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Welcome to 298 0:00 Living Blindfully to cease publication at the end of September 2:06 Special Apple coverage coming up 11:02 OrCam says it's committed to the blind and low vision market 13:27 AppleVis lives on 16:43 Abuse of power. Censorship fromVisionAustralia 17:47 You can sign the United Blind Leaders Petition here Listener thoughts on the blindness agency leadership crisis 39:45 Jennifer Wenzel and Lia Stone, co-chairs of the National Federation of the Blind's Employment Committee 1:07:17 Closing 2:00:16

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Welcome to 297 0:00 Vision Australia's Board is not doing its job properly 3:07 Greg Stilson and Jason Martin from APH discuss the latest with the Monarch 13:16 Positive update on TPLink accessibility 1:05:12 Peacock,ExpressVPN, and Pulseway 1:06:54 Overdrive Media Console is no more 1:10:52 The SouthAfrican election 1:14:37 Sweet Dreams app for some continuous glucose monitoring systems 1:16:49 Experiences with Apple Vision Pro 1:26:37 iPhone 15 questions 1:32:07 Recycling experiences 1:36:44 CPAP machines, hearing aids, and the word blind 1:43:57 Migrating content from Voice Dream Reader 1:46:44 Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 1:50:43 Luna RSS 1:55:59 Closing and contact info 1:58:49

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Zamzar is a handy file conversion site 28:24 TPLink router accessibility 29:58 The iOS Files app and scanning documents 33:28 Cricket on the radio 33:55 ID verification 38:30 How is Braille in iOS these days? 41:23 Be very careful with iPhone stolen device protection 43:17 Airline travel and people asking questions about our blindness 45:51 Matthew Horspool discusses all things Braille 49:55 Closing and contact info 1:58:18

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Introduction,0:00

Classic 99 demo,0:48

Demo of the Sing my Number Alexa skill,13:08

Grammar checker,17:58

Looking for a microphone,20:28

Why does Winamp not stay in focus?,23:47

Mantis with multiple devices,26:44

What's up with the Braille letter W?,28:45

Mental wellness apps,31:03

5% blind,38:51

The accessibility of Roku devices needs work,45:13

More thoughts on self-description,46:22

Getting numbers from Pinecast,48:13

Blind pride,51:01

We should be pushing harder for audio described ads on TV,53:42

I'm looking for a new laptop,56:09

my iPhone is full,1:01:59

Various tech topics,1:09:35

Lost focus,1:13:27

Looking for web accessibility resources,1:15:17

Blindisms,1:16:55

Victor Reader Stream,1:27:01

Fixing ears at home,1:28:32

A WhatsApp tip,1:29:46

Comments on Aira,1:31:34

Online accessibility advocacy,1:36:03

A problem with Backpack Studio,1:40:13

A review of the ARX Vision Headset,1:42:49

Looking for an accessible Twitter scheduler,1:54:00

Closing and contact info,1:57:39

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Introduction to this review and to iOS 16,0:00

Third party voices can be OS-wide,1:50

Eloquence and other new voices,3:11

Customisable lock screens,4:07

Door detection and Magnifier changes,5:35

More granular control of text to speech punctuation,27:14

Torch/Flashlight notification,30:59

Rotor items for Dot Pad and similar multi-line Braille devices,31:24

Apple Watch mirroring,32:35

What's new with Siri and dictation,35:40

Privacy settings,44:29

App Privacy Report,48:54

Changes to Messages,52:53

New features in Mail,1:01:56

Improvements to Focus,1:05:39

Medication tracking in the Health app,1:26:04

Transfer eSIMS via Bluetooth,1:43:16

Weather changes,1:44:28

Closing and contact info,1:54:08

Jonathan Mosen, Judy Dixon, Anthony Horvath and Heidi Taylor consider Apple's new product offerings announced at its 7 September Far Out event from a blindness perspective. We discuss Apple Watch, Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Ultra, new AirPods Pro, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

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Looking ahead to Apple's Far Out event,0:00

Will the Castro podcasts app be ready for iOS 16, and what's the best alternative?,3:32

Apple topics,27:47

The Louis Braille Museum and other travel tips,40:05

Elevators at the NFB convention,1:00:53

Dot Incorporated CEO, Eric Kim talks about Dot Pad",1:05:31

Robots at the ACB convention,1:35:05

The Bonnie Bulletin,1:49:09

Closing and contact info,2:04:31

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The big reveal,0:00

Next week, Mosen at Large welcomes a sponsor,1:29

Apple's Far Out event is 7 September,3:32

Final thoughts on literacy in a blindness context,6:16

Sony noise cancelling headphones,49:42

Karthik Kannan talks about Aira on the Envision Glasses and more,58:53

Siri, iOS 16 and more,1:43:11

We should capitalise Google when using it as a verb, and here’s the Grammar Girl podcast notes on the matter,1:54:46

Comments on episode 187,1:56:47

Closing and contact info,2:00:13

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Feedback on the Mark Riccobono interview,0:00

What constitutes literacy in a blindness context?,2:40

Noise cancelling headphones,30:52.151

Travel tips,35:34

Zoom F3 introduction,42:44

Zoom F3 physical description,45:59

Zoom F3 menu structure,1:01:54

The Zoom F3 Control app,1:10:41

ZoomF3 conclusion,1:39:51

Recap of charger and power products,1:47:36

Braille improvements in iOS 15.6,1:50:30

The Bonnie Bulletin recorded on the Zoom F3,1:51:04

Closing and contact info,1:59:11

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Listener feedback on the Mark Riccobono interview,0:00

Abuse at schools for the blind,14:58

Problems with Siri and delayed notifications,30:13

Learning DutchBraille,41:52

Looking for eReader advice,42:23

Comments on episode 187,46:06

Blind people and the medical profession,49:38

Aira outside its service area,58:40

Waymap CEO Tom Pey,1:05:19

Alt+Tab, and renaming files,1:38:48

System Error Five on Victor Reader Stream,1:40:49

A guide to using Lyft with VoiceOver on iOS,1:43:53

iBeacons,1:51:17

Sony WH-1000XM5 and Sony WF-1000XM4,1:53:02