Listen to High Contrast Episode 3: My Home Button Barely Works
Welcome back to high Contrast the Summer Show Wrap up Extravaganza Edition! The crew sits down and discusses some of the bigger notables from both mainstream and the traditional Blind and Low Vision conventions with even a few surprises to boot.
Keynote Craziness:
WWDC – In June and July the tech world went nuts with tons of new product announcements. We take a look at some of the bigger news from the “Summer of Tech 2012”.
How the Retina Display MacBook Pro Handles Scaling
Apple to release iOS 6 this fall with the release of a possible new iPhone
Our sister show here on SPN covers even more of the news we discussed on the show. Check them out at their official site.
Google I/O – Google also had lots of things to talk about too. Here are a few things we discussed on the show.
Google introduces the nexus 7 tablet
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean released
There were also a whole lot of accessibility changes in Android’s Jellybean. Our sister podcast “That Android Show” covered a lot of them. Check out that show’s official page to learn more
VISIONS 2012 –
Maurie was on the road in Minnesota for the Foundations for Fighting Blindness’s convention. She was very impressed with the talks at the convention and she discusses it further on her recent post to the “Zoomed In” blog.
To learn more about the Foundation for Fighting Blindness, visit this site
NFB and ACB 2012 – Joe and Jeremey were at the NFB Convention in Dallas. SPN’s own Jamie pauls attended the ACB show in Louisville. Together, they and SeroTalk’s Ricky Enger, brought us hours and hours of audio coverage. Here are some highlights that you can listen to if you want to relive these summer shows.
Jeremy Curry’s Windows 8 Discussion from the NFB 2012 Assistive Technology Trainers Division Meeting
SPN’s own Jamie Paul’s takes us on an audio tour of the American Printing House for the Blind
SPN’s NFB/ACB Interview Special part 1
SPN’s NFB/ACB Interview Special part 2
SPN’s NFB/ACB Interview Special part 3
Also check out our Summer Convention wrap up discussion on SeroSpective’s “This month In AT: July Edition”
App Review: King’s Corner
One of Joe’s best ways for killing time when waiting in line, when watching a pot boil or when just needing a few minutes to chill out is to play King’s Corner on his iOS device. This program is VoiceOver friendly but it also sports a few visual customizations for those with Low Vision as well. It’s a variant on Solitaire that is just 99 cents in the iTunes App Store and its one of Joe’s favorite apps.
How can you find out what our hosts are up to outside the podcast?
Check out Maurie’s writing on the AI Squared Zoomed In Blog
Follow Rodney Edgar on Twitter
Check out Rodney on the Tech Access Weekly Blog and Podcast
Follow Jeremy Curry on Twitter
You can also check out GW Micro on Twitter.
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