In this weeks show, Stephen and David catch up with Leon Pauls from OrCam Technologies to discuss the OrCam Eye Reader and OrCam Reader.

Some Recent Podcasts from Me on the Amazon Echo Show and The Amazon Echo Dot

Just want to comment on these latest two products from Amazon and my experience of using them.

New Gadget Purchased - TP-Link Bluetooth Transmitter

This allows you to transmit from a Device that supports Bluetooth to the TP-Link device in to which you can then plug head phones, speakers, cable to your stereo or in my case, plug a cable in to my mixer so that I can record the bluetooth device. For example, this is how I recorded the podcast on the Amazon Echo Show.

Ok Had to Mention This As This Is Just Geeky

As I don’t have Samsung stuff set up on my Amazon Echo’s yet, I had to start my Powerbot Vacuum cleaner the other day, so just because I could, I dropped in on the Kitchen Amazon Echo Dot, and then I could ask my Google Home Mini which was sitting wright next to it, to Start The Powerbot.

A Tip On Using The 3.5MM to Lightning Cable

These are the little adapters that Apple used to provide with the iPhone X that let you use standard 3.5mm headphones. They are quite tiny and very easy to loose.

Vision Store Product Highlight - Audio Liquid Level ES7119.

Use the sensor to tell the level of milk/tea when poring in to a cup via audio tones.

Last Weeks Getting Online Events Went well

Amazon did a presentation on Alexa the personal Assistant found most commonly in the Amazon Echo range of smart speakers.

I also did a presentation on using Siri, apps etc from an Apple perspective.

Just A Quick Note on the Latest update For The Mac OS 10.14 Mojave and What Caught My Eye

The two main things are the 4 new apps (Home, News, Voice Memo and Stocks), and the new Gallery View in Finder.

iPhone X R is Now Available on Pre-Order

Pre-order happened last week on the 19th of October with the phones be delivered or available for pick up in store on Friday the 26th of October.

Just remember you can still pick up an iPhone 7 or 8 which is still under $1000.

Speaking of Apple, October 30 Event

So this is really happening.  Besides the highly speculated iPad with No Home Button and Face ID, I’m still hanging out for the AirPad: charge your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods all on one device.

A Reminder That Bursary’s Close October 30 2018

If you are still looking at applying for a Bursary Award for next year for certificate 4 and above study’s, the closing date is October 30 2018.

http://www.visionaustralia.org/bursary

Aira news - New Promotions Now Available Within The App

If you go in to the Aira app (make sure you’ve updated recently in the last week or so) and from the Home Screen Tab, select the Call Using A Free Offer button.

Within the Promotions button you’ll see the following categories:

Promotions , Limited-time and ongoing promotions button

Products, Tasks that involve using certain products like JAWS button

Locations, Tasks while you are in certain locations button

Vision Store Product Highlight - Talking Indoor and Outdoor Thermometer ES7465

Excellent and simple way of getting the temperature in your house or outside for that matter.

https://shop.visionaustralia.org/shop/product/talking-indooroutdoor-thermometer

An Excellent New Endless Runner Game For VoiceOver Users

Feer - run, jump, slide to avoid the zombies and collect fairy lights.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/feer/id1422421760?mt=8

Tile Gets Replaceable Battery’s

I’m not sure if the New Mate and Pro Tiles with their changeable battery’s are in Australia yet, but being able to change your battery in your own tile is something that I have been looking for since I first started using the Tile Tracking system.

https://www.thetileapp.com/store/tiles/mate?utm_source=salesforcemc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10.02_urb_canz&utm_content=10.02_urb_canz

Applevis Has Released Siri Shortcuts Part 1 of 3 - The Basics

https://www.applevis.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/AppleVisPodcast1176.mp3

A Reminder To customers and Clients of The Vision Australia Retail Store - We Are An Apple Reseller

Come in to our flagship stores in Vic, NSW, and QLD and get a demo, have a discussion, and purchase an Apple product.

Some Thoughts On The iPod touch

For a while I had dismissed the iPod touch as being obsolete given the the iPad, but last week due to some conversations with folks who wanted an iOS device for a specific reason, I’ve changed my mind.

My List of Common Android and iOS apps plus my favourite iOS apps

Recently I held a Tech Hub Friday at the Vision Australia Parramatta Store were I went through common iOs and Android apps, plus my favourite apps including hardware based ones on my iPhone, here is the list for you.

http://davidwoodbridge.blogspot.com/2018/10/common-ios-and-android-apps-plus-my.html

The Best Head Phone Adapters for iPhone and Android

No, it’s not only the iPhone you need an adapter for these days.

https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2018/10/the-best-lightning-and-usb-c-headphone-adapters/

People Are Using Apple’s Airdrop to Send Explicit Pictures to Strangers - But There Is A Fix

Odd that I came across this story this week, as when I was on the train last week sharing stories between the Apple News app and Twitter, every time I used the Share sheet from News I kept noticing how many people were around me that I could Airdrop to and I was thinking at the time that this couldn’t be a very good idea.

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/apple-airdrop-iphone-how-to-turn-off-2018-10

Microsoft Recently Released the Surface Pro 6, A Comparison with the iPad Pro

https://www.theverge.com/tech/2018/10/3/17929946/microsoft-surface-pro-6-apple-ipad-pro-tablet-spec-comparison-storage-battery

Vision Store Product Highlight

Large print keyboard UsB Black on white or white on black $39.00

Black Characters On White Keys:

https://shop.visionaustralia.org/shop/product/large-print-keyboard-black-characters-white-keys

White Characters on Black Keys:

https://shop.visionaustralia.org/shop/product/large-print-keyboard-white-characters-black-keys