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Apple News   In the Apple event last week,Apple Announced iPad 2 air, iPad mini 3, iMac 5k, OS X Yosemite release, iOS 8.1 to be available as Oct 21 in Australia (today) which includes Apple pay (for US only) and other bug fixes and improvements.   Will go more in to the Apple announcements in next weeks show.   Apple and Android Apps Highlighted at Vision Australia Texpo 2014   At the recently held Vision Australia Texpos held in Sydney and Melbourne, the App Fantastic workshop highlighted a number of Apple and Android apps for use by people who are blind or or have low vision.   The apps that were highlighted have been put up on the Vision Australia Adaptive Technology Blog page which can be accessed with the following links for both Apple and Android:   Android Highlighted Apps   http://www.visionaustralia.org/living-with-low-vision/learning-to-live-independently/using-technology-and-computers/blog---accessibility-and-assistive-technology-blog/blog/accessibility-blog/2014/10/16/app-...

In this weeks show, spending some time talking about android accessibility as I did a presentation on it at the recent BCA NSW/ACT state conference in Newcastle and will be presenting on it again at the Vision Australia texpo in Sydney this Friday.   Next weeks program I will be talking about the Android and Apple apps that were highlighted at both the Melbourne and Sydney VA Texpos.   Android accessibility includes:     Screen reader: Talkback: supporting Braille displays via BrailleBack, and general Bluetooth keyboard navigation: i.e. no specific Talkback commands. Low vision: magnification, large text, Hearing: Closed Captions. General: auto rotate screen, speak passwords, accessibility shortcut, and text to speech output control. ´On phone, ability to set the power/sleep button to hang up call. No other accessibility options such as with iOS with assistive touch, switch control etc. All accessibility settings in Settings, Accessibility. NB to find accessibility, remember to scroll ...

A couple of quick announcements, and then an overview of the Vision Australia Texpo. World Sight Day October 9 2014. See what Vision 2020 is doing for World Sight Day on October 9, and catch the World Sight Day National Press Club address on the 8th of October via ABC Streaming 12:30PM ESD. Vision 2020 Australia World Sight Day October 9 2014 http://www.vision2020australia.org.au/events/world-sight-day ABC 24 Streaming   http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/ World White Cane Day October 15. See how Vision Australia is celebrating International White Cane Day in: Melbourne   http://www.visionaustralia.org/about-us/events/event/2014/10/14/default-calendar/join-us-for-international-white-cane-day-at-federation-square   Sydney   http://www.visionaustralia.org/about-us/events/event/2014/10/14/default-calendar/celebrate-white-cane-day-2014-in-sydney-with-vision-australia Presentation at the BCA Computer Users Group: a comparison between Apple and Android. On Wednesday at 1PM I will be giving...