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More Described Video, Please! Guest, John Panarese of Mac For The Blind, Blindness Resources and Social Media. (iAVO-008)
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:39:38
Publish Date: 2016-01-20 20:28:41
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More Described Video, Please! Guest, John Panarese of Mac For The Blind, Blindness Resources and Social Media. (iAVO-008)Comcast Offers Accessible Set Top Box Service, Users Interface Act, Mac DVD Ripper Pro.2:50 Using Siri on your iPhone.

3:34 New App Redesign.  Troubled waters ahead, new redesign and layout usually taylored to sighted users, accessibility often a secon thought.  Recent updates to Grubhub App and OnTime LIRR, not so accessible and user friendly.

7:45 Movies. Described video on NetFlick is now working on new AppleTV 4th generation. What is the status of described Video? Network television providing some content. Comcast, accessible set top box.

10:55 Users Interface Act, will everyone be in compliance by the end of 2016?

13:05 Golden Globes best drama, "The Martian", with described video,  available in the iTunes store.  

14:35 MacX DVD Ripper Pro, an accessible DVD ripper program for Mac computers.

16:22 Lets welcome back our guest, Mr. John Panerese of Mac For The Blind.

18:35 Hooking up the AppleTV with a volunteer assistant from the Be My Eyes App.

25:25 John believes that Siri and dictation perform better on the Apple Watch then on the iPhone. He asserts that text to speech on the Apple Watch works a lot better.

33:20 Blindness Resources - Online Resources. Email lists, iPhone groups for the blind, Peel The Apple, MacVisionaries, the RP List, VI Forum. Facebook: iPhone and iPad Apps for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Some Twitter groups are a great global resourse for information about blindness.

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