Access On

This week:

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The future of Envision looks bleak 0:03:14
Jakob Rosin talks digital accessibility in Estonia and Europe as a whole 0:08:11
What is the dynamic island, and what is it good for 0:36:44
iOS 27 feedback 0:39:04
Pursuing a career in software coding 0:50:08
Accessibility challenges with Amazon's new KDP verification 0:52:39
Shopping with Alexa+ 0:56:25
Closing and contact info 0:57:32

This week:

National Federation of the Blind President Mark Riccobono discusses smart glasses and their use by the blind 0:00:00
My Meta glasses no longer say who's calling 0:20:02
Three app recommendations 0:21:50

The three apps are:
RemSound
Clipman
Syncthing

How I use Muse from Meta 0:28:58
iOS versus Android 0:44:58
Uber Eats accessibility issues 0:50:48
Happy with iOS 27 0:52:19
How I use AI 0:55:20
Trouble with the Guardian iOS app 0:56:23
Closing and contact info 0:59:37

We devote this week's episode to a review of iOS 27, the operating system that powers iPhone. Here are the major sections of the review.

Introduction 0:00:00
Compatible devices and capabilities 0:01:26
Introducing Siri AI 0:03:53
Using Siri AI as a chatbot 0:05:18
Inserting Siri AI material in a document 0:11:28
Searching for information personal to you 0:12:55
Siri AI helping with inaccessible screens 0:21:08
Siri and the Camera app 0:22:38
Changes to dictation 0:28:59
Image recognition 0:36:08
Live recognition 0:53:53
Other VoiceOver changes 0:58:32
Various non-accessibility-related changes 1:02:44
Closing and contact info 1:14:13

Join us for our iOS27 Access On webinar 0:00:00
Participate in the NVAccess Satisfaction survey 0:02:17
Microsoft's Chief Accessibility Officer, NeilBarnett 0:02:48
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled 0:18:42
Jonathan Mosen reports on Accessibility Excellence initiatives 0:36:06
Significant Audacity accessibility regression 0:56:23
Good accessible music services offering download 0:57:57
Inaccessible Facebook Messenger tab bar 0:58:42
Closing and contact info 1:01:11

In this week's episode:

Introduction 0:00:00
President Riccobono comments on some technology matters 0:01:36
Updates to Android 0:08:33
How have people found switching to Android 0:12:34
Remote Incident Manager goes mobile 0:15:22
Blazie technologies 0:34:26
Independent Science 0:37:12
WeWalk 0:39:38
eSight 0:41:15
American Printing House for the Blind 0:42:14
Vispero 0:43:43
Lumin 0:46:36
HapWare 0:51:03
Lighthouse Tech 0:54:01
GoodMaps 0:55:53
Patriot Vision 0:57:42
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled 1:00:03
Closing and contact info 1:02:46