Blind Access Journal

In this approximately 16-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow demonstrate Droptext, a simple iOS app for creating and editing text files in Dropbox. Listen or Pause – Droptext Download – Droptext We love hearing from our listeners! Please feel free to talk with us in the comments. What do you like? How could we… Finish Reading Drop It While It’s Hot with Droptext for iOS

In this approximately 46-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow talk with Ioannis Verdelis all about a new app that can improve the speed and accuracy of typing for blind people who use iOS devices. Verdelis, the chief operating officer of Syntellia, creators of Fleksy, joined us on Monday, July 23, for an exciting live… Finish Reading Write It Fast: Type Easily with Fleksy for iOS

In this approximately 11-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Emily Gibbs talk about a summer Braille learning program for blind children. The two-week Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning (BELL) program focuses on intensive Braille instruction for children with some residual sight who might not otherwise be granted the opportunity to learn this important skill. Listen… Finish Reading Let Literacy Ring: an Overview of the NFB BELL Program for Blind Children

In this approximately 25-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow demonstrate the accessible and popular ooTunes app for listening to more than 30,000 radio stations on your iOS device. Listen or Pause – ooTunes Demo Download – ooTunes Demo We love hearing from our listeners! Please feel free to talk with us in the comments.… Finish Reading Tune in the World of Live, Streaming Internet Radio: ooTunes for iOS

In this one-hour show, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow demonstrate the Digit-Eyes, LookTel Recognizer and VizWiz iOS object-recognition apps with six typical household products. Listen or Pause – Recognition Apps Download – Recognition Apps This podcast was recorded on March 25. Since that time, Digit-Eyes has been updated to include product information from Directions For… Finish Reading Ready, Set, Fight! Object Identification Apps Battle It Out On iOS

It will soon be time for many blind Americans to travel to the summer convention of the National Federation of the Blind or the American Council of the Blind. In this approximately 30-minute podcast, let Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow help you pack your virtual convention suitcase by sharing with you all about the iPhone… Finish Reading Convention Tech: Packing Your iOS Suitcase

In this approximately 26-minute podcast, Darrell Shandrow demonstrates some of the VoiceOver accessibility concerns found in the latest Foursquare 5.0 iOS app update. Listen or Pause – Foursquare 5.0 Accessibility Report Download – Foursquare 5.0 Accessibility Report On the heels of its Wednesday update, Foursquare posted a brief article on its support website stating that… Finish Reading Accessibility Report on Foursquare 5.0 for iOS

In this approximately 37-minute show, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow demonstrate the NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile app, which opens the world of accessible magazines, newspapers and TV listings to blind people who use iOS devices. Listen or Pause – NFB-Newsline Demo Download – NFB-Newsline Demo NFB-Newsline provides more than 340 magazines and newspapers, as well as accessible… Finish Reading What’s the Latest? Stay Current with NFB-Newsline for iOS

In this approximately 33-minute show, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow demonstrate the new Blind Bargains app for iOS, which provides a simplified way of accessing the deals and news available on the popular blind-community website. Listen or Pause – Blind Bargains Demo Download – Blind Bargains Demo Follow Blind Bargains (@BlindBargains) and A T Guys… Finish Reading Shop Smart with Blind Bargains for iOS

In this approximately 13-minute podcast, Darrell Shandrow demonstrates and teaches the over-the-air (OTA) Software Update process as he makes the jump to iOS 5.1 on his iPhone 4 without the need to connect the device to a computer running iTunes. Listen or Pause – iOS 5.1 Software Update Download – iOS 5.1 Software Update iOS… Finish Reading iOS 5.1 Software Update