Maccessibility: Recent Episodes
Maccessibility
In Episode 301 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- What We’ve Learned Since the WWDC Keynote
- Robin’s Adventures With Vibe Coding
- Our Summer Schedule
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* WWDC 26, The Small Things * Dead Zone * Shaun Saves the Day
In Episode 300 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple’s WWDC Keynote
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 299 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple and Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- Updates to Amadeus Pro
- The OneCourt Tablet Available to the Public
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode* Shelly’s article for Six Colors on Apple and GAAD
In Episode 298 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Tim Cook Stepping Down as CEO of Apple
- AI and Vibe Coding
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Steve Sawczyn * Robert Carter
In Episode 297 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple Turns 50
- Apple Discontinues the Mac Pro
- The New airPods Max
- Shelly at CSUN
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Shelly Brisbin * Eric Troup
Links For This Episode* Shelly’s article for Six Colors
In Episode 296 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- An Update on Josh
- Apple Products Introduced This Week
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode* Josh’s Blog * Josh’s GoFundMe
In Episode 295 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-Up: Audio Description in the Olympics
- Speculation About What We’ll See From the March Experience Events
- Experiences With Claude
- The Podtrak P4Next
- Using Spotlight on the Mac
- Things to Consider When Using Sign in With Apple
- Problems When Having the Mouse Pointer Follow the VO Cursor
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
In Episode 294 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- New airTags
- Accessibility in Sports
- Dual-Booting and Shortcuts
- Sudoku Blind
- Apple Tv Shows We’re Watching
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode* Sudoku Blind
In Episode 293 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple Acknowledging Use of Google Gemini.
- Apple Announces Apple Creator Studio Bundle
- Criticism of Apple (and Google) Over Not Removing Grok From the App Store.
- Grounding
- 25Th Anniversary of Wikipedia
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* Article from Macworld on Siri improvements * Article from the NIH on Grounding
In Episode 292 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Our New Hardware
- Apple OS Updates
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 291 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The airPods Pro 3
- The iPhone Air
- The VoiceOver Not Starting Bug
- Stupid Safari Bug
- AutoMix
- Strange Bluetooth Keyboard Bug
- Safari Address Bar Tip
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
In Episode 290 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Did We Preorder Anything
- The New Apple Operating Systems
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter * Eric Troup
In Episode 289 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The September 2025 Apple Event
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* Watch the Apple Event
In Episode 288 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-Up: iMessage Filtering
- Holly’s and Shelly’s Impressions of WWDC
- Things We’ve Learned About Apple’s Operating Systems Since the Last Show
- The NLS eReaders
- Some Accessibility Improvements in TikTok
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 287 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple’s WWDC Keynote
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Robin Christopherson * Eric Troup
Links For This Episode* Watch the Keynote
In Episode 286 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Including:
- Announcements From Apple
- Announcements From Be My Eyes
- Announcements From Meta
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* Apple’s Press Release * Shelly’s article on Apple’s announcements
Sponsor for this episode
In Episode 285 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Some Apple Anniversaries
- Contemplating a New Apple Tv
- Numbers and Dark Mode
- New Edition of Shelly’s Book
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* iOS Access for All
In Episode 284 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The End of Skype
- Apple OS Upgrades
- Siri Delays
- Robin’s Thoughts on the iPhones Mini
- Steve’s Thoughts on Note Taking
- Apple Accessibility on the Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Steve Sawczyn
In Episode 283 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The iPhone 16e
- Steve’s New Motorola Razr Foldable Phone
- The PLAUD NotePin
- Bonus: Pre-Show Burger Talk
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Steve Sawczyn
In Episode 282 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Remembering John Panarese
- Apple Intelligence
- Updates to Seeing AI
- Tapestry
- Zones
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* Seeing AI * Tapestry * Zones
In Episode 281 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-Up: VOCR and Inaccessible PDFs
- Shelly’s New Toys
- Blusky
- The hCaptcha Accessibility Cookie
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Steve Sawczyn
Links For This Episode* Shelly’s KVM Switch article for Six Colors * Shelly on Blusky * Darcy on Blusky * Holly on Blusky * Steve on Blusky
In Episode 280 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Feedback: Darcy’s Wordle Shortcut
- Apple Intelligence
- The airPod Hearing Test
- The Aura Ring
- The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
- VOCR
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Steve Sawczyn
Links For This Episode* The airPod Hearing Test
In Episode 279 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Darcy’s New Apple Watch
- Robin’s New airPods Pro
- Charging Issues
- More Case Talk
- Battery Issues
- Beyond the Gallery
- Shareshot
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* Beyond The Gallery * Shareshot
In Episode 278 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Our Recent Apple Purchases
- SharePlay Issues
- Braille Screen Input and VoiceOver Activities
- Audio Description and Streaming Services
- Rogue Amoeba Sale
- Croissant
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Steve Sawczyn
In Episode 277 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- iPhone SE Rumors
- New Features Not Available in Canada
- airPod Updates
- Braille Screen Input
- VoiceOver Live Recognition
- iMessage Send Later
- Siri Improvements
- Audio Ducking
- The Passwords App
- Miscellaneous Updates
- What We Ordered
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 276 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s “It’s Glow Time” Event.
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Eric Troup
In Episode 275 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The End of AppleVis
- Darcy’s New Mac
- Shelly’s New Apple Watch
- Shelly’s New homePod Mini
- Brailliance
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode* AppleVis * Brailliance
In Episode 274 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s WWDC Keynote.
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* Watch the Keynote
In Episode 273 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple’s Accessibility Announcements
- The Crush Ad
- The End of the Keyboard Folio Case
- Using the Zoom H6 Essential as an Audio Interface
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Steve Sawczyn * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode* Press Release from Apple about their Accessibility announcements * Post from AppleVis about the announcements * Shelly’s post for Six Colors about the announcements * The Technically Working podcast
In Episode 272 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s iPad Event
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode* Watch the Event
In Episode 272 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s iPad Event
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode* Watch the Event
In Episode 271 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple Announces WWDC
- Microsoft Copilot
- suno.ai
- Voice Dream Reader and Subscription Pricing
- Shelly and Steve’s New Zoom Recorders
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Steve Sawczyn
Links For This Episode* Suno.ai
In Episode 270 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The US Justice Department Versus Apple
- Apple and AI
- New Orbit Braille Displays
- Apple Vision Pro and Eye Strain
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* Jason Snell’s Post on the DOJ versus Apple * Article from The Verge on the Vision Pro and eye strain
In Episode 269 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-Up: Apple Pay on the Watch
- Apple OS Updates
- New MacBook Airs
- New Zoom Recorders
- The End of the Apple Car
- Apple’s Sports App
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
In Episode 268 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple Vision Pro
- Apple Music on Windows
- Ferret: Apple’s New Open Source LLM
- Taptic Time
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* Shelly’s article for Six Colors on the Apple Vision Pro * Episode of the Parallel with Shelly and Robin * VoiceOver Gestures on the Vision Pro * Video on Apple Vision Pro accessibility * Blind User tries Apple Vision Pro for the first time
In Episode 267 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple Vision Pro goes on sale
- Transcripts in the Apple Podcasts app
- Project Tapestry
- New Zoom Recorders with Voice Guidance
Knights on this episode:* Shelly Brisbin * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Steve Sawczyn
Links For This Episode* Project Tapestry
In Episode 266 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- More on the Apple Watch Blood Oxygen Sensor
- Apple Vision Pro pre-orders
- VOCR
- Gaming on the Mac
- BBEdit Now Accessible
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Steve Sawczyn
In Episode 265 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple Watch Patent Issues
- iOS beta update issues
- The Murderbot Diaries coming to Apple TV Plus
- Rumour: Apple buying Peloton
- airPods and Holiday gatherings
- HeardThat
- Technology Resolutions
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* the HeardThat app
In Episode 264 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Latest Apple Updates
- tvOS Sidebar in Apple TV app
- The Journal app
- Safari’s Busy Bug
- USB C airPods Charging Case
- Beeper mini
- Threads and the Fediverse
- Seeing AI and ChatGPT
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 263 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Robert’s new Apple Gear
- The Personal Voice short film
- The NameDrop controversy
- Changing Notification sounds
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode* The Personal Voice film
In Episode 262 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple’s Scary Fast event
- Shelly’s new Mac
- Listener Feedback: The Overcast widget and VoiceOver
- Siri and Audible
- Passcode entry in watchOS 9
- The lack of a dock in watchOS 9
- iCloud and Calendar Invites
- Text Transcription in Audio Hijack
- An Outlook tip from Shelly
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Steve Sawczyn * John Panarese
In Episode 261 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Chapter Markers
- Follow-up: Triple tapping the watch face to select a new face
- Follow-up: What are Interactive Widgets?
- The iPhone 15 Pro
- the FineWoven Case
- The Action Button
- macOS Sonoma
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* From Dr. Drang: The iPhone 15 Pro Facts and Estimates * Shelly’s review of the FineWoven case
In Episode 260 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss our Apple purchases, and the various OS updates.
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
In Episode 259 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s Fall press event, where they announced new Apple Watches and new iPhones.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter * Eric Troup
Links For This Episode * Watch the event
In Bonus Episode 011 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, Darcy shares the last of the demos of the Shortcuts app that he did for the ACB Community.
In Bonus Episode 010 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, Darcy shares some demos of the Shortcuts app that he did for the ACB Community.
In Episode 258 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Thoughts on WWDC since the keynote
- The Reddit situation
- Call Annie
- Apple Watch Activity streaks and time zones
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Robin Christopherson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
In Episode 257 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s WWDC keynote.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter * Eric Troup
Links For This Episode * Watch the Keynote
In Episode 256 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights are joined by Josh and Cara from Draconis Entertainment to hear about their relaunch. Later, we discuss Apple’s Accessibility Announcements
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Robin Christopherson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode* Draconis Entertainment Web Site * Draconis Entertainment on Mastodon * Draconis Entertainment Mastodon Dev Account * Silver Dollar in the Mac App Store * Shelly’s article for Six Colors on Apple’s Accessibility announcements
In Episode 255 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple’s rapid security response and a strange VoiceOver glitch that Darcy experienced.
- Google now offering passkeys on their accounts
- Voice Dream Reader has moved to subscription pricing
- Mona for Mastodon has come out of beta.
- Blue Sky
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
In Bonus Episode 009 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, Darcy shares some demos of the Shortcuts app that he did for the ACB Community.
In Episode 254 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple OS updates
- Color overlays in the weather app with VoiceOver
- Apple Classical
- Holly’s new PS5
- Be My Eyes and Chat GPT
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode* Shelly’s Video on VoiceOver and the Weather app * Shelly’s Radio Segment on Be My Eyes and Chat GPT
In Episode 253 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple Music Classical
- The AppleVis Report Card
- Outlook for Mac is now free
- Robert’s new Microphone
- Robin has Mastodon questions
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode* The AppleVis Report Card * The Mackie Elements Chromium
In Episode 252 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights primarily discuss the new AI generated voices from Eleven Labs.
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode* Eleven Labs
In Episode 251 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- New features in Seeing AI
- VoiceOver bug in Shortcuts
- Siri and CHAT GPT
- Shelly’s experiences with the iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Listener Question: Strange Apple Watch bug
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* Siri with Chat GPT demo
In Episode 250 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The end of third party Twitter apps
- Updates from Apple
- The Hable One and over the air updates
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode* Hable One
In Episode 249 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Shelly’s new airPods 3
- AI narrated Apple Books
- Shelly’s Ivory Thread
- Microsoft Discontinuing Soundscapes
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* Shelly’s Mastodon Thread on Ivory and Accessibility * Shelly’s Article for Six Colors on iOS Accessibility
In Episode 248 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Mastodon
- Steve’s new Mac
- Shelly’s new Roomba
- Take Control Books
- HDMI Terminators
- Steve’s new external keyboard
- VOCR
Knights on this episode:* Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode* MoveToDon * VOCR
In Episode 247 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Emergency SOS
- New iOS bugs
- Mastodon
- Letterfull
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode * Robert Kingett’s Article on Mastodon * Debirdify * Letterfull
In Episode 246 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Darcy’s new iPhone 14 Pro
- MacOS Ventura
- Cloud storage services
- iPadOS 16.1
- iOS 16.1
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode * Post from AppleVis on VoiceOver bugs fixed in iOS 16.1
In Episode 245 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights begin to discuss Apple’s new hardware updates, but quickly realize they don’t have much to say. They spend the majority of the show talking about Apple TV, the device and the service.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 244 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss
- Who has new stuff to talk about
- the Apple Watch Ultra
- Migrating from 1Password
- Voice Dream Reader
- Wordle is now accessible by default
- Follow-up: Audio Messages
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
In Episode 243 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Robert’s new iPhone 14 Pro
- iOS 16
- watchOS 9
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
In Episode 243 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Robert’s new iPhone 14 Pro
- iOS 16
- watchOS 9
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
In Episode 242 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights Recap Apple’s September press event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the Keynote
In Episode 242 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights Recap Apple’s September press event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the Keynote
In Episode 241 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The Orbit Slate
- How we use our iPads
- Re-visiting old iOS games
- Sennheiser Ambeos
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * The Orbit Slate * the Sennheiser Ambeos
In Bonus Episode 008 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, Darcy shares a demo of Wordle that he did for the iBug Cafe podcast.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard
Links For This Episode * Wordle * Make Wordle Accessible * iBug Today
In Episode 240 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Eloquence on Apple Products
- The iPhone turns 15
- Ups and Downs with Wordle Accessibility
- Numbers Collaboration
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
In Episode 239 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s WWDC keynote presentation
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode * Watch the Keynote
In Episode 238 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple’s recent accessibility announcements
- OS updates
- Password management
- Improvements in Audio Hijack
- Sling TV and Dynamic Type
- Shelly’s new PodTrak P4
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode * Accessibility press release from Apple * Shelly’s article about the announcements from Six Colors * Rogue Amoeba’s Knowledge Base article about Audio Hijack with VoiceOver * The Zoom PodTrak P4
In Episode 237 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Listener tip about Siri and homePods
- Listener question: the airPods Pro Replacement Program
- Holly’s airPod mishap
- Voice Dream Reader for Mac
- Maestral
- a FaceTime tip from Steve’s blog
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode * Maestral * Steve’s blog post on the Facetime Control Bar
In Episode 236 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Friday Night Baseball
- Markers in Soundscape
- The end of Feed Wrangler
- Personal Requests with homePods
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 235 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Listener feedback: Braille Screen input and emoji
- Follow-up: Universal control
- Watch gestures
- follow-up: More Braille display bugs fixed in iOS update
- WWDC announced for the week of June 6
- Coda wins best picture
- Seeing AI
- New version of Audio Hijack
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 234 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Our new Apple Purchases
- Braille bugs in iOS 15
- Audio Hints in Fitness Plus
- Universal Control
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
In Episode 233 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s “Peek Performance” event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode * Watch the event
In Episode 232 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- A strange Google Drive Bug
- Numpad Commander
- The new Siri voice and the future of synthetic speech
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
Sponsor for this episode There’s a new show all about the Echo and it’s called, er, The Echo Show. Meet intrepid co-hosts Shaun Preece and Robin Christopherson as they demonstrate and discuss several skills in a weekly podcast that’s a must for everyone who’s dotty about Alexa. Ask the A-lady to “Play The Echo Show”, search for it in your podcatcher of choice or check it out here
In Episode 231 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The New York Times buys Wordle
- Apple event rumours
- Steve’s new iPad
- The KNFB Reader has a new owner and a new name
- Tap to Pay
- Focus modes
- A strange Siri Bug
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode * The Six Colors 2021 Apple Report Card
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 230 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Beats versus airPods
- Apple os updates
- Future Rogue Amoeba updates
- Wordle
- Synthetic speech reading audio books
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson * Robert Carter
Links For This Episode * Wordle * Accessibility extension for Wordle * WordleBot * Synthetic speech in audio books
In Episode 229 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Holly’s Magsafe Popsocket
- Holly’s third gen airPods
- Shelly’s new television
- Plex
- Steve’s new Peloton Bike
- Darcy’s experience with Apple Fitness Plus
- The new Apple gift cards
- Holly’s new Smart Plugs
- Holly’s new 3-in-1 wireless charger
- Making Digital Confetti Accessible
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Journey’s 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station * Rogue Amoeba’s article on making they’re Digital Confetti accessible
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Bonus Episode 7 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, Darcy does a brief Demo of using Audio Hijack with VoiceOver.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard
Links for this episode: * Rogue Amoeba’s Knowledge Base article on using Audio Hijack with VoiceOver
In Episode 228 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss our favourite Apple and Apple adjacent stories of 2021. These stories include:
- airPods 3
- the M1 iMac and Mac Mini
- Ted Lasso and awards
- Swift Playgrounds version 4
- Apple’s new laptops
- Apple announcing Accessibility features ahead of WWDC
- the iPhone 13
- airTags
- favourite Apple TV Plus shows
- An interesting year for the iPad
- TikTok
- ClubHouse
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Swift Playgrounds 4 and SwiftUI demo from Hacking With Swift
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 227 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Darcy’s homePod Mini stereo pair
- Accessibility flags in the X Box store
- Fixing airPods Bluetooth issues
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode There’s a new show all about the Echo and it’s called, er, The Echo Show. Meet intrepid co-hosts Shaun Preece and Robin Christopherson as they demonstrate and discuss several skills in a weekly podcast that’s a must for everyone who’s dotty about Alexa. Ask the A-lady to “Play The Echo Show”, search for it in your podcatcher of choice or check it out here
In Episode 226 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple store app now has Audio Description
- New Apple self-service repair program
- Eric’s new Apple Watch series 7
- Robin’s new third-generation airPods
- macOS Monterey
- iCloud mail with your own domain
- SharePlay
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 225 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s Unleashed press event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Watch the event
In Episode 224 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Our new Apple purchases
- More on iOS 15
- Cases
- New Siri Problems
- homePod problems
- Ten years since the passing of Steve Jobs
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Episode of Maccessibility recorded one day after the death of Steve Jobs
In Episode 223 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Our Recent Purchases
- New features in iOS 15 including:
- Spacial Stereo
- Live Text
- Safari
- Focus
- Weather
- VoiceOver Quick Settings
- new Haptic feedback in VoiceOver
- VoiceOver speech bugs
- the new Background noise feature
- iPadOS
- watchOS
- homePodOS
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 222 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s “California Streaming” event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode Watch the event
In Episode 221 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights
- Apple’s new MagSafe Battery Pack
- Apple now offering Financing options in Canada
- Jellycuts
- Trouble with screen recognition
- The Peloton app
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Jellycuts
In Episode 220 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple TV Plus and the Emmy Awards
- Some recent tech support experiences
- Quinter
- A case for the Siri Remote and an airTag
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Quinter homepage
In Episode 219 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: iCloud Plus
- Apple Mail with your own domain
- Follow-up: Focus Mode
- Per app accessibility settings
- Apple Design Award winners
- Apple Arcade and accessibility
- Changes to Apple’s Podcasts app
- One year trials of Apple TV Plus coming to an end
- Erase All Content and Settings coming to MacOS
- Changes to Safari
- New features in Apple Music
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 218 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s 2021 WWDC keynote.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Watch the Keynote
In Episode 217 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple announces upcoming accessibility features
- Apple announces upcoming enhancements to Apple Music
- Steve’s new airPods Max
- Darcy’s new Orbit Writer
- Clubdeck
- Steve’s new AirTags
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Article from apple on their new accessibility features.
In Episode 216 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- AirTags
- iOS 14.5
- Navigation apps
- Twitter Spaces and Clubhouse
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Get to know AirTag sounds
In Episode 215 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s “Spring Loaded” event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the event
In Episode 214 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Question about guides for the Mac
- Holly’s new iPad
- WWDC starts on June 7
- Two new Siri voices in latest beta, and Siri’s gender is no longer set by default
- Apple Arcade has new Classics category
- TikTok auto captions
- Clubhouse creators now accepting payments
- Twitter Spaces
- Douglas Adams archive
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Apple’s VoiceOver User Guide for Mac * Article about the Douglas Adams Archive
Sponsor for this episode There’s a new show all about the Echo and it’s called, er, The Echo Show. Meet intrepid co-hosts Shaun Preece and Robin Christopherson as they demonstrate and discuss several skills in a weekly podcast that’s a must for everyone who’s dotty about Alexa. Ask the A-lady to “Play The Echo Show”, search for it in your podcatcher of choice or check it out here
In Episode 213 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Clubhouse and contacts
- Holly’s new HomePod Mini
- Screen Recognition and Roll Playing Games
- Blind Drive
- Apple and chargers
- AccessiBe
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Podcast from David Woodbridge on Blind Drive * AccessiBegone * Podcast from Jonathan Mosen on the AccessiBe controversy
In Episode 212 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights experiment with using the Clubhouse app for audience participation. Topics discussed include:
- Follow-up: TikTok
- Follow-up: the Overcast watch app
- improvements to Clubhouse accessibility
- the iMac Pro is no more
- Email and Dynamic Type
- Virtual CSUN
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
In Episode 211 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- follow-up from Darcy: improvements to automations in shortcuts
- Follow-up from Holly: TikTok
- New version of Overcast
- Holly’s new Apple Watch
- Clubhouse
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Holly’s TikTok Duet
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 210 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Eric’s new airPods Max
- MacOS updates
- The end of Call Recorder, and how we react to software going away
- Narrator at 21
- Castro
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * The Mortality of Software * Amadeus Pro * Reaper Accessibility Wiki * Castro
In Episode 209 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple OS updates
- Audio Walks
- Apple TV+ now free until July
- Apple’s Earnings call
- TikTok
- Container Descriptions in VoiceOver
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Page from AppleVis on the braille display bug * page from Six Colors on Apples earnings call
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 208 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- the airPods Max
- Headphone Accommodations
- Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiatives
- Apple Fitness+
- new version of “iOS Access For All”
- Our new tech gadgets
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Blind Alive
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 207 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: People Detection and the Accessibility Shortcut
- Unfortunate VoiceOver bug in the latest version of Slack
- Steve’s new iPad Air
- Darcy’s thoughts on Big Sur
- Steve’s thoughts on HomeKit
- Steve’s thoughts on Reminders
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode There’s a new show all about the Echo and it’s called, er, The Echo Show. Meet intrepid co-hosts Shaun Preece and Robin Christopherson as they demonstrate and discuss several skills in a weekly podcast that’s a must for everyone who’s dotty about Alexa. Ask the A-lady to “Play The Echo Show”, search for it in your podcatcher of choice or check it out here
In Episode 206 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Widgets
- Follow-up: Charlie Brown specials
- Follow-up: Holly and Darcy finished SwiftUI course
- Feedback: Question about a Mac Mini without a display
- Apple only taking 15% on Developer accounts starting next year
- Apple’s new people detection feature
- macOS Big Sur
- Problems with the iPhone 12 and Hearing aids
- Fun with MagSafe
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Charlie Brown Specials airing on PBS * Steve demos the new people detection feature * Steve attempts to attach his iPhone to his fridge
Sponsor for this episode There’s a new show all about the Echo and it’s called, er, The Echo Show. Meet intrepid co-hosts Shaun Preece and Robin Christopherson as they demonstrate and discuss several skills in a weekly podcast that’s a must for everyone who’s dotty about Alexa. Ask the A-lady to “Play The Echo Show”, search for it in your podcatcher of choice or check it out here
In Episode 205 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s “One More Thing” press event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the Event
In Episode 204 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- iPhone pre-orders
- iPhone 12 and 12 Pro
- Apple acquires Peanuts catalog
- “100 Days Of SwiftUI” re-visited
- Widgets
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * 100 Days Of SwiftUI
In Episode 203 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s October press event, where they announced new iPhones, and the new homePod Mini.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 202 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- iOS 14
- watchOS 7
- tvOS 14
- Apple TV Plus show wins an Emmy
- Darcy and Holly’s Progress with the “100 Days Of SwiftUI” course
- Darcy’s new computer
- airPods update and Spacial audio
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 201 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights Discuss Apple’s “Time Flies” event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 200 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights Discuss:
- Josh’s adventures in Retro Computing
- Follow-up: Backtap and phone cases
- The watch Beta
- Eric’s new Orbit Reader 20
- Holly’s new Mac Book Air
- New Apple radio stations
- Darcy and Holly’s progress with the “100 Days Of SwiftUI” course
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 199 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Tech CEOs testify before Congress
- Holly’s Orbit Reader 20 +
- Twitter hack and API improvements
- Apple earnings call news
- Shelly’s interview with Sarah Herrlinger, and Dean Hudson, on the Parallel Podcast
- The “100 Days Of SwiftUI” free online course
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Apple Accessibility interview on the Parallel Podcast * 100 Days of SwiftUI * 100SwiftUIwithVO Twitter hashtag
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 198 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Things we’ve learned from WWDC since the Keynote. Some of which include:
- VoiceOver Recognition
- New airPod Settings
- Magnifier improvements
- Sound recognition
- Unsupported older Macs
- iOS apps on the Mac
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 197 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s 2020 WWDC Keynote event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 196 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Listener Question: the iPad Pro and command-tab
- Follow-up: Fraggle Rock on Apple TV Plus
- Follow-up: The Tot Share Sheet
- Darcy’s new airPods Pro
- Shelly’s new iPad Pro
- New Accessibility Section of the Shortcuts Gallery
- Accessibility of Social Media Content
- Accessibility of “The Last Of Us part 2”
- The Future of Siri
- ChatableApps hearing assistance app
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * 14 accessibility shortcuts from Matthew Cassinelli * Twitter Thread on making more accessible content * Verge article on the accessibility of “The Last Of Us” * Siri article from Mac World * Article from TechCrunchtechcrunch] on the Chatable Hearing Assistance app
In Episode 195 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Tot
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- Apple OS updates
- Audible app strangeness
- Apple and the DOJ
- Rumor: Apple might include earPods with future phones
- Rumor: Apple may license third party content for Apple TV Plus
- Rumor: Apple Glasses
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 194 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: fixing a stuck Orbit Reader dot
- The new 13 inch Mac Book Pro
- Apple announces dates for WWDC
- Robin’s experiences with the new iPad pro
- Google drive app now uses Face Id.
- Tot
- Spectrum Access
- improvements to the Audible app
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 193 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Improvements to Zoom
- the iPhone SE
- The iPad Magic Keyboard
- Buying refurbished Apple products
- Should Apple give discounts to people with disabilities?
- Contact Tracing for Covid-19
- Fraggle Rock
- Zoom Backgrounds
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Follow-up from Tidbits on the improvements to Zoom
In Episode 192 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: The Orbit Readers and braille translation
- Eric’s new iPad
- Holly’s new airPods
- Holly’s new Eero System
- All the Zoom controversies
- Our picks
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Article from TidBitstidbits] on the various Zoom flaws
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 191 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Shelly’s CSUN experiences
- Changes to WWDC
- What’s new with Orbit Research
- New iPads Pro
- the new MacBook Air
- OS updates
- The Graffiti and Comic Books
- Our Picks
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Orbit coverage from Blind Bargains
In Episode 190 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Malware on the Mac
- Robin’s airPod Frustrations
- Are default third-party apps coming to iOS?
- The rumored new iPhone
- Movie villains can’t use iPhones
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 189 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- New iOS bugs
- VoiceDream Reader
- Apple’s Patent on a foldable screen
- Editing with Ferrite
- Envision AI on the Latest Google Glass
- Swift Playgrounds on the Mac
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Video from Jason Snell on editing with Ferrite and the Apple Pencil
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 188 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- iOS 13.3.1 and Smart Invert Color improvements
- the iPad turns ten
- Star Trek Picard and Audio Description
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Post from John Gruber on multi-tasking on the iPad * post from AppleVis on improvements to Smart Invert Colors
In Episode 187 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss
- Fixes in Catalina
- Ringtones with iOS 13
- Problems with Dark Mode and Smart Invert Colors
- FlickType changing their pricing structure
- Our favorite Apple stories of 2019
- Last year’s predictions for 2019
- This year’s predictions for 2020
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode Post from Blind Bargains on the pricing changes for Flicktype
In Episode 186 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Our Apple Grievances
- Robin’s Interview with Sarah Herrlinger
- Apple News Plus
- Notes and Drafts
- Will the Mac Pro come out this year?
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode Episode of the TechShare Procast where Robin interviews Sarah Herrlinger
In Episode 185 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Disney Plus
- The new edition of iOS Access For All
- The new 16 inch Mac book Pro
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Disney Plus Titles with Audio Description * iOS Access For All
In Episode 184 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Shelly’s new Apple Watch
- Shelly’s new Mac Book Pro
- Eric’s new airPods Pro
- Robin’s new smart coffee mug
- MacOs Catalina
- Apple TV Plus
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 183 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- New Features in iOS 13 and watchOS 6
- New Bugs in iOS 13 and watchOS 6
- Robin’s new Mac Book Pro
- Apple Music now works on Alexa devices in Canada
- Upgrading to Catalina
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 182 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- All our new Apple purchases
- Our introductory thoughts on iOS 13 and watchOS 6
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
In Episode 181 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s 2019 Fall press event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the Event
In Episode 180 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The Apple Card
- The recent Siri Controversy
- iOS 13.1
- Streaming Media changes
- Fire Stick Thoughts
- Zoom H1N
- Shelly’s Relay Adventures
- Accessible Lego
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 179 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Robin’s new Eero Router
- Steve’s new Mac Book Pro
- Shelly’s new iPad Pro
- Jony Ive
- Updated Apple Laptops
- Uber Eats VoiceOver bug
- Zoom controversy
- Apple Getting into Podcasting
- Actiview
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 178 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Orbit Reader Update, and Windows Talk
- Darcy’s new Second Gen airPods
- New VoiceOver features in the iOS beta
- Shelly’s new Audio Documentary
- Our Summer Schedule
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * 36 Seconds That Changed Everything * New VO Features
In Episode 177 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights recap Apple’s 2019 WWDC Keynote.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Watch the Keynote
In Episode 176 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Updated WWDC App and WWDC hopes
- Updated MacBook Pros
- Overcast Clips
- Apple Watch ECG feature coming to Canada
- Go Check Kids
- Alexa Guard
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 175 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Accessibility related content on Apple’s Youtube channel
- Lazarillo
- Clew
- Accessible Gaming
- A Game Controller with a braille display and other Microsoft things
- Steve’s new Apple Watch
- Steve tries an iPhone Xr
- An unfortunate accident with an airPod
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * An XBox controller with a braille display * Man swallows airPod
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 174 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Emoji Search
- New Orbit feature
- Apple versus Qualcomm
- The breakup of iTunes
- Shortcuts coming to the Mac
- Disney Plus
- Lego Braille Bricks
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Emoji Search * Article on the Lego Braille Bricks
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 173 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- New Apple hardware
- The Death of airPower
- Voice Dream Scanner
- The News App in Canada and News Plus
- The Accessibility Object Model
- Rocket Emoji
- The Orbit Reader shenanigans
- FaceBook’s response to disabilities
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * The News app discussed on the Parallel Podcast * The Accessibility object Model discussed on Download * Article on the Accessibility Object Model from Axess Lab * Apple’s Knowledge Base article on the Accessibility Object Model * The Rocket Emoji app * the New Orbit Reader Discussion Group * Article from Ability Access on FaceBooks Disability policy
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 172 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s “It’s Show Time” press event.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the Event
In Episode 171 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple announces WWDC dates
- Apple’s March 25th event
- Sale on “iOS Access For All”
- Josh’s new Audio Books
- Micro.blog re-visited
- Eamon Remastered
- Josh’s Apple II Adventures
- The Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup
Links For This Episode * Eamon ReMastered
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 170 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Accessible Swift course material
- Follow-up: The FaceTime bug
- Steve compares iOS 12 with Android P
- Holly’s iMessage rant
- Robin at Mobile World Congress
- Apple at CSUN
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Tactile Swift course material * Reticare
In Episode 169 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The FaceBook Controversy
- The FaceTime Bug
- Apple OS updates
- Apple News in Canada
- Apple’s Everyone Can Code material in Braille
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 168 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss * Josh on the Parallel Podcast * Update to iOS Access for All * Apple Technology on third party televisions * APH at CES * Robin’s favorite things from CES * The Fifteenth anniversary of GarageBand * Seeing AI Re-visited
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Apple’s airPlay page * GarageBand Turns 15 from 512 Pixels
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 167 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights recap 2018 and give our predictions of 2019.
Stories from 2018 * Lower cost braille displays * Smart Speakers and Siri * homePod discounting * the iPhone Xs * The end of the AirPort routers * Apple Pay * Apple watch upgrades * Apple not announcing sales numbers * The new Skype * Auto-fill passwords * Apple Music on Amazon Echo devices * Siri Shortcuts * Apple world’s only 1 Trillion dollar company * Laurel and Yanny
Predictions for 2019 * Self-voicing apps * Improved airPods * The future of the Mac * Apple features that are not available internationally
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 166 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Request for our live stream to be in Tune In
- Apple OS updates
- Apple Music on Alexa devices
- What shortcuts are we using
- Apple’s entrepreneur camp for women
- What we got from Black Friday sales
- Picks
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Emoji Search shortcut * Vimvip airPod Strap * Elago airPod Doc * Elago Apple Watch stand
In Episode 165 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss
- Group FaceTime
- Reactions to Apple’s latest products
- No headphone jack on the new iPad Pro
- Apple’s OS updates
- Shelly’s iPhone Xr
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * John Gruber’s iPhone Xr review * Marco Arment’s Mac Mini review * Jason Snell’s Mac Mini review * Jason Snell’s MacBook Air Review * John Gruber’s MacBook Air review * John Gruber’s iPad Pro review * Marco Arment’s iPad Pro review
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 164 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights Discuss Apple’s October press event, where Apple announced:
- A New MacBook Air
- A new Mac Mini
- new iPads Pro
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the event.
In Episode 163 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Switching between iOS keyboards
- Follow-up: Darcy’s watch battery
- Follow-up: Darcy’s and Holly’s activity competition
- Follow-up: The News app on Mojave
- Follow-up: The Orbit Reader in the UK
- Eric’s new iPhone
- screentime
- auto fill passwords
- Our favorite shortcuts
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Emoji Search shortcut * AppleVis podcast on Siri Shortcuts * The Automators podcast * Super Computer podcast * Matthew Cassinelli’s Youtube channel
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 162 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- New Apple purchases
- Mojave
- Siri Shortcuts
- watchOS 5
- Walkie-Talkie
- Activity Competitions
- iOS Access For All update
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * iOS 12, the Mac Stories review * Mac OS Mojave, The Ars Technica review * The Shortcuts User Guide
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 161 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s September 12 press event. Apple announced: The Apple Watch series 4, the iPhone Xs, and the iPhone Xr.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode Watch apple’s event.
In Episode 160 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights primarily discuss Apple’s upcoming announcements. They also briefly talk about the firmware updates to the Airport express, and they have a lengthy discussion about keyboards.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 159 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Updates to Audio Hijack
- More on Dark Mode
- iOS beta Shortcuts and Photos
- The Braille Me Braille display
- The FlickType Third-Party Keyboard
- Shelly’s CMD-D session
- The next episode of the Parallel Podcast
- The Dot To Dot Podcast
- Our Summer Hiatus
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Direct link to Braille Me demonstration from Mystic Access and Accessible World * The Braille Me page from National Braille Press * A WWDC Session on Dark Mode * Another WWDC Session on Dark Mode * A third WWDC Session on Dark Mode * Shelly’s CMD-D session video * All CMD-D Session Videos
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 158 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss
- Swimming with the Apple Watch
- Twitch
- The TV app
- The Apple TV and HomeKit
- The Jitterbug phone and Apple’s Guided Access
- Accessibility at WWDC
- Live Listen
- iOS Shortcuts
- Dark Mode
- Shelly’s accessibility coverage rant
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Article from Steven Aquino on accessibility at WWDC * Article from Mac Stories on iOS Shortcuts * Article from 512 Pixels on Mac OS Dark Mode * Second Place Accessibility Writer
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 157 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s WWDC keynote.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the Keynote
In Episode 156 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Laurel or Yanny
- Brainstorm or Green Needle
- Vocals where none exist
- Apple’s fleet of Self-driving vans
- The Orbit Reader may be back on sale in the US
- WWDC Predictions
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * The Texas Standard on Laurel and Yanny * Jason Snell on what he’d like to see in iOS 12
In Episode 155 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Changes to the show production
- Google Duplex and Google Lookout
- Microsoft fund for AI and accessibility
- Apple improves indoor maps for airports and malls
- The 20th anniversary of the iMac
- youdescribe.org
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * The Auphonic Leveler * Demo of Google Duplex * Article about Google Lookout * Article about Apple indoor maps improvements * Article about Microsoft Accessibility
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 154 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Holly finally has her Orbit
- More on Micro.blog
- The end of the Airport routers
- Flicktype Revisited
- The Accessible Object Model
- Apple patent for head mount device
- Accessibility of Pinterest
- Land of Livia
- Project Marzipan
- Huboodle
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Micro.blog * Josh’s Micro.blog site * Explanation of the AOM * Original article about Project Marzipan * Article about Pinterest accessibility
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 153 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Holly’s Orbit update
- Apple Pay annoyances
- Shelly at CSUN
- iPhone battery health
- VoiceOver and the word “Emoji”
- Mac OS and 32 bit apps
- Smart Invert Colours in Safari
- Audio Description in public
- Audio Description in iTunes
- Twitter and API changes
- Flicktype
- ABBYY FineReader
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Apps Of A Feather * FlickType
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 152 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights primarily discuss Apple’s education event. We also briefly talk about the Proposed disability related emoji, and a Keyboard patent from Apple.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the event * Article about the keyboard patent from Apple Insider
In Episode 151 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Holly’s Orbit Reader Woes
- John’s HomePod
- Micro.blog
- Texas School for the Blind students learning to code
- The death of Stephen Hawking
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Shelly’s radio segment on blind students learning to code * the HomePod User Guide * Micro.blog * Josh’s Micro.blog site * Apple’s Everyone Can Code site
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 150 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The end of Nicecast
- Microsoft’s Soundscape app
- The end of Twitter for Mac
- Twitterrific for Mac
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Post from Rogue Amoeba on the end of Nicecast
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 149 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Orbit Reader follow-up
- Windows on the Mac
- Apple’s future Software Strategy
- Robin’s new Apple Watch
- Various apple accessories
- The new Youtube app is self-voicing
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Mark Gurman on Apple’s Software Strategy * Twist-O-Flex Expansion Band for Apple Watch * airPod Charging Dock * Knockoff Modern Buckle Apple Watch band * Apple Watch Charging Dock
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 148 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Orbit reader is on sale
- Josh’s Orbit Reader
- HomePod
- iOS 11.3
- The Snow Leopard Moment
- More on Skype accessibility
- iPhone rumors
- HQ Trivia
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 147 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Scrivener for Mac with Josh De Lioncourt
- The new Skype
- Forecast
- Homekit
- Amazon Prime Video
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode Scrivener for Mac
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 146 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Updates to Seeing AI
- Blindfold Games and the App Store
- The iPhone battery Saga
- New version of iOS Access For All
- Tech likes from last year, and hopes for this year
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode iOS Access for All
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 145 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Various Apple Updates
- Apple Pay Cash
- Improved Text Recognition
- The Canute Braille Display
- watchOS 4.2
- Updates to tvOS and MacOs
- Assistive Touch
- The Amazon Video app for Apple TV
- Darcy’s new Amazon Echo
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode The Roundtable is brought to you this week by Dot to Dot, a podcast for Amazon Alexa users. Find it here.
In Episode 144 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss
- Eric’s new iPhone X
- Operating System updates
- Siri and Accessibility Shortcut with a Home Button
- Major improvements to Overcast
- Twitter changes
- Why Use Direct Touch Typing?
- Why get an Amazon Echo?
- Alexa and Sonos
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Jonathan Mosen’s IPhone X Getting Started Guide
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 143 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss
- Robin and Direct Touch Typing
- Using a sound to announce links
- iPhone X
- new smart speakers
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 142 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- iOS mail rotor bug
- VoiceOver crashes and freezes
- Do Not Disturb while driving
- Apple TV Follow-up
- Smart Invert Colors
- Improved PDF support in High Sierra
- Problems with Split Tap
- Double Tap to end a call
- Holly’s new Apple Watch
- Notification problems
- Twitterrific for Mac
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 141 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- What new things have we bought or are we buying
- iOS 11
- watchOS 4
- tvOS 11
- MacOs High Sierra
- The new VoiceOver section in the iOS app store
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * What’s new in iOS accessibility from Applevis * iOS 11 The Mac Stories Review * High Sierra: the Ars Technica Review * Akwox Silicone Apple TV remote case
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 140 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s September press event. Topics in the event include:
- Apple Watch Series 3
- Apple TV 4K
- iPhone 8
- iPhone X
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the Keynote
In Episode 139 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
- airPod feedback
- Upcoming Apple event
- Robin’s new Watch stand
- Home button rumors
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * airPod Siri commands * article from Six Colors on the home button rumors * get the Elago watch stand in the UK, the US or Canada
In Episode 138 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- iPhone and iOS Rumors
- What would compel you to buy a new iPhone
- The Eclipse
- Shelly at the CMD-D Conference
- Darcy’s airPods
- What Macs we have and why
- The rumored LTE Apple Watch
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode Eclipse Links * Press release from the Audio Description Project * Eclipse Soundscapes on the App Store * ACB Link on the App Store
Scripting and Automation Links * Applescript 1-2-3 on the iBooks store * Mac Os Automation * Omni Group Automation * Applescript Language Guide
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 137 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights are joined by Saqib and Eugene from Microsoft to discuss Seeing AI.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Seeing AI web site * Microsoft Accessibility on Twitter
In Episode 136 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Is the Orbit reader 20 for Braille power users?
- new versions of the Apple Operating Systems
- Microsoft’s PathGuide app
- Microsoft’s Seeing AI
- iPad changes in iOS 11: are they compelling?
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 135 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple betas
- Dark Mode or Smart Invert Colors
- Tenth anniversary of the iPhone
- Apple TV and the AirPods
- Orbit Reader finally being sold
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Robin’s Article about dark mode * Dan Moren’s Article: After Ten Years, Where Does the iPhone Go Next * The One Device excerpt from The Verge
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 134 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: WWDC
- VoiceOver can read text inside images
- Drag and Drop with VoiceOver
- airPod changes in iOS 11 and Holly’s new airPods
- Unfortunate news about the Orbit Reader 20
- Twitter question: Latency in airPods
- Audio Description updates
- Shelly’s new iPad Pro
- watchOS 4
- Twitterrific for Mac
- Type to Siri
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * From AppleVis: What’s new in Apple accessibility * From ACB: List of Amazon described videos
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 133 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights Recap Apple’s 2017 WWDC Keynote.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Links For This Episode * Watch the Keynote
In Episode 132 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple and Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- Apple’s new vice president of diversity and inclusion
- Update on the Orbit Reader
- Our ranking of the five biggest tech companies
- WWDC rumors and predictions
- Apple Park
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 131 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Workflow updates
- Follow-up: Prizmo Go
- Desktop and Documents in Sierra
- Is the Apple Watch a good app platform?
- Is Amazon Prime Video coming to Apple TV?
- Beats 1
- New Amazon Echo devices
- Rumor about the Touch ID sensor on new iPhones
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Robin Christopherson
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 130 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple’s Environmental Responsibilities report
- Prizmo Go
- Airfoil Satellite TV
- Crafting Kingdom
- The Amazon Echo Look
- What we’d like to see from WWDC
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Lisa Jackson on the Talk Show * Prizmo review from Mac Stories * Prizmo on the App Store
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Bonus Episode 6 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights are joined by Robin Christopherson of the Dot to Dot Podcast. They have an in depth discussion of the Amazon echo, and the various skills that go along with it.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Special guest on this episode: * Robin Christopherson
In Episode 129 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- follow-up: workflow
- New Maccessibility Web Site
- Orbit Reader update
- New Mac Pros
- iTunes podcasts turning into Apple podcasts: what does it mean for iTunes
- Apple and Diabetes Sensors
- 64 bit only in iOS 11
- Netflix Downloads and Audio Description
- Holly’s new iPhone case
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * David Sparks on Workflow * Transcript of Mac Pro meeting * Holly’s iPhone case
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 128 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple Hardware Updates
- Apple Software Updates
- Two Factor Authentication
- Find My AirPods
- Updated iWork Apps
- Problems with the Podcasts App
- Follow-up: Movie Rentals
- Apple Acquires Workflow
- Shelly’s New Toy
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 127 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- New Format and Time Change
- follow-up: Twitterrific for Mac
- follow-up: Overcast
- David Pogue Article on VoiceOver
- Shelly at CSun
- Holly’s phone and Haptic Feedback
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode David Pogue’s article on VoiceOver
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 126 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Follow-up: Logic
- WWDC dates
- Updates to Overcast
- Twitter changes
- Movie rentals and Apple’s accessibility line
- Apple and USB C Rumors
- The Magic Keyboard
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese
Links For This Episode * the Twitter Blog
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 125 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Twitterrific Kickstarter campaign
- Blue Apron accessibility
- The Movie of the Day app
- Shelly’s trip to the ATIA conference
- Apple Pay on the web
- ride sharing apps
- Logic Pro 10 accessibility
- The Apple store and pre-orders
- The TV app
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Twitterrific on Kickstarter * Blue Apron * the Movie of the Day app
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 124 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The Touchbar and Zoom
- Eric’s Airpods
- Logic and Garageband updates
- Darcy’s Apple Watch
- the Scrivener sale
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup
Links For This Episode * Touchbar demo from James Rath * Scrivener homepage
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 123 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Josh’s new AirPods
- Shelly’s new Echo Dot
- Josh’s new MacBook Pro with TouchBar
- Apple in 2016
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode From Chuq Von Rospach: Apple’s 2016 in Review
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 122 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The future of Apple’s Airport wifi routers
- The future of automation on the Mac
- Vinyl restoration on the Mac
- The MacBook Pro
- Holly has ApplePay!
- Durability of Lightning EarPods
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 121 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- More on the new MacBook Pros
- the future of the Mac line
- Paypal and Siri
- Accessibility of the Bank of America app
- Apple News and ads
- the Apple TV and app links
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * From Marco Arment: A World Without the Mac Pro
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 120 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s October 27th press event.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
In Episode 119 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Darcy’s iPhone 7
- Airpods and adjusting Volume
- Speak Screen
- iOS Access for All
- a round of picks
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Picks Holly’s Pick Sleeperbot Fantasy Football by Blitz Studios
Josh’s picks * CARROT Sticker Pack by Grailr LLC * Hockey Sticker Set by Bob Pluss * iMore Sticker Pack by Mobile Nations * The Incomparable Stickers by Jason Snell * Cookie Monster Stickers by Sesame Street
Darcy’s pick Huffduffer
Shelly’s Pick Transit • Real-Time App for Bus, Subway & Metro by Transit App, Inc.
Other Links For This Episode * iOS Access for All * Election Profit makers
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 118 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss: our new iPhones, and macOS Sierra
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s perfectly Posh. Perfectly Posh is a line of skin care products with naturally based ingredients that are good for your skin and designed to pamper. To learn more or to order visit my website. If you don’t feel comfortable ordering online, feel free to get in touch with me. My twitter is listed above.
In Episode 117 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- iPhone pre-orders
- iOS 10
- our further thoughts on Airpods
- watchOS 3
- tvOS and low vision accessibility
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Briley O’Connor * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode iOS 10: The MacStories Review
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 116 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s September 7 press event.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode Watch Apple’s event
In Episode 115 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss: The upcoming Apple event, five years of Tim Cook’s Apple, and subscription pricing for software
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 114 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Shelly’s Twitter Rejection
- The “Orbit Reader 20” braille display
- The Apple TV Remote app
We then end the podcast with a round of picks.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Picks for this episode * Josh: Scrivener for iOS * Holly: Timecrest * Shelly: DragThing * Eric: All Access * Darcy: Grid-It
Additional Links For This Episode * The Orbit Reader 20 braille display * Josh’s Go Bag
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 113 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- John’s thoughts on the NFB resolution
- Sonos and Plex
- Scrivener for iOS
- Pokémon Go
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * John’s article about the NFB resolution * Scrivener for iOS * Pokémon Go on the Wikipedia * Pokémon Go and accessibility
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 112 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Public betas are now available
- Apple versus Spotify
- The NFB resolution
- Apple gets award from ACB
- Shelly’s iPod Touch screen repair
- Bespecular
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Blog post about the NFB resolution from Michael Hansen at Applevis * Blog post about the NFB resolution from Jonathan Mosen * Information on the ACB award from Applevis * Bespecular
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In Episode 111 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss: Apple pay and ATMs, some Apple Watch complication discoveries, and what we’ve learned from WWDC since the Keynote.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 110 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s 2016 WWDC keynote presentation. Updates were announced for:
- watchOS
- macOS
- tvOS
- iOS
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
In Episode 109 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Siri Rumours
- what we expect from WWDC
- Marco Arments blog post on Apple’s future
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Marco Arment’s Blog post
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 108 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple’s Audio Description Room US Only!
- Scrivener for iOS
- Apple Pay in Canada
- Who is using Apple Pay
- Time’s top 50 Gadgets of all time
- Our picks for top accessibility gadgets of all time
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Apple’s Audio Description Room US Only! * Time’s Top 50 Gadgets of all time
Sponsor for this episode The roundtable is brought to you this week by Monkeys Took My Jetpack. Find it at mtmjetpack.com
In Episode 107 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss: Josh’s iPhone 7 theory, Apple and UI design, WWDC and What we’re reading.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Article from Fast Company about Apple and Design
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s Perfectly Posh. Learn about perfectly Posh, and order products at www.hollysposh.com
In Episode 106 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights primarily discuss the Amazon Fire Tablet. Additional topics include:
- Financial software on the Mac
- Uploading to web forms with iCloud Drive
- Calculator Pro for iPad Free
- Activity++
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * activity++ * Calculator Pro for iPad Free * Banktivity
Sponsor for this episode This episode is brought to you by Holly’s Perfectly Posh. Learn about perfectly Posh, and order products at www.hollysposh.com
In Episode 105 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Apple software updates
- Shelly’s trip to CSUN
- Moving away from Google
- The Amazon Fire Tablet
- Alt Tags in Twitter
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Blind Bargains Podcasts * Twitter’s Blog post on alt tags * the Amazon Fire
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 104 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s March 21 press event.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Apple’s event page
In Episode 103 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Josh’s apple watch,
- the new netflix app for iOS,
- the disney anywhere app with audio description,
- facebook’s accessibility of the new react feature, and the new image descriptions,
- The QZ app,
- Apple’s fight with the FBI
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * The disney anywhere app, * The qz app, * 2 in 1 Apple Watch bamboo charging stand
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 102 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss: Error 53, Apple and privacy, The Mac App Store, and the Apple TV 3 months later.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Apple’s Error 53 support page * Apple’s Customer Letter from Tim Cook * Rogue Amoeba’s Blog post on the Mac App Store
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 101 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Is the quality of Apple’s software declining?
- Are iPad sales down, and what does it mean?
- Pixar’s new video description app
- What would we like to see from Apple this year.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese
Links For This Episode * Walt Mossberg on Apple’s App problems * John Gruber’s response to the Mossberg piece * Above Avalon on iPad Mini sales * Article about the Pixar app
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 100 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The Ferrite Audio Editor for iOS
- Music Memos
- The headphone jack controversy
- The end of ad supported iTunes Radio
- What Apple products we’re looking forward to in 2016.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Cara Quinn
Links For This Episode * Ferrite * Music Memos * Serenity Caldwell on Music Memos
Sponsor for this episode Geekology, a pop-culture podcast where we geek out about all things awesome. Find us on the web at geekologyshow.com or @geekologyshow on twitter.
In Episode 99 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights pick some of their favorite software and hardware.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Picks for this episode Holly’s picks * Twitter for Mac * Blindfold Color Crush
Darcy’s picks * Drafts * Star Trek Transporter Pad LED coasters
Shelly’s picks * Textastic * Apple’s Notes app
Eric’s picks * TimeBuzz * Blindfold Air Hockey
Steve’s picks * iReg for Apple Watch * Aipoly Vision * Apple Smart Battery Case
Links For This Episode * Steve’s iReg demo * Script for importing Evernote content into the Notes app
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 98 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss: Apple’s new Christmas Commercial, and all the software updates that came out this week. We also each pick our top Apple story of the year.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 97 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights primarily discuss the new Apple TV. Other topics include:
- Shelly’s new podcast series
- The new iPad Pro
- a problem with Netflix, Audio description and the new Apple TV
- The Plex Media server
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Shelly’s new Podcast * A forum thread on AppleVis on the Netflix problem * The Wikipedia page for Plex
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 96 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss: the new Apple TV, Apple’s quarterly earnings call, and the updated iWork apps
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Apple TV review from Universal Mind
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 95 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- iOS 9 and El Capitan after a few weeks of use
- Version 2 of Overcast
- New Apple Hardware
- Various iOS Twitter clients
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Overcast * Steven Levy on the new Apple Hardware
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, from Audible, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 94 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- The long awaited update to Night Owl/YoruFukurou
- ApplePay
- watchOS 2
- Mac OS El Capitan
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 93 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss iOS 9, Apple’s latest operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * The iOS review from Mac Stories
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 92 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s September ninth press event. In the event, Apple announced several new products including: the iPad Pro, the new Apple TV, and the iPhone 6s and 6S+.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 91 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- the new version of the KNFB Reader
- Shelly’s Apple adventures in San Francisco
- portability versus power in Apple products
- accessibility of Apple’s Logic app
- content blockers on the web
- Apple’s Diversity report
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Blind Logic * The Logic page from I Can Work This Thing * blog post from Marco Arment: The Ethics of Modern Web Ad Blocking * Ghostery
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 90 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Should iTunes be rewritten from the ground up
- Some good and bad things about Apple Music
- Audio books now in the iBooks app
- Comics Empower: a new site that produces comic books for the visually impaired
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 89 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights revisit the topic of Apple Music, followed by a round of picks.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Picks * Darcy: Fopydo Scanning tand for the Blind * Shelly: VarioUltra 20 * Holly: Your Story * Josh: DuoLingo * Steve: Seven * Eric: Seeing Eye GPS
Additional Links For This Episode * Jim Dalrymple’s Blog post on Apple Music * Jim’s followup * Shelly’s Blog post on the iPod Touch * Episode of the Fashionability podcast on the Seven Minute Workout
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 88 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights briefly discuss the two American blindness conventions, followed by an extensive discussion of Apple Music
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Steve Sawczyn’s Blog * Apple Music: The Ultimate Guide, from iMore
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 87 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss:
- WWDC two weeks later
- The Workflow app winning an Apple Design Award for accessibility
- a new section of the iOS app store highlighting apps supporting VoiceOver
- Apple winning a Helen Keller Achievement Award
- and Apple Music.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Apple Design Awards * Helen Keller Achievement Awards
Sponsor for this episode This episode is sponsored by iOS Access for All, a book by Shelly Brisbin. Learn to use your iPhone or iPad accessibly. Get it at iosaccessbook.com.
In Episode 86 of The Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast, our knights discuss Apples Keynote presentation, which kicks off their 2015 Worldwide Developer conference.
Topics include: * Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan * iOS 9 * watchOS 2 * Apple Music
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 85 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: Watch OS 1.0.1, a VoiceOver text editing bug in iOS, and our predictions for the next versions of iOS and OS X.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 84 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights Primarily discuss the Apple Watch. Topics include:
- Eric’s initial Watch impressions
- The Overcast Watch app
- battery life
- current VoiceOver bugs
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Sponsor for this episode Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 83 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: more described content on Netflix, Microsoft Office with VoiceOver Support, iOS Home screen preferences, and 1 week with the Apple Watch.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * List of described content from Netflix
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 82 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: OS X and iOS updates, Video description on Netflix, and demoing the Apple Watch.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Briley O’Connor * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * [The Netflix blog post on Audio Description * David Woodbridge’s review of the Apple Watch * [Alex Jurgensen’s article on using Apple Watch demo units with VoiceOver
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 81 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: Periscope, two-factor authentication, and the new biography becoming Steve Jobs
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Periscope * Explanation of two-factor authentication from the 1Password blog * official site for Becoming Steve Jobs
Sponsor for this episode Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 80 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Is there official confirmation of AppleWatch accessibility?
- the AppleWatch Edition
- iOS apps we want on the mac, and Vice Versa
- Google’s new iOS apps
- priorities and compromises when buying a computer
- a special bonus topic
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin * Cara Quinn
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 3 of The Maccessibility Inside The Box Podcast, we are joined by Jason snell. Topics discussed include: Apple’s commitment to accessibility, the Spring Forward event, and Star Trek.
Regulars on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Holly Anderson * Shelly Brisbin
Special Guest * Jason Snell
Links For This Episode * The Incomparable * Six Colors * Upgrade * Clockwise
Sponsor for this episode Haven Lost, the first volume in the new epic fantasy series the Dragon’s Brood Cycle, is available for Kindle, iBooks, as a paperback, or from other book retailers.
In Episode 79 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss Apple’s March 9th press event. The podcast was recorded immediately following the event.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Apple’s event page
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 78B of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss some apps they’ve been using lately
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Apps discussed in This Episode * Workflow * Voice Dream Writer * Drafts * Transmit * Prompt * KNFB Reader
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 78a of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss the new Flipboard web site, and what it means for accessibility. This is the first of a two part episode. In part 2, we discuss some apps we’ve been trying.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * John Gruber’s post on Flipboard accessibility * Steve Faulkner’s post on Flipboard Accessibility
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 77 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: iTunes home sharing, the iPad air 2, Audio Hijack 3, and the end of TUAW.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 76 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: VoiceOver on the Apple Watch, Be My Eyes, Fiery Feeds, Voice Dream Writer, and Audio Hijack 3
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Be My Eyes * Voice Dream Writer * Fiery Feeds * Audio Hijack 3 * Jonathan Mosen’s demo of Audio Hijack
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 75 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: the new edition of Shelly’s Book, and Marco Arment’s “Functional High Ground” blog post. They end the show with some podcast picks.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Briley O’Connor * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * iOS Access for All * From Marco Arment: Apple Has Lost the Functional High Ground * From Daniel Jalkut: The Functional High Ground * From Marco Arment: What It’s Like to be Way too Popular for a Day * From John Gruber: Apple and Eras of Flux * From Craig Hockenberry: Death By a Thousand Cuts * From Glenn Fleishman: The Software and Services Apple Needs to Fix
Podcasts mentioned on this episode * The Rebound * The Audio Guide to Babylon 5 * Fashionability * Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tips For Better Writing * Radiolab * This Is That from CBC Radio * Wiretap with Jonathan Goldstein * Analog(ue) * Clockwise * IRL Talk * Just the Tip * Ask Me Another from NPR * Stuff to Blow Your Mind * The Birth, Baby, and Life Podcast * Serial * The Dudley and Bob Morning show from KLBJ * The New York Times Book Review Podcast * Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast * The Warner Archive Collection Podcast * Movies for the Blind * The Mark and Linda Podcast * The DVD Weekly Podcast * Window to the Magic
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 74 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: Apple and accessibility, experiences at Apple retail stores and the Apple Watch. They then proceed to describe their iOS home screen layouts. They end with a round of picks.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * John Panarese * Shelly Brisbin
Picks For This Episode * Trivia Crack * Nex1 iPhone Case * Weather Radio * Dark Sky * Dash for Mac * KNFB Reader
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 73 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss:
- Holly’s new iPhone 6 Plus,
- Steve’s new iPhone 6,
- Shelly’s new iPod Nano,
- Josh’s new iPad Air 2,
- and iPhone gripping techniques.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 72 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: iOS 8.1, Apple Pay, Yosemite, iTunes, and xCode accessibility. We end with a demo from Steve Sawczyn on Direct Touch Typing.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Post from Josh on xCode accessibility * Josh’s blog * Steve’s blog post on Direct Touch Typing
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 71 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: Apple’s October 16th press event, iPad pricing and Mac OS X Yosemite
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Apple’s Press Event * Apple’s iPad page * Apple’s Yosemite Page
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 70 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights share their new phone acquisition stories, and continue talking about iOS 8.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 69 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: the end of Macworld Magazine, the KNFB Reader app, and iOS 8.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Briley O’Connor * Steve Sawczyn * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Six Colors Jason Snell’s new web site * KNFB Reader on the app store * Apple’s iOS page * The iOS 8 review from Ars Technica * The review of the messages app from Mac Stories
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 68 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss the latest Apple Press Event, which included announcements of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Apple Pay and the Apple Watch. We end the show by playing a song from Jonathan Man.
Knights on this episode: * Josh De Lioncourt * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * Shelly Brisbin
Links For This Episode * Apple’s September 2014 Keynote * Jonathan Mann’s Web Site * Apple Watch: The Musical
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 67 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights primarily discuss games and Twitter apps.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Steve Sawczyn
Links For This Episode * TW Blue * [Crossly][itunes2] * Timehop
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 66 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss several small topics, including: updates to 1Password and Launchbar, Unified English Braille, and Apple’s forthcoming press event. We finish off with a round of picks.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * MJ Phoenix * Briley O’Connor
Links For This Episode * Article about 1Password and iOS 8 * Mastering the Macintosh with VoiceOver * The Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast * HT Professional Recorder * Yo.tv * Bible App * DIRECTV
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 65 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights: revisit the NFB Resolution, discuss the forthcoming Yosemite Public Beta, and give our initial thoughts of Overcast.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * MJ Phoenix * Briley O’Connor * John Panarese
Links For This Episode * Yosemite Public Beta article from Macworld * Yosemite public beta article from the 1Password blog * Overcast
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 64 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: The Recent NFB Resolution concerning Apple and Accessible Apps, the forthcoming KNFB Reader app for iOS, and possible issues with iOS 7.1.2.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup * MJ Phoenix * Briley O’Connor
Links For This Episode * Text of the Resolution from the AppleVis site * App Accessibility article from Apple Insider * App Accessibility article from Marco Arment * App Accessibility article from iMore * App Accessibility article from Jonathan Mosen * Response to the resolution from NFB’s president
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 63 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: Josh’s new book, the accessibility of the Sonos app, and a recent episode of the Developing Perspective Podcast which focussed on Accessibility. We end the episode with a round of picks.
Knights on this episode: * Darcy Burnard * Holly Anderson * Eric Troup
Picks from this episode * Rising Star * The McD app * Melt
Other links from this episode * Monkeys Took My Jetpack * BlindGeek Adventures * The Darcy and Holly Show * The Screenless Switchers Podcast * Geekology * The Dragon’s Brood Cycle * Sonos * Developing Perspective episode on Accessibility
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In Episode 40 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights look back on five years of VoiceOver on iOS, and look forward to what’s in store in iOS 8.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In episode 61 of the Round Table, our knights discuss Apple’s WWDC keynote announcements.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In this bonus episode, we take a look at the Refreshabraille 18 and Braille support in general on OS X and iOS. Holly Anderson discusses both pros and cons of using Braille with Apple operating systems.
In this bonus episode, we chat with Shelly Brisbin about her forthcoming book iOS Access For All: Your Comprehensive Guide to Accessibility for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Shelly discusses the books contents, its genesis, and the work and research that has gone into its development.
You can pre-order a copy from the official website.
In this episode, our knights discuss the possibility of larger screens on iPhones, our wish lists for WWDC, and more.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, makers of audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In this bonus episode of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, we get a chance to talk with Chris Snyder of Audio Eyes about their Web event on May the 14. Audio Eyes is one of the providers of Audio Described content in the United States, and the event will give people an Opportunity to see first hand how the process of describing video works. You can contact Audio Eyes at their Web Site, on FaceBook, on Twitter, or on Youtube.
In this episode of the Round Table, our knights discuss a few notes in the news and make some software and hardware recommendations.
- Data Rescue
- Tweetings for iPhone
- VI Talk
- Wifi Explorer
- Textual
- Abco Tech Hybrid Waterproof Speaker
- FitBit Zip and FitBit for iOS
- Uber
- MenuWeather
The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio entertainment for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In this bonus episode of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, we get a chance to talk with Kevin Shaw of Zagga Entertainment, a new company that is planning a video on demand service consisting of described content. They are raising the funds to do this by means of an Indiegogo campaign. If you would like more information about this, you’re welcome to contact Zagga Entertainment at their web site, on FaceBook or on Twitter.
In this episode of the Round Table, our knights discuss the HeartBleed vulnerability, password management, LaunchBar, and more.
- HeartBleed Bug
- LaunchBar
- 2048 Game
- Scrivener
- OnePassword
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, makers of audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In this bonus episode, we have a chance to chat with the masterminds behind 64 Ounce Games. 64 Ounce Games is a company using this KickStarter project to fund their goal of producing kits to make a wide variety of tabletop games accessible to those who are blind or visually impaired.
The KickStarter campaign runs until 24/April/2014, so please consider backing the cause.
In episode 57 of the Round Table, our knights discuss iPhone battery issues, the BlueTooth keyboard bug in iOS 7.1, Microsoft Office for iPad, iWork, and philosophies regarding accessibility and differing opinions on how to advocate for it.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of accessible audio games on Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In this episode, our knights discuss iOS 7.1 with VoiceOver and the accessibility of Microsoft OneNote for Mac.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of audio games for Mac, iOS, and Windows.
In episode 55 of the Round Table, we are joined once again by Shelly Brisbin to discuss the changes in iOS 7.1 for low-vision users.
You can find out more about Shelly at her blog or check out her forthcoming book iOS Access For All.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, makers of audio games for Mac, Windows, and iOS.
In episode 54 of the Round Table, our knights discuss Mac OS X 10.9.2 accessibility and other improvements, iCloud security, wish lists for future iOS updates, and more.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high quality audio games for Mac, Windows, and iOS.
In episode 53 of the Round Table, our knights discuss Marco Zehe’s blog post about his decision to switch back to Windows. We also get a brief update from MJ Phoenix on her continued experiences using the Kindle Fire.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, makers of high quality audio games for Mac, Windows, and iOS. Check out DoItWrite, a fun way to learn to use VoiceOver’s handwriting function on iOS devices.
In episode 52 of the Round Table, our knights discuss the new UnRead RSS Reader for iPhone, backup solutions, the ongoing Fleksy debate, and Sendero GPS. You can use this link to BackBlaze to try out and sign up for the service, as well as support Maccessibility at the same time.
- Unread
- BackBlaze
- Sendero GPS
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of audio games and educational tools for the blind and visually impaired. Check out its assortment of Mac, iOS, and Windows software titles at DracoEnt.com.
In episode 51 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss experiences with Kindle Fire and Android accessibility, the controversy surrounding the release of Fleksy VO, and make some software and hardware recommendations. Steve Sawczyn returns to the Round Table, too!
- MV-Dev on Google Groups
- Fleksy blog post – posted by Fleksy after this episode was recorded.
- Omnifocus for iPhone
- Grammar Girl app
- British History Podcast app
- Say the Same Thing
- SpellStack
- VoiceDreamReader
- Homebrew
- Soundsticks
Our next show will be streamed live on 05/February/2014 at 12:00 pm EST. Tune in and interact with us live during the show on Twitter, using the hashtag #VOLive.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, makers of computerized audio entertainment and games for the blind or visually impaired. Check out their selection of app titles for Mac, Windows, and iOS!
In this episode of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss an app to turn your smart phone into a virtual white cane, Apple 2 emulation, and the pros and cons of the two primary forms of navigation in iOS.
- Virtual White Cane article
- Apple 2 Emulation with Speech
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of fun and exciting games for iOS, OS X, and Windows. Check out DoItWrite for iPhone, available now!
In episode 49 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss Pages accessibility on Mac and iOS, the DoItWrite app, and make some software and hardware recommendations.
- Audio Book Converter
- Scrivener
- Freeq
- Huffduffer
- Screen Locked
- Logitech Ultra Thin Keyboard Folio for iPad mini
- Choice of Games
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of high-quality audio games for iOS, OS 10, and Windows. Learn to draw letters with VoiceOver’s handwriting feature, and then blast them out of the sky with DoItWrite for iPhone, available now in the iOS App Store. To find out more about audio games for Mac and Windows, visit DracoEnt.com.
In this episode of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss the TapTapSee subscription model , the iPhone 5S, and more.
This episode of the Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, with exciting audio games for the blind and visually impaired on iOS, Mac OS X, and Windows.
In episode 47 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss Mavericks, some follow up on the BARD app for iOS, the accessibility of iWork, and the accessibility wholes in iBooks for OS X.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment. Check out exciting audio games for Mac and Windows.
In episode 46 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss the announcements from Apple’s October event, including the new iPadAir, iPad mini with retina, Mavericks, and more.
- Take Control Books
- DollyDrive
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, makers of exciting audio games for Mac and Windows.
In this episode of the Round Table, our knights discuss further the good and the bad of iOS 7, as well as take a look at the BARD Mobile app for iOS.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment. Check out great audio games for Mac and Windows.
In episode 44 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, we are joined by special guest Shelly Brisbin, podcaster and author of the upcoming iOS Access for All — Your comprehensive guide to accessibility for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, to discuss iOS 7, new features of VoiceOver, and how the new design impacts low-vision users.
- iOS Access for All — Your comprehensive guide to accessibility for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch — by Shelly Brisbin
- Maccessibility Review of VoiceOver in iOS 7
- Shelly Brisbin
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, bringing you a variety of exciting audio games for Mac and Windows.
In episode 43 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss recent additions to AppleTV, Holly’s new game addiction, and have a spirited debate on Kindle accessibility and the proposed exemption for e-readers.
- Blackbar
- Article on e-reader exemptions
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment. Check out their exciting audio games for Mac and Windows.
In Episode 42 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights give some hardware and software picks.
- MJ’s picks
- Downcast for Mac
- MenuWeather
- John’s Picks
- Solara
- All Access Talking Menus
- Darcy’s Picks
- BlindSquare
- Aftershokz Headphones
- Eric’s Picks
- Taxi Magic
- Camp Myth
- Holly’s Picks
- 6 Numbers
- 4 Down
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment
In Episode 40 of The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss: SpeedDots Screen Protectors, more on MBraille, The Seeing Eye GPS app, Logic Pro X, and MainStage.
Links mentioned in this episode: * The Darcy and Holly Show * The Screenless Switchers Podcast * Life Without Sight * Ride With No Eyes * Blind Spots * Monkeys Took My Jetpack * buymysingle.com * As You Were * iOS Seminars from the NFB Convention * Speeddots Screen Protectors * MBraille * Seeing Eye GPS * BlindSquare * BlindSquare Song * Logic Pro X * MainStage
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment
In episode 40 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss MBraille and strategies for RSS feed syncing, now that GoogleReader has shut down.
- MBraille
- MBraille developer on the Tech Doctor Podcast
- Feed Rangler
- Mr. Reader
- ReadKit
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment.
In episode 39 of the Maccessibility Round Table podcast, our knights discuss some further thoughts on the WWDC key note announcements, as well as make some software and hardware recommendations.
- Comments for WordPress
- iRead It Now
- The Loop Magazine
- SleepPhones
- Ear Monsters
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, developers of audio games for Mac OS X and Windows.
In episode 38 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, we discuss our initial impressions of Apple’s WWDC Keynote announcements, including updates to the MacBookAir line, the new Mac Pro, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and iOS 7.
The Round Table is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, offering exciting audio games for both Mac and Windows.
In episode 37 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss Prizmo for iOS, whether or not VoiceOver support should be an App Store requirement, and more.
- Prizmo for iOS
- Light Detector
The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment.
In episode 36 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss a couple of accessible iOS apps before diving into a lively discussion of the NFB review of the Kindle iOS app. Controversy and debating o’ plenty, but there’s also a healthy dose of laughter. We’re all still friends, although Briley may not forgive fellow NFB compatriots Kevin and Steve for missing today’s show!
- Grading Kindle for iOS Accessibility
- Justin Romack’s Kindle for iOS Overview
- Ashes for Feverº
- Nocs
- Zombies, Run!
The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment.
In episode 35, our knights discuss going Google free with Fever, Ashes, DuckDuckGo, and other solutions, as well as tips for successfully using Talking Goggles, and more.
The Maccessibility Round Table Podcast is sponsored in part by Draconis Entertainment, with accessible games for Mac OS X and Windows.
In episode 34 of the Round Table Podcast, our knights continue exploring the possibility of going Google-free, discuss a Google Reader alternative, and make some software picks and recommendations.
- Darcy’s Picks
- “Markdown” by David Sparks and Eddie Smith
- LaunchBar
- John’s Picks
- Talking Goggles
- Voice Dream Reader
- Holly’s Picks
- Robo-E
- Song Guru
- Josh’s Picks
- Twitterific 5
- Markdown Service Tools
- Incomparable Radio Theater of the Air
- Eric’s Picks
- Songza
- Dominos Pizza USA
- Kevin’s Picks
- Audio Bus
- Amp Kit
- Touch Tunes
Thanks to Draconis Entertainment for sponsoring the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast!
In this episode, our knights discuss the T-Mobile iPhone announcement, upcoming FAA rule changes for electronic devices, the demise of GoogleReader and what it means for using other Google services, and more.
- Reading Device — Marco Arment
- You Can’t Quit, I Dare You — Ben Brooks
- DiceWorld
- Type2Phone
In episode #32 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss our migration to the new server, the updates to Audible on iOS and Dropbox on OS X, the demise of Google Reader, Holly’s switch to the iPad mini, and some questions sent in by listenerjs.
- Word Letter
- Word Puzzles with Pals
In episode 31 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, we’re visited by Cara Quinn, who gives us an update on CSUN and what’s happening at Looktel. We discuss other announcements from CSUN, Samsung’s VoiceOver patent lawsuit, and some listener email.
- VoiceOver Tutorial from Looktel
- Demo of Inquisitor
- Podcast about the BARD iOS app
- See Eye GPS
- Demo of Letter Clever
Our next podcast will be streamed on Thursday, 14/March, at 12:00 PM EDT, 9:00 AM PDT. It will be our Q&A show. TO submit a question to our knights, interact with us on Twitter with the #VOLive hashtag, or email us at ask@maccessibility.net.
In episode #30 of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss OCR, markdown for text formatting, and what we hope to see in future versions of OS X and iOS.
- Prizmo 2
- MultiMarkdown Composer 2
In episode #29 of the Round Table, the knights offer picks of software and hardware products that Apple users may find entertaining or useful. Our next live stream will be Thursday, 07/Feb/2013 at 12:00 PM EST.
- CHM Reader (Mac)
- FreshBooks
- Guide Talking Menus (iOS/UK)
- iPad Keyboard Case
- iText Express (Mac)
- RenameIt (Mac)
- RS Games
- Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock (iOS)
- Solo-DX
- SoundCloud.com (no longer available in the App Store)
- Take Control Books
- TapTapSee
- Transmit (Mac)
- Vintage Radio (iOS)
- Wordundrum (iOS)
In this test pilot podcast, we discuss using the Xcode development environment with VoiceOver, including some useful settings, the layout of the main interface, and the basic usage of InterfaceBuilder. If you find this developer focused podcast useful, please let us know here. Whether or not we produce more shows like this one, will depend on the interest.
In this episode, our knights discuss Darcy’s impressions of the iPad mini after a week of use, making use of mainstream versus blind-specific services, Instagram, and more.
- RadioArchives.com
- Are You Sitting Comfortably
In this episode of the Round Table podcast, our knights discuss the redesign of iTunes, speculate on what Apple may be planning for iCloud and Finder, and discuss the new audio game ChangeReaction.
We will be taking a break during the holiday season, and will return to live streaming the podcast on 10/January/2013 at 12:00 PM EST. From all of us here at Maccessibility, we wish you and yours a happy and safe holiday season.
In this episode of the Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss their impressions of the iPad mini, the iPod nano, the recently accessible Barnes & Noble Nook application for iOS, and more.
Our next live stream will be on 13/December/2012 at 12:00 PM EST, 9:00 AM PST. You can tune in by clicking the “Listen Live” link, and interact with us on Twitter with the #VOLive hashtag.
In this special episode of the Maccessibility podcast, we speak to blind recording engineer Slau Halatyn, who has long been working with Digidesign and now Avid, to improve VoiceOver support in ProTools, the premier audio production software system. Avid has recently decided to make voiceOver accessibility an integrity part of its UI development and in-house testing, and Slau is here to give us all the details. This development is yet another example of how patience and cordial engagement with developers can yield remarkable results.
In this episode, we discuss Apple’s recent announcements and more. Our live stream was unavailable in the aftermath of the storm that devastated the east coast of North America. Our thoughts are with those impacted by the storm. Our next live stream is scheduled for 15/November at 12:00 PM EST/9:00 AM PST. Listen live on our web site, and interact with us on Twitter with the #VOLive hashtag.
Topics discussed include:
- Apple’s 23/October event.
- New MacBookPro, iMac, and Mac Mini products.
- The iPad mini.
- iBooks 3.0’s accessibility enhancements for PDF documents.
- Changes to Apple’s executive team.
- Matt Gemmell’s Accessibility Heroes and Villains piece, and the importance of developers advocating accessibility to other developers.
- App.net and accessible clients.
In this episode, the knights discuss iPhone 5, Sound Forge for Mac, and much more. This show was streamed live on 18/October.
Topics in this show included:
- Apple’s event scheduled for 23/October
- Apple’s patent for dynamic TTS characterization
- iPhone 5
- The pros and cons of using Fleksy
- The accessibility of Sound Forge for Mac
- The Magazine by Marco Arment
- Adobe’s decision to discontinue Flash accessibility development for OS X
- FireFox’s preliminary VoiceOver support
- GuideDogs.org.uk’s concept video of Inspiring Technologies of the future
You can listen live to our next podcast on Thursday 01/November from 9:00 AM PT/12:00 PM ET. We will also be streaming live discussion during Apple’s 23/October event from 10:00 AM PT/1:00 PM ET.
In this episode of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast, the knights are joined by their newest comrade, John Panarese, and discuss a range of topics, (listed below). This show was streamed live on 04/October, and our next live stream will be on 18/October at 12:00 PM EDT, 9:00 AM PDT. click or tap the “Listen Live” link in the navigation bar to tune in, and interact with us on Twitter.
- We welcome the newest knight John Panarese from MacForTheBlind.com
- We explain the recent site redesign and shift in focus of Maccessibility.net
- We discuss the recent accessibility advocacy by mainstream iOS developer Marco Arement
- We talk about Instapaper
- We explore some of the changes in iOS 6 VoiceOver accessibility, including the new Maps
- We examine some issues in iOS 6 and how to work around them
In this episode, the knights offer up some picks of great software for OS X and iOS.
- Darcy’s picks - Zombies, Run!, PlugBug, and OnePassword.
- M.J.’s picks - iBoostUp, Jango Radio, and Lock Screen.
- Holly’s picks - BlindSide, Frotz, and VoiceBook VO.
- Eric’s picks - Voice Assistant, W&Y Pages, and Where’s My Rubber Ducky?
- Cara’s pick - The Night Sky
- Josh’s picks - TextExpander, GoodReads, and Ita, Lists You Like
Also, if you’ve seen our white mice, do let us know!
In this episode, our knights discuss the WWDC key note announcements from Apple, including the new MacBookPro with Retina Display, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, iOS 6, and more. Our Twitter listeners try to start a campaign for Josh to go by MountainLionCourt to commemorate the launch of Apple’s new Mac OS, and, if you stay tuned after the credits, we offer some behind the scenes outtakes.
In episode #20 of the Round Table, our knights discuss Apple’s iBooks announcement, OS X 10.7.3, Apple’s blow-out sales, and a few other things.
Note: This podcast was recorded two weeks ago. We apologize for the unforeseen delay in release, and promise discussion of OS X Mountain Lion on our next show.
In this episode, we welcome Kevin Reeves to the round table, take a moment to mention changes in iOS 5.0.1, and then the knights offer their hardware and software picks.
- M.J.’s picks
- Blogger for iOS
- Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! The Shamutanti Hills
- Translator with Voice
- Google Chrome Canary
- Steve’s Picks
- Boxwave iPhone Case with Keyboard
- YoruFukurou
- Eric’s picks
- Godville
- iCatcher
- Holly’s picks
- DownCast
- Link That Word Lite
- Word+
- Darcy’s picks
- Secrets
- Blue Yeti
- King’s Corner
- Kevin’s picks
- MarsEdit
- Pocket No Agenda
- Audio Bop
- Cara’s picks
- TextSoap
- Data Rescue
- Seamless Food Delivery
- Josh’s picks
- Meanwhile for iOS
- King of Dragon Pass
- AppleTV
In episode 18 of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, the knights answer questions submitted by users via email and Twitter. Topics range from advice for new switchers, productivity, use of iOS and Mac applications, and more.
We’d like to thank everyone who sent in questions. If you have a question you’d like to have answered on a future show, or if you would like to let us know your thoughts on the Q&A format, feel free to drop us a note here.
In this episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, the knights discuss the latest features of iOS 5 (including VoiceOver), accessibility improvements in Xcode 4.2, VoiceOver changes in AppleTV 4.4, Siri, and the new iPhone 4S.
Also, on 29/October/2011, the knights will be recording a special Q&A episode of the podcast. You can send your questions into ask at maccessibility.net, or interact with us live at 1:00 PM ET, 10:00 AM PT on Twitter using the hashtag #VOLive. Further details are forthcoming.
In episode #16, the knights share their thoughts on the loss of the man who made so many new things possible for all of us. After, as Steve Jobs would have undoubtedly wanted, we discuss the latest addition from Cupertino to delight Apple users, the iPhone 4S, and what we think of the new Siri technology included in it.
In this episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss, primarily, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and its new accessibility features, especially the new features found in VoiceOver
- RoaringApps.com - A site to check the Lion compatibility of your applications
- Tunesify Lite - A Mac app for converting FLAC files to a more useful format
- Hanging with Friends Free - A Hangman game that is mostly accessible with VoiceOver
In this episode of the Mac-cessibility ROund Table Podcast, our knights are magically and revolutionarily transformed into Macateers, braving the Mac and iOS AppStores to bring you their favorite third-party software picks to use with your Apple devices and VoiceOver.
- Group pick:
- The Macalope
- Darcy’s picks:
- YoruFukurou
- WorthWhile
- Sudoku Tablet
- Holly’s picks:
- SlingPlayer Mobile
- 7 Little Words
- Cards Alone
- Josh’s picks:
- Tagalicious
- Sound Studio
- Podcaster for iPhone
- M.J.’s picks:
- NewsRack for Mac
- MacJournal
- StoryMill
- Eric’s picks:
- Ariadne GPS
- NewsRack for iPhone/iPad
- Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide
- Cara’s picks:
- VizWiz
- Looktell Money Reader
- MarsEdit
In this episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, our knights discuss their thoughts on Apple’s recent announcements, including iOS 5, iCloud, and the announced new features coming in VoiceOver for OS X Lion.
In this episode of the Mac-cessibility ROund Table Podcast, our knights discuss the newly unveiled iPad II, the new publicly available details on Apple’s upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 Lion release, the new MacBook Pros, and more.
Notes:
- Darcy’s pick - TextExpander
- M.J.’s picks - BopIt and PlainText
- Josh’s pick - Magic Trackpad
- Cara’s pick - Fandango Movies
- Holly’s pick - DraftPad
The Mac-cessibility "Outside the Box" podcast is a chance to hear what the mainstream Apple media’s perceptions are of Apple’s accesibility efforts, as well as get a fresh perspective on what Apple has accomplished thus far. In our first episode, we chat with Adam Christianson, host of the MacCast, one of the first and longest running Apple related podcasts.
Adam describes his first awareness of accessibility, how that has increased over the years as Apple has introduced new features into its products, and more.
In this episode, our knights discuss The Mac AppStore, the inaccessibility of e-reader apps, the launch of iPhone 4 on Verizon, audio games, the increasing numbers of assistive technology apps for iOS, and more.
Show notes:
- Matt Gemmel and the Case for Accessibility on iOS
- Josh’s pick - DollyDrive
- Eric’s pick - Star Wars Books and Timeline
- Holly’s picks - Incase Compact Backpack and Apple Wireless Keyboard
- Darcy’s picks - RadioShift and Global Video
- M.J.’s picks - DJ for Mac and EverNote
In this episode of the Round Table, our knights discuss iOS 4.2, the exciting addition of VoiceOver to the AppleTV, and get side tracked once or twice.
- Blog from OutOfTheDarkness on activating VOiceOver on the AppleTV without sighted assistance, among other things.
In this episode of the Round Table, our knights discuss FaceTime for the Mac, iLife 11 accessibility enhancements, (including GarageBand), and more.
Notes:
- Holly’s picks - NewsRack for iOS and The AppStore Pundit podcast
- Darcy’s picks - Hazel for Mac and RememberTheMilk.com (service)
- M.J.’s picks - oMoby for iOS and StoryMill for Mac
- Josh’s pick - TweetList for iOS
In this special edition episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table podcast, we discuss today’s release of iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch, which includes a number of enhancements for VoiceOver users, including bug fixes, enhanced web browsing, and extensive BlueTooth keyboard support.
Listen to the podcast recording of the Mac-cessibility Round Table and Screenless Switchers crew. We discuss the new products and announcements out of Cupertino today, give our opinions and hopes for their acessibility, and more.
This podcast was streamed live and recorded for this podcast edition.
In this first minicast episode, Cara Quinn demonstrates the new features of the iPhone 4’s camera and their remarkable accessibility. This entire podcast was recorded and edited on the iPhone 4.
In this special edition episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table and Screenless Switchers podcasts, our knights discuss the WWDC keynote announcements, the new iPhone 4, iOS 4.0, iBooks, and mobile accessibility in general.
29/April/2010 marks the fifth anniversary of the release of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and the VoiceOver screen reader. The Screenless Switchers podcast offers a retrospective in episode 36, looking back at the last five years of Apple accessibility with a couple of the earliest Mac converts, and ahead to the future.
In this Special Edition episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, our Knights of the Round Table discuss today’s announcements of features in the iPhone OS 4.0 update, including multi-tasking, iBooks, BlueTooth keyboards, Mail, and much more. (Bloopers included.)
Our latest episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast is a special edition. Join some of our Knights of the Round Table Podcast as we informally discuss our initial thoughts and exploration from iPad launch day. This will be the first in a series of podcasts exploring the newest member of Apple’s family of accessible products.
In episode #8 of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, we introduce our newest contributor, M.J. Phoenix. Our knights of the Round Table Podcast recap and discuss recent Mac-cessibility news stories, including iBooks accessibility, Adobe’s announcement for Flash and Flex accessibility on the Mac, and the recent update to Frotz for iPhone, which provided substantial accessibility enhancements. The bulk of the show is given over to a discussion of screen reader scripting, its pros and cons, and why it is not discussed widely among VoiceOver users. In a follow up show, we will be discussing this topic further with Window-Eyes script writer Jeff Bishop.
Other notes:
- Cara’s pick - HeyTell for iPhone/iPod touch
- Darcy’s picks - DropBox.com for Mac and the optional DropBox app for iPhone and iPod touch
- Holly’s pick - The Facebook Lite web site
- M.J.’s picks - iPhone/iPod touch games by Storm8
- Josh’s picks - Echofon for iPhone/iPod touch (Free or Pro), the YouMail.com service, and the optional YouMail app for iPhone/iPod touch
In the seventh episode of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, knights Cara Quinn, Eric Troup, Darcy Burnard, Holly Anderson, Steve Sawczyn, and Josh de Lioncourt discuss Apple’s big event to introduce the iPad slate computing device, its accessibility, speculation on how VoiceOver may differ from the iPhone, and what we think it means for the future.
In this special edition episode of the Mac-cessibility Podcast, we interview Slau Halatyn who spearheaded the ProTools Petition, which requested that Digidesign implement Apple’s accessibility standards into its ProTools product, an application for professional-level audio production.
Slau had a chance to visit Digidesign in San Francisco, and got to experience first hand the tremendous progress being made toward ProTools accessibility with VoiceOver. We discuss his experiences with Digidesign, the developer behind ProTools access, the progress being made, and what we can expect from ProTools in the future.
In the latest installment of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, "Coo Coo for CocoaTouch!", our knights of the round table discuss the recent updates to Mac OS X, the iPhone OS, and iTunes, as well as the iPod touch, the AFB iPhone review, the NFB’s "second look" at VoiceOver, Josh’s cursor tracking experiment on the Mac, and much more.
Our product picks:
- Steve’s pick - BoxCar
- Darcy’s picks - Moxie and AirFoil Speakers Touch
- Cara’s picks - iFitness and Final Excuse Pro
- Eric’s picks - Binaural Beats and Apple In-Ear headphones
- Holly’s pick - ooTunes
- Josh’s pick - Frotz for iPHone
In this special joint episode of the Screenless Switchers and Mac-cessibility Round Table podcasts, our knights discuss the Apple media event on 9/9/09, just after it ended, including VoiceOver on the new iPod Touch, the new iPod models, and iPhone OS 3.1. (We’ll discuss the accessibility changes in the new iPhone OS in depth on a future episode.)
In This joint episode of the Screenless Switchers and Maccessibility Podcast we primarily discuss Snow Leopard, the new version of the Mac Operating System. We also discuss the maccessibility.net adobe petition
In the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast #5 - "Now Available in Natural Flavors", our knights of the round table Darcy Burnard, Holly Anderson, Steve Sawczyn, Cara Quinn, and Josh de Lioncourt discuss the recent launch of the Mac-cessibility Network, review the recent minor updates to the Mac OS X and iPhone OS’s, get Steve’s thoughts on his new iPhone 3GS, and explore the pros and cons to MobileMe versus free alternatives.
Show notes:
- The Mac-cessibility Network
- MobileMe
- Steve’s pick - Mail2Web.com
- Josh’s picks - The Bean word processor for Mac OS X and MobileMe iDisk for iPhone
- Cara’s picks - I-Map-U for iPhone and Shazam
- Holly’s pick - Gmail
- Darcy’s pick - JoinTogether for Mac
In episode #4 of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast, knights Darcy Burnard, Holly Anderson, Cara Quinn, and Josh de Lioncourt discuss our impressions of the iPhone 3GS after a few weeks, how VoiceOver for the iPhone has been accepted by the visually impaired community, third-party applications for the iPhone, what Apple has revealed about gestures in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Safari 4.0.2, the National Federation for the Blind’s reaction to criticism of their VoiceOver review, and more.
Show notes:
- List of VoiceOver Compatible iPhone Applications
- Josh’s picks - Tweetaro for iPhone and subscription-based iCal calendar’s (for Mac or iPhone)
- Cara’s picks - EarthComber for iPhone and Solona.net
- Darcy’s pick - Pogo Plug
- Holly’s pick - Bose On-Ear Headphones
In this special edition episode, the knights of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast gather to discuss the launch weekend of the newly accessible iPhone 3GS, give our thoughts on VoiceOver for the iPhone, and much more. Stay tuned at the end for a particularly substantial blooper reel as an added bonus! We were all a little giddy over the iPhone.
This episode features knights Holly Anderson, Darcy Burnard, Josh de Lioncourt, Cara Quinn, Steve Sawczyn, and Eric Troup.
It’s time for this month’s edition of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast. This month’s episode is #3, entitled "A Visit From Steve-Megatron".
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p>Topics covered:
- Introduce this month’s panelists, including Holly Anderson, Darcy Burnard, Steve Sawczyn, Eric Troup, and Josh de Lioncourt.
- Mac OS X 10.5.7 accessibility changes-"OMG!"
- MacSpeech Dictate.
- The upcoming World Wide Developer’s Conference and possible accessibility announcements
- The rumored Appled ultra-portable
- Rumors of text-to-speech and speech recognition in iPhone 3.0
Other resources and show notes:
- Steve’s picks - Jack OS X, Apple Earphones with microphone and remote, and the SendSpace.com Wizard for Mac
- Eric’s pick - Audio Book Builder
- Darcy’s pick - Solona.net
- Holly’s pick - SlingBox
- Josh’s pick - SmallDVD
- Josh’s new band and music EP - Stage 19, available on iTunes and Amazon MP3. Includes the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast theme song.
It’s time for this month’s edition of the Mac-cessibility Round Table Podcast. This month’s episode is #2, entitled "Sedated". Josh de Lioncourt’s sound quality is not quite on par this time, for which we apologize. He was travelling and away from his usual equipment.
Topics covered:
- Introduce this month’s panelists, including Holly Anderson, Darcy Burnard, Cara Quinn, Eric Troup, and Josh de Lioncourt.
- Accessibility of third-party products, and the response from developers to Apple’s approach to access.
- Front Row and what it offers the visually impaired in comparison to other home entertainment products.
- DRM-free music and variable pricing has come to iTunes.
- The new "Get a Mac" ads.
Other resources and show notes:
- Holly’s pick - Apple Airport Express
- Darcy’s pick - Understudy for Front Row
- Josh’s pick - Zoom for Mac
- Cara’s pick - Audacity
- Eric’s pick - VMWare Fusion
The Mac-cessibility Podcast has been reborn as a round table discussion show, dealing with all things related to accessibility of Apple products. The show is planned to have a new episode once a month, starting with this week’s episode entitled "Reboot".
Topics covered:
- Introduce this month’s panelists, including Holly Anderson, Darcy Burnard, Cara Quinn, Steve Sawczyn, and Josh de Lioncourt.
- iPod Shuffle 3G, its multi-lingual support, and the possibility of more TTS languages coming in VoiceOver.
- iTunes 8.1 accessibility changes.
- iPhone software 3.0. Is accessibility coming? Are we getting closer?
- The Author’s GUild’s objection to text-to-speech in Amazon’s Kindle 2. What does that mean for TTS in other portable devices like iPods or a possible future accessible iPhone?
- Safari 4.0 public beta accessibility changes.
- General discussion of the state of accessibility on the Mac platform. How is the Mac perceived by non-Mac users of the visually impaired community? Is the perception improving? What myths are still persisting? Has Apple’s participation at CSUN helped?
Other resources and show notes:
- You can contact the Author’s Guild regarding their stance on text-to-speech on Amazon’s Kindle 2 from this page.
- Holly’s pick - Checkbook Pro from Splasm.com
- Darcy’s pick - Carbon Copy Cloner from Bombich.com
- Josh’s pick - www.GoodReads.com
- Cara’s pick - SyncMate from Eltima.com
- Steve’s pick - The Unarchiver
We are proud to introduce the Mac-cessibility Podcast, a companion to Lioncourt.com to bring you the latest news, commentary, and more from the world of accessibility of Apple products. In our first episode, we discuss the latest access news, discuss Net4Mac.com’s lack of accessibility, hear from a brand-new switcher in the SwitchBox segment, and more.
You can subscribe to the podcast feed by copying and pasting the following URL into iTunes or your podcast catcher of choice. We are not yet listed in the iTunes Music Store but hope to be soon.
Podcast feed: http://maccessibility.net/podcast/mac-cessibility.xml
The Screenless Switchers podcast has a round table discussion on Leopard, focussing on VoiceOver and how the new OS is working for blind and visually impaired Mac users. Joining Darcy and Holly this time are Josh de Lioncourt and Anne Robertson.
You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or the official web site, or listen to the Leopard Round Table by downloading the episode.