Product Comparison: OrCam VS Seeing A.I.

The OrCam camera on some glasses.

We at iAccessibility, from time to time,  like to compare two products  to see which one is more practical, and which one works best. Today, we decided to take a look at Seeing AI and OrCam, as both of these products have similar features, but different form factors. Lets start with going over each product… Continue Reading Product Comparison: OrCam VS Seeing A.I.

#iACast 61: All These Devices!

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On this episode of the iA Cast, Aleeha, Michael, and Jason discuss all of the latest devices announced for this holiday season and what everyone would like to get their hands on. Apple iPhone 8 – Apple‎ iPhone X – Apple‎ HomePod – Apple‎ Apple TV – 4K‎ Amazon All-New Amazon Echo Plus – Easily… Continue Reading #iACast 61: All These Devices!

iA CodeCast 1: Hello World!

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Hello World! This is the first episode of an all new show from iAccessibility where we discuss all things code. On this episode we discuss the basics of coding and how to get started. Text Editors Bluefish Editor : Home Bare Bones Software | TextWrangler CotEditor -Text Editor for macOS Notepad++ Home Visual Studio Code… Continue Reading iA CodeCast 1: Hello World!

#iACast DemoCast 11 – Scanning App Showdown

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On this episode of the iA DemoCast, Aleeha demonstrates the following apps for scanning print to digital text as OCR. Find out which apps work the best on different forms of text. Apps used KNFB Reader Prizmo Go – Instant Text Capture on the App Store – iTunes – Apple Seeing AI: Talking Camera for… Continue Reading #iACast DemoCast 11 – Scanning App Showdown

#iACast 53 – AI Cast

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On this episode of the iA Cast, Michael, Aleeha, Jason, Matt, Anne and Meaghan discuss the current status of artificial intelligence in consumer technology products. AI Topics Include Echo & Alexa – Amazon Devices – Amazon Official Site – Amazon.com iOS – Siri – Apple Google Self-Driving Car Apple announces new machine learning API to… Continue Reading #iACast 53 – AI Cast

#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: Seeing AI  app from Microsoft, The KNFB Reader app for Windows 10 which is on sale for a limited time, The Resolutions for 2017, Interviews we recorded using… Continue Reading #iACast 49 – Post #NFB17 round up

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

#iACast 41 – I’m Always serious about the Windows 10 Creators Update

Windows 10 Creators Update supported Devices

On this episode of the iA Cast Aleeha Jason and Michael discuss the Microsoft’s latest update to Windows 10 which is called the Windows 10 Creators Update. Here is what we covered during the episode. Microsoft adds accessible installation of Windows through Narrator Narrator gets Braille support for corded Braille Displays Microsoft adds new voices to… Continue Reading #iACast 41 – I’m Always serious about the Windows 10 Creators Update

Tactile Will Translate Text to Refreshable Braille

Tactile Device Prototype

If you listen to the IA cast, you’ll probably remember me mentioning something about a device called Tactile. But what is it, and why am I excited about it? Read on to find out. What Is Tactile? Tactile is a device in development by six MIT students. Chandani Doshi, Jialin Shi, Bonnie Wang, Charlene Xia,… Continue Reading Tactile Will Translate Text to Refreshable Braille

#iACast 38 – Game On!

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For the longest time, games have not been accessible for blind and low vision users. Today, gamers have more choice in what games they play, and Michael Chad and Aleeha discuss their preferences in games on this episode of the iACast. During this podcast episode, we discuss progress made by AbleGamers and how other game… Continue Reading #iACast 38 – Game On!

#iACast 35 – Hands Free Purchasing Power

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Welcome to our latest episode of the iA Cast. This week we discuss the following topics. NVDA gets a big update to NVDA 2017.1rc1 NVDA 2017.1rc1 released ZoomText 11 released ZoomText site Roger app becomes Fika.io RogerTalk website Fika.io Replacements for Roger Google Allo WhatsApp Zello Hands free mode with the Amazon Tap announced Amazon… Continue Reading #iACast 35 – Hands Free Purchasing Power

#iACast 27 – Backdoor

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Hello, and welcome to another delayed edition of our podcast! We are hopeful that our schedule will be a little more regular soon, so we hope you all are sticking with us. In this episode, which was recorded on November 16, 2016, we cover the following topics: A Backdoor to ChinaHow would you feel if… Continue Reading #iACast 27 – Backdoor