Mystic Access Podcast

Today’s episode may be accompanied by the sound of Kim’s birds, as it was a gorgeous spring-like day in NC when we recorded this podcast. It was also Kim’s grandmother’s 88th birthday.

We begin the episode by sharing about our free monthly class for March. We’ll be talking about both high and low tech ways to access and read books with little or no physical vision. This is a topic which includes lots of exciting avenues and methods, so we’re excited to share a myriad of ways in which you can find reading material for work or pleasure. The class will be held on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 8:30 PM eastern time. For all relevant information, please sign up for our free teleclasses mailing list to learn more.

Next, Lisa reminds listeners about the new Stress Les , Browse Happy internet navigation tutorial that we recently released, and discusses why she feels it’s so important for so many people.

Speaking of new tutorials, our tutorial on the Google Home is available for preorder and will be released on Thursday, March first. We share some exciting facts about it in this episode, and show you a couple of fun Google Home-related demos.

Chris provides a demo of the little sister of the Google Home family, the Google Home Mini, and shows you a few things that it can do.

Did you know that Kim and Chris have both adopted pets? Wel, that’s thanks to Google Home, too. We show you the fun, interactive Sound Pet game, and Lisa adopts a sound pet of her own.

We close by sharing Lisa’s demo of a great little program that we couldn’t live without, Ninite.

We hope you enjoy this episode.

In this episode, the gang is excited to tell you about a trio of newly-released products from Mystic Access. These include Lisa’s mini tutorial on the Apple AirPods, which is available on a sliding scale to fit your budget. Kim is thrilled that her Stress Les , Browse Happy internet navigation tutorial is now available for purchase. She’s particularly proud of this labor of love, and hopes that many new and long-time screen reader users will find it of value to make their internet browsing a less frustrating and more fun experience.

We also have a new water resistant Bluetooth speaker in our lineup that we’re really excited to share. You can play SD card, auxiliary, and can use it as an SD card reader for PC, and, most exciting to us, you can use it as a sound card for your screen reader or other computer audio. Lisa shares a demo of how to configure it to work as a sound card reader for both JAWS and NVDA. As with all of our speakers, it has voice prompts for ease of use, and if you buy it from Mystic Access, we include a comprehensive forty-minute tutorial to get you up and running. Learn more about the speaker and purchase here, or if you’re an international customer, or would just prefer to purchase the tutorial as a stand-alone product, you can do so here.

We’re happy to announce our free teleseminar for February, The Sound of Sonos. If you’re curious to learn about a diverse music system with a powerful sound and set of features, join us for this very musical class. You can join from iOS, Android, Fire OS, PC, Mac or the good old phone. Get all the call info by joining our free teleclasses mailing list.

Chris demonstrates a cool Alexa-related toy, [amazon text=the Echo Connect.&asin=B076ZRFP6Y] The team talks about the advantages and disadvantages of it’s use, and provide a live demonstration.

Finally, we enter the Mystic Access magic castle to chat with Shelly Brisbin about the latest edition of her book, iOS Access for All. If you’re an iOS user, whether beginner or advanced, there’s something in this book for you. We give it our highest recommendation. Buy directly from Shelly as a EPUB or PDF, or from the iBooks store.

We hope you enjoy today’s episode. Thanks for being a listener!

In this podcast Chris Kim and Lisa talk a little about the web site maintenance that happened the previous weekend.

They announce Apple Pay support for checkout if you have a device that supports Apple Pay.

Lisa announces the availability of her AirPods tutorial that is a name your own price.

Lisa talks about a new speaker and tutorial she is working on to be released the week of February 5th.

Speaking of classes Lisa demonstrates the Lifetime Magnetic Braille Calendar that was mentioned in the January class.

In this episode Chris first says farewell to Oreo, his Labrador mix that passed away on the 10th of January. This podcast episode is dedicated to his memory.

Lisa talks about the iFox IFD8 Bluetooth speaker that we offer. She talks about why she likes it and how easy it is to use even though it has no buttons.

Chris sets up his [amazon text=echo buttons&asin=B072C4KCQH] using the [amazon text=Amazon Echo,&asin=B06XCM9LJ4] Chris Kim and Lisa have fun demonstrating the buttons.

Lisa tells us about two products she uses during the winter months. [amazon text=Yaktrax&asin=B001CZJIPA] and [amazon text=Earbags.&asin=B00CI995MU] Yaktrax assists Lisa from falling on the ice and EarBags keeps Lisas Ears warm. The nice thing about EarBags is Lisa can still hear when using them.

Kim rounds out the podcast by demonstrating her [amazon text=Pop Sonic Leaflet&asin=B078PRQ1Z2 ] she received for Christmas. The leaflet is another Kims’ beauty secret product like she demonstrated in a previous podcast.

Happy New Year… welcome to 2018.

We begin by talking about our first free teleclass of the new year… this one will be on Thursday, January 11, and focuses on various ways to keep appointments — from virtual assistants to braille calendars and beyond, there’s sure to be something here to interest you. To learn all the details, please join our free teleclasses discussion list.

We have three demos for you this time around. Chris demos his [amazon text=AeroBed,&asin=B00LX4MSOS] Kim shares [amazon text=an awesome way to plug in those fabulous electronics,&asin=B00ZKSTU9O] and Lisa shows an innovative little gadget with all kinds of fun uses.

Please stay tuned to this space, as we have all sorts of excitement to share with you this year! Thanks for your interest!