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It’s that time of year again everyone. Apple has released details of its new iPhone and watches, So gather round and listen to the event with the iAccessibility community as we discuss what happened and experience all the new announcements with us. You will also get to hear our reactions to everything announced.
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It’s that time of year again everyone. Apple has released details of its new iPhone and watches, So gather round and listen to the event with the iAccessibility community as we discuss what happened and experience all the new announcements with us. You will also get to hear our reactions to everything announced.
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On this episode of the iA GameCast, Aleeha and Jason do a demo of a relatively new audio game called Echoes From Levia Soulbound. In this game, you play the roll of a blind young man named Seric, known in the village as the poor undertaker’s son. Pirates invade villages by the seas and Seric is faced with his first battle.
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On this episode of the iA GameCast, Aleeha and Jason do a demo of a relatively new audio game called Echoes From Levia Soulbound. In this game, you play the roll of a blind young man named Seric, known in the village as the poor undertaker’s son. Pirates invade villages by the seas and Seric is faced with his first battle.
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On this episode of the iACast, Aleeha, Michael, and Jason discuss whether or not Macs and PC’s are on an equal playing field when it comes to affordability for blind and low vision users. In the news this week:
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Finally, here are our picks for the week.
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On this episode of the iACast, Aleeha, Michael, and Jason discuss whether or not Macs and PC’s are on an equal playing field when it comes to affordability for blind and low vision users. In the news this week: Apple MacBook Pros get update to fix crackling speakers Some iPhone 8 users are reporting faulty logic boards. Apple is replacing them at no cost. Google Home now supports more than one language Don’t forget, if you need training with any technology, head to our Training page! Finally, here are our picks for the week. Jason” the movie Cars 3 Aleeha: a high tech cooking option, the OptiGrill from T-Fal Michael: Swiss Gear Ibex laptop backpack
As a college student, inaccessible websites, applications, and materials that put barriers in the way of my equal education have been a staple in my college years. The inaccessibility that I have experienced has ranged from useable with great difficulty to not useable at all. If I am lucky, the website has a few unlabeled elements that I can get through; however, there have been many occasions where I have had to ask for assistance in order to complete my school work.
This semester, I’m using an online discussion forum called PackBack. As I worked my way through the requirements of my course, I noticed that I had a problem. Each post a user publishes on PackBack is assigned a number of curiosity points, which are meant to help assess the creativity and originality of students’ posts. This assists the professor with grading participation, and helps to reduce the number of posts that are unrelated to the topic at hand.
When I published my first post, I encountered a significant problem. Although I tried several different combinations of screen readers and web browsers, I could not see how many curiosity points I had received. My professor requires that each student reach a minimum of 150 curiosity points for the week in order for their posts to count toward their grade. How on Earth was I going to fix this? I was missing out on a key part of the assignment, and the only answer I had was to ask someone with useable vision to look at my posts. I did not feel that this was an acceptable method for me to complete my work.
I began to dig around the site, looking for accessibility statements or documentation, and did not find anything.
As I searched for the website’s contact form, I grumbled and groaned at not only writing yet another email concerning the lack of accessibility of a website that was imperative to the success of my education, but also whether or not my need for accessibility would have any validity in the eyes of the website administrators. I calmly told them what was going on, and waited.
Imagine my surprise when I opened my inbox today. I had a very friendly and genuine email from the company’s CPO, who works directly with the accessibility team. She informed me that she appreciated my report, and she would be sending this information to engineering for a fix. I was told that improvements should arrive within two weeks. Additionally, her response also included the curiosity points I had received on my first three contributions, and I was invited to ask if I needed them again. I was also asked how else Packback could be a better experience for those using screen readers.
I think there is a mark on my chin from hitting the apartment floor. Never before had I received such a swift response that seems to indicate that someone truly cares about accessibility. It just goes to show that, no matter how burned out we are from advocating, no matter how much we feel that our request will fall on deaf ears, we still must try.
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On this episode of the #iACast, Jason, Aleeha, Scott, and Michael discuss predictions for what the next Apple iPhones will bring in 2018. In the News, there are rumors of an update to the Mac Mini coming this fall. This week’s add features PocketBraille for iOS and Android. Our main topic this week was our predictions for what could be coming in the iPhone lineup for 2018. We discussed possible dates for the Apple unveiling event. We also talked about what we could see for other hardware and software upgrades this year. For our picks this week, Jason talked about the Bose SoundTrue headphones. Aleeha mentioned Seeing AI for iOS. Scott talked about his pick, Lyft, available for iOS and Android, Michael mentioned the sound production program Reaper Feel free to send feedback about the show by emailing feedback@iaccessibility.net. You can also find us on twitter at iAccessibility1, and you can support our efforts to produce even more quality content by donating to our Patreon site.
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On this episode of the #iACast, Jason, Aleeha, Scott, and Michael discuss predictions for what the next Apple iPhones will bring in 2018.
In the News, there are rumors of an update to the Mac Mini coming this fall.
This week’s add features PocketBraille for iOS and Android.
Our main topic this week was our predictions for what could be coming in the iPhone lineup for 2018. We discussed possible dates for the Apple unveiling event. We also talked about what we could see for other hardware and software upgrades this year.
For our picks this week,
Feel free to send feedback about the show by emailing feedback@iaccessibility.net. You can also find us on twitter at iAccessibility1, and you can support our efforts to produce even more quality content by donating to our Patreon site.
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On this episode of the #iACast, Aleeha, Michael, Matt and Jason discuss mobile automation. News of the Week Twitter makes a lot of changes to their APIs which went into effect August 16 along with a big protest called #deatiDay. Apple Music on Verizon free for 6 Months. Verizon launching 5G service for residential users in 4 markets Indianapolis Sacramento, Las Angeles and Houston. Samsung Galaxy Home Google tracks when location tracking is off Ad of the Week Michael talks to all of you all about the iAccessibility Mastodon Server. Mobile Automation The iAccessibility team talks to you all about Android’s Tasker app and iOS’s Workflow (soon to be Shortcuts) app. They share what automated tasks that they would like to have using Apple’s new Shortcuts app which will be coming out in iOS 12. Picks of the week Aleeha picks a very fun game called Word Rescue! Matt stays on the gaming theme and shares the site Audiogames.net. Jason tries to keep up to date on all the things happening around him and picks the Apple News app. Michael has been going geek again on us and is now playing with a new social platform called Mastodon. In fact, he encourages listeners to join the iAccessibility Mastodon instance. Getting in Touch If You’d like to get in touch with us, you can do so by sending an email to feedback@iaccessibility.net. You can also follow us on Facebook, and Twitter. You can also check out our YouTube page. If you’d like to donate to us, you can donate to our Patreon and Paypal pages. Any donation you can make will help ensure that we’re able to keep providing you with great content.
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On this episode of the #iACast, Aleeha, Michael, Matt and Jason discuss mobile automation.
Michael talks to all of you all about the iAccessibility Mastodon Server.
The iAccessibility team talks to you all about Android’s Tasker app and iOS’s Workflow (soon to be Shortcuts) app. They share what automated tasks that they would like to have using Apple’s new Shortcuts app which will be coming out in iOS 12.
If You’d like to get in touch with us, you can do so by sending an email to feedback@iaccessibility.net. You can also follow us on Facebook, and Twitter. You can also check out our YouTube page.
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In this iACast special interview, Aleeha and Jason talk with Joe Quirk from Mental Vision LLC about the brand new audio game Circus Master’s Revenge.