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#iACast 50 – Who We Are

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the iA Cast has made it to episode 50! On this episode, Michael, Aleeha, Jason, and Matt talk about where we came from and where we are going.

Michael begins the podcast talking about the history of iAccessibility and how our products became what they are today.

Aleeha discusses what projects she is working on and her plans for new shows on the iA Cast podcast network. Her plans are to review the game Cyclepath by Dragon Apps.. She also discusses ideas for a guide dog and career related podcast.

Matt states that he wants to review the app MacID. for iOS and Mac.

The group talks about the interviews that we conducted at the NFB convention with the Hooke Verse Headset.

During the show, we mention again that 32-bit apps will not launch on iOS 11…

We discuss our newest products which include

Jason closes the show with a live performance of our new podcast theme.

 

#iACast Interview with APH at #NFB17

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On this episode of the iACast, Michael interviews Heather from the American Printing House for the Blind. The interview mainly discusses the new product from Orbit Research, the Orbit Reader 20.

#iACast UnboxCast 7 – MicroSpeak Digital Recorder

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On this episode of the iA UnboxCast, Matt unboxes the Micro-Speak Plus Talking Digital Voice Recorder. He talks about and demonstrates the features of this device. This recorder is distributed by A T Guys.

#iACast 49 – Post #NFB17 round up

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On this episode of the iA Cast, Aleeha, Jason, Matt and Michael discuss what everybody found to be most interesting at the 2017 National Federation of the Blind annual convention. Topics include:

#iACast DemoCast 10 – Orbit Reader 20

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On this episode of the iA DemoCast, Rich Cavallaro looks at the new Orbit Reader 20 from APH and the Orbit Research group. Rich demonstrates the device, and goes through the menu structure and you can also hear how the device sounds while in use.

APH — Orbit Reader 20

#iACast DemoCast 9 – Seeing AI: Talking Camera for the Blind.

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On this episode of the iA DemoCast, Matt Dierckens demonstrates the new and amazing Seeing AI app from Microsoft. This demos shows how to set up the app and start using it with all of the channels that the app provides.

App Features

  • Short text OCR that updates as you move the camera
  • Document OCR. This channel is much like KNFBReader and Prizmo
  • Product scan which lets you scan a bar code to identify a product.
  • Facial Recognition lets you detect who is in the room and how many faces are in the camera’s viewfinder. It will also attempt to tell you the person’s facial expressions.
  • Scene Beta lets you detect what is in a room or environment. This section is still in beta, so it will continue to improve.

Links

Seeing AI | Talking camera app for those with a visual impairment

Seeing AI: Talking Camera for the Blind on the App Store

#iACast DemoCast 7: Apple Music Part 1

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On this episode of the iA DemoCast, Matt goes through the steps in setting up Apple Music on an iOS device. After setup is complete, Matt goes through the basics of finding and adding music to Apple music in the Music app.

#iACast Interview with OrCam at #NFB17

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Michael speaks with the folks from OrCam with the Hooke Audio headset during the National Federation of the Blind convention. We then discuss the OrCam product and the different features that the glasses offer.

OrCam – See For Yourself

#IACast 47 – Pre-#NFB17

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In this episode of the iA Cast, Michael, Aleeha, Scott, and Rich discuss what is to come during the NFB convention for 2017. We also discuss what sessions we plan to visit during this episode.

National Federation of the Blind Agenda in HTML

NFB Twitter Hashtag is #NFB17

#iACast 46 – Lets Go Face The Music

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On this episode of the iA Cast, Aleeha talks with Jason Earls, T. J. Meloy, Matt Dierckens, and Aaron Linson about their backgrounds in music and what software they use to create and produce music.

Mentioned Music Software

#iACast 45 – Test it up to 11!

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On this episode of the iA Cast Aleeha, Jason, and Michael discuss the iOS 11 beta and share their thoughts on the first build. iOS 11 beta 2 for developers has been released since this recording bringing a lot of fixes while also introducing a few new bugs. The public beta for iOS 11 has also been released at beta.apple.com. Head over there to enroll your device.

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