Sound Scape - 3D Audio GPS navigation App

 

Now available in the Australian iOS App Store,

I did several media events for Microsoft on the sound Scape launch last week, and

My best likes about the product.

 

Link to the Sound Scape app on the App Store, Youtube Audio Described launch video, and my audio orientation demo to the App:

 

iOS App Store

 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-soundscape/id1240320677?mt=8

 

Youtube audio described video of the Sound Scape launch from the Microsoft Event:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB4SLNq0yTk&feature=youtu.be

 

My Podcast on Sound Scape:

 

https://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/mf/web/ppybig/Demo_of_the_Microsoft_Sound_Scape_iOS_app.mp3

 

Apple Keynote Held Thursday September 13 2018

 

New Apple Watch Series 4,

3 new iPhones: iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and iPhone XS Max,

Updates fro HomePod: multiple timers, find my friends, and Message/phone calls, and

When Mac Mojave will be available.

 

My thoughts on the keynote: very drawn out, no audio described videos, and no mention of the AirPower wireless charging pad still.

 

Apple Watch Series 4

 

Available 21/9/2018.

Bigger physical screen and more room for content,40MM, and 44Mm,

can still use 38mm or 42mm bands,

Fall detection,

ECG monitoring from Digital Crown (not sure if available in Australia yet),

50 percent louder,

Moved mic to other side of watch for better recording quality,

Haptic Digital Crown, and

Longer battery life.

 

https://www.apple.com/au/watch/

 

iPhones

 

iPhone Xs - pre-order from 14/9/2018 available 21.

iPhone Xs Max - pre-order from 14/9/2018 available 21.

iPhone X R - Pre-order from 19/10/2018.

 

iPhone Xs and Max

5.8 and 6.5 inch screens,

Super Retina display,

Faster FaceID,

A12 Bionic Chip,

Record in stereo,

Dual SIMM (one physical SIMM and one ESIMM),

Dual camera system,

Up to 512GB storage,

Silver, Gold, and space grey,

Glass and stainless steel construction, and

iP68 protection.

 

iPhone Xr

6.1 inch screen,

Liquid Retina display (CD),

6 colours: blue, white, black, yellow, coral, product red,

Up to 256GB,

Glass and aluminium construction, and

iP67 protection.

 

https://www.apple.com/au/iphone/

 

From the Apple Store with The new Hardware you can now purchase:

iPhone 7, 8, iPhone XS, and iPhone Xr.

Apple Watch: Series 3, and Series 4.

So no more iPhone SE or iPhone 6s, and Apple Watch series 1.

 

Update from the Sunu Band Workshops at Vision Australia Last week

 

Caught up with Fernando Albertorio from Sunu about the Sunu Band.  Podcast link follows:

 

https://s138.podbean.com/pb/41bd9e7f801eb46d865e3d2b04aba63a/5b9ef52b/data1/fs54/339150/uploads/discussion_about_the_Sunu_Band_from_the_Vision_Australia_Vision_Store.m4a?pbss=54be31a9-0b7e-5237-ce44-27ccbc7f10dc

 

JAWS 2019 Public Beta

 

From the FSCast podcast Episode 158

 

JAWS load time faster,

Backward and future compatibility for Microsoft Office scripts,

Improvements to Braille re formatting. With Office (Word in particular),

Audio dDucking is back,

More work on the Tab key: no longer echos such as Alt+Tab,

Support for Skype 8 continues,

Speed increase in downloading the public beta and future updates,

Braille and Text viewer improvements,,

Easier access to Nuance voices via a dialog  box rather than going to a website,

Better control over detecting spelling mistakes: eg a subtle sound, and

getting rid of prompt to unload with JAWS+F4: will just unload.

Public beta out soon after the podcast aired.

Not all features may be in public beta cycle.

 

FSCast Page:

 

http://blog.freedomscientific.com/fscast