Talking Tech 14th November 2023

Published: Nov. 14, 2023, 4:34 a.m.

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Update to the Final Ordering Dates from the Va Store

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8 December except for WA which is the 1st of Dec to make sure you get your orders in by Christmas.

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Another Way to access the Va Library

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My Experience having more time with the daisy function in the Brailliant, especially accessing the Vision rare

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Australia Library.

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Obstacle Detecter\\xa0 App

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An interesting app using LIDAR for detecting distances from objects on the iPhone Pro or from front camera on other units.

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https://apps.apple.com/id/app/obstacle-detector-professional/id6461118479

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My Most Interesting Device for 2023

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I think it has to be the SensePlayer OCR ET.

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FM Radio, Smart Keyboard to my iPhone, web radio, podcasts, daisy books, stopwatch etc.

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OctoStudio A Block Based Programming App by Perkins School for the Blind

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Actually, pretty amazing and accessible to teach the concepts of coding.

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https://www.perkins.org/resource/announcing-octostudio-a-block-based-programming-app/

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An Article on AppleVis \\u2014 Why I cannot Recommend a Mac to Fellow Blind Mac Users

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Since this article got a lot of mostly negative comments, thought it would be good to put my ten cents worth on todays program.

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What is the old saying \\u201cdon\\u2019t throw the baby out with the bath water.\\u201d

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https://applevis.com/blog/we-deserve-better-apple-why-i-can-no-longer-recommend-mac-fellow-blind-computer-users

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