{"id":3488,"date":"2018-04-17T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3488"},"modified":"2019-01-14T11:29:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T17:29:27","slug":"thatblindtechshow-14from-twitter-to-flicktype-to-the-afb-board-and-much-much-more-news-like-bone-conduction-sunglasses-yup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3488","title":{"rendered":"ThatBlindTechShow 14: From Twitter to FlickType to the AFB Board and Much Much More News&#8230; Like, Bone Conduction Sunglasses, Yup!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7453\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3488-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/14TBTS20F.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/14TBTS20F.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/14TBTS20F.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Welcome back to another That Blind Tech Show, well, at least that is what the script says, now if Bryan can only untie his tongue. Allison and Jeff join Bryan for episode 14 and although Bryan had his foot in his mouth, he did manage to figure out how to converse without even thinking about removing his foot!<br \/>\nFrom the Twitter API announcement, to FlickType storming back form it\u2019s Flexsie beginning, reading hand written messages, working with developers and by the way, What floor are you on?<br \/>\nAre you using RSS feeds for your news? Have you tried the Lire App? Did you you hear about the new AFB Board member from Apple?<br \/>\nJoin the crew and have a chuckle on us as we take a stab at the news making headlines and the comments we probably should of edited. Ok, my bad.<\/p>\n<p>Become a Beta tester for FlickType at <a href=\"mailto:beta@flicktype.com\">beta@FlickType.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2018\/04\/06\/twitter-api-breaking-tweetbot-twitterrific-features\/\">Why is Twitter such a, such a, such a&#8230;? Will this kill Twitter #BreakingMyTwitter for you?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appleworld.today\/blog\/2018\/4\/4\/apple-patent-would-allow-an-iphone-or-apple-watch-to-tell-you-which-floor-youre-on?\">Apple Granted patent to tell people what floor they are on!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afb.org\/info\/programs-and-services\/professional-development\/press-release-archive\/american-foundation-for-the-blind-welcomes-sarah-herrlinger-to-its-board\/1245\">AFB welcomes Sarah Herrlinger to its board<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/18\/04\/03\/apple-nabs-googles-chief-of-ai-and-search-john-giannandrea-to-broaden-siri-self-driving-car-programsThe Continuing Debacle known as Apple News\">Apple hires Google Chief of AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bone Conduction Sunglasses<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zungleinc.com\">Zungle <\/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>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_7455\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3488-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/14TBTS20F.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/14TBTS20F.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/14TBTS20F.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/14TBTS20F.mp3Welcome back to another That Blind Tech Show, well, at least that is what the script says, now if Bryan can only untie his tongue. Allison and Jeff join Bryan for episode 14 and although Bryan had his foot in his mouth, he did manage to figure out how to converse without even thinking about [&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-3488","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-Ug","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3587,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3587","url_meta":{"origin":3488,"position":0},"title":"ThatBlindTechShow 16: Cool Tech, FlickType Launch in Sight, A Memory Stick Goes Wireless, WWDC Anybody?","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"May 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Episode 16 is really Sweet 16 as Allison and Jeff show their love while Brian remains an 80\u2019s guy deep inside. 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