Vision Australia and Aira Launch Aira in Australia

https://www.visionaustralia.org/community/news/11-05-2018/Vision-Australia-and-Aira-launch-new-technology-in-Australia

Upcoming Themes at the Vision Australia Tech Hub in Parramatta with Tech Fridays

I will be running a series of themed Tech Friday events up until the end of June.

18 May - fitness and health tracking options.

25th of May - reading book options.

1 June - getting the most out of the iPad.

8th of June - using the various smart speakers.

15 June - using the various smart assistants in smart phones.

22nd of June - getting the most out of the Mac.

29th of June - recommended Android and iOS apps.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2018

About GAAD can be found at:

http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org

Event pages for GAAD can be found at:

http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/events.php

Items Released around Microsoft Build Conference

Just a note, Microsoft is making it clear it doesn’t care if your using iOS, Android, Mac or Windows, it just wants you to utilise its software services.

5 Biggest Announcements from Microsoft Build

Microsoft your phone,

Microsoft layout,

Hay Cortana meet Alexa,

Microsoft running your meeting, and

Ai for Accessibility.

http://bgr.com/2018/05/07/microsoft-build-2018-announcements-new-features-release-date/

Microsoft Launching 25 Million Dollar AI Program for Accessibility

https://coolblindtech.com/microsoft-launching-ai-for-accessibility/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

Trailler for the Microsoft Film - re-imaging Accessibility

Film for Microsoft on Global Access Awareness Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISGR74Elu1M&feature=youtu.be

Today in Technology film from Microsoft - The History of Braille lives on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPC3R5JMNOQ

The History of Screen Readers  and How to Make your Windows Application Accessible by Doug Geoffrey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=0Fz_GyvAKoI&feature=youtu.be

JAWS and Firefox V60 now All Good Again

https://www.marcozehe.de/2018/05/11/firefox-60-and-jaws-2018-back-in-good-browsing-conditions-together/