{"id":3391,"date":"2018-03-14T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T20:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3391"},"modified":"2019-01-14T11:23:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T17:23:55","slug":"thatblindtechshow-13-racing-for-the-blind-amazon-follow-up-feature-be-my-eyes-interview-apple-vs-android-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3391","title":{"rendered":"ThatBlindTechShow 13: Racing for the Blind, Amazon Follow Up Feature, Be My Eyes Interview Apple vs Android SmackDown."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8762\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3391-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/13TBTSF.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/13TBTSF.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/13TBTSF.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>ech Show. Allison, Jeff and Bryan bring you a jam packed episode including segments from an interview with the Be My Eyes Team, a demonstration on setting up your Amazon device with the new Follow Up feature. This allows you to ask another question within 5 seconds without invoking the A-word each time.<br \/>\nFrom England enlisting the Amazon device for reporting crimes to a new racing interface allowing Visually Impaired people to race competitively and a bit of the past with Bryan\u2019s Blind Drift Challenge.<br \/>\nWe cover a bit on the MoveIt app, CSUN and the Apple vs Android SmackDown. Microsoft\u2019s new Soundscape app which allows for an Audio Map soundscape for points of interests and navigation.<br \/>\nAnd if that is not enough, we bring up the vibration settings you can personalize for members in your contacts and hopefully you make it to the end and find out why Australians are tuning Bryan out!<br \/>\nHere are some of the links mentioned in Episode 13 of That Blind Tech Show:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2018\/03\/09\/amazon-alexa-follow-up-mode-homepod-dreams-about-this-feature\/\">Alexa now allows Follow Up Questions once enabled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.techcrunch.com\/2018\/03\/08\/rad-is-a-new-system-to-help-the-visually-impaired-play-racing-games\/\">RAD is the new system to help the visually impaired play video games<\/a><br \/>\nRAD Racing Auditory Display<br \/>\nBy John Biggs, TechCrunch<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/be-my-eyes-helping-blind-see\/id905177575?mt=8\">Be My Eyes for IOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bemyeyes.bemyeyes\">Be My Eyes for Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/mobility\/microsofts-soundscape-app-creates-a-3d-audio-map-to-enhance-your-exploration\/\">Microsoft Soundscape<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/blindsquare\/id500557255\">Blind Square GPS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/blog\/moveit-app-bus-and-train-live-info-blog-post-by-jessica-hodges\/\">Move It <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/533677\/how-to-make-your-iphone-ignore-crappy-wi-fi-assist\/\">How to get your iPhone t ignore crappy wifi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofmac.com\/533639\/how-to-create-custom-vibration-alerts-on-your-iphone\/\">How to set custom vibrations on your iPhone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/acb.org\/adp\/\">The Audio Description project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening!<\/p>\n<p>Send us Feedback via <a>email<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindtechshow\">@BlindTechShow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>that Blind Tech Show is produced in part with Blind Abilities Network.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8764\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3391-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/13TBTSF.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/13TBTSF.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/13TBTSF.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/13TBTSF.mp3ech Show. Allison, Jeff and Bryan bring you a jam packed episode including segments from an interview with the Be My Eyes Team, a demonstration on setting up your Amazon device with the new Follow Up feature. This allows you to ask another question within 5 seconds without invoking the A-word each time. From England [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[467,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","category-thatblindtechshow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/That-Blind-Tech-Show-Mic-2.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-SH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4269,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4269","url_meta":{"origin":3391,"position":0},"title":"That Blind Tech Show: What Tech is Living on a Prayer? 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