Living Blindfully

Hi Mosen at Largers. This week, a listener reviews a set of bone conduction headphones he particularly likes.A listener recounts his experiences transferring all his data from his old iPhone to his shiny new one using Apple's phone to phone method. We discuss serious iOS 13 bugs and possible ways around them, especially the freezing after a call.Why does Bana and some other Braille authorities ask us to disrespect Braille, the man and the code, by suggesting it not be capitalised unless we're referring to the individual? This is something I feel very strongly about. Here's my blog post on the subject. I urge those who feel the same way to bring this to their consumer conventions next year by way of resolution. Let's get this fixed.I provide some hints on giving presentations with a Braille display and iPhone.I describe my experience with Ulysses, a writing app for iOS with a Mac version also available, that is fully accessible and wonderful to use, but currently has one show stopper of a bug when I use it with my iPhone.I discuss the deluge of announcements that came from Amazon, with plenty of innovative hardware and software changes to look forward to.Bonnie has a new toy! She gives us some initial impressions of her Focus 40 Blue from Vispero.We here about a couple of fun Alexa skills, Box of Cats and Audible Clock.Finally, we look ahead to Apple TV Plus.

Hi Mosen at Largers. Thanks for checking out this episode in which I discuss my new iPhone 11 Pro Max and a very serious accessibility issue I've been trying to get past. If you'd like to read the Mac Stories iOS 13 review I mentioned, it's available here.I ask you a challenging question. If you had to pick just one book, just one that is your all-time favourite, what would it be? We hear some listener thoughts; you may get some good book recommendations to follow up.David Mosen joins me for a Banana Report where he talks about his role in my investiture ceremony, and offers a photographer's view of the iPhone 11 Pro.Bonnie and I recount the saga of the lost keys and talk about the investiture ceremony.A listener inquired about a talking washer/dryer module. Here's an article about it.I look ahead to Amazon's big event later this week, as well as their announcement of Amazon HD, a streaming lossless music service as the lowest price yet.All this and so much more. Thanks for listening and for spreading the word.

Welcome back to the podcast. For those who can see it, hope you dig the new logo! It was designed by a graphic designer and everything!There’s plenty of talk about Apple’s By Innovation event on this week’s show. I’ll bring you comprehensive analysis of what it all means from a blindness perspective, discuss some questions that remain unanswered, provide some thoughts on who might want to upgrade their iPhone, and I reveal whether I could resist upgrading this year or not. We’ll hear plenty of listener reaction to the event.There was a crisis at Mosen Towers just ahead of the Apple event when we found that we had a fried Apple TV. But luckily, a free replacement is coming our way.Audio geeks rejoice! I answer a question about my studio and how I produce this podcast.In a week of drama, our Ring Video Doorbell broke as well. Oh no! It's often the case that we all have a good rant when we receive poor customer service, so Bonnie and I wanted to recount the outstanding experience we had with Ring Customer Support.Bonnie talks about her struggles reading tactile diagrams, and her introduction to the game of Swish.There appears to be an accessibility bug with new Samsung devices, and a listener had a horrible customer service experience trying to get it investigated.Thanks to a listener contribution, we revisit the question of free screen readers and when it's appropriate to use them.Finally, we hear more thoughts on the Optacon and the unique information it conveyed to blind people. Whew, it's a busy show!

Hi again at largers! There's plenty about the forthcoming Apple event and iOS 13 this week, including a look at what we can expect on the hardware front and what some of us wish for. I briefly demonstrate the powerful new Voice Control functions of iOS 13.I answer a listener question about how and why I chose to adopt ketogenic eating, and its many health benefits.It definitely won't be happening this year, but could Touch ID be returning to future iPhones?We hear that some users are holding onto older iPhones due to concerns about losing the Home Button. Is this a factor for you? What is it about the Home button that makes you want to keep it around?I reflect on another remarkable week in the UK as they struggle with Brexit.I tell the story of why I ended up getting my mouth washed out with soap.We look at what's coming up in watchOS 6 including the possibility of sleep tracking.I talk a bit about my experiences with task tracking apps, and compare the new, rewritten Reminders app in iOS 13 with Omnifocus and Todoist. Todoist is now my personal favourite.In other tech news,WD introduces a new range of My Passport drives, Sonos has new devices including its first battery-operated speaker, and Roomba wants to mow your lawns.

We all have flashbulb moments. Events that had such an impact on our lives that we remember vividly where we were and what we were doing when we heard about them. I discuss some of my own and we hear some listener reflections.After one of our listeners received a surprising visit from an accordion teacher she hadn't seen for 40 years, she dusts off the instrument and plays a little traditional Scottish music for us.What are the benefits of eSIM, and how do you use it if you have an iPhone XS, XS Max or XR? I'll give you a quick demo.We talk about using Google Assistant for iOS and how it's doing some pretty smart things to be useful even on the highly restricted iPhone.The Twitter account of Twitter's CEO got hacked. What's up with that?We talk more about the importance of our assistive technology being efficient, and how blindness OCR packages aren't meeting everyone's needs.All this and much more on this week's Mosen At Large.

Dude! He just couldn't stay away. Welcome to Mosen At Large.Now there are some who say, "Jonathan, you're full of...tech!" And it's true, while not all episodes of this show will have technology in them, we're really geeking out with this one.Windows 95 has turned 24, so I share my memories and we hear some great stories from listeners. I express concerns about funders maybe thinking that less featured screen readers are enough for us to succeed on the job, this could put our hard-won jobs at risk.We talk about the benefits of meditation on sleep, I update you on my quest to hear the Abbey Road Dolby Atmos mix, and I make the case for dedicated OCR apps like Kurzweil 1000 and OpenBook.