All Cool Blind Tech Shows

Need to find a great SteakHouse, listen to last night’s sports scores or just have a good book read to you? Just say “Alexa” and let Amazon’s virtual assistant do the work. Peter from Amazon shows us all the things you can do with Alexa on the different speakers available for the family of Echo products. Additionally, he shows us just how accessible the Fire tablets are with its latest release of VoiceView, Amazon’s very own screen reader for the Fire tablets. eSight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here.

Grand Hyatt Hotel Exhibition Hall Entrance Mara Hitner from MatterHackers demonstrates 3-D printing using an affordable printer that can be used to provide tactile models of printed items from animal pictures to complex maps. Listen to her provide information on how easy and affordable it is to provide the blind with a tactile world that only years ago was far out of reach for most. eSight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here.

Joel interviewing David Bradburn from Baum USA at CSUN 2016 Who Said that notetakers can’t be slick and stylish? Listen to David Bradburn from BAUM Inc. describe the VarioUltra 20 and 40 cell notetakers. Described as the MacBook pro’s of notetakers, these slick devices prove that performance and beautiful image can go hand-in-hand. eSight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here.

In this podcast, Alex demonstrates NVDA Remote, a free add-on for NVDA that makes it possible to control another computer using speech and Braille. This lends itself to many uses: tech support, accessibility testing, remote programming and just all around fun. Visit NVDARemote.Com to download the add-on. eSight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here.

There are several apps out there that can identify an object in front of your camera, as well as its color. Apps like TapTapSee for example, use a conventional method to do this called crowdsourcing. This means that as soon as you take a picture of an object, it is transmitted to a server where it is then analyzed by a group of people. Once they determine what the image represents, the result is instantly sent back to you. This insures that you will almost always get accurate results, but then one drawback to this method is that you usually have to wait a while for your image to be recognized; not to mention that the device you’re sending the image from has to be connected to the internet the entire time. Aipoly Vision uses a different approach. Instead of sending your image to a server, Aipoly Vision processes and announces your image on your device, without requiring an internet connection! Unlike other apps, there is no need to take a few pictures and wait a while for your results. As soon as Aipoly is on, it instantly starts to scan and announce anything in its view. As of now, Aipoly recognizes 954 types of colors, and is able to process images at the rate of three times a second. The down side to this method is that you may find that Aipoly vision is not as accurate as other apps, but since it uses artificial intelligence, it learns about new objects every time! Teaching Aipoly vision is as easy as switching to the teach Aipoly mode, and then typing a description of an item in its view. Would you replace other OCR apps with it? Do you think Aipoly has potential? Let us know what you think! eSight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here.

In this podcast, Justin explains what keyboard shortcuts are, and explains how to use them. Although they cannot be used with braille screen input or the handwriting features on the iPhone, they still can make typing much easier. eSight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here.

This week, Alex Justin and Joel Explore the accessibility features on the latest Cool Picks: Focus for iOS Launch center pro fongo

This week, Alex Justin and Joel Explore the new accessibility features on the latest release of Android N developer edition. They also discuss the latest updates from amazon that may be better suited to a 007 movie. Opinions on the latest accessibility claims from Microsoft and this week's Cool Picks round off another great edition of VIP. If you enjoy what we do here at Cool Blind Tech, you can support us by using our Audible link when you want to sign up with Audible.com eSight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here. Cool Picks: Focus for iOS Launch center pro fongo

In this podcast, Alex describes the NVDA gestures dialog and remapping or adding keystrokes for NVDA's commands. Visit the NVDA Homepage eSight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here.

Joel, Alex and tomi discuss their latest Cool Picks: Avira antivirus TeamTalk for iOS Undead Assault

From Barcelona Spain to San Diego California, this week's show has you virtually travelling the world like a pro and making sure you don't miss out on the happenings in the world of accessible tech. Joel, Alex and tomi discuss upcoming tech recently presented at Mobile World Congress (MWC). The team then shares it's opinions on the ongoing battle between Apple and the FBI. They share their wish list for the highly anticipated CSUN convention. Finally, without a bit of jet lag between them, they share their cool picks of the week on this must-listen-to show. If you enjoy what we do here at Cool Blind Tech, you can support us by using our Audible link when you want to sign up with Audible.com eSight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here. Cool Picks: Avira antivirus TeamTalk for iOS Undead Assault

Nostalgic for a simpler time? Then take advantage of those crisp high-resolution fonts to relive the glory days of the Great Underground Empire, or play any of hundreds of great works from the Interactive Fiction archive. Frotz lets you play free works of Interactive Fiction (a.k.a. text adventure games) on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Frotz plays titles written in the Z-Machine format. This format was invented by Infocom and was used to produce classic text adventures from the 80s such as the Zork Trilogy, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Trinity. In the past decade, text adventures have experienced a renaissance due to the efforts of a diverse Internet community of talented interactive fiction writers and fans. Many of these games are written using the same engine that powered Infocom's titles, thanks to the Inform compiler and authoring system created by Graham Nelson.

This week Joel, Leo and Alex discuss Cool Picks: Quartz for iOS Capriccio for iOS Aipoly Vision for iOS

Changes, changes and more changes in the world of accessible tech are brought to you this week by Joel, Leo and Alex. Your VIP hosts discuss how podcasting as we know it will soon be changing with an update from Facebook and a new app called ZCast. The battle for top mobile browser is also making it possible for people to switch from PC to Mac and your smart phone with ease. As always, the team's Cool Picks round off this can't miss show. ESight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here. Cool Picks: Quartz for iOS Capriccio for iOS Aipoly Vision for iOS

In the world of VOIP (Voice Over IP) communication, apps abound which provide you with many functions and features for good voice communication. Some of these are straight forward, used for simplicity like Skype. Others, such as Ventrilo, TeamSpeak and TeamTalk offer a more flexible approach, with servers and channels that people use to attain higher depths in voice quality. TeamTalk, which is available for Android and other platforms such as Linux, Windows, And Mac OS, has just made an appearance in the iOS App store which now allows people of a huge variety of platforms and devices. Let's dive into how customizable and easy to use the iOS app is, which was designed from the start with accessibility and convenience in mind. ESight enables people with legal blindness to actually see. Want to try eSight? Get in touch with their team by calling : 1 855 837 4448 You can fill out the Try eSight form here.