I believe Carin may have left it as a comment, but it’s great news and really does need its own post. The NVDA Remote Access project I plugged a while back absolutely crushed its funding goal. They were after $10000, and had that and then some in 2 days. As of right now, with 25 …
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NVDA Remote Access: A Great Idea That Deserves Your Support
For a long time, it’s been getting harder and harder for me to come up with reasons why people should bother paying the ridiculous prices for JAWS. At this point I think I’m down to well, it’s still the only one most people know so you’re probably using it at work and school anyway, here …
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What In The Name Of God Are People Doing With Be My Eyes?
So I’m updating apps on my phone this morning when I spot this line in the notes for the new version of Be My Eyes. “We now require users who sign up as blind to use Voice Over to avoid abuse.” I like to think my imagination is pretty alright, but I’m having a hard …
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Comcast Takes Break From Stifling Competition, Builds Blind Accessible Cable Box
Saying nice things about companies such as Comcast becomes an increasingly difficult task on a daily basis, largely thanks to the efforts of companies such as Comcast. But credit where it’s due, this sounds pretty damn amazing and I want one very much. X1 TALKS: COMCAST LAUNCHES INDUSTRY’S FIRST VOICE GUIDED TV INTERFACE Comcast today …
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Now His Friends Can Call Him A Heartless Individual And They’re Not Wrong
Have another soundtrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn9DBfXQumk I could groove to this forever. Wow, what we can do with technology, like cram a life-saving compressor into a backpack. This guy has no human heart, just an artificial heart and tubes in his chest leading to a compressor on his back. When I first read this, I thought they …
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Be My Eyes: More Eyeballs In A Box
Inexplicable soundtrack. Whenever I think about this service, this song appears. So hey, why not? So there’s a new iPhone app that’s just out and seems pretty cool. They should have called it Echosensible…because it’s EchoSense without all the bullshit. It’s called Be My Eyes. Every time I hear the name, I chuckle. Years ago, …
Everything We Know Is A Lie. You Don’t Have To Run Your Car Forever Before Driving In The Winter
I don’t drive, but I still read this article on the myth of warming up the car before you drive in the winter with some interest. But I was disappointed when I got to the end, because there was no mention of the reason I was always given for why we did that. When I …
As We Start A New Year, Let’s Look At Something Really Old.
So, Happy New Year and stuff. I really hope 2015 is better. Unfortunately, 2014 couldn’t leave without giving us one last vigourous kick in the gut before it signed off. I’ll let Steve talk more about that, since, out of the two of us, he was the one who got most violently smacked about by …
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The Self-Stealing Car
A couple of nights ago, I had a really weird dream. At first I didn’t think it was weird enough to post, but it drifts through my mind a lot, so hey, maybe it needs a place. It appears to be set in the time when I was in high school and I’m living at …
While You Were Sleeping…Your DVR Was Hard At Work
I saw this a few days ago and I thought it so sounded like something Steve would use…if it were available here and DVR’s were actually accessible here. Have you ever fallen asleep watching TV and then woke up all pissed off because you missed the end of the show? Well, this wrist band is …
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