Apple recently introduced Personal Voice to newer devices on various hardware in their lineup. I have had a little experience with the basic concept behind this sort of technology from my time at Microsoft where I dabbled with one of Microsoft’s Azure cognitive services to do something similar. The basic concept behind these experiences is that youContinue reading “Trying Apple’s Personal Voice”
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What can you connect to the iPhone 15 with USB-C? On the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, Apple finally got rid of the Lightning port and replaced it with USB-C. This opens up a whole new world of convenience of connecting accessories and peripherals. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max goContinue reading
The iPhone 15 Pro brings tangible accessibility benefits What makes an iPhone accessible? Mostly, it’s the software: the operating system and apps that follow guidelines Apple has set for that purpose. If new hardware plays a role, it’s often in the opposite direction. For some with hearing or vision disabilities, the loss of the HomeContinue reading
Dictation Not Working on iPhone/iPad? Try These 10 Fixes Whether you’re jotting down notes, sending a message, or drafting an email, Dictation takes the tedium out of typing on the iPhone by converting speech to text in real-time. Starting iOS 16, it’s also faster, works for longer, and functions without an internet connection. However, theContinue reading
Apple confirms swiping apps closed causes iPhones to slow down and lose battery life
Tech company Apple has explained why forcing apps to close can have a greater impact than leaving them ‘open’ in the background — Read on http://www.unilad.com/technology/news/iphone-closing-apps-lose-battery-life-apple-confirms-361587-20231018
The Idea Place – Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 1:05 PM Be My AI in the Clouds Be My AI in the Clouds Although it has been close to 40 years now, there was a time when I had enough vision to see the sky and the color and shape of clouds. I’ve been intrigued byContinue reading
iOS 17: How to Delete iMessage Apps – MacRumors
In iOS 17, Apple not only added several new Messages features, but it also tweaked the design of the Messages app to give it a cleaner look. Now,… — Read on http://www.macrumors.com/how-to/delete-imessage-apps-ios/
How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/screen-reader-type-control/? How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices “I can do everything you do as a sighted person, but it takes me a little bit longer and it takes me an alternative way of finding it and getting to it. […] The biggest thing we try to help blind people understand is [that]Continue reading “How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices”
How for blind people, the iPhone significantly changed the world of cell phones even more than for the sighted
Source page In 1990 I had a conversation with my friend Aaron Levinthal about phones and we thought it would be cool if we could just take our phone put it on our belts and go out into public. Neither of us had seen a cell phone at that point yet. On a college trip the assistantContinue reading “How for blind people, the iPhone significantly changed the world of cell phones even more than for the sighted”
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