Blind Access Journal

In this approximately one hour and 49 minute podcast, Allison, Darrell and baby daughter Allyssa go on an adventure through their photo library, experiencing fun and frustration with accessible and inaccessible iOS apps.

• Listen or Pause: Picture Imperfect
• Download: Picture Imperfect

We found Moments by Facebook completely inaccessible with VoiceOver. Please submit feedback to Facebook’s accessibility team.

We were looking for a good way to organize and store our family’s memories, photos and stories, not unlike sighted families the world over. We tried Keepy, on the recommendation of a parenting podcast we like, only to find it almost, but not quite, accessible enough to use. Please send customer feedback to the developer asking for improved VoiceOver accessibility.

On a positive accessibility note, we enjoyed adding descriptions to our photos using TapTapSee and BeSpecular. We appreciate the work the awesome BeSpecular volunteers do to help blind people see.

We love hearing from our listeners! Please feel free to talk with us in the comments. What do you like? How could we make the show better? What topics would you like us to cover on future shows?

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In this approximately 32-minute podcast from the 2015 CSUN conference, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow speak with Paul Warner from VICT Consultancy and learn all about the upcoming AT Prime accessibility optimizer for Windows applications. Slated for release in the latter half of 2015, AT Prime will be able to dig deep into the Windows… Finish Reading Prime Time Power: Rethinking Windows Accessibility

In this approximately 23-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow demonstrate the new Be My Eyes app developed to help blind people remotely acquire the sighted help they need to perform many daily visual tasks. Listen or Pause – Be My Eyes Demo Download – Be My Eyes Demo Resources Be My Eyes ~ Lend… Finish Reading Who Will Be Your Eyeballs Today? Exploring Remote Sighted Assistance with Be My Eyes for iOS

In this approximately 22-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow speak with Sean Kelleher from Electronic Brailler LLC and learn all about the portable, quiet Cosmo Braille Writer for blind children and adults. Listen or Pause – Electronic Brailler Download – Electronic Brailler We love hearing from our listeners! Please feel free to talk with… Finish Reading Electronic Brailler

In this approximately 18-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow demonstrate a few of the exciting new features they discovered after updating their iPhones to iOS 7. Listen or Pause – iOS 7 First Impressions Download – iOS 7 First Impressions We love hearing from our listeners! Please feel free to talk with us in… Finish Reading iOS 7 First Impressions

In this approximately 26-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow are honored to speak with Judy Dixon, Consumer Relations Officer with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, all about the upcoming release of the agency’s BARD Mobile app for reading Braille and digital talking books on the iPad, iPhone and iPod… Finish Reading CSUN: It Won’t be Hard to Access BARD with the Upcoming iOS App from NLS

In this approximately 18-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker chats with Mike Tindell, blindness products specialist with HumanWare, all about the company’s refresh of the Victor Reader Stream digital talking book player. Listen or Pause – Victor Reader Stream Interview Download – Victor Reader Stream Interview We love hearing from our listeners! Please feel free to talk… Finish Reading ATIA: Getting to Know the All-New Victor Reader Stream

In this approximately 14-minute podcast from the 2013 Assistive Technology Industry Association conference in Orlando, Allison Hilliker talks with Leon Reznik, president of ABiSee, about his company’s Eye-Pal line of scanning and reading solutions for blind and low-vision people. Listen or Pause – Eyepal Interview Download – Eye-Pal Interview If you use Twitter, let’s get… Finish Reading ATIA: Making Friends with Eye-Pal Scanning and Reading Products

In this approximately 36-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow demonstrate the accessible Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reading app for iOS. They add a book through the nook.com website, read it with VoiceOver and explore the use of the app with a Braille display. Listen or Pause – Nook Demo Download – Nook Demo… Finish Reading Get Hooked on Books with Nook for iOS

In this approximately 32-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow carol through the evening as they demonstrate the Christmas Songs iOS app. Listen or Pause – Christmas Songs Demo Download – Christmas Songs Demo Whether you just want to listen to your favorite traditional Christmas songs or you need a convenient way to access song… Finish Reading Jingle All the Way with Christmas Songs for iOS