Webinar - Introducing the Bradley Timepiece to Australia

 

Join me or listen afterwards to this webinar on the Bradley Timepiece Wednesday March 1 from 19.30-20.15 Sydney time.

 

This is an amazing modern designed tactile timepiece using magnetic ball bearings to allow you to tell the time.

 

https://www.visionaustralia.org/services/staying-connected/events/2023-03-01/webinar-introducing-eone-bradley-watch

 

Eleven Labs

 

We're a voice technology research company, developing the most compelling AI speech software for publishers and creators. Our goal is to instantly convert spoken audio between languages.

Take a sample of someone speaking, and generate their voice speaking text.

 

https://beta.elevenlabs.io 

 

I Tried Out the New Bing AI as Part of Beta Invite, and pretty impressed

 

It’s amazing when you search for and answer questions on what exactly you are trying to find using Bing Search at least, how well it works.

 

Amazon has today announced Alexa-to-phone calling, allowing owners of an Echo device to make calls to mobile and landline numbers in Australia.

The only exception is emergency services, which you can’t call via your Echo device, but you will soon be able to assign an emergency contact who Alexa will call and SMS when a user asks for help.

 

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/02/calling-with-alexa/

 

New Lego Sets Feature Characters with a Range of Disabilities

 

Lego is offering up a host of new characters with disabilities as part of a broader push for more diversity within its toy lineup.

The characters include those with Down syndrome, limb differences, anxiety, vitiligo and a dog with a wheelchair.

 

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2023/02/24/new-lego-sets-feature-characters-with-a-range-of-disabilities/30256/

 

Bixby Will be Able to Answer for You on Phone Calls

 

Samsung’s Bixby voice assistant has always been mocked in comparison to Google Assistant, but Samsung has built out the feature to include some genuinely useful features. This week, Samsung has announced a major update for its assistant that centers around voice and text interactions.

 

https://9to5google.com/2023/02/22/bixby-voice-calls-update/

 

Microsoft Ability Summit March 8TH

 

There are no limits to what people can achieve when technology reflects the diversity of everyone.

Ability Summit is a free digital event experience on March 8, 2023. Discover new accessible technology, learn from leaders with disabilities, and how accessibility empowers everyone within an org`anization, your community, and so much more.

 

https://abilitysummit.event.microsoft.com

 

 

The Motorola Defy Brings Two-Way Satellite Messaging to iPhones and Androids

 

As Apple continues to position its phones and watches as life-saving devices, the most compelling reason to upgrade to the iPhone 14 or 14 Pro is the Emergency SOS service that uses satellite communications when wifi or cellular are MIA. It’s not a feature that’s coming to older iPhones, however, so for those not planning to upgrade anytime soon, Motorola’s new Defy satellite communicator provides a more flexible way to stay connected when your smartphone, on its own, isn’t.

 

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/02/the-motorola-defy-brings-two-way-satellite-messaging-to-iphones-and-androids/

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