Access On

Coming up in this week's episode: Introduction 0:00 Register for our PowerPoint training boutique 1:15 Finding the earbuds that are right for you 2:29 Amazon announces a significant Alexa upgrade 42:30 Could logging into Gmail become less accessible 47:08 Thoughts on the BT Speak 51:06 Tech tip, converting photo file formats on Mac 55:36 Closing and contact info 59:27

In this week's episode: Introduction 0:00 Shopping in-person is problematic 1:16 Discussion about accessible kiosks and other purchasing options 14:09 The iPhone 16e 30:58 Variable quality of audio description 37:17 Alexa.amazon.com appears to have gone 40:41 Accessibility of MailChimp 42:56 Navigation apps for pedestrians 44:42 Eset VPN accessibility issue 46:27 Finding Access On on the SensePlayer 48:48 Reporting a problem with Uber Eats, and MLB's Beat the Streak 49:43 Geographic restrictions of the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 53:07 Focusrite Vocaster 2 54:15 My use of the BTSpeak 56:55 Tech tip, finding used Perkins Braillers online 58:10 Closing and contact info 59:10

This week on Access On:

Introduction 0:00 Your final reminder to register for our AI prompt engineering boutique 0:59 Follow-up from some items on previous episodes 2:56 Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell from Pneuma Solutions discuss Scribe for Documents 5:40 When we can't choose the tools we prefer due to inaccessibility 43:57 Access ChatGPT via phone 56:28 Closing and contact info 59:24

On this week's episode of Access On:

Introduction 0:00 Register for the webinar, how to engineer an AI prompt on Feb 25 0:53 National Federation of the Blind President, Mark Riccobono 2:02 On Innosearch doing the heavy lifting 42:08 Flock accessibility, learning a language, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 45:26 Remembering Ed Potter 49:01 Recommending a captioning service 51:13 Some potential downsides of buying through Innosearch 51:44 When accessibility breaks 54:16 Tech tip, battery health 57:34

Here's what's in store for you on this episode, followed by the time in the file you can hear the item. Introduction 0:00 Update on Facebook accessibility 0:53 Bryan Blazie and David Goldfield of Blazie Technologies 4:33 Accessibility of the RODECaster 44:43 Ray-Ban Meta Smart glasses 49:35 Playback Magazine and other publications of the past 53:50 Boutique on how to engineer an AI prompt 54:56 Tech tip, Scribe for Documents 56:25 Closing and contact info 58:00

In this week's episode:

Introduction 0:00 Improvements to Facebook accessibility 0:54 To use the mobile experience on a desktop device, visit https://facebook.com/?force_mobile=1 Brandom Biggs discusses Audiom 13:02 Remembering Ed Potter 43:35 Listening to Access On with SensePlayer, and accounting software 45:44 Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and hearing aids 47:10 Accessibility of Microsoft Word for iOS 50:16 Learning another language 51:40 Configuring the restaurant program for Phonak hearing aids 54:49 Closing and contact info 59:28

Welcome to episode 9 of Access On. Here's what you can hear in this week's episode.

Introduction 0:00 Ed Potter dies 0:50 To hear past episodes of Playback Magazine, you can check out the Playback magazine Archive Jonathan Mosen, Karl Belanger and Kennedy Zimnik discuss the National Federation of the Blind's Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility 4:33 Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 31:36 Review of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 33:58 Brit Box has no audio description 47:39 Seeing AI barcode descriptions deteriorating 48:24 Problems composing posts in Facebook for iOS 50:09 Learning another language 52:00 Accessible closed captions 53:39 Switching software, now my job is less accessible 55:11 Tech Tip, Paprika Recipe Manager 56:39 Closing and contact info 58:33

Here are the items we cover in this episode of Access On, and the times in the file for each. Introduction 0:00 Patrick Long and Bryan Vuong discuss Innosearch.ai 1:12 JAWS sound split feature, and a talking body temperature thermometer 45:58 Pages for Mac with Apple Intelligence, and playing Access On with Siri 48:07 Podcast apps for iPhone 50:58 Tech Tip, keep your travel organized with TripIt 56:35 Closing and contact info 58:55

Happy new year from all of us here at the National Federation of the Blind. Here's what's on our first episode for 2025.

Introduction 0:00 Register for our document accessibility boutique on January 28 1:09 Review and demonstration of the Plaud NotePin 2:38 Microsoft office on mobile devices, and Microsoft Bookings 36:59 The most accessible way to learn a new language, and getting familiar with Microsoft Teams 40:28 The future of the Envision glasses 43:49 Amazon Alexa 52:39 Problems with the voice rotor in watchOS 11 53:52 Tech tip for Victor Reader Stream users 55:30 Closing and contact info 59:17

Access On will be taking a short break over the holiday season, returning in early 2025. We all wish you and yours a joyous holiday season.

Here's what's in this week's episode.

Introduction 0:00 A look at iOS 18.2 1:30 Why isn't Siri's ChatGPT integration on all iPhones? 41:59 Assistance with purchasing access technology 46:15 AudibleSync doesn't work for all Victor Reader Stream 3 users 50:29 Thunderbird accessibility 53:28 Creating tables in Pages for Mac 54:16 Tech Tip, accessing the classic Windows sound settings 55:24 Closing and contact info 56:58

Welcome to our fifth episode. Here's what you can hear, and when you can hear it.

Introduction 0:00 Karthik Kannon from Envision discusses their new AI called Ally 1:09 Reordering tracks in Ferrite Recording Studio 35:09 Listener responses to Thunderbird accessibility question 38:40 Facebook accessibility 41:50 Ray-Ban Meta glasses feedback 45:34 Induction cooktop that can be used by a blind person 47:27 Braille displays and notetakers 49:00 Live Listen not working 52:22 Closing and contact info 56:38

Thanks for listening and spreading the word about Access On. Here is what you can hear in this episode and the time in the file to listen. The podcast is also segmented by chapter for podcast apps that support this feature.

Introduction 0:00 How you can win a HumanWare Victor Reader Stream or a Blazie Technologies BT Speak Pro 2:12 You can enter the drawing until Dec 8 by visiting https://nfb.org/donate Mathieu Paquette from HumanWare discusses the Victor Reader Stream 3 6:47 Hearing aid compatibility with iOS, and Apple intelligence on the Mac 41:15 Lotus Smart Ring 44:41 What is happening withFacebook accessibility? 47:00 Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 54:59 This week's tech tip 58:16 Closing and contact info 1:00:48.766

Welcome to episode 3. Thank you for listening, and for spreading the word about our new podcast. In this episode,

Introduction and happy thanksgiving 0:00 Now you can subscribe to an announcements list for Access On 1:45 If you've lost your Apple Notes, here's how to get them back 2:56 NV Access wants your opinion on NVDA's contributor documentation 4:06 Doordash introduces importing of grocery lists 4:51 Google Gemini can now remember things about you 5:23 Changes coming to Microsoft Teams 6:22 ChatGPT's premium voice feature is now on desktop 7:02 Audio and video upgrades for FacebookMessenger 13:14 Audio transcripts come to WhatsApp 13:40 Kevin Yoo describes the free HapticNav app and the technology that is behind it 14:18 Help us bridge the gap between blind people and our dreams 32:21 The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 33:37 AI's instructions onExcel commands 47:21 Editing videos accessibly in Windows 48:36 Listening to Access On with Amazon Alexa 50:47 AI audio description on the desktop? 53:11 How accessible is the latest Thunderbird email client? 53:52 This week's tech tip 56:07 Closing and contact info 57:38

Welcome to our second episode and thank you for all your wonderful feedback. Here is what we cover this week.

Introduction, follow us on Mastodon 0:00 Samsung working on Meta Smart Glasses rival 1:52 Blindshell releases the Blindshell Classic 3 2:33 Firmware update for the BT Speak 4:25 Ads coming to Threads 5:16 Interview with Google Gemini on its dedicated iOS app 6:06 Whatsapp has added drafts 10:49 Upcoming CENA boutique on teaching someone to use a screen reader 11:05 What will Apple Intelligence mean for screen reading? 12:27 How is Apple's Visual Intelligence going? 15:42 Getting descriptions of videos using Seeing AI and PiccyBot 17:27 Mike Buckley, CEO of Be My Eyes, discusses the Ray-Ban Meta collaboration and other partnerships 28:18 Latest episode of the Nation's Blind Podcast 1:04:01 Tech tip, reading complex emails in Microsoft Outlook 1:04:46 Closing and contact info 1:06:55

Welcome to the first episode of Access On, the National Federation of the Blind's Technology podcast.

The show is segmented by chapter, making it easy to move between segments of the podcast if you have an app or player that supports chapters.

Here is what's on the show this week, and  when you can hear it.

Launch of Access On by Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind 0:00 Introduction from Jonathan Mosen 3:36 News Bits 6:34 Upcoming boutique from the Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access 14:03 Jeremy Curry from Microsoft discusses the new Ask MA service 15:45 Demonstration of Ask Ma 42:44 Visit the Ask Ma service and try it for yourself. https://aka.ms/askma FS Companion from Vispero 56:28 Access On Tech Tip 1:06:22 Closing and contact info 1:08:30