Access On – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to the first episode of Access On, the National Federation of the Blind's Technology podcast.

The show is segmented by chapter, making it easy to move between segments of the podcast if you have an app or player that supports chapters.

Here is what's on the show this week, and  when you can hear it.

Launch of Access On by Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind 0:00 Introduction from Jonathan Mosen 3:36 News Bits 6:34 Upcoming boutique from the Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access 14:03 Jeremy Curry from Microsoft discusses the new Ask MA service 15:45 Demonstration of Ask Ma 42:44 Visit the Ask Ma service and try it for yourself. https://aka.ms/askma FS Companion from Vispero 56:28 Access On Tech Tip 1:06:22 Closing and contact info 1:08:30

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 screen reader 11:05 What will Apple Intelligence mean for screen reading? 12:27 How is Apple's Visual Intelligence going? 15:42 Getting descriptions of videos using Seeing AI and PiccyBot 17:27 Mike Buckley, CEO of Be My Eyes, discusses the Ray-Ban Meta collaboration and other partnerships 28:18 Latest episode of the Nation's Blind Podcast 1:04:01 Tech tip, reading complex emails in Microsoft Outlook 1:04:46 Closing and contact info 1:06:55

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 5:23 Changes coming to Microsoft Teams 6:22 ChatGPT's premium voice feature is now on desktop 7:02 Audio and video upgrades for FacebookMessenger 13:14 Audio transcripts come to WhatsApp 13:40 Kevin Yoo describes the free HapticNav app and the technology that is behind it 14:18 Help us bridge the gap between blind people and our dreams 32:21 The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 33:37 AI's instructions onExcel commands 47:21 Editing videos accessibly in Windows 48:36 Listening to Access On with Amazon Alexa 50:47 AI audio description on the desktop? 53:11 How accessible is the latest Thunderbird email client? 53:52 This week's tech tip 56:07 Closing and contact info 57:38

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 MLB's Beat the Streak 49:43 Geographic restrictions of the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses 53:07 Focusrite Vocaster 2 54:15 My use of the BTSpeak 56:55 Tech tip, finding used Perkins Braillers online 58:10 Closing and contact info 59:10

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

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 6:47 Hearing aid compatibility with iOS, and Apple intelligence on the Mac 41:15 Lotus Smart Ring 44:41 What is happening withFacebook accessibility? 47:00 Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 54:59 This week's tech tip 58:16 Closing and contact info 1:00:48.766

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 breaks 54:16 Tech tip, battery health 57:34

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 58:00

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 restaurant program for Phonak hearing aids 54:49 Closing and contact info 59:28