Tech Abilities: In Depth, Spontaneous and Off the Rails! A Look at Live text/OCR on the iPhone Camera, Amazon’s New Product Line, the iPhone 13 Pro Max, Vision Loss Progression and more Tech Tidbits and News from a Blindness Perspective.

Show Summary: The Tech Abilities Studio was organized prepared and then, we went off the rails. Even the best of planning did not stop the spontaneity from over-riding the intent of an outline. Is this a bad thing? You be the judge.  You can listen using the chapter feature if your player has it, or just take it all in one big binge.  Serina, Raqi, Jesse and Jeff jump the tracks and go in depth on unintended segues that are thought...

iPhone101: Getting Your Home Screens Organized – Part 1

Show Summary: Blind Abilities is committed to meeting your needs as a listener and a dedicated iDevice user. as a part of our effort to do so, we are fine-tuning our focus on our iPhone 101  series towards addressing real life situations in which you might apply some of the features and techniques we present. We want to help you understand how we might use them in our day to day routines, in hopes that you too will be able to enhance your...

iPhone101 Quick Bytes: Battery Health, Seeing AI with Siri Shortcut made Easy, Mail Message Threading. 3 Quick Bytes for the iPhone, and More!

Show Summary: The iPhone101 Series is growing and now we are adding Quick Bytes to the ever growing series. In this Quick Byte we have 3 quick demos broking into Chapters: Battery Health. 00:44Seeing AI with Siri Shortcut made easy. 03:55Threading Apple Mail Messages. 06:06 Battery Health:  SettingsBatteryBattery Health Seeing AI with Siri Shortcut  made easy Open Seeing AIMenuSettings Siri Shortcuts Mail Message...

Tech Abilities: Do You Need a Hero App? Facebook and Ray-Ban Smart Glasses or Not? Apple’s California Dreaming, Direct Touch Typing, Use Factors for the iPad Mini and Tech Tidbits and News from a Blindness Perspective.

Show Summary: The Tech Ability Team is in full force and we begin to show how we differentiate when it comes to styles, use factors and preferences. From buying out-right or on the trade up program, to Direct Touch Typing and using the Apple Watch, we all stand by our own way and we do get it that what works for you, works for you. Raqi talks about her Ipad Mini purchase and her use factor, Serina dives deep into Direct Touch Typing, and the...

Author Feather Chelle Releases New Book, The Color of Darkness , an Abilities Awareness Activity Book for Young Readers, Blind and Sighted alike

Show Summary: Feather Chelle has just released her 4th book and joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the activities, poems and lessons she brings to this wonderful book. Of which you can receive free by sending an email with the word Subscribe in the subject line.  The Colors of Darkness  is a great addition to any classroom, group and brings awareness to the spectrum of abilities people have in a...

Tech Abilities: VR Perspectives on Back to School and Mac vs PC vs Notetakers. Plus, WiFi Calling, EZ Shortcuts, Mail Threading Messages, Deleting Apps with a Flick and a Tap and more Tech Tidbits and News

Show Summary: The Tech Abilities Crew took on some tough conversations and a lot of good information was laid out on the table. Will there be a Mac vs PC showdown this month? We actually went at it a bit and stay tuned when Raqi and Lisa return to the Blind Abilities Studio to balance out the battle royal. Jesse, Serina and Jeff brought a great perspective on the tools for education and gave some great tips from their own educational...

iPhone101 – More Special Effects for the Messages App in iOS. By the Way, Congratulations, Happy New Year and Happy Birthday!

Show Summary: Adding to the iPhone101 Series, here is another iPhone101 demonstration, In which Pete completes his romp through the remaining screen effects embedded in the iOS Messages app. Listen as he updates us on two more effects, the Happy Birthday and Emoji Replacement features. be sure to join Pete as he adeptly navigates the step by step processes for using them both, with his typical humor, sound effects and musical flair which...

Swordy Quest Creator Charlie Seligman Talks Accessibility and App Development and Creating the Same Experience for Everyone. Plus Some Hidden Tips and Upcoming Gems.

Full Transcript Show Summary: Charlie Seligman joins Jesse Anderson from Illegally Sighted YouTube Channel and Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio for a great conversation about how Charlie got started developing games and how accessibility became part of his passion. With a community behind him all the way, Charlie is living his dream as the popularity of his adventure Role Playing game (RPG) has exploded among the Blindness community....

iPhone101 – Screen Effects: Sending Audio Enhanced Special Screen Effects with the Messages App and Responding with the React Feature to Messages

Show Summary: Blind Abilities adds to their iPhone101 Series with this brief and fast paced trip through the iOS Messages app. With this visit Pete Lane reviews how to send iMessages with special screen effects. with a minor change to your ”send” gesture, from a simple double tap to a double tap and hold. You can add animated visual and audio effects to a text message,  adding some entertainment and fun to an otherwise drab piece of...

Tech Abilities: Adaptations Sale, FlickType Saga, Disney’s Adaptive Costumes, iOS15 Nears, Going Back from Beta, The Vale Arrives for Accessible Gaming and more Tech Tidbits in the News

Show Summary: The Tech Abilities Team kicks off with a Back to School Sale from the Adaptation Store and then some Flick Type battle with the Apple Store. Braille Screen Input is the keyboard choice of many and Disney announces Adaptive Costumes for Halloween. While some of us are Beta testing iOS15, one of us went back to 14 and tells us how. Better foam tips for Air Pod Pros and an inexpensive Loop for the Apple Watch. HBO is getting revamped...