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One
Thing That I have been Waiting a Long Time For!!!
You
can now check the battery status on your iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch using
Siri: no more “look at the screen”.
A
Product Overview of my De’Longhi PrimaDonna Elite Touch Coffee Machine
This
is a fairly pricey automated coffee machine which grinds your coffee beans and
makes a range of coffees costing several thousand dollars, but the reason why I
purchased it for my new kitchen was that it is app controlled from my
iPhone. Here are a few points on my experience with the machine so far.
Challenges
Requires
sighted assistance to setup as part of the setup process is to use the touch
screen for set language, check the milk container, water tank etc.
Setting
up the app on my iPhone required sighted assistance as some of the pop up
Windows for pairing the machine were not accessible.
I
had to turn off Energy Saving mode and have the.machine on all of the time as
the wake machine from stand by is not accessible with VoiceOver which mostly
works. However, one way around this on all the time can be managed by
having the machine turn itself on at different times for the day and you can
set how long it will stay on for which is what I have done: e.g. on at 6AM, off
at 8AM, on at 5Pm, and off at 7PM.
The
cup warning message (i.e. have you put your cup under the spout) I had to turn
off as this popup window wasn’t accessible with voiceOver.
Some
of the other app functions are not accessible such as the statistics for the
machine.
What
worked
Can
run the app most of the time (i.e. not get locked out by inaccessible windows),
select my particular type of coffee, and have the machine make it for me.
The
warning messages concerning empty water tank, clean the milk dispenser are
accessible: haven’t come across other warning messages yet.
I
can put beans in the hopper, water in the tank, and milk in the dispenser
without any issues.
Switching
the Milk dispenser to different froth levels via the rotor dial and flushing
the dispenser is all doable.
Emptying
the drip tray with the accompanying bean grounds container is very
straightforward.
Keeping
the machine clean is fairly easy.
Info
from the De’Longhi website:
http://www.delonghi.com/en-int/products/coffee/primadonna-elite/primadonna-elite-ecam-645075ms
The
De’Longhi Coffee Link app: here
Good
News: All Vision Australia Staff Now Have Macs Running Windows 10
As
of the last week in September, All Accessibility Technology staff at Vision
Australia now have a MacBook Air running Mac OS Sierra sand Windows 10.
This almost completes VA’s refresh of the tech staff tech tool kit allowing us
to cover Windows, Mac, Android and iOS.
JaWS
18 Public Beta Has Been Around For A While Now
New
features include:
Migrate
settings from previous settings of JaWS,
Export
and import JAWS settings,
Restrict
JAWS virtual cursor in web dialog box’s,
Echo
mouse with speech and cursor is moved around the screen,
Improvements
to JaWS touch support, and
Launch
JaWS on tablets using hardware buttons.
https://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/Jaws/JawsPublicBeta
An
Update On My Recent Podcasts
I’ve
done a quick series on Apple Watch os v3,and using Siri on the Mac with Mac OS
Sierra.
http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com
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By Vision AustraliaOne
Thing That I have been Waiting a Long Time For!!!
You
can now check the battery status on your iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch using
Siri: no more “look at the screen”.
A
Product Overview of my De’Longhi PrimaDonna Elite Touch Coffee Machine
This
is a fairly pricey automated coffee machine which grinds your coffee beans and
makes a range of coffees costing several thousand dollars, but the reason why I
purchased it for my new kitchen was that it is app controlled from my
iPhone. Here are a few points on my experience with the machine so far.
Challenges
Requires
sighted assistance to setup as part of the setup process is to use the touch
screen for set language, check the milk container, water tank etc.
Setting
up the app on my iPhone required sighted assistance as some of the pop up
Windows for pairing the machine were not accessible.
I
had to turn off Energy Saving mode and have the.machine on all of the time as
the wake machine from stand by is not accessible with VoiceOver which mostly
works. However, one way around this on all the time can be managed by
having the machine turn itself on at different times for the day and you can
set how long it will stay on for which is what I have done: e.g. on at 6AM, off
at 8AM, on at 5Pm, and off at 7PM.
The
cup warning message (i.e. have you put your cup under the spout) I had to turn
off as this popup window wasn’t accessible with voiceOver.
Some
of the other app functions are not accessible such as the statistics for the
machine.
What
worked
Can
run the app most of the time (i.e. not get locked out by inaccessible windows),
select my particular type of coffee, and have the machine make it for me.
The
warning messages concerning empty water tank, clean the milk dispenser are
accessible: haven’t come across other warning messages yet.
I
can put beans in the hopper, water in the tank, and milk in the dispenser
without any issues.
Switching
the Milk dispenser to different froth levels via the rotor dial and flushing
the dispenser is all doable.
Emptying
the drip tray with the accompanying bean grounds container is very
straightforward.
Keeping
the machine clean is fairly easy.
Info
from the De’Longhi website:
http://www.delonghi.com/en-int/products/coffee/primadonna-elite/primadonna-elite-ecam-645075ms
The
De’Longhi Coffee Link app: here
Good
News: All Vision Australia Staff Now Have Macs Running Windows 10
As
of the last week in September, All Accessibility Technology staff at Vision
Australia now have a MacBook Air running Mac OS Sierra sand Windows 10.
This almost completes VA’s refresh of the tech staff tech tool kit allowing us
to cover Windows, Mac, Android and iOS.
JaWS
18 Public Beta Has Been Around For A While Now
New
features include:
Migrate
settings from previous settings of JaWS,
Export
and import JAWS settings,
Restrict
JAWS virtual cursor in web dialog box’s,
Echo
mouse with speech and cursor is moved around the screen,
Improvements
to JaWS touch support, and
Launch
JaWS on tablets using hardware buttons.
https://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/Jaws/JawsPublicBeta
An
Update On My Recent Podcasts
I’ve
done a quick series on Apple Watch os v3,and using Siri on the Mac with Mac OS
Sierra.
http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com