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  Late Posting of April 21 Talking Tech Show   Sorry all, I got side tracked by the black outs on the Central Coast of NSW last week and didn’t post the show notes for Talking Tech for April 21 2015, so here they are now: again: apologies.   In this weeks show:   ABC iView audio description:   To Find all of the 14 hours of Audio Described content available on ABC iView per week on the ABC iOS iView app: choose Programs A-Z, and select Show Audio Described Programs.  You will then get the list in alphabetical order of all of the audio described programs.   http://www.abc.net.au/tv/help/audio_description_trial.htm   AFB AccessWorld for April 2015:   In this issue the article which caught my attention was the effort that the accessibility team in putting in to Facebook.   http://www.afb.org/aw/main.asp   AFB AccessWorld for March 2015:   In this issue the article which caught my attention was an article on the Phonak ComPilot: a wearable for augmenting residual hearing.   http://www.afb....

This week Audio Description became available on the aBC iView app in Australia on iOs as part of a 15 month trial.  Android, web, and TV support to becoming soon according to the ABC. To access Audio Description: access main menu, Programs A-Z, Show Audio Description Programs, choose program, and select the Play Audio Description button.   Netflix also announced this week that they are providing Audio Description on specific content: such as the series Marvels Daredevil.  At this time I have been able to access it on the Netflix iOS app, but not the Apple TV (see update below - success smile), and I’ve not yet tried the Android app.  To start accessing Audio Description on Netflix (use show as an example above): once you are at the Play video screen, select the Language options button, and choose Audio Described track.   I have done an audio demo of using both the ABC iView and the Netflix app on my iPhone, link follows:   http://s61.podbean.com/pb/528089f88980efe469fa4de8200e13e8/552d...

In this show:   This show is all about the Apple watch and my couple of hours hands on experience with it at Apple Head Quarters in Sydney on the 8th of April before pre-orders.   In the show I will go through physical description, low vision, speech, Siri, and a number of reasons why I feel I want an Apple watch.   These items are all explained in my hands on with the Apple watch blog article from this site)available at:   My Hands-on article with the Apple watch - text version:   http://davidwoodbridge.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/pre-release-notes-of-my-experience-with.html   My hands-on article with the Apple watch - audio version:     http://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9mv2p-5537b5   Some other links to do with the Apple watch:   The Accessibility Apple Watch page from Apple:   http://www.apple.com/accessibility/watch   The general Apple watch page:   http://www.apple.com/watch /    from iMore:   http://m.imore.com/apple-watch-picks-support-slew-healthcare-apps   Overcast gets Apple...

Pre-release notes of the Apple watch looking at accessibility   When I spent a few hours with the Apple watch on April 8th 2015, I jotted down notes about the Apple watch’s physical description, general overall points, low vision and speech features, hearing, Siri, and Apple watch functions I am most looking forward to using.   At the end of this document, I have included a summary from Apple in regards to the Apple watch accessibility features    Some initial points In a recent podcast of mine looking at the click wheel on the iPod nano 4/5th generations, and the touch screen access on the iPod nano 6/7th generations, VoiceOver access on the Apple watch has far exceeded my expectations.   It is important to note that the Apple watch is a companion to the iPhone and is designed to work in conjunction with the phone.   This is the first truly accessible main stream smart watch for people who require various types of accessibility options such as large print, speech output, mono audio et...

It has been a while since I did an app update, so here is an update for the last 3 months or so.   In mobile app news - Accessibility 101, Netflix, eYomube OCR app, coming Guide Dogs GPs app to be released,  Be My Eyes app, update for Blind Square GPs app, Voice Dream Writer, Google Docs with improved accessibility, new iBraille Notes app for iPad, and Microsoft Word/Excel/Outlook apps with improved accessibility.   Accessibility 101:   App to show developers example of inaccessible and accessible coding.   https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/accessibility-101/id973198091?mt=8   New Guide dogs GPS app coming:   Guide Dogs NSW/ACT to release their own GPs app in the coming weeks: based upon the Synddero GPS app in the US..   Netflix now in Australia and here is the app:     https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/netflix/id363590051?mt=8   eYomube OCR app:   At $40 cheaper than KnFB Reader, but I’m not convinced by its accuracy.   https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/iyomube/id774360278?mt=8     Blind S...