New Exciting Product from the Vision Store - CareSense N Voice Glucose Monitoring System

Handy for both people who are blind or have low vision with diabetes.

Please consult medical advise for using this device, and its not expensive (smile).

https://shop.visionaustralia.org/shop/product/es7005

Several Follow-up points from the Apple Keynote for September

Just a note on the Line Up for iPhones Now Available:

iPhone SE 2020, iPhone 11 (no pro), iPhone 12 (no pro), and iPhone 13:, iPhone 13 Mini, and Pro/Pro Max.

What I purchased from the Apple Event:

iPad Mini as it seemed to be the only device with a major update.

All the iOS Stuff  Now Available

iOS 15, iPad OS 15, TV OS 15, and Watch OS 8 are now available to download.

However, I’d hang off updating to iOS 15 for a while as there are some bugs such as the App Switcher not working with VoiceOver.

You can still update to iOS 14 without having to go to 15.

Also, remember the Apple Watch Series 7 isn’t here yet, but you can still update to Watch os 8.

Speaking of Apple Watch, if you can make it or mis this Wednesdays webinar on the Apple Watch, go to the David Woodbridge Exploring Tech webinar page to either register or catch up on the webinar:

https://shop.visionaustralia.org/webinars

Applevis Website

You can check out a number of blogs and podcasts on iOS 15 and accessibility bugs on the Applevis website:

https://www.applevis.com

My Favourite 15 and Watch OS 8 Features

FaceTime link to allow users on Windows or Android to use via a weblink to FaceTime.

World watch face with 24 country’s around the world.

Apple TV Releases one of my All Time favourite science fiction Series

Foundation is now available as a TV series on Apple TV, and is of course Audio Described.

Finding it much easier than the books, but then again, I ddid read them about 4 decades ago, may be time to read again.

Apple Refutes Flicktype Developer Claim

This is Apple’s response to the developer of FlickType that we covered a few weeks ago about it being taken off the App Store.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/09/15/apple-refutes-flicktype-developers-account-of-app-store-issues?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=RSS

Microsoft Fall Event with the Announcement of new Hardware

About all Surface Pro Hardware.

I think what stops me going back to Windows is the underlying issue that sound for screen readers just seems to be so delicate, and can be lost requiring sighted assistance,.

However, I’ve always liked and use the Surface Pro range.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/22/22684950/microsoft-surface-event-biggest-announcements-pro-8-duo-studio-laptop  

Certainly Changing my Mind About Android

In preparation for an internal workshop on smart phones this week, I updated my notes on Android and iOS, and was surprised by how much Android accessibility has closed in on iOS. Braille still has a way to go, but overall very very good.

We used to say, screen readers only iPhone, but now it is both, and screen mag etc is fine on either platform.

Vision Australia recommends Samsung overall, and of course, Apple it is the iPhone funny enough.

Android/Google Accessibility

https://www.google.com/accessibility/

Android/Samsung Accessibility

https://www.samsung.com/us/accessibility/

iPhone/Apple Accessibility

https://www.apple.com/accessibility/

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