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As I said last week, I would confirm the pairing of Focus Blue displays from FS with the newly released iOs 10.2 which is now confirmed.  Following is a technical support bulletin from FS.   http://www.freedomscientific.com/Support/TechnicalSupport/Bulletin/1625    Speaking of iOS: besides iOS 10.2 being released, you’ll find updates for watch os, Apple TV os, and Mac OS: no accessibility improvements to note as yet.   Olitech Mobile Phone   Just a reminder to folks that the Olitech is a large print mobile phone suitable for folks with low vision, not for people who are blind or who use speech output: only the keypad speaks, not the menus of the phone.   Windows 10 upcoming release in Spring (US) 2017 has a number of accessibility improvements including finally support for refreshable Braille displays:   https://www.slashgear.com/windows-10-creators-update-to-include-new-accessibility-features-for-braille-narration-03466255/   Microsoft continues its excellent development work in acces...

Vision Australia and Vision Telco now Selling Mobile Phones and Plans   http://www.visiontelco.com.au   The Telstra 2G Network is now Closed   https://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/Telstra-Product-Exits/Our-2G-Network-has-closed/ba-p/440992   Podcast from me: My Podcasting and work Set-up at Home   https://s59.podbean.com/pb/65c51471a8a1952d3511286a49029a9a/584c9094/data2/fs54/339150/uploads/My_Podcast_and_Work_home_setup.mp3   Braille On display   https://soundcloud.com/theblindsidepodcast/episode18   A Blind Legend Comes to the Mac   https://s65.podbean.com/pb/a6999bb55a08389dfcc86695915c0604/584ca773/data1/fs54/339150/uploads/A_Blind_Legend.mp3   Netflix Adds Offline Viewing for iOS   http://tidbits.com/article/16924?rss=&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=tidbits   How Major Tech Company’s are Improving Accessibility for People with Disabilities   http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/how-major-technology-companies-are-improving-accessibility-for-peop...

Saying Good Bye to the Mac by Jonathan Mosen   Jonathan makes some valid points in this article all of which I agree with.  As Jonathan states this his personal point of view to leave and its my personal point of view smile that I’m still staying with the Mac.   http://mosen.org/saying-goodbye-to-the-mac/   Make a Speaker Call Using Siri   Hey Siri call David Woodbridge Using Speaker: great if you want to make a call hands free and be able to hear it.   https://twitter.com/dwoodbridge/status/802275779954569216   Attenborough Story of Life from the BBC   Over 1000 hours of video clips from Sir David Attenborough’s 60 years of documentaries.   http://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/entertainment/attenborough-story-life   Wikipedia Audio   Great website where the article’s are spoken out with text to speech.   http://wikipediaaudio.com/?platform=hootsuite   Electric Cars and Hybrids Will Soon Have to Announce Their Presence   https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/239465-nhtsa-evs-hybrids-quiet-ca...