iA Cast Weekly

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On this episode, Michael, Aleeha, Meaghan, Victoria, and Jason talk about the current state of Mac and PC gaming from an accessibility perspective. They also discuss accessibility features of various gaming consoles, and what they’d like to see in the future.

News

• Apple event to be held on September 10th.
• The PowerBeats Pro are available in all colors.
• Apple releases iOS 13.1 developer beta.
• Nintendo announces the new Switch and Switch Lite.
• Apple will verify third-party repair stores.

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MUDAbility is coming to iOS and iPad OS through Catalyst.

Picks

• Jason: Artemis by Andy Weir
• Meaghan: Cad Audio U2 USB Headset
• Aleeha: Harman Kardon Onyx Studio 5 Bluetooth speaker
• Victoria: Off To Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer
• Michael: Apple Music for Android

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On this episode, Michael, Jason, Aleeha, and Lauren discuss what it would take for them to update their Apple devices.

News Stories

• Samsung announces new devices at its 2019 Galaxy Unpacked
• We discuss some Pixel 4 rumors.
• Apple has halted the practice of contractors listening in to users Siri conversations. The company has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over the practice.
• You can now ask Alexa to speak faster or slower.

You can now use Google assistant to enable or disable TalkBack on Pixel phones.

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Training services.

Picks

• Lauren: Instant Pot
• Jason: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones
• Aleeha: The Complicated Apple Watch app
• Michael: Microsoft Surface Go

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We love hearing from you, so feel free to send an email to feedback@iaccessibility.net. You can follow us on Facebook, and Twitter. You can also find us on Reddit, and all around the web. Also, don’t forget to check out our YouTube page, and for all things iACast, check out our iACast page. If you’d like to help support us, you can do so via our Paypal and Patreon pages.

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On this episode, Michael, Jason, Aleeha, and Meaghan discuss Siri recordings being listened to by contractors and the possible implications surrounding  this controversy.

News Stories

• We discuss the latest on the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.
• We then discussed a lawsuit against Dominos for website accessibility. Although this is not a news article this thread from Twitter does a great job of explaining why this lawsuit is such a big deal.
• We talked about upcoming possible product launches including the rerelease of the Samsun Galaxy Fold and the Google Pixel 4.
• We also mentioned the zoom feature that has come to the Nintendo Switch.

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For this week’s add, we talk about the  development of an app currently called Project  Vision. We also touch on recent fixes for our podcasts and an upcoming Android app.

Picks

Aleeha: iGrill.

Meaghan: Echo Dot 3rd Generation.

Jason: Bobiverse Series by Dennis E. Taylor

Michael: The stereo pairing of Apple Homepods.

Providing Feedback

We love hearing from you, so feel free to send an email to feedback@iaccessibility.net. You can follow us on Facebook, and Twitter. You can also find us on Reddit, and all around the web. Also, don’t forget to check out our YouTube page, and for all things iACast, check out our iACast page. If you’d like to help support us, you can do so via our Paypal and Patreon pages.