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Listen to Triple-click Home extra: the watch adventure

Welcome to this, the first Triple Click Home extra! Join Doug Langley of speed dots, Raquel Gomez, and our own very excited Hope Povenmire as they visit the apple store and check out the apple watch. Although they find that the demo units are not equipped with voiceover, they are able to provide a description of the watch, its "haptic feedback", and the available accessories. You will hear the feedback in the form of little pulsing noises, as it twitches near the microphones used to record this adventure. So put on some headphones and join them!

but wait, There's More!

Once you've given this podcast a listen, consider checking out the apple watch accessibility page.

You can also follow Hope on twitter as well as following triple click home on twitter

Remember that this podcast is sponsored by audible, and that you can receive a free book for trying audible by visiting audiblepodcast.com/serotalk

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Listen to Triple-Click Home Episode 37: Watch for Aliens

In this episode of Triple-Click Home, the hosts contemplate aliens landing in time square, "The Force,"among other things, and discuss the recent Apple event.

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 36: Lollipops are über Trivial

In this episode of Triple-Click Home the hosts discuss the upcoming Apple event, as well as speculate the importance of lollipops. Wait, really?

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It's amazing that Steve Jobs would have been sixty. Tim Cook comemorates Steve Jobs on a recent trip to Germany

Is the Apple car just a rumor? Many different theories as all things speculation are. The hosts have their own guesses to add to the pile.

Team App Picks

Do you need to get somewhere, but you're not near public transit, or you're in an unknown city and you don't know where the nearest cab might be? Or as Joshua pointed out, you could have a date night with someone special and all this with Uber.

Is reading a hobby, especially audio books? Audible is great, but what about all that physical media? John has found an answer, and it's right in the Mac app store. It's Audio Book Builder.

Do you want a distraction? Do you want to exercise your brain and see just how brilliant you are, and show that brilliance to your friends? Hope recommends Trivia Crack.

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The Triple-click Home team would love to hear from you. Here is how you can get in touch with them:

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Thanks to Audible for generously supporting the SeroTalk Podcast Network. As part of this promotion, you are welcomed to a free audiobook of your choice at AudiblePodcast.com/SeroTalk.

Thanks for listening!

Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 35: mid-life crisis edition

In this episode of Triple Click Home, even though it is going through a mid life crisis, get to know our new team and why iCloud is useful for showing that criminals and cows get smarter every day. Or do they?

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Is Apple really declining in accessibility? In this opinion piece the hosts share their opinions about this very question.

why is it that iPhones are linked to a higher income but yet the 70% of unemployed blind need them for accessibility? An interesting study shows statistics of iPhone useage, wherein Montana happens to be in the lead.

How do you think Home Kit will effect your life? The team discusses Home Kit's integration and just a few possibilities in which it could be useful.

50% of smart phone activations were iPhones, in q4 alone. An article from MacTrast explains this in further detail.

iPad thieves accidentally send their faces and names to victim's iCloud. And to quote Mr. Harvey 'here's the rest of the story

Who would have thought, even as little as 5 years ago that one could buy a Coke and a Snickers from a vending machine, with just an iPhone? Looks like science fiction is now becoming fact

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The Triple-click Home team would love to hear from you. Here is how you can get in touch with them:

Follow Hope Povenmire on Twitter

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Thanks to Audible for generously supporting the SeroTalk Podcast Network. As part of this promotion, you are welcomed to a free audiobook of your choice at AudiblePodcast.com/SeroTalk.

Thanks for listening!

Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 34: Nobody Likes the Ribbon

The Triple-click Home team is back with another podcast full of talk about iOS, Yosemite and more. Jamie Pauls takes the host's chair this time around, and Lisa Salinger drops by to talk about using Widgets in iOS 8. All that plus your feedback can be heard on Episode 34. Stories covered this month include:

Top of the News

Thoughts on Apple's 2014 iPad and Mac event

Editorial: A friendlier Apple Inc now invites media through its Infinite Loop front door

OS X Yosemite Review

Features and Bugs of OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Apple's iOS 8.1 hits Monday with Apple Pay, iCloud photo library

Accessibility Fixes And Improvements in iOS 8.1

A subscription free version of Sendero’s Seeing Eye GPS app for iOS is now available for $299

The new version of @KNFBReader is out.

Woz: Hello iPhone 6, goodbye Android

Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell

Feature Writer Alena Roberts – The Life and Times of Joe Engressia, aka JoyBubbles

Macs top over one quarter of US back-to-school PC sales

Apple says only 9 customers have complained about bent iPhones

This new “Apple SIM” could legitimately disrupt the wireless industry

Team Picks

Buddy recommends Zinio and The Magazine.

John has been playing with the KNFB Reader.

Alena will recommend Fleksy when it gets fixed.

Jamie recommends the iOS game "Lost Cities".

How One Boy With Autism Became B.F.F.'s With Apple’s Siri

If Siri Was a Waitress

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Listen to Triple-click Home episode 33: Where's the Braille

The entire Triple-click Home team is back for this month's podcast. Jamie and Derek join the team to discuss the recent Apple event announcing new iPhones plus the unveiling of Apple Watch. Discussion next turns to the good, the bad and the undecided with regard to iOS 8. Also included are some AppleVis links not discussed in the podcast.

Hands-On First Impressions of the New iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

iPhones with bigger screens may find eager senior buyers

Apple Pay Is The Most Important News Out Of Today’s Launch Event

Why Apple Pay could be the mobile-payment system you'll actually use

Why Walmart and Best Buy aren’t backing Apple Pay

Sources Say The Next Version Of The Apple Watch Is Going To Be Much Better

Exclusive: Two Apple medical trials shed light on how HealthKit will work

Everything That You Need to Know About iOS 8 Will Be On AppleVis On Release Day

Acapela Voices Temporarily Not Available in iOS 8

The Accessibility Bugs in iOS 8: From Serious To Minor

What’s New in iOS 8 Accessibility for Blind, Low-Vision, and Deaf-Blind Users

Mailbag

From Jenine Stanley:

Oh can I relate to Buddy’s Pro Tip for those of us who find ourselves straddling both worlds.

My work laptop is a Windows machine and it’s good for what it does, sort of, but I’m really enjoying most of my leisure and home chores on my MacBook Pro.

Nope, those Mac commands do not work in Windows and sometimes they do very bad things to your work. I recently went all the way to getting a trouble ticket written for a problem I was having. When I talked to the tech at the outside support service, he asked me for exact steps. I told him and he laughed, in that way you know you’re not supposed to do but …

“Ma’am, that’s a Mac command. Do you use a Mac at home?”

“Uh, yeah, I do. thanks. I’m going to just dig a big ole hole now.”

And yes, Alena, I was taught way back when to start with any new program by exploring the menu system. See what it offers and how to do those things. It’s held me in good stead for many years, many more than I care to think about.

And Buddy, evil as you are, I’m with ya in the playing pranks on the computer teacher. Of course we’d just gotten the IBM Selectric typewriters when I was in high school and the Trash 80 computers didn’t come out until a couple years later. I had my fun at work.

We set up the old DOS machines we had so that the screen came up with a red background and red letters. Then I did a whole demo on some aspect of accessibility. Then I got called into my boss’s office to hear how that wasn’t funny. Made my point though.

Oh and you could indeed set up some key commands, like hot keys, outside of the screen reader, for Windows and more for DOS. Could I remember how to do it now? No, but I had a couple cool ones back in the day.

Blog comment from Jesse

There seems to be a lot of wining about a larger iPhone screen in recent episodes. True, some people don't want larger screens and that's fine. But there are many blind and low vision users, low vision users especially, who are really looking forward to a larger iPhone, myself included. I have looked at several Android phones with larger screens, and would love to have an iPhone with these types of screens.

Simply getting an iPad Mini isn't a good solution either, for a couple of reasons. first, as a low vision user, I use the camera in my phone all the time. The camera in all iPad models isn't as good, and for some reason, Apple has yet to add a camera flash, making many camera apps on the iPads rather pointless. I use my phone as a portable CCTV all the time and absolutely love it. A little larger screen would be very helpful, and when combined with a more open camera for developers, will make the iPhone even more comparable to dedicated handheld CCTV's.

Also, I use data everywhere on my phone, and don't intend to pay for an expanded data plan to have data on my iPad.

Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 32: That's How We Roll

The Triple-click Home team has been super busy this summer, so we decided to give them a bit of a vacation--well, most of them, anyway. Jamie and Buddy decided to change up the podcast a bit this month, and the rest of the gang agreed.

This time around, Jamie Pauls takes a few minutes to demonstrate our shiny new version of iBlink Radio for the Mac.

Lisa shows us how to use Fantastical 2, a calendar for iOS that meets her specific needs in a way that the native calendar does not.

Finally, Jamie interviews the developers of Crossly, a crossword puzzle game for iOS that many in the blind community are enjoying.

Next time around, the team hopes to be able to talk about all the cool stuff Apple plans to release this year. That should make for a full show, indeed and we will include your feedback as well. Until then, enjoy the rest of your summer!

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 31: Tin Cans and String

Welcome to a jam packed episode of the Triple-click Home Podcast. John Panarese was unable to join the team this time around for exciting and mysterious reasons of which we cannot yet speak, so Jamie joined Alena and Buddy for this week's show. From the top of the news to the unveiling of a new reference book for Voiceover users of the Mac, there is a lot to love about this month's offering. Add in a dash of lively discussion surrounding your feedback, and we have quite a show for you this time around. Enough with the introductions. Let's jump right to the ...

Top of the News

NFB Adopts Resolution Urging Apple to Require All iOS Apps to Be Accessible

KNFBReader iOS App Announced for $99

Expensive Apps For iPhone and iPad

New update to iBlink Radio

Apple announces iTunes U update with iPad Course Creation, Student Discussions & more

Apple iMac 21.5-Inch (2014) Review & Rating

Top 10 keyboard shortcuts every new Mac owner needs to know!

Apple TV adds ABC News, AOL On, PBS Kids, Willow TV, and redesigned Flickr app

How to use Apple TV: The ultimate guide

New privacy enhancements coming to iOS 8 in the fall

Another rumor claims September 19 iPhone 6 launch, no 16GB version

How Disney Could Help Apple Create a Killer iWatch

Apple's software ju-jitsu

Interview

This month, Jamie interviews Janet Ingber about her new book Learning to Use the Mac with Voiceover. This is an extremely valuable resource for anyone who is new to the Mac as well as those who simply want a good reference book at their fingertips, and who doesn't need that from time to time. Our thanks to Janet for sharing her time with us this month.

Also check out iOS Access for All: Your comprehensive guide to accessibility for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. by Shelly Brisbin

You can also listen to Lisa Salinger’s interview with Shelly on SeroTalk Podcast 203.

AudioSpeed Racing now available for Mac and PC

Weather Radio by WDT

AFB Launches an App for AFB CareerConnect and It's FREE!

Announcing the launch of Spoken 21; an accessible blackjack game

The Drive: An app designed to lead the blind safely

5 Years of VoiceOver: Look How Far We've Come

Team Picks

This time around, Jamie recommends weather radio, discussed earlier in the podcast. There appears to be a dirth of new apps in the Brannan household, but not to worry as Alena comes to the rescue with the following recommendations

Exploring Braille

Blindfold Racer

And finally, Math Robot.

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The Triple-click Home team would love to hear from you. Here is how you can get in touch with them:

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Thanks for listening!

Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 30: The Secret Slide

Welcome to the aftermath of Apple's WWDC keynote address, otherwise known as Triple-click Home Episode 30. This month, the team pokes a bit of fun at some Twitter feedback while discussing the rather momentous news from this year's WWDC event.

Monday at WWDC: Apple delivers big surprises as most predictions ended up wrong

Everything Apple Tried to Kill Today at WWDC

Summary of Announcements from WWDC 2014 Keynote | AppleVis

OS X Yosemite Set To Be Released This Fall As A Free Download

How to create a test partition for the OS X Yosemite beta

iOS 8 Release Scheduled for Fall

iOS 8 First Look: Features & Images

Fleksy keyboard coming to iOS 8

32 Hidden Features in Apple iOS 8

How to downgrade back to iOS 7 from the iOS 8 beta

Farewell iPhone 4: No iOS 8 upgrade for you

With iOS 8, Apple Shows Android a Thing or Two

Why Coders Are Going Nuts Over Apple’s New Programming Language

Apple posts stream & download of WWDC 2014 video

The Apple-Beats Deal: A 10-Year Affair Ends in Marriage

WWDC and iOS 8 hints point straight to an Apple iWatch

Mailbag

From Pam Francis:

Hello folks, Thank you for another quite informative addition of triple click home. I agree with your assessment of the entitlement mentality. I think it truly begins at home when a blind person is young and attempting to integrate with the family. If the family is ignorant of whatever resources they can access to help their blind family member, it's easier to wait on them, do for them, make them feel entitled, ultimately giving them a pass at life. I know from personal experience how once family can make one feel like a sore thumb, sticking out with and family activities, children's games etc. by the grace of the living God, I had an advocate from the time I was in preschool through early adulthood. She was my preschool teacher in a blind preschool here in Kansas City. Her advocacy along with my extroverted personality helped me escape the shelter of my family and grow into myself. I think it is also imperative for anyone with any kind of a disability to develop networking skills within their community. As for the division between the blind organizations, I think it has done more harm than good. We all have a common goal as all of you stressed on your Podcast. I understand there are different ways to get there, however there's no reason for all of the backbiting between the various organizations and their splinter groups. That in itself helps to create the negative image we, who are functioning members of society have to live down. I don't belong to either group. I don't feel better than anyone, yet I don't want to deal with all of the infighting that comes with group membership. I have done things and Been places within my life that the majority of my family members dream about. I'm not afraid to go anywhere. I also heard you make mention of looking at restaurant menus. Not sure if you're familiar with the allmenus app. I'm enclosing a link to the app within the body of this email. It is completely accessible. The link I have is to the iOS app. I don't know if It is available on android. In closing, I hope in this era of technology the division between the blind organizations and blind people in general has been mitigated by the use of technology and the need to learn. Thanks again, keep up the good work. Sincerely, Pam francis

Allmenus by Dotmenu

From Jenine Stanley:

Thanks Lisa for verifying my thought about the new Fleksy. I kept thinking the keyboard was smaller and I actually like it now that I got that idea into my head and am using it as such rather than the old way. I still want an easier way to do numbers and symbols but I’ll use the VO app if I really want that. Nice that both still work.

As for us as a community, the divide as I see it is those who want to be just people who happen to not do things visually versus those who want to be considered special because of that fact.

Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 29: Eat Something

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Welcome to the post-April-Fools, pre-WWDC edition of the Triple-click Home Podcast. This month, Jamie Pauls takes the host's chair and Lisa Salinger fills in for an ailing Buddy Brannan. Their discussion of the top news stories of the month includes many twists and turns this time around, so sit back and enjoy the ride.

Top of the News

Everything to know about iOS 8 and OS X 10.10 (Roundup + New Details)

Lisa recommends the book Cell by Robin Cook

Audioboo / This is got to be the weirdest android voice I have ever heard!

By the numbers: a breakdown of Apple’s Q2 2014 earnings call

Apple v. Samsung jury foreman says the “consumer is the loser”

Nobody knows why Apple would buy Beats, but plenty of people are guessing

Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine expected to become Apple executives as part of Beats acquisition

What if Apple bought Beats not for headphones, but wearables?

Lisa reviews the FitBit in our 2013 holiday special

Walgreens & Walmart testing iBeacons, Motorola Solutions launches iBeacon marketing platform

Spotlight: Spring Cleaning

Spring is in the air! It's the time of year when we throw open the windows and throw out everything we've collected over the past year and decide we no longer need. Why not do the same with the apps on our i-devices?

Spring Cleaning iOS: Simple and Essential Maintenance Tips for iPhone & iPad

Community Focus

Journey towards accessibility: We are home!

TestFlight » Fleksy on iOS Beta Recruitment

Sendero Group and RNIB Partner to Release Full-Featured GPS App for UK Users

My Initial Thoughts on the RNIB Navigator App

Accessibility options for iPhone and iPad — Everything you need to know! | iMore

Making DAW Software Accessible for Blind Audio Engineers and Musicians

Solo-Dx Comes to Accessibility Hound

Introducing Perkinput for iOS; the Newest Text Entry Alternative to the Keyboard for Braille Users

App Review: Talking Tuner

Jamie Pauls demonstrates a neat little app for tuning his guitar. He invites listeners to suggest similar apps that they find useful.

Mailbag

From Greg:

Hello all,

You guys have really out done yourselves this year. I nearly fell off my couch when I started listening to That Android Show and Triple Click Home. These are really some of the best shows you guys and gals have done. Keep up the good work.

Thanks,

Greg Wocher(Your friendly neighborhood BlindMan) :)

From Tony:

What a great job on episode28, lots of voices, snappy pace, and what made the episode for me were the drop INS. The app demonstrations are a great addition, and the app developer interview was so relevant. My hope is that this is the trend.

All the best,

Tony

Another from Tony:

Would you please consider discussing what closing an app really means? For instance, why is it that when I close Pandora, TuneIn, Hourly News, and other audio apps, once closed through the App Switcher, if I do a double finger double tap, audio resumes. Are the apps closed or just resting? Are they eating up battery life? Why bother closing them? If they have a stop button, isn’t that as effective as closing them? Doesn’t seem so. The only way I find to really put them to sleep is by turning off my phone. What’s up with that?

Thanks,

Tony

From Jenine:

Very nice guest hosts of TCH this time and love the app demos from Steve and Ana. Those are a fun addition and I grabbed Google Search which I wasn’t using and learned more about Google Maps which I was using but not lately.

OK, so do you guys have any un-fun hosts at Serotalk? :)

Jenine Stanley

Wrapping Up

Why your iOS device may be a better cable box than the Apple TV

Apple Store employees switching from iPod touch to iPhone 5s for EasyPay POS system

My Life Without A Smartphone

Contacting the Team