Hicaps New Terminals Accessible to Blind or Low vision

 

These are the EFTPOS terminals you find in allied health centres that you use to pay for your service and/or your private health fund.

 

I’ve noticed over the last few weeks these accessible terminals popping up at the Chiropractor, physiotherapist, and Optometrist.

 

I believe this is part of an upgrade to the new Trinity Terminals that are being upgraded to support blind or low vision.

 

Ask about this next time you visit the Phisio etc.

 

https://www.hicaps.com.au

 

Call Annie

 

A Chatbot for iPhone you can really talk to and she talks to you.

 

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6447928709C

 

Be-My-Eyes

 

I’ve seen a few conversations on social media about the fact that the virtual assistant for Be-My-Eyes will not be ready for everyone until September. So for the moment, you will be getting Pending.

 

How to Hopefully Speed up VoiceOver Launch and running time (no terminal required)

 

I’ve tried this and the best I can say is that I think it works.

Simply, it gives VoiceOver priority over all other running apps on your Mac.

 

https://applevis.com/forum/macos-mac-apps/how-hopefully-speed-voiceover-launch-time-performance-mac-

no-terminal-required

 

Some of the Main Stream Tech Stuff That Have disappeared over the last 50 years For Me That I used for Work and Play

 

Manual Type writer.

 

Tapes and tape recorders.

 

Record player and records.

 

Mini Dictaphone.

 

Dial up 300 baud modem

 

Dial up BBS.

 

Audio Pages.

 

VCR Player and tapes

 

Walkman.

 

Mp3 Players.

 

iPods.

 

9 dot matrix printer.

 

Apple IIE

 

5.25 and 3.5 inch floppy disks.

 

4.77mhz, 286, 386, 486 etc IBM compatible PC’s.

 

21 inch CRT monitors.

 

IBM PS2.

 

Luggable laptops.

Toshiba Laptops for a good 30 years.

 

MSDOS 3.31.

 

System 6.07.

 

Macintosh SE.

 

Power PC Mac.

 

Various LC Macs.

 

IBM OS2.

 

Windows 3.1.

 

Brick mobile Phones.

 

Symbian mobile phones.

 

First Mac mini running Tiger 10.4.

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