i

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feel brighter i hear i hear

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artifacts not to mention more intelligent by the way

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i hear artifacts on

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this one on the 15 yes i can’t tell can you change to video mode in this one

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yep like like that my s’s are very artifacty on this yeah you can definitely

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hear them and you You could not on the other one.

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Okay. Let’s see what the video sounds like.

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Working on that. Let’s see. Trying to remember how to change that.

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That may not be possible in the old one.

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Here we go. Standard. Okay.

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Yeah, it’s more artifact-y. Yeah, you can hear it. It’s like a buggy sound.

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Yeah, I feel like the delay is less. on this phone with these microphone modes

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but it’s definitely not as good oh you sound very artifacting now yeah okay

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go go to this is voice isolation isolation.

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Testing one two yeah do you have video on this one,

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audio and video yeah it does not sound nearly as good as your new one but we’re not hearing the

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echo coming back either are you not now yeah

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which is different yeah i mean we’re

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hearing the echo of your room but we’re not hearing voices coming back at

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us okay hmm that’s interesting and

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i wonder maybe if it was how i was holding the phone earlier that’s possible

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that’s very interesting yeah okay well cool so overall do you like it let me

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oh man michael he left Okay, so…

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What do you want now? You’re on the new phone now? I’m on my iPad with my profile microphone.

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Got it, okay, okay. I just never left on this device. Right,

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right. I’m wondering if it was hearing that.

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I had it muted, and I’m wearing headphones.

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Okay, so no, okay. Like, I’m wearing my Beats headphones, and I had the microphone

393
00:31:43,354 –> 00:31:44,614
muted, so… Okay, okay.

394
00:31:46,503 –> 00:31:49,463
Like the sound of the of the new iphone a

395
00:31:49,463 –> 00:31:52,423
lot better i you know they say

396
00:31:52,423 –> 00:31:55,423
the new microphones are studio quality and

397
00:31:55,423 –> 00:31:58,543
they do remind me a bit more of what is on the

398
00:31:58,543 –> 00:32:03,883
mac like the mac quality microphones on the new phone well there’s some weird

399
00:32:03,883 –> 00:32:07,263
mode though where you can put it in studio quality mode i wonder what that’s

400
00:32:07,263 –> 00:32:10,843
all about like how does i don’t know if all of that’s there yet or not you know

401
00:32:10,843 –> 00:32:16,163
no so i heard a pod i heard a youtube video where a guy did that oh i just but I don’t know.

402
00:32:16,263 –> 00:32:20,603
I bet you, I bet you it’s in, I bet you have to be shooting video though.

403
00:32:20,683 –> 00:32:23,323
Like I bet you probably do. Yeah. I bet you do.

404
00:32:23,703 –> 00:32:25,663
Yeah. Those are interesting. Huh?

405
00:32:26,643 –> 00:32:32,803
If you push the camera button right now, what does it do? If it was voiceover on, let’s find out.

406
00:32:33,683 –> 00:32:37,103
And can you like slide your finger and have it? I think Jonathan,

407
00:32:37,683 –> 00:32:40,763
let’s see what happens. They didn’t really cover much of that yesterday.

408
00:32:40,883 –> 00:32:43,583
They did a little bit. They did a little bit. They finally got it working,

409
00:32:43,663 –> 00:32:45,163
but they had to swipe a little firmer.

410
00:32:45,783 –> 00:32:47,743
Okay, so let’s see what happens.

411
00:32:48,463 –> 00:32:51,263
So I’m going to, I’m holding the camera.

412
00:32:52,343 –> 00:32:57,023
Camera, alert. Allow camera to know your location. Allow when using, allow once.

413
00:32:57,643 –> 00:33:01,203
Precise, allow once. Precise, but allow when using app.

414
00:33:02,243 –> 00:33:06,203
Camera, try it. Photographic styles. Personalize how you appear in photograph.

415
00:33:06,643 –> 00:33:09,223
Set up later. Button, set up later. What is that?

416
00:33:10,123 –> 00:33:17,303
It’s photographic style, so you can pick which kind of camera style you want. I like warm.

417
00:33:19,043 –> 00:33:23,663
Wait, did the iPhone used to tell you when you were tilting your phone? I don’t remember that.

418
00:33:26,623 –> 00:33:34,683
I was telling me if it’s level or not. Did the old phone do that? I don’t remember. No.

419
00:33:35,743 –> 00:33:37,043
I don’t think it did.

420
00:33:38,443 –> 00:33:41,583
Can you grab your 15 there, Michael, real quick? Sure.

421
00:33:42,403 –> 00:33:46,783
I don’t think it did that before. I think it did, but I’m not sure.

422
00:33:46,883 –> 00:33:49,723
No, I think it did face detection, but I don’t think it told you…

423
00:33:52,796 –> 00:33:56,376
I mean, I’m happy to be. Oops. Camera.

424
00:33:56,996 –> 00:34:01,176
Oh, it does. Yeah. Oh. Actions available.

425
00:34:02,076 –> 00:34:04,576
What’s that? That’s interesting. That’s the level indicator.

426
00:34:05,396 –> 00:34:08,136
So, okay. Yeah. So, I guess I did do that. Okay. I just forgot.

427
00:34:09,376 –> 00:34:11,716
That shows how many times I take pictures, right?

428
00:34:13,476 –> 00:34:14,956
Which I don’t do a lot of.

429
00:34:19,336 –> 00:34:19,696
Interesting.

430
00:34:22,716 –> 00:34:25,696
Adjustable why is it making a sound on that phone and

431
00:34:25,696 –> 00:34:29,276
not on the new one 0.5 times 0 2

432
00:34:29,276 –> 00:34:32,776
times 3.6 5.7 nice

433
00:34:32,776 –> 00:34:35,636
9 times 13.5 times

434
00:34:35,636 –> 00:34:38,436
17.4 times you know you should do you

435
00:34:38,436 –> 00:34:41,356
should do a podcast on this and talk about what these

436
00:34:41,356 –> 00:34:44,576
different levels mean like because i don’t

437
00:34:44,576 –> 00:34:47,536
know that many people understand what these

438
00:34:47,536 –> 00:34:50,496
different zoom levels mean or correspond to like

439
00:34:50,496 –> 00:34:53,876
where would you use where would you use 17 versus 25 or

440
00:34:53,876 –> 00:34:56,636
where would you use six versus nine or do you

441
00:34:56,636 –> 00:34:59,856
understand what i’m saying i think it’d be fun to do a whole podcast like dedicated

442
00:34:59,856 –> 00:35:07,356
to iphoneography uh-huh you know yeah i i really like this phone of course the

443
00:35:07,356 –> 00:35:10,476
one thing i’m going to turn off that’s going to drive me crazy is tapped away

444
00:35:10,476 –> 00:35:16,136
or is raised to wake i do not like that feature no i turn that off too that

445
00:35:16,136 –> 00:35:18,996
should automatically be turned off if you transferred your settings though it should.

446
00:35:19,096 –> 00:35:21,876
Be but it kept trying to face id me whenever it doesn’t normally

447
00:35:21,876 –> 00:35:26,016
do that so well that’s interesting yeah so

448
00:35:26,016 –> 00:35:32,416
all right well congratulations sir thank you yeah good phone i so when are you

449
00:35:32,416 –> 00:35:36,036
coming back to do the airpods pro now that’s going to be harder to do a youtube

450
00:35:36,036 –> 00:35:42,916
for oh yeah airpods for yeah sorry i’ll do an unboxing of that and and we’ll

451
00:35:42,916 –> 00:35:44,996
do conversations and talk

452
00:35:45,056 –> 00:35:47,896
about it and you can at least get on zoom or something

453
00:35:47,896 –> 00:35:50,676
with it yeah and then i will what i’ll do is i’ll get

454
00:35:50,676 –> 00:35:54,356
on the microphones on there and let people hear how they sound yeah

455
00:35:54,356 –> 00:35:58,656
i don’t think they’re going to sound any different from the airpods pro 2 oh

456
00:35:58,656 –> 00:36:03,736
i think they might i think they could i want to know if they have the gestures

457
00:36:03,736 –> 00:36:07,096
for like turning up and down the volume and things so that’s not i believe they

458
00:36:07,096 –> 00:36:11,436
do you you know and one thing i’ve gotten to love is nodding yes

459
00:36:11,836 –> 00:36:17,476
to answer or shaking your head no although you got to do a pretty hardcore you

460
00:36:17,476 –> 00:36:20,976
got to shake your head pretty hard though for the no you got to shake it off

461
00:36:20,976 –> 00:36:25,016
you know if you know what i mean yeah shake it yeah thanks taylor swift.

462
00:36:28,381 –> 00:36:31,421
Well we caught her we caught her you know

463
00:36:31,421 –> 00:36:35,101
okay that was rather swift of us yeah now

464
00:36:35,101 –> 00:36:38,461
we’re gonna get a copyright violation because we mentioned taylor swift three

465
00:36:38,461 –> 00:36:41,261
times we didn’t play any music so we’re good can you

466
00:36:41,261 –> 00:36:44,361
sing for us taylor no no okay

467
00:36:44,361 –> 00:36:47,121
all right all right everybody this has

468
00:36:47,121 –> 00:36:52,841
been a good podcast you get to see what the phone is like i get the fun times

469
00:36:52,841 –> 00:36:57,661
of setting everything up the way i want oh god all the passwords uh it it does

470
00:36:57,661 –> 00:37:03,501
a lot of that for you it does pull all of that no all of them trust me but i’m

471
00:37:03,501 –> 00:37:07,101
pretty excited i’m going to go and get everything set up,

472
00:37:07,701 –> 00:37:11,921
and have a lot of fun doing it because i do actually enjoy that so i do not

473
00:37:11,921 –> 00:37:16,521
enjoy it yeah it’s a very painful process and it takes forever yeah and you

474
00:37:16,521 –> 00:37:18,921
got to redo all your folders and oh Good luck with all that.

475
00:37:19,161 –> 00:37:20,761
I don’t use folders. I don’t have any apps.

476
00:37:21,921 –> 00:37:23,621
I do. I live and die by folders.

477
00:37:25,241 –> 00:37:30,721
Honestly, I could probably get rid of all the apps on my home screen and just

478
00:37:30,721 –> 00:37:34,841
use Spotlight and the, what do they call that thing?

479
00:37:35,641 –> 00:37:39,341
App library? App library, yeah. Nope, nope, nope, nope, not me.

480
00:37:39,881 –> 00:37:43,021
Oh, yeah, I can do the same thing. Nope.

481
00:37:44,281 –> 00:37:46,921
That’s not the way Jeff rolls. so that’s what you

482
00:37:46,921 –> 00:37:50,521
should do jeff is no one have each page with

483
00:37:50,521 –> 00:37:53,341
one app icon and you only have 13

484
00:37:53,341 –> 00:37:56,641
pages though they haven’t changed that no

485
00:37:56,641 –> 00:38:02,301
wow and you would know and i would know because i’ve got like 1400 apps on my

486
00:38:02,301 –> 00:38:06,241
phone see what happens when you have 1400 apps and then widgets you want to

487
00:38:06,241 –> 00:38:12,301
use what happens then you’re just i i’m very selective on my widgets yeah but

488
00:38:12,301 –> 00:38:14,461
how do you Do you have 13 pages, Jeff?

489
00:38:15,061 –> 00:38:20,601
No, I have three pages, and I have folders. Folders, yeah. Folders, yeah.

490
00:38:21,641 –> 00:38:28,561
I’ve got like four or five games folders. I’ve got 126. Oh, no, no. I have 130.

491
00:38:29,501 –> 00:38:32,861
Well, what’s nine times 13? I don’t know.

492
00:38:36,821 –> 00:38:40,781
Math is hard right now. I’m sorry. Jeff, if you have all those app folders,

493
00:38:40,981 –> 00:38:43,621
you know what you should do? all those game folders, you know what you should do, right?

494
00:38:45,261 –> 00:38:48,461
I need to get rid of a bunch is what I should need to do. Well,

495
00:38:48,461 –> 00:38:52,041
before you get rid of them, write a little bit about their accessibility and

496
00:38:52,041 –> 00:38:55,141
put them in the app directory. Oh, my God. That would take me like a month.

497
00:38:55,701 –> 00:38:58,521
That would take me forever. If I went through all the apps on my phone,

498
00:38:58,641 –> 00:39:02,981
see, now this would prove which ones I use and which ones I haven’t opened in

499
00:39:02,981 –> 00:39:04,461
probably five years, right? Right.

500
00:39:05,781 –> 00:39:08,321
That would be embarrassing. But see, that’s one of the reasons.

501
00:39:08,441 –> 00:39:10,941
That’s one of the reasons. You’ve never opened this app ever.

502
00:39:11,241 –> 00:39:14,341
That’s one of the reasons why I don’t transfer apps is because…

503
00:39:15,261 –> 00:39:20,801
I want all of my apps, I want it to be like a fresh new start, right?

504
00:39:20,961 –> 00:39:24,901
Well, I’ve gotten rid of a lot of my apps off of my phone.

505
00:39:25,601 –> 00:39:27,161
Like, I go through spurts where

506
00:39:27,161 –> 00:39:30,421
I’ll just spend a day and I’ll get rid of 200 or 300 apps off my phone.

507
00:39:30,561 –> 00:39:33,841
In fact, it’s about time I do that. Maybe I’ll do that this weekend. We’ll see.

508
00:39:35,221 –> 00:39:39,301
In preparation to transfer to the next phone. We’ll see. I don’t know.

509
00:39:39,841 –> 00:39:42,141
I’m getting a new phone because I can’t really develop right now.

510
00:39:42,141 –> 00:39:43,201
When? When are you getting it?

511
00:39:44,081 –> 00:39:47,121
Hopefully to tomorrow we may

512
00:39:47,121 –> 00:39:50,801
order it tomorrow we might they have

513
00:39:50,801 –> 00:39:53,841
them in the stores when my friend my friend paul

514
00:39:53,841 –> 00:39:57,441
went he and his wife went and his

515
00:39:57,441 –> 00:40:00,441
appointment was for saturday but he went today and

516
00:40:00,441 –> 00:40:03,101
they got right in it was a little bit of a line but not

517
00:40:03,101 –> 00:40:06,041
much and they bought a new watch for

518
00:40:06,041 –> 00:40:09,401
his wife and supposedly it’s very dainty looking

519
00:40:09,401 –> 00:40:12,461
very thin it looks really super

520
00:40:12,461 –> 00:40:16,201
nice apparently i think she got the sapphire one

521
00:40:16,201 –> 00:40:19,201
the not sapphire the help me

522
00:40:19,201 –> 00:40:25,201
michael the titanium yeah the titanium thank you because she always scratches

523
00:40:25,201 –> 00:40:28,661
her screen so but apparently it looks really really nice and it’s very very

524
00:40:28,661 –> 00:40:37,481
light and then paul and her both got iphone 16 pros 256.

525
00:40:39,801 –> 00:40:45,761
And yeah, so they spent some money at the Apple store today. Sounds like it. Yeah.

526
00:40:47,647 –> 00:40:51,327
Over to the T-Mobile or AT&T or something store and look at the new phones.

527
00:40:51,407 –> 00:40:53,347
I want to go, I want to go touch it.

528
00:40:53,547 –> 00:40:56,127
What carrier do you have Jeff? T-Mobile.

529
00:40:56,907 –> 00:41:00,647
Yeah. I think you’re really going to like it. All right, everybody.

530
00:41:00,787 –> 00:41:02,707
I think this is going to do it for this podcast.

531
00:41:03,307 –> 00:41:05,187
Thank you so much for being here.

532
00:41:05,787 –> 00:41:09,247
We’re going to see you all on another episode of the IA cast.

533
00:41:09,807 –> 00:41:13,367
And so thank you so much, Jeff, where can people find you online?

534
00:41:14,467 –> 00:41:20,747
You can find me on Mastodon at, jeffbishop at mastodon.online,

535
00:41:21,647 –> 00:41:23,847
and that’s probably the best way to find me.

536
00:41:24,527 –> 00:41:33,487
Okay. Taylor, where can people find you online? You can find me online at tayarndt

537
00:41:33,487 –> 00:41:38,827
at techopolis, T-E-C-H-O-P-O-L-I-S, that’s social,

538
00:41:39,547 –> 00:41:44,567
mastodon, and I’m also on Facebook as well, tayarndt and X-Tay-Arndt.

539
00:41:45,047 –> 00:41:48,427
So I’m sure if you search for me, You’ll be able to find me.

540
00:41:48,487 –> 00:41:54,367
If worse comes to worse, you know, you could, you know, find me because I work at Techopolis. Yep.

541
00:41:55,267 –> 00:41:59,427
Okay. And you could find me also on Techopolis.social. I’m Mike Doeys.

542
00:41:59,507 –> 00:42:05,527
That’s M-I-K-E-D as in David, O-I-S-E at Techopolis.social.

543
00:42:05,727 –> 00:42:11,167
You can email me, Mike Doeys at iCloud.com. I’m on Facebook and other places as Michael Doeys.

544
00:42:11,727 –> 00:42:15,787
And you can find iAccessibility in all the same places. So just look us up.

545
00:42:16,207 –> 00:42:21,067
We’re so glad that you have joined us for this unboxing go buy your phones yep

546
00:42:21,067 –> 00:42:25,127
go buy your phones thank you Taylor and Jeff and that’s going to be a wrap so

547
00:42:25,127 –> 00:42:26,867
thank y’all and we’ll see you next time.

iACast – It’s Post-Glowtime

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In this episode, we dive deep into the recent Apple event that has everyone buzzing, aptly titled “It’s Glow Time.” Our hosts, Michael Doeys and Taylor Arndt, share their reactions and insights about the exciting new products and features unveiled during this significant launch. With a focus on artificial intelligence and advancements in accessibility, the duo discusses how Apple’s commitment to innovating for all users is more evident than ever.

Kicking off with the introduction of the iPhone 16 lineup, we explore the various models released, including the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro. Taylor highlights new specifications, including the updated A18 chip and the introduction of USB-C charging, something that many tech enthusiasts have been eagerly anticipating. Michael adds his thoughts on the aesthetic changes, particularly the camera bump reminiscent of earlier iPhone designs, while both hosts express excitement about the new color options available.

Transitioning to the Apple Watch, our hosts discuss the introduction of the Apple Watch Series 10, which brings enhancements such as sleep apnea detection and an improved screen display. The conversation turns to the accessibility implications of these updates and how a better camera can also enhance scanning and optical character recognition capabilities, much to the excitement of the visually impaired community. With a commitment to usability, both hosts recognize the significance of improved health features, especially for users who rely on these devices for fitness tracking and health monitoring.

The new AirPods Pro also take center stage, with Taylor sharing his personal experiences and preferences relating to audio features. The introduction of hearing aid capabilities intrigued both hosts, as they discuss the broader implications of offering such features to a wider audience who may not have access to traditional hearing aids. They appreciate Apple’s effort to make these tools more integrated and socially acceptable as wearable technology.

As the episode progresses, Michael and Taylor address the mainstream narrative on visual intelligence and AI integration in everyday applications. They discuss how new features will enable users to take pictures of objects, receive detailed information, and even connect apps like Be My Eyes and Aira to enhance accessibility. The discourse around these capabilities reflects a shared enthusiasm for the potential of technology to bridge gaps and improve the quality of life for users traditional platforms may overlook.

In conclusion, the hosts wrap up the episode by touching upon the representation of accessibility within Apple’s event, praising the company’s continued commitment to inclusivity across its product lines. The episode emphasizes the significance of these announcements for the community, understanding that technology must evolve to be both powerful and accessible. Tune in for an informative discussion that encapsulates the intersection of technology and usability, as well as the ongoing narrative of creating a world that works for everyone.

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Hello, everybody, and YouTube. Well, everybody and YouTube.

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Oh, that’s interesting. Welcome to another IACast episode.

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Music.

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Episode. All right, I’m Michael Doeys, and yet again, I’m here with Taylor Arndt.

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Feels like we just did this yesterday, Taylor.

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Yeah, I really think we did. I mean, gosh, today’s been a crazy

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day it has been non-stop and

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crazy action you michael maybe you should use that

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and youtube thing in your next podcast greeting because you always you know

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want to change it up yes that was a new accidental one so we’ll go with that

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so today was a very amazing event and pretty exciting Exciting stuff was announced, I think.

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Wouldn’t you say? I mean, was. Okay, so yesterday we did our podcast called It’s Pre-Glow Time.

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Today, it’s Post-Glow Time.

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And Apple had an event called It’s Glow Time.

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It did. I couldn’t find my mute button, so that was fun. Anyways.

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And Apple, do you know why it’s called Glow Time, Taylor? Is it because of the colors?

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It’s the colors of, you know, when you activate the new Siri, it glows.

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The rim of your phone glows. Oh, interesting.

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So that’s why it’s called it’s glow time because it uses a very similar animation.

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And they really did bring out the glow today.

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I’m pretty excited about this event. Oh, me too.

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So, Taylor, why were you excited? just as a we’ll go

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into all the details soon but why were

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you excited well y’all know my

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first thing ai a lot of

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ai today there’s also a new feature called visual intelligence where basically

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you could take a picture of something and it will tell you what it is like for

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example a restaurant menu right it could tell you you know all the different

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things about that or even like let’s say you have I don’t know, something you bought.

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I think they used a bike in the demo, right?

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But you’re like, oh, I want to see what this is. You could take a picture of

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it and then it would search the Google.

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Really? Search Google to find a suitable bike or item that you could buy.

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That’s the exact same thing.

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So a lot of different AI happening. And I love this. And a lot of it’s actually on your device.

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Of course, there’s other things too, mainly with like camera stuff.

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And now I want to talk about this for just a second, Michael.

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I don’t want to go on a huge tangent, but I’ve been seeing people in math and

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be like, oh, well, the camera stuff’s not very important to blind people.

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And sometimes it is. But the other thing that people have to realize is that

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And that helps us to be able to recognize things better and maybe make the AI

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better for cameras Reservoir Register. I just want to put that PSA out there, folks.

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Yeah, so I guess to start us off, watches.

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Yes. So we got, really, we only got one new watch this time, right?

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We got the 10 in two different sizes. Yep. But we didn’t get an Ultra. We didn’t get an Ultra 3.

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That’s interesting because, like, I don’t know if the sources were incorrect

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on articles that I’ve read,

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but it basically said we got an ultra three so that’s very interesting folks

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no we did not get an ultra three we got an ultra two with a new color oh so

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that might be confusing for some,

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yeah so it’s the same watches last year but with a new black i think they’re

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calling it like a satin color finish so that’s that’s all we got that’s why

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why would they only do that because Because it’s a sports watch,

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it lasts a little longer,

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you know, it does a bit more than the other watches do.

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But I think the Apple Watch 10 looks really nice and it will do all the same features as before.

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We did not get word on the blood oxygen sensor, what’s going to happen with that.

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But we did find out that it does have sleep apnea detection with sensors, right? That is correct.

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but new screens with new brightness.

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30% more than previous models with OLED.

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Yeah, and they look great. Very nice looking screens.

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And always on display with the one second refresh rate, if I remember correctly.

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Yeah, and that’s been the case on other watches, but I think they’re brighter.

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And okay now the interesting thing is the 10 does have an 18 hour battery life that they claim i i,

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want i think i want a 10 the problem is i’m so used to my ultras 36 hours of

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battery life i’m gonna miss that well i mean let’s break that down a little

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do that because like you’re going from 18 to 36 that’s a half life and that

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18 is not even a full complaint complaint confirmed number yeah so i don’t know

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that i would even do that if i were you i understand you want the new features

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but is sacrificing battery life that worth it well and but that’s the question.

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last that 24 hours, which my Series 7 used to do.

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Then that’s fine, and you can just put it on the charger for 30 minutes and you get 80% battery.

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So I’m wondering if that’s going to be enough for me, you know?

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I don’t know, Michael. Knowing you, I don’t know that it will be.

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Just being honest, like, I don’t… Yeah, I but I want the one of the cool features

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app and do a few things like that.

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We don’t know if that’s backwards ported on the new on the Ultra 2.

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The sleep apnea stuff is on the Ultra 2 and the 9.

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You wouldn’t just get an Ultra 2, would you? Would that be better?

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No, I don’t know that I would. I have an Ultra 1, and I like my Ultra 1, but it’s, I don’t know.

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It’s getting older, and there’s starting to be some things that the Ultra 2

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can do, and the Watch 10 can definitely do, that mine cannot do.

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I just don’t know that a 10 is going to be enough for your battery life.

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That’s my only concern. And I don’t know. I don’t do a lot of work with my watch.

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I do a lot of workouts and fitness stuff mainly and notifications, so it might.

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But it just depends. So, you know, I mean, if I don’t like it,

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I could always send it back, you know?

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Yep. And get an Ultra or get some else. Yep.

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So, anything? I mean, I know that they have new watch faces, new watch bands.

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There’s the new Hermes Apple Watch Ultra bands. Yes.

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Did I miss anything that you mentioned in your article? I don’t think so.

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I don’t really have it open right now because I don’t want voiceover to come

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through the podcast. I’m just kind of doing everything from memory.

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So we know that it has additional, you know, the charging stuff that we mentioned,

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new screens, new rounded edges to make the screens bigger.

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And this is 10 years of Apple Watch, folks. It’s pretty exciting.

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Yes, it is 10 years of Apple Watch. So, yeah, very interesting.

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Thing i mean apple watches last a long

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time because remember when we were doing some stuff

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on discord or zoom one of our friends has series 2

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and it just gave out so like eight years i think it’s still running it’s just

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running very slow oh okay well yeah but i’m just saying like it can last a long

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time yes it can try to say apple watches can last a very long time so i don’t

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I don’t think I have anything else on my goal.

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Yeah, I mean, the watches are cool. They start at $399, I think.

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$399. The watch I won is $699, and the Ultra 2 is still $799.

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So, the Ultra 2 does not have the depth. The Watch 2 does not have.

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Let me start that. The Ultra 2 has the action button, whereas the other watches do not.

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But you want that, though, don’t you? Believe it or not, and it also has the

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advanced compass and GPS and all that stuff that is in the Ultra 2.

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Believe it or not, I have not used any of that stuff.

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Well, then yeah, go to a 10. I mean, the simpler, the cheaper, the better.

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Now, there’s not a new SE watch this year, is there? Not yet, no.

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Not yet, but there’s also, didn’t they upgrade from stainless steel to grade 5 titanium?

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Yeah, there is titanium, polished titanium, they say, on the new Apple Watch Series 10s.

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So I don’t know. We didn’t look to see if they have titanium and stainless steel.

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I imagine that they do because they have like 10 different colors.

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So, yeah, there’s still a lot to unpack from this.

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So let’s move on to AirPods. pods now Taylor with your situation with your ears

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did any of this interest you at all maybe a little bit just because like I love

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It’s kind of hard just because like i don’t know if they’ll fit and i don’t

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want the same thing that happened that you know earlier so i don’t know it’s

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gonna be kind of a maybe situation i,

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time will tell so they came out with airpods 4 and the airpods 4 with advanced

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noise cancellation they start at 129 i believe and 179 is the more expensive

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the is it the 79 179 yeah it’s i guess advanced noise cancellation i think that’s

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what the a stands for yeah like what’s antsy yeah so you picked those up already

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were they already in pre-order yes they’re already up for pre-order so are the

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cheaply priced or moderately priced is that right because that’s what

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transparency and and with an open ear design no ear

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tips that’s kind of exciting to me yeah it

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is and i mean how are they going to fit all those different kinds

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they took a bunch of samples and things but time will

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tips because they fall off and they you know roll over well

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and these can still fall out of your ear these are more like the ear pods

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was a rumor that they’d be no longer selling those and they

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still are so i’m happy to see that i know

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a couple of my friends would you know purchase like a whole bunch of them at

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once make sure they have those because they’re pretty valuable me personally

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i’m not really a fan so we have the we have the air AirPods Pro 4 and the 4 with ANC.

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With a hearing test. That’s really cool. A clinical hearing test.

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And a few other hearing features. But I think the coolest thing that they added

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was the hearing aid features that’s coming out later this year.

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That will make the AirPods into a hearing aid.

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Pretty much, because the neat thing about these is they’re headphones.

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they’re more accepted because, like, oh, well, everybody’s wearing headphones,

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so I can just wear my AirPods.

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Won’t your health out? No. What will happen is you could use those for audio on your phone.

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File that i think is one of the coolest

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features yes and the clinical health your

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test will go into your health app yes that will yep yep

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i like that and i also like the noise isolation see some of these things i don’t

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know like i’m just so torn because remember michael that feature where that

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the people are in a noisy environment and it got rid all that noise yes that’s

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That’s only on the Pros, right? Yes.

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Yeah, I don’t know. Because the Pros, I can’t do it. I’m pretty sure it’s only on the Pros.

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I’ll have to look. I’ll go look and I’ll give you guys more information once I figure that out.

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And then we got the AirPods Max update that we’ve been waiting for forever.

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But you don’t know. We even really looked on Apple’s website and we can’t find

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it. I don’t feel like they’re prioritized.

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I know. I don’t feel like they’re prioritized as much as they used to be.

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Man, I don’t like Airpods Max.

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The only reason I don’t like them is because they were not reliable at all.

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You know, I had to send them into repair for like two or three times.

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And I finally I’m just like I’m not dealing with this anymore,

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Because they just kept rebooting themselves and things like that. Yep.

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So, the next thing, and the AirPods Max are still $450. $450?

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$550. $550. Sorry about that. Yeah. I was like, oh, man. Maybe that was me wishing.

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Yeah. Wishful thinking, Michael. Yeah. I wish.

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Beats, but not AirPods Max.

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shot especially because they’re usbc i’m trying to get rid of lightning and

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frankly yeah i don’t like lightning my goal is to get rid of everything lightning

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me too okay so So iPhones,

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this is really where I think a lot of people are going to be excited. I’m excited. Me too.

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So we got new iPhones with several different colors.

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The new watches have translation from one language to another built in now on the new models.

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head yes or no to answer or end calls. Very important.

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which might be why I’ve answered and hung up on calls without knowing,

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you know, I had AirPods Pro.

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it’s not using the a 17 pro last year.

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it has usb charging usbc charging with usb2 which is still perplexing why they’re

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using two and not three on all their phones oh yeah and yeah the the blue colors

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year pro you know it’s like but then of course the lidar the lidar thing is

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but who knows what What are your thoughts, Michael, or do you have anything else to say?

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I almost was convinced on the 16 lineup because it has so many great features

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and it’s cheaper. Me too.

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That’s what I was going to say. I almost was like, hmm, I could just spend,

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you know, a lot less money, but I’m like, oh, crap.

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But the Pros, so the Pros are very different this year.

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They do not have a blue phone. they have a like a like a slate it’s like a black

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color that’s kind of like a gold sand kind of color not a fan personally but

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i haven’t been been able to see it so I’d have to like go in the store and look at it,

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But I like, and I don’t think, guys, we’re going to see a big,

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I mean, I could be wrong, but I don’t think we’re going to see as big of a pre-order

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season this year because much of the features, like all the AI stuff they’re

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talking about, Apple intelligence and everything is not coming till October.

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See, that’s part of my dilemma is, of course, my charging port is out.

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So, you know, I’d like, I have to wireless charge, which isn’t a huge deal except when I’m developing.

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But it’s like, man, do I wait till October to upgrade or, well, I don’t know.

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What are your thoughts, Michael?

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Yeah, I think it’s worth it.

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Well, I try to upgrade as soon as I can because the iPhone is so powerful.

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You can do so much with it. It’s like your main computer when you’re not at

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your computer, right? Yep, I agree.

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I’m a huge iPhone fan, and I’m going to be very curious what these studio mics

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will allow us to do, especially on VOIP apps like Discord or others.

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And they showed off a feature at the event where

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somebody could play a

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track out the speakers and voice memos would allow them to record their voice

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over it and they can lay the two tracks on each other and it would sound natural

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that is kind of amazing stuff yeah so i’m sure for the acb karaoke when people

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have to do their tracks every week i’m sure they will love that feature Yeah.

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And then they talked about doing like spatial video where you would have the

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spatial audio in the video.

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So that’s binaural audio.

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Really? Yes. So you don’t need those ambios.

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So a lot of things that, you know, we’ve wanted in an iPhone we can do now with audio.

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That is really, really amazing. You know, and I really like that they focus

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a lot on audio and cameras. It wasn’t just camera, camera, camera.

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Again, I wouldn’t mind that because that would help make our OCR better.

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But it’s always great when they focus on the audio and other sides as well.

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Yeah, and they did talk about 4K 120 hertz recording, which is absolutely crazy

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for video recording. So I’m very excited about that.

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And I mean, so much better for Apple intelligence. I think every phone this

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year is getting Apple intelligence, which is incredible.

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And that is my favorite feature. I just upgraded my Mac to the beta because

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my current phone, I can’t do Apple intelligence.

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But hopefully i you know

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so far my mac hasn’t decided and we’re going to just upgrade to

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the new beta so that’s good because it would have just shut down

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that would not have been good for podcasting but man i’m excited

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to play with apple intelligence this is my first time playing with it yep i’ve

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mainly written about it as well summaries and writing

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tools are what i’ve used mainly but yeah it’s

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going to be pretty cool yes and you can audio record

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notes then we’ll transcribe it and make summaries out of

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it that’s a game changer for me

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a lot of great features so the pro

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models they start at 9.99 they go to 11.99 for

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the bigger model the pro max the lineup up is 6.1 and 6.7 inch for the 16 and

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16 plus 6.3 and 6.9 inches for the pro and pro max,

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wow yeah i’m glad you remembered those numbers because i had them reversed.

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Then the pro max is slated for a 33 hour battery life oh it’s almost three days No, not quite.

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That’s a day and a half. I don’t know how to math.

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And then we have…

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The action button just as normal, but we also have the camera control button,

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which will let us do visual intelligence, which will let you point at something,

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hold the button down and get more information about what you’re looking at.

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I’m very excited about this. I think this is going to on device kind of challenge

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what the meta Ray-Bans do.

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But I mean, the Ray-Bans will still have a place because they’re on your face, their glasses. Right.

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So more options is better. Right. more

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options is always better and we’re going to have so

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much choice it’s going to be

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an incredible and and you’ll be able to have apps so

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you know ira or be my eyes can tap into that with their ai wait really yeah

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does it mean like techopolis my app can tap into it absolutely it’s amazing

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i did not know that i could tap into that as a developer yep they said that during the event,

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Well, it looks like my prospective AI vision is going to be on hold for now

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until I can get a 16 and make it better.

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Yeah, in a few weeks. So a lot of new features, a lot of great changes coming to these lines.

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Again, I’m getting the white, probably 512. 512 is going to be great on a phone.

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You can take those spatial videos. You can even take spatial videos on the 16.

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That’s why I was first like, hmm, do I need a pro?

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But with all the studio mics and recording and all that kind of stuff, oh, yeah.

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Oh, yeah. It’s like a little mini recording studio in your pocket.

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But if you think about it, we have Zoom devices that can do that,

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like the Zoom H4E and all those that we just bought.

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We’re starting to get that kind of stuff in our phones, where you can like move

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subjects around in audio.

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And I think that that’s where we’re going with this AI stuff.

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So I think it’s going to be just incredible to see what happens, right? Stay tuned.

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So Taylor, what was your takeaways from the event? What really got you excited?

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Visual intelligence by a long shot.

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Can you explain why? Because if I can be able to, well, for one,

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tap into it as a developer and make my app even better than

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it currently is probably have to rewrite it but that’s a

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whole other story the fact that i could just hit a button and be able to get

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information about things around me is incredible i mean yes i’m a meta rebrand

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but combining the two like combining my meta rebrand and the phone like for

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more precise finding is absolutely a game changer.

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Yep. So, is there a device that has you more interested?

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Watch, AirPods, or phones? Phone, by long shot.

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And what phone are you going to get, do you think? The Kings Pro. What color?

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I have not decided. Okay. Well, awesome.

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I think that that’s kind of the highlights of everything today.

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They They went over all the software and things like that that you’ll find on these new phones.

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IOS 18 drops next Monday, so does macOS and iPadOS and VisionOS and all the

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things. So it’s all pretty exciting.

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I’m sorry. So stay tuned for more IA coverage of all those. Yeah,

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we’ll come out with more coverage on these things.

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And other blindness podcasts have done a really good job showcasing this stuff. off.

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So I accessibility has some really exciting news to present to everybody.

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And we’re going to use this podcast as our way to do that.

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The website is officially online and launched. I accessibility.net is completely usable and online.

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We have our forums up and I accessibility.net you can click forums or go to

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forums that I accessibility.net sign in first to the accessibility webpage and

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then you can go to the forums and go talk.

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Conversations happening there and you can even add it to your home screen and

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get push notifications I just removed it from my home screen today and added

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it again you’ll see ia forums right on your home screen so it’s really exciting

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to see that and then our website is up with all of our podcast episodes there I

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cast net goes to I accessibility net and you can still use our links like I

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iAccessibility.net slash listen and iAccess.net slash listen for iAccess Radio.

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You’ll find us on YouTube, all of our social media channels.

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But also, we have our app directory. It is online.

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You can search through it. You can submit apps.

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You can even submit blog posts. And soon, we’ll even have the ability to submit resources.

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IAccessibility wants to be your one-stop place to find all the resources and

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discussions you want to have with other users using the same things.

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And the cool thing is we have a low, like we cater to low vision as well.

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So we try to add graphics and of course alt text and make this website be very

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useful for everybody, whether you’re totally blind, legally blind, sighted, anything.

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If you want to find what’s accessible and what’s not, what’s usable, what’s not,

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and ways to use things on the iPhone or iPad

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or Mac or Vision OS or a

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tvOS or Windows or even Android we want to be your place where you go for that

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so we’re very excited to have been launched Taylor also has a chat bot that

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you can use on the website so check that out we have so many great things and a surprise.

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We have a contest that we want to tell you about here on the podcast first.

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And it’s very exciting. The rules will be posted at the main page of the information

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about the contest will be posted very soon at iAccessibility.net.

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The rules will be linked. And this is all provided by the wonderful folks over at ComTech USA.

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So if you have not checked out their services, check out ComTechUSA.net and

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the contest will be ran in partnership with iAccessibility and ComTechUSA.

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They are fantastic over there. Highly recommend you check out their services,

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but we, for, for you using iAccessibility.net to be your definitive resource,

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uh, ComTechUSA will be giving away one orbit speak and,

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that will be.

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From the start of the contest, 90 days, and the rules of how to be eligible,

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will be posted at both ComTechUSA’s website and at the iAccessibility website

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pointing back to ComTechUSA.

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So once this is posted, that will be live on the website, so you’ll be able

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to find that at both of our places, and it’s gonna be very exciting.

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So if you are part of the iAccessibility community and or if you want to become

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part of the community sign up look at the rules and then,

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you know join us submit content

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based on the the rules that we have listed and it’s going to be a really cool

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opportunity to win something big and we’re going to have more contests as time

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goes on different companies will donate and and we will have different things

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on the website but you know We’re launching this website,

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and we’re so glad that ComTechUSA is there with us as we get things started.

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Absolutely. Couldn’t be more thankful.

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Yep. All right. Well, that’s going to do it for this episode.

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I think we’ve covered the basics of everything. If you want to learn more,

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go watch the Apple event. It was very informative and very good.

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It was one of my favorite Apple events, wouldn’t you say, Taylor?

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Yeah, Michael. Actually, one more thing that we forgot to mention.

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So at the beginning of

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the event did you notice that there’s a lot of

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accessibility focus like they had all these different people

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with disabilities doing different things and it was a lot of representation

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so that’s really good i know apple’s been doing this in the past but it’s always

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great to see a company that does the representation and of course you can’t

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forget about the audio description yes awesome as well and that was even on

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the safari web page for the the Apple event,

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not in the, not just in the TV app, but in the web page.

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So well done, Apple.

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Great event. You guys are, you know, why I love your events are one of the reasons

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why I love your products.

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Yeah. And there’s so many things I could say, you know, towards all of that. So I just want to…

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We’ve helped build Apple. Apple has helped build us.

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And I think that we need to recognize, you know, they, they have done a lot

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for our community and, and we’ve done a lot for them.

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So let’s keep on keeping on and, and really bring out the most of what we can

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do with our lives, with our products that we buy from Apple.

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And, you know, we have wonderful folks like Gabe and contact ComTech USA to

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train everybody on all of that. So it’s really exciting.

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We’re entering a new, you know, it’s funny.

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We’ve been talking about eras a lot and iAccessibility is in a new era and Apple

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just said this is a new era for iPhone.

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So let’s bring it. Let’s go and change the world with all this stuff and provide

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a resource, conversations,

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and all of those wonderful things that we need as users that use the iPhone accessibly.

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Michael, one more thing. Remember the iAccessibility Report is now in podcast form?

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Yes, we do have a podcast for the iAccessibility Report.

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So if you like to listen to your articles, like say you don’t want to have to

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read them, you want more of a human voice to read them, we have that.

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Subscribe to the iAccessibility Report podcast and your favorite podcatcher.

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We also have them on the website that are in audio and text.

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So those all come out to the website feed. So check all of that out.

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And that’s, but wait, there’s more.

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We have a new iAccessibility app update coming out as well that will let you

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search the app directory and will be a little cleaner of an interface.

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So all of that is very exciting. A lot of things coming up and changing for

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iAccessibility and our community.

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You know we have the whatsapp the discord just head

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to the website you’ll find ways to join all of those and we

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can’t wait to see you there and if you ever have any

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feedback don’t be afraid to let us know because we want to keep improving and

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iterating on what we have so that we can serve as many users as possible yep

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taylor how do people find you online well they can find me on iaccessibility

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i’m producing a ton of articles this is let’s see this is like the second article I’ve written today?

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I don’t even know. But basically, they can find me on iAccessibility.

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You can find me on Mastodon at TayArndt, T-A-Y-A-R-N-D-T, at Techopolis, T-E-C-A-R-N-D-T.

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Oh, my gosh. T-E-C-O-P-O-L-I-S dot social. And I keep messing that up.

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Yeah, you missed the H again.

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You can also find me on. T-E-C-O-P-O-L-I-S for people that are wondering.

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I always miss that H. Okay. You can also find me on Facebook at Taylor Arndt.

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You can find me on X at Tay Arndt.

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And you can just also search the web and you will probably be able to contact

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me. or, you know, you could always give feedback to iAccessibility and get passed on to me.

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And you can even find her in ChatGPT. It knows who she is.

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Oh, yes, it does. And the AI model. So, you know, if you ask who’s Taylor, it’ll ask you who I am.

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I think we even asked the new Siri and it was able to tell us who you are.

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No way. I didn’t hear this.

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Yes. Yep. Yep. When was this? In beta one of like iOS 18.1.

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Well, either way, y’all will be able to find me. Yeah, you’ll be able to find Taylor.

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All right. To find me online, I’m Michael Doeys on all the places.

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Mike Doeys at techopolis.social. I can be reached at mikedoes at icloud.com.

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You can find me all over the internet, and you can go to our website at iAccessibility.net.

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And again, for the contest, thank you, ComTechUSA.

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You can find them at com c-o-m-m-t-e-c-h-u-s-a

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want to thank everybody for being here and listening to the podcast on youtube

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and in the podcast catcher of your choice and thank you so much and we’ll see

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you all on a very near future episode of the iacast thank you so much and we’ll

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see you next time bye everyone goodbye.

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The iAccessibility Report – iMessage Audio Message Playback Speeds Not Accessible to VoiceOver Users

I recently discovered an article about speeding up audio messages, a feature that seems quite useful. Unfortunately, for those of us who rely on VoiceOver, this option is unavailable, as VoiceOver cannot access the control to adjust playback speed. You’re supposed to tap and hold the “play” button to bring up these options, but this doesn’t work with VoiceOver. We need to urge Apple to address this issue, as it remains unresolved in iOS 18.1.

The article also mentions the ability to rewind and fast forward through audio messages. Does anyone know if this is possible with VoiceOver? Please share your feedback or any workarounds you might have. You can find the referenced article here.

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By Jessica Dail.

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I read an article recently, outlining how to speed up audio messages.

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I didn’t even know that such a task was possible.

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However,for those,like myself,who rely entirely on VoiceOver,

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this feature is nonexistent,as VoiceOver doesn’t even see such control.

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You’re supposed to tap & hold the, “play” button to bring up these options.

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What can we do, to urge Apple to fix this, as its still broken under iOS 18.

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Any ideas on if or how this can be done with VoiceOver?

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The article I referenced for this can be found at: https://9to5mac.

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if you have any feedback,or if there is a workaround for this issue.

The iAccessibility Report – Apple It’s Glowtime Event Recap: A New Era of Innovation, Intelligence, and Accessibility

Apple’s recent event at Apple Park was not just about new products; it was a showcase of how technology can empower, connect, and enhance the lives of all users, including those with disabilities. The event highlighted Apple’s ongoing commitment to accessibility, ensuring that its innovations are designed to be inclusive and usable by everyone. With major announcements around Apple Watch, AirPods, and iPhone, Apple continues to lead the way in integrating advanced technologies that redefine our interactions with the world.

Apple Watch Series 10: The Thinnest, Most Advanced Apple Watch Ever

Apple Watch Series 10 made its debut with a 30% larger, more advanced display, designed for enhanced readability and a sleek look in polished finishes like Jet Black and Rose Gold. Featuring a Wide-angle OLED Display, improved brightness, and power efficiency, the Series 10 redefines interaction by making it easier to view the watch from any angle. The Series 10 is Apple’s thinnest design yet, measuring just 9.7 mm, and incorporates advanced technologies such as the S10 SiP and watchOS 11. These features enable intelligent capabilities like sleep apnea detection, advanced workout metrics, and new water-based activity tracking, positioning it as the perfect companion for any lifestyle.

Apple Watch Ultra 2: The Ultimate Sports Watch

Apple Watch Ultra 2 was introduced as Apple’s most rugged and capable smartwatch to date. With new Black Titanium finishes, the Ultra 2 offers advanced GPS, extended battery life, and enhanced sensors for underwater activities, making it ideal for athletes and outdoor enthusiasts.

AirPods 4: Redefining Personal Audio

Apple unveiled the next generation of AirPods, focusing on comfort, audio quality, and intelligent features. Powered by the H2 chip, AirPods 4 deliver superior sound with richer bass, personalized spatial audio, and new machine learning features like voice isolation and intuitive Siri interactions. For the first time, AirPods 4 come with Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency mode, adapting automatically to different environments. USB-C and wireless charging options further improve convenience.

AirPods Pro 2: Health-Focused Audio Innovations

Apple introduced revolutionary health features in AirPods Pro 2, including hearing protection, a clinically validated Hearing Test, and an over-the-counter Hearing Aid feature. These additions make AirPods Pro 2 a transformative tool for those with hearing challenges, providing accessible hearing support without compromising audio quality.

iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro: The Next Level of Apple Intelligence

The iPhone 16 lineup marks the beginning of a new era, integrating Apple Intelligence at its core. With the A18 chip and a 16-core Neural Engine, the new iPhones deliver enhanced on-device intelligence. Features such as the customizable Action button and advanced camera systems make the iPhone 16 the most capable and personal iPhone yet. The Pro models elevate the experience further with new Titanium finishes, larger displays, and superior gaming capabilities, all driven by the A18 Pro chip. Visual Intelligence was a major highlight, transforming the device into a powerful tool for everyday interactions, providing users with real-time information while ensuring privacy.

Commitment to Accessibility

From the outset, the Apple Event placed a strong emphasis on accessibility, with several speakers acknowledging the profound impact Apple products have had on people with disabilities. Apple’s dedication to accessibility was evident across all announcements, as the company showcased features like on-device intelligence that respects user privacy, the health-focused innovations in AirPods, and the Visual Intelligence capabilities in iPhone 16 that make information more accessible. The entire event served as a testament to Apple’s vision of technology that is not just cutting-edge but also inclusive, ensuring that everyone, regardless of their abilities, can benefit from the latest advancements.

The Apple Event highlighted the company’s relentless drive for innovation, underpinned by a strong commitment to accessibility and user empowerment. From the thinnest Apple Watch ever to health-focused audio solutions and iPhones that redefine personal intelligence and accessibility, Apple continues to set the standard for how technology should integrate into and enhance our daily lives. Comment below and tell us your thoughts on the event.

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By Taylor Arndt Apple’s recent event at Apple Park was not just about new products;

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it was a showcase of how technology can empower,connect,

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and enhance the lives of all users,including those with disabilities.

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The event highlighted Apple’s ongoing commitment to accessibility,

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ensuring that its innovations are designed to be inclusive and usable by everyone.

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With major announcements around Apple Watch,AirPods,

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and iPhone,Apple continues to lead the way in integrating advanced technologies that redefine our interactions with the world.

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Apple Watch Series 10: The Thinnest,Most Advanced Apple Watch Ever Apple Watch Series 10 made its debut with a 30% larger,

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more advanced display,designed for enhanced readability and a sleek look in polished finishes like Jet Black and Rose Gold.

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Featuring a Wide-angle OLED Display,improved brightness,

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and power efficiency,the Series 10 redefines interaction by making it easier to view the watch from any angle.

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The Series 10 is Apple’s thinnest design yet, measuring just 9.

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7 mm, and incorporates advanced technologies such as the S10 SiP and watchOS 11.

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These features enable intelligent capabilities like sleep apnea detection,

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advanced workout metrics,and new water-based activity tracking,

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positioning it as the perfect companion for any lifestyle.

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I am definitely considering purchasing this in the future.

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However, I want the phone first.

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Apple Watch Ultra 2: The Ultimate Sports Watch Apple Watch Ultra 2 was introduced as Apple’s most rugged and capable smartwatch to date.

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extended battery life,and enhanced sensors for underwater activities,

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making it ideal for athletes and outdoor enthusiasts.

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AirPods 4: Redefining Personal Audio Apple unveiled the next generation of AirPods,

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focusing on comfort,audio quality,and intelligent features.

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Powered by the H2 chip,AirPods 4 deliver superior sound with richer bass,

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personalized spatial audio,and new machine learning features like voice isolation and intuitive Siri interactions.

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adapting automatically to different environments.

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USB-C and wireless charging options further improve convenience.

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However, I’m hesitant to purchase as they may not fit well given my smaller ear size.

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I was impressed by the lower prices though.

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AirPods Pro 2: Health-Focused Audio Innovations Apple introduced revolutionary health features in AirPods Pro 2,

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including hearing protection,a clinically validated Hearing Test,

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These additions make AirPods Pro 2 a transformative tool for those with hearing challenges,

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providing accessible hearing support without compromising audio quality.

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I believe this is truly a game-changer.

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iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro: The Next Level of Apple Intelligence The iPhone 16 lineup marks the beginning of a new era,

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integrating Apple Intelligence at its core.

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Features such as the customizable Action button and advanced camera systems make the iPhone 16 the most capable and personal iPhone yet.

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My favorite feature is the visual intelligence, which is a standout addition.

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Visual Intelligence was a major highlight of the iPhone 16,

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transforming the device into a powerful tool for everyday interactions.

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The new Camera Control on iPhone 16 allows users to instantly learn about their surroundings by simply pointing the camera.

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This feature leverages on-device intelligence and Apple services to provide real-time information without storing images,

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ensuring privacy.

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For example,users can identify a restaurant,view ratings,

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check hours,and even add events from a flyer directly to their calendar with a simple click.

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It also integrates with third-party tools,allowing users to search for products online or get academic help with a single tap.

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The Pro models elevate the experience further with new Titanium finishes,

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larger displays,and superior gaming capabilities,all driven by the A18 Pro chip.

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Apple Intelligence integrates deeply into the system,

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enhancing communication,reliving memories,and even personalizing Siri to better assist with day-to-day tasks.

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The iPhone 16 Pro’s Camera Control not only enhances photography but also provides users with access to powerful AI-driven insights,

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making it an invaluable tool for visually impaired users and beyond.

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Commitment to Accessibility From the outset,the Apple Event placed a strong emphasis on accessibility,

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with several speakers acknowledging the profound impact Apple products have had on people with disabilities.

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Apple’s dedication to accessibility was evident across all announcements,

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as the company showcased features like on-device intelligence that respects user privacy,

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the health-focused innovations in AirPods,and the Visual Intelligence capabilities in iPhone 16 that make information more accessible.

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The entire event served as a testament to Apple’s vision of technology that is not just cutting-edge but also inclusive,

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ensuring that everyone,regardless of their abilities,

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can benefit from the latest advancements.

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Apple continues to set the standard for how technology should integrate into and enhance our daily lives.

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Comment below and tell us your thoughts on the event.

iACast – Its Pre-Glowtime!

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In this episode, I’m joined by Taylor Arndt as we dive into an array of exciting tech updates and Apple news leading up to tomorrow’s much-anticipated Apple event. We share our excitement about the event, themed “It’s Glow Time,” which hints at significant announcements for the new iPhone lineup, particularly the introduction of Apple Intelligence in Siri. Despite a busy weekend filled with work, the upcoming reveals have us buzzing with curiosity and speculation.

As we discuss what to expect from the new iPhone models, Taylor shares her anticipation for upgrading to the iPhone 16 Pro, highlighting the potential shift from lightning to USB-C as a game changer. We both weigh in on the anticipated features, with Apple’s latest AI developments taking center stage. We debate whether the new Siri will make a significant impact on user experience and whether the timing of hardware announcements aligns with software releases, particularly with iOS 18.1 on the horizon.

We also touch on the Apple Watch and AirPods rumors, discussing the possibility of new health sensors and designs that cater to a variety of user needs. Taylor raises a crucial question about whether to invest in a new Apple Watch based on her current fitness goals and swimming activities. Our conversation acknowledges the decade-long journey of the Apple Watch and ponders how much the product has evolved in terms of accessibility and health monitoring features.

Shifting gears, we share our excitement about the progress at iAccessibility, where we have successfully revamped our website, making it fully functional for users to engage with our app directory and forums. I highlight how we’ve incorporated AI features into our site, allowing for seamless navigation and resource discovery, and Taylor elaborates on her contributions to our AI articles that aim to educate and inform our audience about the latest trends and tools.

Moreover, we emphasize the importance of having multiple accessibility resources within the tech community, celebrating the collaboration with platforms like AppleViz and Be My Eyes. As we look ahead to the future, we touch on the idea of creating a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting accessibility and remaining transparent about our goals and initiatives.

In closing, we both express our eagerness to reconvene after the Apple event to provide insights and reactions to the announcements. We wrap up by inviting listeners to share their thoughts and experiences regarding the announced products and the evolving landscape of accessible technology. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s discussion packed with fresh news and our reflections on all the latest from Apple!

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Alright, I’m Michael Doeys and I’m here with Taylor Arndt. Hi Taylor, how are you doing?

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I’m doing pretty good. It’s been a crazy weekend around here.

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I don’t know, it’s just been a long weekend, but we’ve got a lot of news and

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things to share. So I’m pretty excited, but I’m also like kind of tired.

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Not gonna lie. Yeah, we both have been working a lot this weekend and we’ll

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But Taylor, tomorrow, Apple event.

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Are you excited? excited you know usually i’m

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the phone on Siri. Siri and I have a feeling all of the iPhone 16 line of phones

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possibly may have Apple intelligence in the new Siri.

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That’s cool. I’m probably going to upgrade my phone.

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So what would you like to see on a new iPhone? Well, okay.

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For one thing, you have an iPhone 14 Pro, right? And you’d be going to a 16.

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Well, I think one of the biggest things for you is it will be another device.

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See, I’m so excited about AI. Yeah. Yeah, but you’ll be dropping your lightning to go to USB-C.

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About time.

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Man, considering the shape of my phone right now, like, oh, I don’t even want to talk about it.

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I have to charge for it when I’m out, and then I have to do wireless charging. Yep.

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Life has been fun lately. Yeah.

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So Taylor has that going on.

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You’d be getting that and possibly the new Siri, which is very exciting, right?

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Yes. And sorry if everybody’s devices are going off.

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Well, we’re not saying, hey, S-Lady, do a thing. I know, I know.

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It still goes off with the S word. Sometimes.

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that we had for different posts over the years, it’s like, man,

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we are starting a nonprofit organization.

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We’re going to have a lot more tomorrow, like I said.

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funny ideas out there, audience, but when you use ChatGPT, you have a lot of

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We’re not encouraging any bad behavior here.

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But, you know, don’t try to do that bad behavior on our site. Right.

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Because it won’t work. It will not work. Because Taylor had to fix it. Yes.

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So, okay. Well, thank you, Taylor. As for me, you can find me online as Michael Doeys.

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– The iAccessibility Report Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses for Blind Users: Guide

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses combine style with advanced technology, offering unique benefits for blind and visually impaired users. These glasses are equipped with AI-driven features that provide hands-free accessibility, making daily tasks easier. However, it’s important to understand their limitations and how they fit into your overall accessibility toolkit. In this guide, we’ll explore the styles, key features, available commands, and important considerations when using these glasses.

Where to Buy and Available Styles

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are available at the Meta Store, Ray-Ban’s website, and major retailers like Amazon and Best Buy. Prices start at $299, with additional costs for custom lenses such as prescription or polarized options. The glasses come in various styles, including the feminine Skylar, the classic Wayfarer, and the retro Headliners, each offering different color and lens configurations.

Key Features and Accessibility Commands

The glasses are equipped with a 12MP ultra-wide camera, open-ear speakers, and advanced AI. Here are some essential commands:

  • “Hey Meta, look and tell me what you see”: Identifies objects or people in view.
  • “Hey Meta, look and give me a detailed description”: Provides a detailed analysis of what the camera sees.
  • “Hey Meta, look and tell me everything you see”: Offers a comprehensive overview of all visible elements.
  • “Hey Meta, look and read this”: Reads text aloud, ideal for reading signs, menus, or documents.
  • “Hey Meta, translate this”: Translates foreign text into your language.

Limitations and Features Under Development

While Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses offer many useful features, they currently do not support popular accessibility services like Be My Eyes or Aira. Meta is working on expanding the AI capabilities, but these features are not yet available. You may come across commands online that claim to offer extended functionality; however, results can vary. This is because Meta often rolls out new features gradually or tests them with select users, meaning not all commands will work consistently.

What Not to Use These Glasses For

These glasses are not designed to replace critical tools like canes or guide dogs. They are not suitable for recognizing medications, people, or performing tasks related to health and safety. The glasses’ AI is not intended for precise navigation, identifying health hazards, or making decisions about personal safety. They should be viewed as a supplementary aid rather than a primary accessibility solution.

Important Tips for Using Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

  • Listen for the Beep: After a command response, a beep indicates that Meta is ready for your next command.
  • Experiment with Commands: The AI’s performance can vary, so it’s important to try different commands and learn which work best for your needs.
  • Be Aware of Limitations: Always use these glasses as an additional tool, not as a substitute for traditional mobility aids.
  • Avoid Using for Health and Safety Tasks: The AI is not equipped to handle critical safety-related identifications or medical advice.

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses provide a stylish and accessible solution that enhances everyday experiences for blind and visually impaired users. With continuous updates and evolving features, these glasses are poised to become even more functional. However, it’s crucial to recognize their current limitations and use them in conjunction with traditional accessibility aids.

– The iAccessibility Report The Truth About Web Browsers on iOS

Browsing the web on iOS devices has long been synonymous with Safari, but options like Firefox and Google Chrome are now available. However, are these third-party browsers truly different from Safari?

All iOS web browsers are built on Apple’s WebKit technology, the same engine that powers Safari. This is due to Apple’s restrictions on third-party apps running code like JavaScript in a way that is needed to render web pages. While this might change if Apple allows Just In Time (JIT) code execution, for now, all browsers must use WebKit.

Despite sharing the same technology, third-party browsers like Chrome and Firefox offer unique benefits. They allow users to synchronize bookmarks across different devices, a feature that Safari limits to the Apple ecosystem. This flexibility is a significant advantage for users who do not exclusively use Apple products.

In conclusion, while third-party browsers on iOS perform similarly to Safari when it comes to web browsing, they provide additional features that may enhance the overall user experience, especially for those who prefer cross-platform compatibility.

– The iAccessibility Report My Experience with Gemini vs. ChatGPT: Why Google’s AI Didn’t Meet My Expectations

When Google announced Gemini, it promised a revolutionary AI assistant to enhance productivity and simplify daily tasks. However, my hands-on experience with Gemini revealed significant shortcomings that fell short of expectations set by Google’s marketing.

High Hopes from the Google Event

Google’s event painted Gemini as a cutting-edge AI capable of managing calendar events, understanding complex queries, and offering seamless integration. I eagerly incorporated it into my workflow, only to find it lacking in several key areas.

Disappointing Performance with Calendar Integration

Gemini’s ability to manage Google Calendar events was unreliable, often misinterpreting commands or failing to respond. Its heavy reliance on Google Assistant further complicated tasks, while its poor contextual understanding hindered seamless interactions.

Coding Challenges: Gemini Falls Short

As a coder, I was disappointed with Gemini’s limited code understanding and poor debugging assistance. Its inconsistent code formatting made it an unreliable tool for serious coding tasks, especially when compared to ChatGPT’s polished performance.

Why ChatGPT Outshines Gemini

ChatGPT consistently outperformed Gemini with its reliable contextual awareness, seamless integration across platforms, and superior command and code handling. It remains my go-to assistant for delivering consistent results and adapting to my needs.

Despite Gemini’s potential, it has a long way to go before matching the reliability and ease of use offered by ChatGPT. I look forward to future improvements in both AI tools. For now, ChatGPT is the tool that truly supports my day-to-day tasks with reliability and precision.

– The iAccessibility Report Comparing Meta AI, Be My AI, and Access AI

AI-powered accessibility tools like Meta AI, Be My AI, and Access AI from Aira are significantly enhancing how visually impaired users interact with the world. Each of these tools has distinct approaches, features, and benefits. Below, we compare these solutions in detail, including Aira’s new AI initiatives that are shaping the future of accessible technology.

Meta AI

Meta AI is a broad, general-purpose AI assistant integrated into Meta’s platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. It leverages advanced language models like Llama to offer generative AI capabilities, including text, image recognition, and chat-based assistance. Meta AI’s strength lies in its powerful generative features and widespread integration, which makes it suitable for a wide range of everyday tasks beyond just accessibility. However, Meta AI is not specifically tailored to the needs of visually impaired users. It focuses on general interaction improvements, and while it offers high-level image descriptions, it lacks the accessibility-specific refinements that specialized tools provide.

Be My AI

Be My AI is a feature within the Be My Eyes app that uses AI, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 Vision model, to provide detailed descriptions of images. This tool complements the live assistance offered by sighted volunteers, allowing users to access quick and descriptive feedback on visual content. Be My AI’s strength is in its conversational style, where users can ask follow-up questions to gain deeper context about what is being seen. The focus of Be My AI is on providing accurate and responsive descriptions specifically for visually impaired users. It excels in making AI interactions feel personal and relevant, offering a straightforward, user-friendly experience tailored to individual needs.

Access AI from Aira

Access AI is part of Aira’s broader vision of integrating AI into its existing visual interpreting services. It allows users, known as Explorers, to capture or upload images and receive instant AI-generated descriptions. What sets Access AI apart is the optional human verification through Aira Verify, where a professional visual interpreter can review and confirm the AI’s responses. This combination of AI and human input ensures that the service remains highly accurate, secure, and reliable. Access AI also includes features like multi-photo upload, verbosity controls, and chat history, which enhance user interaction and personalization.

Each of these AI tools offers unique benefits, catering to different needs and preferences. Whether you’re looking for a general-purpose AI assistant like Meta AI, a visually impaired-focused tool like Be My AI, or a hybrid solution with human verification like Access AI, there’s a tool that can help enhance accessibility in your daily life.

– The iAccessibility Report Notification Summaries in iOS and iPadOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence

Apple is integrating artificial intelligence in iOS 18.1, specifically for iPhone 15 Pro models and any devices that support M series processors. One of the exciting new features is the ability to have notifications summarized on the Lock Screen using Apple Intelligence.

Sometimes, an app may show several notifications on your Lock Screen, requiring you to expand the group to see all the details. This can be time-consuming, especially for users with low vision. Notification summaries will display a concise summary of your notifications at the top of the stack, with a number next to the app icon indicating how many items are in that stack.

For instance, if you have a Discord bot that announces new members in a text channel, Apple Intelligence can summarize these notifications by stating that multiple people have joined, making it easier to understand without scrolling through each notification.

Notification Summaries are set to be extremely beneficial for iOS users, marking a significant improvement through AI. We are excited to see how this feature evolves in the full release. Have you tried Apple Intelligence or this new feature? Share your experiences in the comments or within the community.

iACast – What’s new with iAccessibility

Today’s conversation features Taylor Arndt and Michael Babcock, where we dive into the world of AI capabilities, particularly focusing on the potential of utilizing GPT 4.0 for content creation within the Technically Working podcast. We explore the intricate details of how AI can enhance content creation, touching on transcription capabilities and the advantages it brings to content creators seeking efficiency and innovation.

Transitioning to the evolution of iAccessibility, we trace its journey from a blog to a full-fledged website catering to the blind community. We discuss recent developments, such as the expansion of resources and the notable growth of the iAccessibility Mastodon account, emphasizing community engagement. Our discussion extends to website management strategies, including the adoption of discourse for forums and the seamless integration of Memberful for login services, ensuring a user-friendly experience.

Delving into the future plans of iAccessibility, we shed light on the formation of a nonprofit organization, team restructuring endeavors, and the envisioned app directory. Emphasizing the significance of providing a unique resource while coexisting harmoniously with existing platforms like AppleVis, we delve into accessibility features and community engagement strategies, exploring integration possibilities with Discord and WhatsApp to foster a dynamic community space.

Navigating through the registration process of iAccessibility.org and discussing expansion plans, we underscore the paramount importance of customization to meet community needs authentically. Our focus remains on complementing existing platforms while offering distinctive value, fostering inclusivity and vibrancy within the assistive technology space. The dialogue concludes with a shared optimism for creating an inclusive and resourceful community, dedicated to empowering individuals seeking assistive technology resources.

Throughout the episode, we delve into a myriad of technological topics, ranging from preferences in equipment like Zoom recorders to discussions on productivity tools and Apple Intelligence features. Sharing personal insights and experiences, we encourage community engagement and collaborative learning to enhance platform functionality and user experience. Our passion for accessibility and continuous learning shines through, driving us towards a vision of a diverse and vibrant community space for all individuals seeking to navigate the world of technology and innovation.

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