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Join Jessica, Nelson and Joel as they discuss some of their Cool Picks from the tech world.

Cool Picks This Week Include:

iFax for iOS

Jessica shows us iFaxfrom the Apple App Store that helps you send faxes from your mobile device.

Tile - Find & Track Your Lost Phone

Nelson demonstrates a cool device that works with an app on your smart phone to help you find those lost items. Check out the podcast and grab the Tile app.

Android Nougat Features

Joel is enjoying the new features that Nougat version 7.0 is bringing to his Moto G4 phone. If you're running Marshmallow on your cell phone, you might want to see if it's listed for an update to Nougat.

In a previous podcast, James Oates showed us the features available on a Google Home voice activated speaker. Now he gives us a live demonstration of those features in action. After listening to this podcast, you should have a good understanding of what the Google Home can do.

This week the Cool Blind Tech Team discusses some of the important questions surrounding the headlines in the tech world. Join Joel, Jessica, and Nelson as they share their opinions on whether or not a companies reputation should influence their decision on what accessible technology to buy. These answers and more are just waiting for you to press play and listen.

Topics discussed on this week's show include:

The Price of Braille Reading Devices Continues to Become More Affordable

Check out the team's view on the "Canute" and how it is making believers of non-Braille readers like Joel.

Augmented Reality Glasses Continue to Produce Accessible Apps

A year ago Micro Soft announced a new device which they called Hololens. The team discusses some amazing apps that have been developed for these incredible AR glasses. Check it out here to get an idea of some of the apps discussed.

Look Mom! No hands!

Dictation apps are available now in just about all platforms and with many virtual assistants. But, what about an app that helps you do more than just dictation? See how much you can do with one of the team's latest finds.

Cool Picks This Week Include:

iFax for iOS

Jessica shows us iFaxfrom the Apple App Store that helps you send faxes from your mobile device.

Tile - Find & Track Your Lost Phone

Nelson demonstrates a cool device that works with an app on your smart phone to help you find those lost items. Check out the podcast and grab the Tile app.

Android Nougat Features

Joel is enjoying the new features that Nougat version 7.0 is bringing to his Moto G4 phone. If you're running Marshmallow on your cell phone, you might want to see if it's listed for an update to Nougat.

In this week’s, Cool Picks, James Oates, Joel Ramos, and Rachel Feinberg discuss their favourite gizmos and gadgets.

Cool Picks

James gets cooking with the West Bend 86604 Programmable Steamer.

West Bend 12-hour Programmable Steamer provides consumers a healthy option for steaming vegetables, fish, chicken, and rice. This versatile small electric includes two stackable 3-1/2-quart steam baskets, and a 5-cup rice bowl and drip tray. Complete with brushed stainless steel accents to provide an upscale statement to this item.

Rachel can’t wait for keyboard shortcuts and notification channels coming to Android O This Fall.

Android enthusiasts, this is a great time for you. Android O first developer preview is now available for installation via flashing to your device.

Joel is crooning over the DBX 286S Microphone Processor.

One device to get all those vocal effects into your recording and not worry about adding them later. It has built-in compression, noise gate and more.

The CBT Team would like to introduce Alfonso Foolsdaé, as he demos some of the latest features of VoiceOver on the Mac!

Join Jessica for an exciting spotlight interview with Gabe Vega, CEO of Commtech USA..

He provides some insight into why he started the company and introduces us to his exciting new video project, Commtech Academy. Commtech USA offers a variety of products and services taylored for the blind and visually impaired, including Remote Training. For those living in Arizona, Commtech also prupides local training out of their Tucson offices.

Please be sure and tune in to this spotlight, as Commtech is offering our listeners a special discount code which you can only get when you tune in

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Be sure and check out Commtech USA on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Ever wonder what type of microphone the Cool Blind Tech team is using on their podcasts? Better yet, thinking of starting your very own podcast and want to know which microphone to buy?

This week, Joel showcases three very popular microphones that will answer both questions. Whether you are a seasoned podcaster or the next podcasting superstar, you will definitely get some great information on three of the most highly used microphones for podcasting.

The team has personally used and in many cases continues to use these very same microphones to record the incredible podcasts found on this web site. So, if you agree with our selection or want to share with us your favorite microphone, make sure to take a listen and leave a comment. Who knows, your recommendation for best microphone may be on our next microphone shootout.

In this week’s, VIP, James Oates, Joel Ramos, and Rachel Feinberg discuss the top headlines concerning:

* A Security Threat to Apple Customers

* New Products from Apple

* The First Glimpse at the Next Version of Android

* And What’s New in TalkBack for Android

They also examine the top stories from CBT concerning:

* The Flying Eye Hospital from Orbis

* Tactile Ultrasounds for Blind Parents who are Expecting

* And a Fantastic Way to Read Graphs with Your Web Browser

Cool Picks

James gets cooking with the West Bend 86604 Programmable Steamer.

West Bend 12-hour Programmable Steamer provides consumers a healthy option for steaming vegetables, fish, chicken, and rice. This versatile small electric includes two stackable 3-1/2-quart steam baskets, and a 5-cup rice bowl and drip tray. Complete with brushed stainless steel accents to provide an upscale statement to this item.

Rachel can’t wait for keyboard shortcuts and notification channels coming to Android O This Fall.

Android enthusiasts, this is a great time for you. Android O first developer preview is now available for installation via flashing to your device.

Joel is crooning over the DBX 286S Microphone Processor.

One device to get all those vocal effects into your recording and not worry about adding them later. It has built-in compression, noise gate and more.

Version numbers are not always what they are cracked to be. Windows 10, for example, has kept the version at 10.0, with only incremental build numbers which are prefixed by the month and year.

Google is a little different. Talkback has undergone major evolution even in minor releases. Yet in the last few ones from 5.0 up to now, the changes to Talkback have refined much of what we experience. In 5.0, screen dimming, and in 5.1, abilities q export custom labels and more intelligent interaction handling removed many pain points for the user.

With 5.2, perhaps one of the largest ones is addressed. Have the accessibility developers behind Talkback made the right choice with the redesigned sounds? For the first time, there is a mobile screen reader which allows for desktop-quality granular control. Is this useful? Be sure to check out this article to get the full Changeling of to this release.

Join Jessica, James, and Nelson for another Cool Picks as they discuss the latest happenings in accessible tech!

Cool Picks

* Breaking News by Vijay Anand for iOS

Breaking News by Vijay Anand for Android

* Move To Measure - Flying Ruler by Alexey Brilev (paid) iOS app

* LoDel, local food delivery

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