In this Tech Doctor podcast, Allison and Robert spend the first 45 minutes with Jonathan Mosen discussing his new book called “iOS 7 Without the Eye.” While not intended for the iOS beginner, this is an excellent resource for quickly and easily getting up to speed with what’s new and different in iOS 7.

The book is available directly from Jonathan and comes in PDF, RTF and EPUB formats.

For more information go to

Robert and Allison spend the last 15 minutes discussing their new and exciting iPhone 5s acquisitions. I’ll bet you can hear the excitement in our voices.

In this Tech Doctor episode, Robert and Allison begin with a brief discussion of the Apple Event that is expected to occur on September 10th. This leads to a discussion of how much excitement a new iPhone generates and what this has come to represent.

The remainder of the podcast is spent with Robert listing and describing the podcasts that he most often listens to. Below are two links for each podcast. The first link goes to the main web site for the podcast and the second link is the actual podcast feed link. This second link can be directly entered in to iTunes or another pod catching client. The tech Doctor podcast highly recommends the use of Downcast on both the Mac and iOS platforms.

Apple related podcasts

Systematic Website

TUAW Daily Update Website

The Talk Cast Website

Accidental Tech Podcast Website

Amplified Website

For Mac Eyes Only Website

Mac Geek Gab Website

Mac Power Users Website

Mac Roundtable Website

Mac Bites Website

Mac Cast Website

Mac Jury Website

Mac Notables Website

Mac Voices Website

Macworld Website

NOSILLA Podcast Website

The Talk Show Website

We Have Communicators Website

Mac OS Ken Website

Today In iOS Website

Disability Related Podcasts

Accessible Devices Website

Access Talk Website

Apple and Other Accessible Technology Website

Applevis Website

Assistive Technology Update Website

Blind Access Journal Website

Blind Bargains Website

Blind World Blog and Podcast Website

Cool Blind Tech Website

How to be Blind Website

I Blind Tech Website

Maccessibility Website

Main Menu Website

Mystic Access Website

NV Access Website

Triple Click Home Website

Serotalk Website

Book Podcasts

Book Hoarders Anonymous Website

Book Riot Website

Books On The Nightstand Website

Literary Disco Website

Other People Website

Other Excellent Podcasts

Sex Nerd Sandra Website

Stuff Mom Never Told You Website

Tech News Today Website

60 Minutes Website

Democracy Now Website

The Frequency Website

Just The Tip Website

Shelly’s Podcast Website

This Week In Tech Website

In this Tech Doctor episode, Allison and Robert talk with Deborah Kendrick about an extraordinary column that Deborah wrote for the Columbus Dispatch newspaper called

Deborah wrote the column after returning from the first ever Braille Summit where 100 braille experts gathered to discuss the future of braille.

Deborah, Allison and Robert explain how important braille is to them personally and professionally. While acknowledging the value and importance of talking devices and audio books, the podcasters conclude that audio-based technology is not a substitute or replacement for braille.

Given that braille is the only written language for people who are blind, it is most unfortunate that fewer blind people are learning braille today than ever before.

We believe that braille must once again become a critical component of every blind person’s education. Every student be they sighted or blind needs to be proficient in written language. We must help parents, teachers, rehabilitation professionals and even blind people realize that braille is the key to literacy for anyone who can’t see to read print.

In this podcast, Robert and Allison speak with the frequently mentioned but rarely heard from man who ultimately won Allison’s heart.

Jeremy Hartley shares his extensive background working in technology and music.

Allison shares the story of out the couple met online. Both partners talk about how their relationship has evolved into the happy marriage that they now enjoy.

Thanks Allison and Jeremy for sharing your story. The courage to be honest, the willingness to be vulnerable and the power that comes from using technology to improve our lives is what the Tech Doctor podcast is all about.

In this Tech Doctor episode, Robert and Allison talk with, Michael Manesh, the developer of

Michael designed Instabrowser to load pages extremely fast and to render text in a clean and simple format. It works much like the read it later Instapaper app but operates on webpages in realtime. The table of contents button instantly creates a list of the relevant articles on the page and one can immediately jump to the desired article.

It didn’t occur to Michael that VoiceOver users could benefit from Instabrowser. When I contacted him, however, he had Instabrowser working extremely well with VoiceOver just within a few days. Michael describes the process of making the app accessible and encourages all developers to make their apps work with VoiceOver.

Allison grabs her iPhone and demonstrates just how well Instabrowser works. You get to hear just how fast and efficient it is to locate and read articles with this browser.

One of the ways that Instabrowser achieves such speed and efficiency is that it doesn’t load java script. This means that some pages don’t work well with the mobilizer version of Instabrowser, in such cases, simply tap a toggle button and the webpage is fully loaded just as if you were working in Safari.

Instabrowser is an excellent alternative to Safari and the work that Michael has done to make it fully VoiceOver accessible is greatly appreciated. To learn more about Instabrowser,

In this podcast, Robert and Allison speak with the prolific podcaster, Blogger, software support specialist and overall Apple enthusiast Kelly Guimont. This time, however, Kelly is here to tell us about a fabulous project called “App Camp For Girls.”

In this week long day camp, junior high school girls learn all about developing and marketing iOS apps. Their teachers are women who are employed in the technology industry. The girls learn by developing their own app that actually runs on an iPod Touch. At the end of the week, they pitch the app to a group of women investors. The girls learn teamwork by working together in groups of four. This is a wonderful opportunity to show girls what they can do.

To learn more about this project visit

To read stories of successful app developers, visit the sister site

Thanks Kelly for telling us about this amazing project.

Allison and Robert spend this podcast describing their experiences with the new iOS app from the Sendero Group called

Robert and Allison discuss the user interface, provide detailed descriptions of their experiences both walking and driving with the app. They discuss onboard versus server based maps, the appropriateness of a subscription based model and describe the importance of having a blind person take on the role and responsibility of becoming the navigator for a sighted driver.

We think this app is excellent and encourage every iPhone user to give it careful consideration.

In this Tech Doctor Podcast, Robert and Allison speak with the developer of a feature-rich highly responsive iOS app called

Harri Pasanen has 30 years of software development experience His knowledge and expertise has enabled him to develop a very sophisticated and powerful touch screen braille app in only six months. It is clear that Harri does his homework and he knows how to write code that really works well.

Some of MBraille’s advanced features include: grade two translation, intuitive editing and review capabilities, and command line dot commands which allow one to text, tweet, email, Facebook and search google from within the app. This means that writing text and getting it out to the world has never been easier in a touch screen braille app.

Robert and Allison are very excited about MBraille and can’t wait to see what Harri does next to enhance this software even further.

In addition to Mbraille, Harri has written an accessible game, an accessible timer and an accessible calculator. These apps are available in the iOS app store. You can get more information about them and all of Harri’s work by going to his

Robert and Allison begin this podcast by demonstrating how one can use the Mac running VoiceOver and Safari to play audio and video from a webpage. Websites that use an embedded HTML5 audio or video player are fully accessible with VoiceOver. We highlight some basic VoiceOver concepts and commands along the way. In addition, we show you how to download a currently playing podcast.

Next–with the developer’s permission–we demonstrate an app for the Mac that is at the time of this recording in beta and not yet available. The app is “Downcast.” It is the Mac counterpart to the fabulous

Even at this stage of development, we are able to demonstrate excellent VoiceOver accessibility. We are very excited about being able to share podcast listening between our Mac and iOS devices.

We do not know when the app will be available but are certain that it will be worth the wait. Thanks Seth and George for giving us permission to sneak preview Downcast for the Mac. We are so excited.

Finally, Robert and Allison encourage everyone to get some experience with the Mac to determine whether or not it is the right computer for you. While we love the Mac, you need to try it long enough to really see how it feels to you. We encourage you to visit a friend who has a Mac or take some time to work with one in an Apple Store.

In this Tech Doctor podcast, Allison and Robert share their excitement about all that was announced at the 2013 WWDC keynote event.

Robert And Allison discuss some of the new features that will be available in OSX Mavericks when it is released this fall.

They describe the new hardware that was announced. This includes a refresh of the MacBook Air laptops, new airport extreme and a totally redesigned Mac Pro.

Finally, they turn their attention to what will be coming in iOS 7. This is a redesign of iOS that is both different and familiar at the same time.

The keynote can be streamed or downloaded as a podcast directly from