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Talking Tech for July 28 2015

Dreaming of Streaming reminder   Quick reminder of Dreaming   of Streaming happening this Wednesday the 29th at 7:30PM EST. http://www.visionaustralia.org/about-us/events/event/2015/07/29/default-calendar/register-now-for-dreaming-of-streaming       Applevis Celebrates its 5th birthday with a week long celebration of give aways   Applevis 5th Birthday celebrations.   http://www.applevis.com/blog/applevis-competitions-news/updated-applevis-turning-5-and-we-would-you-celebrate-us     Twenty Fifth Birthday of the American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA): from CNN   http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/24/living/ada-25-anniversary-disability-rights-feat/index.html? sr=fb072615ada25anniversarydisabilityrightsfeat3pStoryGalLink   Apple Celebrates 25 years of the American’s with Disabilities Act with Accessibility app list   From the iTunes page: For more than 20 years, Apple has provided innovative solutions for people with disabilities. Built into iOS, VoiceOver is the world’s first gesture-based s...

Talking Tech for July 14 2015

In this weeks show, we have a guest speaker: Adam Morris” to speak about his two Mailing Lists (the iOS and AusTech mailing lists), and Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) Computer Users Group.   iOS Mailing List   Discussion of iOS (iPhone, iPod touch or iPhone) from beginners to experts on hardware, apps or 3rd party devices.   To subscribe to the list, send an email to:   ozios-subscribe@damorris.com   AusTech Mailing List Discussion of any technology that people who are blind or have low vision may find useful or have questions about.   To subscribe to the list, send an email to: oztech-subscribe@famorris.com   BCA Computer Users Group   BCA Computer Users Group currently meets Monthly at Vision Australia Kooyong with people being able to Skype or phone (Melbourne number)in.   To access the BCA Computers Users Group, you must be a member of BCA.   For more information, send an email to:   secretary@bcacug.org   Contact Adam Morris at:   adam@damorris.com  

Talking Tech for July 7 2015

Along with Apple music and Beats 1 being available last week, iOS 8.4 was also released.   Apple music available in iTunes on Mac and Windows, and iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad).   iOS 8.4 bringing some more stability improvements along with the previously mentioned Apple music.   Info on Apple music from Applevis   http://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-ios-news/apple-music-and-beats-1-launch-release-ios-84   FAQ about Apple music from iMore   http://www.imore.com/apple-music-faq   First Audio Described Movie in the Australian iTunes Store: Home   Just thought I’d let everyone know that the Movie Home was released on the iTunes Store On July 1 with audio description.   This appears to be the first AD movie in the iTunes Australian catalog.  Whilst CC (Closed Captioning)is mentioned in the iTunes Store, AD is not, I’ve already feed this back to Apple.   On the Mac (iTunes), iPhone/iPod touch/iPad or Apple tv, if video description is on in Settings within Accessibility, the movie...