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Published: Aug. 8, 2023, 5:17 a.m.

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Musing about assistive tech for home, school, and employment

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The show today is blindness related, and next weeks show will be on low vision.

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Note - these are just recommendations and ideas, check at the end of the show notes where to get further assistance or information.

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Thoughts on main stream and assistive tech for home as a person who is blind

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Windows

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Windows 11 PC desktop or laptop I7 with 16GB of RAM

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NvDA, Narrator\\xa0 or JaWS

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Mac

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Mac mini

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M2 MBP 14 Pro

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VoiceOver

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Other\\xa0

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Perkins Brailler

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iPhone 14 Pro

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Bluetooth keyboard

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Smart phone or tablet stand

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Printer/scanner

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Shokz

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Thoughts on assistive tech for school/further study as a person who is blind

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Windows

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Windows 11 PC laptop I7 with 16GB of RAM

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JAWS for Windows or NVDA

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Mac

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M2 MBP 14 Pro

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VoiceOver

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Other

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Perkins Brailler

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Brailliant BI40X

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Victor Reader Stream 3

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iPhone 14 Pro

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iPad

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Bluetooth keyboard

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Smart phone or tablet stand

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Mini Guide

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Printer/scanner

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Shokz

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Thoughts on assistive tech for employment as person who is blind

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Windows

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Windows 11 PC laptop I7 with 16GB of RAM

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JAWS for Windows

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Mac

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M2 MBP 14 Pro

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VoiceOver

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Other

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Perkins Brailler

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Brailliant BI40X

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Orcam

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Victor Reader Stream 3

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Braille embosser

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iPhone 14 Pro

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iPad

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Bluetooth keyboard

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Smart phone or tablet stand

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Stella Trek

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Mini Guide

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Shokz

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Where to get assistance on deciding best tech fit or funding.

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VA AT Help Desk.

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VA AT service.

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VA Bursary awards

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Job accesss

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Etc

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Call Vision Australia on 1300 847 466 or email info@visionaustralia.org

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For many of the products, go to the VA Store online shop:

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Https://shop.visionaustrlaia.org

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Contact the Vision Store email visionstore@visionaustralia.org\\xa0

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A few more things.

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The Weatherology app for iOS

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Using Human speech to announce the Weather.

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https://apps.apple.com/au/app/weatherology-weather-together/id557268375

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Chat GPT comes to the Android Play Store

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Actually I\\u2019m going to sneak Bing from Microsoft in here as it uses Chat GPT 4, and is of course on both Android and iOS

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.bing&hl=en&gl=US

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