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Access On

National Federation of the Blind

Hosted by Jonathan Mosen, Access On features breaking technology news , product demonstrations, reviews, comparisons, and interviews about the fast-changing world of technology. We also welcome contributions from our listeners. Follow Access On for news about computers, smartphones, AI, accessible appliances, blindness-specific devices including Braille displays, and more. Whether you’re a tech expert, or you’re trying to make sense of it all, Access On has something for you. Access On listeners

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01:00:25

a recap of CSUN, a Facebook iOS regression, and how...

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2025/03/19

In this week's edition of Access On:Panel discussion about CSUN 2025 0:00 Facebook for iOS regression re comments 49:06 Seeking advice on accessible fitness equipment 49:52 Innosearch is great but needs to do more 52:24 Three tech questions 53:48 Tech tip, finding another iPhone user in a crowd 56:57 Closing and contact info 59:15

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00:59:54

AI prompt engineering. How to communicate with AI to...

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2025/03/12

This week, we bring you an abridged recording of our recent boutique on AI prompt engineering. It covers:Introduction 0:00 Overview and general examples of prompt engineering 1:47 Using prompt engineering to get the visual information you want 24:37 Custom GPTs and tactile graphics 47:02 Closing and contact info 58:44

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01:00:37

choosing the earbuds that are right for you, could...

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2025/03/05

Coming up in this week's episode:Introduction 0:00 Register for our PowerPoint training boutique 1:15 Finding the earbuds that are right for you 2:29 Amazon announces a significant Alexa upgrade 42:30 Could logging into Gmail become less accessible 47:08 Thoughts on the BT Speak 51:06 Tech tip, converting photo file formats on Mac 55:36 Closing and contact info 59:27

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01:00:20

Making purchases in-person, Apples iPhone 16e, and...

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2025/02/26

In this week's episode: Introduction 0:00 Shopping in-person is problematic 1:16 Discussion about accessible kiosks and other purchasing options 14:09 The iPhone 16e 30:58 Variable quality of audio description 37:17 Alexa.amazon.com appears to have gone 40:41 Accessibility of MailChimp 42:56 Navigation apps for pedestrians 44:42 Eset VPN accessibility issue 46:27 Finding Access On on the SensePlayer 48:48 Reporting a problem with Uber Eats, and

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01:00:34

Scribe for documents and when automated remediation...

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2025/02/19

This week on Access On:Introduction 0:00 Your final reminder to register for our AI prompt engineering boutique 0:59 Follow-up from some items on previous episodes 2:56 Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell from Pneuma Solutions discuss Scribe for Documents 5:40 When we can't choose the tools we prefer due to inaccessibility 43:57 Access ChatGPT via phone 56:28 Closing and contact info 59:24

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00:59:38

The NFB President Mark Riccobono talks technology...

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2025/02/12

On this week's episode of Access On:Introduction 0:00 Register for the webinar, how to engineer an AI prompt on Feb 25 0:53 National Federation of the Blind President, Mark Riccobono 2:02 On Innosearch doing the heavy lifting 42:08 Flock accessibility, learning a language, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 45:26 Remembering Ed Potter 49:01 Recommending a captioning service 51:13 Some potential downsides of buying through Innosearch 51:44 When accessibility

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00:59:10

Blazie Technologies prepares its first refreshable...

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2025/02/05

Here's what's in store for you on this episode, followed by the time in the file you can hear the item.Introduction 0:00 Update on Facebook accessibility 0:53 Bryan Blazie and David Goldfield of Blazie Technologies 4:33 Accessibility of the RODECaster 44:43 Ray-Ban Meta Smart glasses 49:35 Playback Magazine and other publications of the past 53:50 Boutique on how to engineer an AI prompt 54:56 Tech tip, Scribe for Documents 56:25 Closing and contact info

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01:00:38

Meta rolls out some accessibility fixes to Facebook,...

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2025/01/29

In this week's episode:Introduction 0:00 Improvements to Facebook accessibility 0:54 To use the mobile experience on a desktop device, visit https://facebook.com/?force_mobile=1 Brandom Biggs discusses Audiom 13:02 Remembering Ed Potter 43:35 Listening to Access On with SensePlayer, and accounting software 45:44 Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and hearing aids 47:10 Accessibility of Microsoft Word for iOS 50:16 Learning another language 51:40 Configuring the

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00:59:43

The NFB's Center of Excellence in Nonvisual...

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2025/01/22

Welcome to episode 9 of Access On. Here's what you can hear in this week's episode.Introduction 0:00 Ed Potter dies 0:50 To hear past episodes of Playback Magazine, you can check out the Playback magazine Archive Jonathan Mosen, Karl Belanger and Kennedy Zimnik discuss the National Federation of the Blind's Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Accessibility 4:33 Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 31:36 Review of Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 33:58 Brit Box has no audio description

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01:00:05

Accessible shopping with Innosearch.ai, podcast apps...

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2025/01/15

Here are the items we cover in this episode of Access On, and the times in the file for each.Introduction 0:00 Patrick Long and Bryan Vuong discuss Innosearch.ai 1:12 JAWS sound split feature, and a talking body temperature thermometer 45:58 Pages for Mac with Apple Intelligence, and playing Access On with Siri 48:07 Podcast apps for iPhone 50:58 Tech Tip, keep your travel organized with TripIt 56:35 Closing and contact info 58:55

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01:00:28

The Plaud NotePin, what's the most accessible way to...

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2025/01/08

Happy new year from all of us here at the National Federation of the Blind. Here's what's on our first episode for 2025.Introduction 0:00 Register for our document accessibility boutique on January 28 1:09 Review and demonstration of the Plaud NotePin 2:38 Microsoft office on mobile devices, and Microsoft Bookings 36:59 The most accessible way to learn a new language, and getting familiar with Microsoft Teams 40:28 The future of the Envision glasses 43:49 Amazon

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00:58:24

iOS 18.2, AudibleSync and the Victor Reader Stream 3,...

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2024/12/18

Access On will be taking a short break over the holiday season, returning in early 2025. We all wish you and yours a joyous holiday season.Here's what's in this week's episode. Introduction 0:00 A look at iOS 18.2 1:30 Why isn't Siri's ChatGPT integration on all iPhones? 41:59 Assistance with purchasing access technology 46:15 AudibleSync doesn't work for all Victor Reader Stream 3 users 50:29 Thunderbird accessibility 53:28 Creating tables in Pages for Mac

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00:57:48

Ally from Envision, using the Thunderbird email...

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2024/12/11

Welcome to our fifth episode. Here's what you can hear, and when you can hear it.Introduction 0:00 Karthik Kannon from Envision discusses their new AI called Ally 1:09 Reordering tracks in Ferrite Recording Studio 35:09 Listener responses to Thunderbird accessibility question 38:40 Facebook accessibility 41:50 Ray-Ban Meta glasses feedback 45:34 Induction cooktop that can be used by a blind person 47:27 Braille displays and notetakers 49:00 Live Listen not

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01:01:58

Win a Victor Reader Stream or a BT SpeakPro, what's...

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2024/12/04

Thanks for listening and spreading the word about Access On. Here is what you can hear in this episode and the time in the file to listen. The podcast is also segmented by chapter for podcast apps that support this feature.Introduction 0:00 How you can win a HumanWare Victor Reader Stream or a Blazie Technologies BT Speak Pro 2:12 You can enter the drawing until Dec 8 by visiting https://nfb.org/donate Mathieu Paquette from HumanWare discusses the Victor Reader Stream 3

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00:58:48

noise-free navigation with HapticNav, what to do if...

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2024/11/27

Welcome to episode 3. Thank you for listening, and for spreading the word about our new podcast.In this episode, Introduction and happy thanksgiving 0:00 Now you can subscribe to an announcements list for Access On 1:45 If you've lost your Apple Notes, here's how to get them back 2:56 NV Access wants your opinion on NVDA's contributor documentation 4:06 Doordash introduces importing of grocery lists 4:51 Google Gemini can now remember things about you

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01:07:48

The Be My Eyes Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses...

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2024/11/20

Welcome to our second episode and thank you for all your wonderful feedback. Here is what we cover this week.Introduction, follow us on Mastodon 0:00 Samsung working on Meta Smart Glasses rival 1:52 Blindshell releases the Blindshell Classic 3 2:33 Firmware update for the BT Speak 4:25 Ads coming to Threads 5:16 Interview with Google Gemini on its dedicated iOS app 6:06 Whatsapp has added drafts 10:49 Upcoming CENA boutique on teaching someone to use a

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