Mystic Access Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This episode offers an upcoming class announcement, a castle interview, a fun demo, and more. Let’s dive in!

First, Chris provides an update on the pathfinder cane tip. He loves it, but there’s one important thing you must know before you buy. Listen to learn more.

Next, Kim demos the Merlin bird identification app. This free app is available for iOS and Android, and helps you identify birds from across the US and Canada. We love Merlin and hope you’ll enjoy this demo.

Next, we enter the castle for an interview with Emily Romero. Emily is a long-time Mac user. She explains why she prefers the Mac, some comparisons between Mac and Windows, the costs and benefits involved, and more. We’ll be holding a free event on the Mac on Tuesday, September 24. Emily will be co-hosting with us. If you’ve ever wondered about Mac accessibility, features, Windows comparisons, and more, we’d love for you to join us. To Register your seat, please visit this link. If you know others who may be interested, please feel free to share our interview with Emily and the link to register for the class. Weknow it’ll be both informative and fun.

Thanks, as always, for listening and spreading the word. We appreciate you.

This episode features are pre-sunrise porch ambiance as we share about a variety of topics. You’ll hear about everything from bees, to crows, to raindrops–and a lot of crickets. So, get ready for the sounds and subjects of this crazy conversation.

Chris begins by sharing about his unfortunate run-in with a tiny winged critter. Has anything like this happene to you?

We next discuss a very cool story about a recent Ambutech purchase. Not only can we highly recommend their customer support, but so far we really like the Pathfinder cane tip we purchased. Stay tuned for more thoughts as we use it more.

Speaking of mobility aids, they pop up regularly in this episode. Are you familiar with the Glide robot from Glidance? We share our initial thoughts and those of some friends and colleagues. We can’t wait to see this device inaction ourselves!

Back to canes… the WeWalk Smart Cane 2 is available for preorder. Chris owns the first version and has had mixed feelings during his time using it. We wonder how we’ll feel about the new version when it arrives?

One final cane story to share; this one will make you go yikes! Be prepared in case something like this happens to you.

those of you who are regulars know we watch a lot of scam baiting videos. One thing scammers regularly ask their potential victims to do is to let them remotely connect to the person’s computer. Don’t ever let someone you don’t know connect to your device. They’re usually out to steal your data and/or money. This leads us to a discussion of Remote Incident Manager, which Aira is now using as it’s remote connectivity tool. Chris took RIM for a test-drive and shares his experience.

One of Kim’s new favorite things is a ball chair with an included stabilizing ring. She explains the concept and why she loves it.

We next talk about our two new cases from Turtleback LV. In both cases (hahaha) our first impressions appear to be incorrect regarding these, and we’re happy about that. Listen for all the details.

Finally, if you need more office space, Chris highly recommends a printer stand! He discusses his setup here at the summer home and why he likes it so much.

We close by giving a hint about an upcoming podcast demo that you might want to sing about. Thanks so much for listening!

This episode is packed with demos we hope you’ll enjoy. Links included in this post are our affiliate links; if you make a purchase from them, we’ll receive a small commission. We never recommend items we don’t use and love ourselves.

If we sound a little different today, there’s a good reason. We bought some inexpensive but very nice-sounding microphones from LEVN to use as part of our podcasting toolkit. We discuss what we think makes them so neat. Here’s a link to check them out for yourself.

We next chat about the world of radio reading services. What makes them unique and how can you find those local to you? Listen to find out. And enjoy this list of services compiled by APH. Note that some links may be out of date as of the time of this writing.

If you’re traveling this summer, or just want some neat new gadgets to add to your life, you may enjoy some of our demos. We show you a small but mighty jewelry organizer that can double as storage for thumb drives and other small items, a bag for organizing your smaller tablets, cables, and electronics like Streams, soft and sturdy pouches for headphones, and our personal favorite, a foldable, fast, MagSafe charging station for iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods. If your Android phones supports wireless charging, this station should work for it, also. We absolutely love this handy device, and think you might, as well. Having taken one on a plane in carryon luggage, we can confidently say it’s awesome to travel with!

Thanks, as always, for listening. We appreciate you.

Chris and Kim discuss the situation of holiday shipping. They are pleased to announce the Windows 10 tutorial is currently available for purchase. Chris and Kim sahre what they got each other for Christmas.

Lisa joins us for the anual food edition podcast where she and Kim each share a recipe you may wish to try.

Lisa’s crab cakes:

1 pound crab meat 1 cup breadcrumbs, half for the mix, and half to coat 3 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 tbsp. lemon juice 1 egg 1 and 1 half tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 fourth teaspoon Phillips or other seafood seasoning. Shape into cakes, and coat with the remaining breadcrumbs. Bake at 400 for 6 minutes per side. If you do not want to use butter or oil, lightly spray the crab cakes with nonstick cooking spray

In this episode we start by thanking everyone that was able to join us last Friday for our virtual open house. A good time was had by all. Next we talk about three new products that are either available such as our Fire Tablet tutorial. We also announce our Windows 10 tutorial that is currently up for pre-order, to be released soon.

Next we take two trips into the Mystic Access Magic Castle. We talk with Brittany Stovall, she tells us all about the fun products that she offers. Next we talk to Kesel Wilson from the National Braille Press. She announces new books, including the book we wrote for NBP: Getting Started with Windows 10. There are other great products from NBP that Kesel shares with us. We exit the castle and are joined by Barry Scheur of GuideLights And Gadgets to announce our latest collaboration.

It’s almost time for Black Friday madness here in Mystic Access Land, and we’re excited to share about everything we’re doing to make your holidays a little brighter. Plus, there are two segments in the castle this time around, so stay tuned for all the fun!

We have multiple specials which will begin on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 26, and end at 11:59 on Giving Tuesday (December 1). Purchase either of our phone sanitizers and get $5 off our reversible micro USB cables. Save ten percent off most hardware. Most audio documentation products are buy one, get one half off. The one you’ll get for half price will be the product of equal or lesser value. Buy a BlindShell phone, get a case for $20. Buy one each of our sets of high-quality cables (reversible micro, lightning, and USBC), get half off one set. This is nearly $10 off. $10 off Mifa bluetooth speakers.

We had some lonesome Echo Dots sitting around that we wanted to put back in inventory so they can find new homes for the holidays. Each Dot comes with our comprehensive Alexa tutorial, which includes eight hours of content. Purchase a second generation Dot with tutorial here, or third generation Dot with tutorial here. There are only a few in stock, and when they’re gone, they’re gone.

Don’t forget that we’re holding an open house on Friday, November 27 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM eastern time. This is a great opportunity to meet others in the community, let your hair down and share some conversation and virtual leftovers with us. Here’s all the info you’ll need to join us:

Topic: Holiday Open House Time: Nov 27, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting https://mysticaccess.zoom.us/j/85168458184?pwd=cVhRSWd4dUpyTWVQNU91Z3g0eXZwUT09

Meeting ID: 851 6845 8184 Passcode: magicill One tap mobile +16465588656,,85168458184# US (New York) +13017158592,,85168458184# US (Washington D.C)

Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 851 6845 8184 Find your local number: https://mysticaccess.zoom.us/u/kesKcTsEqV

We announce three new products in today’s episode — well, one is our Windows 10 documentation, which we shared about earlier, but the pre-order for the Windows 10 documentation is now available. Listen to the episode to learn about the other two products. They’ll be available very soon, and Kim will put out a newsletter and a public news article letting you know when.

Before we reach Black Friday, we have our final free virtual event of 2020. For November, we’re discussing the pint-sized kitchen. If you need to conserve space in your cupboards or

In this episode Chris and Kim make some announcements. They talk about November’s free class andremind us about the virtual open house on November 27th. It will be a good time for all. For those that weren’t abale to take advantage of the ghost coupon in October, they managed to sneak in another coupon. Listen for details.

Next they discuss some of their favorite products they have received in the past. These items may be good ideas for gifts as most of them are under $100.

Chris really likes his new Keurig and talks about why he had to get a new one.

Thanks so much for being a podcast listener.

Today’s episode features a very interesting castle interview, but we begin with several important announcements.

Our October free event will deal with making sure those many and varied household tasks are accessible to you. There are tons of ways to conduct tasks, and many modifications or tricks one can use to make a task easier. If you’ve been curious about how to make that appliance easier to use, how to perform a task with less stress, or how to save time while doing housework, this class could be very interesting. And if you participate live, bring your own tips to share at the afterparty, if you wish. The event will be held on Thursday, October 29 at 8:30 PM ET. If you’re on our Events mailing list, information will be sent to you early in the week of the event.

Speaking of events, we clarify are policy about recording Q and A sessions for free versus paid events, and also share the important news that we’ll now be using passwords on all future events, in addition to the waiting room feature of Zoom. Please listen carefully for all the details.

We’re happy to announce that our event on the Orbit family of products was a great success. If you couldn’t attend the event, you can now purchase the audio in both DAISY and MP3 by visiting this page. A written transcript will be coming soon, and will be available to all those who have purchased the new product.

Chris may have bought yet another Alexa device on Prime Day. He compares the Echo Show 8 to his original Echo Show device, and shares some reasons you may wish to upgrade yours.

Finally, we enter the Mystic Access magic castle to speak with Jose Gaztambide, CEO, and Mike May, Chief Evangelist at Good Maps. Learn about the innovative work they’re doing, especially in regards to indoor navigation.

We start out this episode with some timely announcements.

First is a final reminder that our Orbit Reader live event starts on Thursday. We are taking registrations for the event until 5:00 PM ET on October 8, the day of the event.

Thanks to a listener, Chris gives a workaround for those that are downloading audio from our Free Downloads page using iOS devices.

Next we discuss how future free events will work moving forward and how we will be able to get the recordings out in a timely manor.

There is a surprise in this episode that could save you a little money on Mystic Access products, so definitely continue to listen.

Next, Chris demonstrates Linkstash, a powerful stand alone bookmark manager for Windows computers. You can use this manager with one browser or if you make use of multiple web browsers. You can learn more about Linkstash and download a 30 day trial by activating this link.

If you want to get a head start on your holiday shopping, or just want a super gift for yourself, we insert the audio sample of the latest and greatest Bluetooth speaker we’re now carrying. If you own our Sharkk that is sadly no more, this speaker sounds about three times better. It’s truly amazing. Listen to the sample, and check out all the specs / make your purchase here.

Finally, Chris takes us through Steve’s Talking Clock, a talking clock for Windows computers. It brings back memories with some of the add-on clocks Chris has installed. One of the clocks is the voice of Chris’s first talking watch.

Thanks so much for being a podcast listener.

This episode features two extensive demos, but first we share some important announcements.

Our two-week event on Orbit products remains open for registration. All pre-orders went through on September 15, but you still have time to join us and to tell others who may be interested. This event covers both the older and new Orbit braille displays as well as the Orbit Writer. The first part of the event is October 8 2020, and everything will be recorded in case you can’t attend live.

We apologize for not having the pre-orders available for Windows 10 or QBraille. Those will be put up ASAP. Kim wants to make sure she has a thorough syllabus in each of those product descriptions for your convenience. Kim will put a news article up when the pre-orders are available. Thanks a lot for your patience.

Finally, we announce our free September class, which will be held on September 24. This one’s all about iOS 14 and Watch OS 7 and their new features and bugs. We’d love to have you join us if interested. For more information, please make sure you’re subscribed to our Events mailing list, as we send the joining information there.

The majority of today’s episode focuses on two extensive demos. We discuss SAM Smart alert for mail, which, as the name suggests, is a mailbox alert system. We demo Sam’s sounds, discuss it’s many benefits, and share why it may be a good solution for you.

Next, Chris shares about his new Panasonic KX-TGD564M Link2Cell Bluetooth Cordless Phone with Voice Assist and Answering Machine. We discuss its many benefits in terms of accessibility, show its talking caller ID, and more. We also remind you that if you’re looking for a really affordable landline option, and already have good internet access, we offer audio tutorials on both ViaTalk and VOIPo. These are both VOIP companies that use your existing internet connection to deliver great quality phone calls.

Thanks, as always, for listening!