Episode 95: Advocacy strategies for better VoiceOver reliability, when religion and disability rights collide, tech tips and more

Kia ora Mosen At Largers.

We have received a large number of listener contributions from people who are distressed, frustrated and/or angry about ongoing accessibility issues with VoiceOver, Apple’s built-in screen reader for iOS. I’ll include a small selection of them, and discuss advocacy strategies we might employ, so that rather than being overwhelmed, we advocate for the quality we deserve. Coming up this week.

A selection of listener concerns about the current quality of iOS,0:00.000

Advocacy strategies for improving VoiceOver quality control,18:31.090

When disability rights and religion collide,33:17.210

Cool Christmas gifts,58:23.421

Thoughts on HumanWare's new Brailliant family,1:02:26.125

BrailleNote Apex reaches end of life. Upgrades offered.,1:08:40.331

Looking for an accessible tool for DVD audio extracting,1:10:31.389

Meditation apps,1:11:33.873

Dealing with mainstream tech support,1:14:16.581

Syncing podcasts between Amazon echo devices,1:15:10.721

Looking ahead to the new decade,1:17:32.801

In praise of HomePod Mini,1:20:41.268

Synology Network Attached Storage devices,1:22:47.203

MisbehavingCastro,1:26:23.961

Social media behaviours that cause accessibility annoyances,1:28:11.803

The Mac Podcasts app,1:36:13.338

Thoughts on Seeing AI, Braille and other things,1:37:24.475

Returning the AirPods Max,1:44:03.327

The Oticon More hearing aids are a potential game changer,1:49:13.391

Anyone using an Amazon Smart Oven?,1:59:04.342

Another new laptop to consider,2:03:05.681

The Brief Bonnie Bulletin,2:05:04.719

Closing,2:09:24.949

Share your thoughts on these topics or any others. Drop me an email in writing or with an audio attachment, Jonathan at MushroomFm.com, or phone the listener line in the United States, +1864-60Mosen, that's +18646066736.

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