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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 18: Could You Try That in Less Words?
Welcome to another jam-packed episode of Triple-click Home. This month, John Panarese takes the wheel and is joined by Alena Roberts and Buddy Brannan. Along with a discussion of the current crop of news stories, Jamie Pauls talks with Brian Kevelighan about the Aftershokz Bluez bluetooth bone conduction headphones. We also feature a listener email, so stick around and enjoy the show!

Top of the News

Apple reveals details of 50 billionth App Store download

Apple faces questions over alleged tax evasion

A popular Office for Mac version reaches the end of the support line

Microsoft improves Skype on the Mac

Apple tightens App Store rules, now rejecting more app discovery services

iMacs get new cheaper, smaller flash storage options

Hardware Review

This month, Brian Kevelighan reviews the Aftershokz Bluez Bluetooth bone conduction headphones. He isn’t the only one who is in love with them. The Triple-click Home team share their opinion of these headphones as well.

iOS News

Google announces Hangouts messaging service coming to iOS, Android, and desktop today

T-Mobile: No iPhone discount lasts forever

Siri update prompts users to be brief

Low-cost iPhone rumor reignited by Apple supplier’s hiring spree

Apple Having Trouble Signing New Carriers Because of iPhone Subsidy and Minimum Purchase Requirements

Mailbag

Hi folks,
Thanks again for another very informative & witty podcast.
You all could form the Blind Tech Comedy club.
I have to tell you of my mac transition.
My Mother passed away 2 years ago, June 30. I wanted a diversion & a new computer. I got tired of all of the SMA upgrades. Therefore, it left me with the concept of learning to use the Mac OS. NOt only was I learning a new OS, I was learning a new screen reader. Originally, I paid the $99 for the one on one instruction through the apple store. I found the noise & lack of knowledge by the in store trainers discouraging until I met a lady who introduced me to macvisionaries. Between macvisionaries & Iblink radio, I have gotten more information than I could have ever paid for.
As you were talking about your first experience with a screen reader, I have to relay my own experience. I started with DOS 5.0 & found a shareware program called BPop. It was not a fully functional screen magnifier. It would allow me to engage it after I had typed something in order to proofread it. If I had made a mistake, I had to count spaces & lines in order to correct it.
Living in Florida at the time, I was in a close proximity to what was then Henter Joyce in St. Petersburg Florida. I actually met Ted Henter. I found within my budget through considerable cutbacks at the time the $295 to purchase Magic 1.27. It magnified my DOS screen & brought Windows 3.1 in 2x mode. I also received training through the state of Florida on the Vert screen reader along with word perfect 5.1.
Fast forwarding to today, I still have my windows computer yet pull out my mac for everything.
I am by no means an expert, yet am proficient enough to do what I need to do & am very satisfied with my decision to learn the Mac OS.
Like Jamie, I too, am a manual reader. I try to absorb what my given appliance or piece of electronics will do like a sponge. All of the resources you listed are very much appreciated. Your work does not go for naught. I also have a suggestion. Is it possible to take topics from the mac visionaries list with the most responses & expound on the subject matter? Some of them are very lengthy, yet very informational. I don’t read everything primarily, because I don’t have the time to read email all day. However, I find their listers very helpful & interactive.
The applevis site is also a good resource, however, I find some on that site who whine if something isn’t handed to them. Thank you also for your interview with the gentleman dealing with the Earl app. I am not necessarily one who believes everything needs to be free, however, I am tentative to subscribe to their service without knowing how viable they will be. I see their monthly price point to be very affordable, yet my Kansas City paper is not part of their content due to their web subscription policy. I do use newsline & am glad to see a for profit company give them direct competition while making it safe for those who spend a lot of time commuting.
It sounds as if they are following the model of Flexy, using the blind community as a means to test their app & service, yet eventually marketing to everyone.
We have come an extremely long ways from the specialized equipment costing several thousand dollars to main stream technology accessible to everyone.
Thank all of you for your tireless efforts & your dedication to making the world we live in technologically easier to live with.
Sincerely,

Pamela J Francis

Wrapping Up

Feature Writer Alena Roberts – Kindle Books are Finally Made Accessible to People with Print Disabilities

Extensive run through of the now accessible iOS Kindle app with VoiceOver

iOS App Voice Dream Reader now half price at $4.99 for limited time.

Prizmo – Scanning, OCR, and Speech

Looktel Money Reader Gains New Currencies

Bill Gates: Steve Jobs was better at design than I was

Contacting the Team

The Triple-click Home team would love to hear from you. Here is how you can get in touch with them:
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Thanks for listening!

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 15: Swear On That

It’s hard to believe, but here we are at episode 15 of the Triple-click Home Podcast. In this show, Buddy Brannan and Alena Roberts are joined by Jamie Pauls to discuss the top news stories of the month. We also have an interview and an app review for you this time around, so enjoy!

The Big Stories

iOS 6.1 out:  Questions and answers

Apple releases 6.1.1 software update to fix iOS 6.1 connectivity problems

iOS 6.1 brings back bug that gives anyone access to your contacts, photos

Now all that’s left is Apple: Macmillan reaches e-book pricing settlement with the DOJ

Google Could Pay Apple $1 Billion Next Year To Remain Default Search Engine On iOS, Report Says

Insiders “now confident” Apple will launch lower-priced, lightweight iPhone as early as June

Report: Apple Prepping Curved Glass Smartwatch

Here’s why Apple needs an iWatch badly, but likely won’t make one

Apple working on technology to benefit hearing aid wearers

ZFS-loving Mac users demand support in OS X 10.9

Why do iPhone and iPad users jailbreak? Freedom

Interview: TapTapSee

The object recognition app TapTapSee has taken the blind community by storm. Alena Roberts and Jamie Pauls interview Brad Folkens, CEO of Net Ideas, LLC about the company, the app, and possible future offerings.

Download TapTapSee from the app store

Follow TapTapSee on Twitter

Resources and AT News

Get a List of Siri Commands Directly from Siri

Use These Special Siri Commands When Dictating Text On iPhone Or iPad [iOS Tips]

What’s Your Type? A Key to Input Methods for VoiceOver Users

New Tech Doctor Podcast Entitled: “iPhone Typing Competition” Listen at your own risk.

New Tech Doctor podcast entitled: BrailleTouch

Febooary 8: Review of AFB AccessNote iPhone app

App review by Lisa Salinger: Amazon Cloud Player

In this month’s app review, Lisa Salinger takes us on a quick tour of the Amazon Cloud Player. She discusses purchasing, downloading and playing content.

Wrapping Up

AI Squared has released ZoomText for the Mac

iPad app replaces physical Bible in New Jersey swear-in ceremony

The Triple-click Home team would love to hear from you. Here is how you can get in touch with them:

Follow Alena Roberts on Twitter

Follow Buddy Brannan on Twitter

Follow John Panarese on Twitter

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Follow Jamie Pauls on Twitter

Follow the SeroTalk Podcast on Twitter

Thanks for listening!

 

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 12: Blind People Gotta Rock

Jamie Pauls joins Buddy Brannan and Alena Roberts for this month’s podcast. There are lots of laughs, news stories and holiday gift recommendations this time around. Be sure and listen to the very end of this episode, because there is a little surprise that you could easily miss if you hit the stop button too quickly. Enjoy!

Apple

A More Pocketable, Integrated Apple Under Tim Cook

Apple share of tablet market dips to 50%

HTC Will Pay Apple $6-$8 Per Android Phone As Part of Patent Settlement

Judge to review whether foreman in Apple v. Samsung hid info

Someone Goofed, And Apple’s New ‘Prototype’ Store Is Unbearably Noisy

Julian Treasure: Why architects need to use their ears

Apple gearing up for major adjustments to the Mac

Reviews

Apple Mac Mini with Fusion Drive Review

13″ Retina MacBook Pro review: more pixels, less value

Review: iPad 4 has processing power to spare

Apple Bloggers Love The iPad Mini So Much They’re Calling It ‘The Real iPad’

iPad mini or Nexus 7: Which is best for you?

Jamie Pauls reviews iAssociate 2 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

Rumor Mill

New iPhone, iPad, and ‘iTV’ slated for first half of 2013?

iPad Mini Retina rumor arrives early

Holiday Section

Apple adds Passbook-enabled gift cards to its store app

Charge your iPad with a rocking chair

We asked the Triple-click team to submit their holiday wish list. John and Buddy would really like a new Mac. Alena would like a stand for her iPhone that would allow her to stabilize the camera for optimal OCr. Jamie Pauls announces that he has just ordered a 13-inch Macbook Pro. Alena suggests a word processor called Bean and Buddy recommends the Sophos antivirus package. Derek Lane drops by and offers a few recommendations of his own. We will check back with Pete next month to see what he wants for Christmas.

Mailbag

Dave from Ireland:

Hi folks,

Another great episode of 3CH, thanks. I just thought I’d respond to a couple of things

from the mailbag section.

1. The guy with the crashing App Store.

As you said, he didn’t mention which device he’s using. However I have had this issue

on my 3rd Generation iPad. As you know, the App Store has several tabs at the bottom

of the screen, and when you open it, it opens into whichever tab it was in when you

last closed it. The crash happens when the selected tab it is trying to open into

is Top Charts. So I have trained myself to remember to put it in any other tab whenever

I’m closing the App Store.

The only way to open the App Store in this situation seems to be to turn off VoiceOver,

open the App Store, and then turn VoiceOver back on again.

I have emailed Apple about it and they replied to say they are aware of it.

2. Actions Menu.

I’ve heard and read a lot of people talking about how you can go to the Actions menu

to delete mail etc. by finding Actions in the rotor. I’ve noticed that a lot of people

don’t seem to realise that when you’re in your inbox, the rotor goes automatically

to Actions, so you don’t have to find it in the rotor, you just have to flick down

when on the message you want to delete.

I’m sure a lot of people know this, but I just think it’s a tip worth mentioning

as I’ve heard a lot of people saying to go through the rotor.

As for text messages etc. being read out in a voice like the sender’s, this frightens

the life out of me, lol. Have you heard the Irish voice, Maire, she’s absolutely

awful!!

Keep up the good work.

Blog comment from Kathy Blackburn:

Dear 3ch Team:

I’m writing in response to your advice to hard reset the iPhone by holding down the

home button and the sleep button. Up until IOS Version 6, hard reset was harmless.

With the introduction of Version 6, however, a hard reset results in the loss of

VoiceOver, and the only way to get it back is to connect your phone to a computer

to turn VoiceOver on in iTunes.  I emailed accessibility@apple.com, and they are

convinced that this is not a bug, that this is what is supposed to happen.  So I

no longer re-boot my phone this way.

Wrapping Up

AT&T expands FaceTime to individual iOS device users on LTE

Massachusetts rail commuters can now use smartphones instead of tickets to ride

Contacting the Team

The Triple-click Home team would love to hear from you. Here is how you can get in touch with them:

Follow Alena Roberts on Twitter

Follow Buddy Brannan on Twitter

Follow Pete Bossley on Twitter

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Follow Jamie Pauls on Twitter

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 11: Samantha Drives Me Bonkers

Welcome back to yet another episode of the Triple-click Home podcast. As you may recall, Alena Roberts was unable to participate in last month’s show, and her absence was greatly missed. She is back this month, and takes a firm hand as this month’s host. It’s a good thing, too, because Apple’s announcement of new iPads, Macs and Macbooks had Buddy Brannan, Pete Bossley, and John Panarese each wanting to weigh in with their opinions. Speaking of John, he spent part of his birthday recording this month’s show. Now, that’s what we call dedication! Jamie Pauls drops by with a quick review of the AccessWorld app for your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Along with Jamie’s review, here are the stories discussed in this month’s episode:

Apple introduces new 13-inch MacBook Pro with a Retina display

Mac Mini updated in two new flavors, at $599 for i5 dual-core and $999 for i7 quad-core server m

Hands on: Apple updates iMac with gorgeous new display

Apple joins hybrid storage market with Fusion Drive

Google and Amazon can breathe a sigh of relief as Apple skips competing on price withiPad mini

With new iPads, Apple targets education opportunity

TIM COOK: ‘We’re Extremely Sorry’

The Biggest Threat To Apple Right Now

Mapping a Path Out of Steve Job’s Shadow

What is Particle and why did Apple buy it?

Lockitron plans to help you unlock your door with your phone

Exchange/iOS “meeting hijack” history goes back well before iOS 6

Our tests find ‘purple haze’ effect isn’t limited just to the iPhone 5

Apple looking to add character to text-to-speech voices

The iPhone 5, my thoughts and Opinions by John Panarese

Who knew wi-fi could be so fun?

Contacting the Team

The Triple-click Home team would love to hear from you. Here is how you can get in touch with them:

Follow Alena Roberts on Twitter

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 9: The Slide to Unlock People

Introductions

Pete Bossley takes the lead role in this month’s episode of the Triple-click Home podcast. After brief greetings all around, Alena Roberts talks about her experiences with a new Braille display and its lack of documentation for the Mac. Here is a link to Apple’s Braille display support page.

Next, the team moves on to …

The Big Story

OSX Mountain Lion Review

Apple: Mountain Lion downloaded 3 Million times in 4 days

Getting started with Voiceover and Mountain Lion

In Other News

Apple Profit Margin May Be Starting To Decline:

The Mac App Store’s Future Of Irrelevance

Why it makes sense for Apple to invest in Twitter

Apple: Samsung, you owe us $2.5B in damages.

Apple doesn’t have to post Samsung apology yet

Justice Department slams Apple, refuses to modify e-book settlement —

SSH to your mac remotely using iCloud

Apple to enhance mobile security with Authentech buy

Review: The iPhone on Straight Talk

Rumor Mill

iPhone 5 NFC roomers

iPhone 5 photos, fall release

Apps

Fleksy

TextDetective

New HumanWare iPhone app will get deaf-blind and sighted people talking

Reviews

This month, Lisa Salinger compares Fleksy, the native iOS keyboard and TypeInBraille. She discusses when you might use each of these approaches to typing on your iOS device. Also, listen to Ricky Enger’s interview with the Fleksy team from the NFB 2012 summer convention.

Feedback

The Triple-click Home Team would love to hear from you. Here is how you can get in touch with them:

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 8: Why Can’t I Dictate My Password?

Welcome to another lively episode of Triple-click Home. This month, Alena Roberts, Buddy Brannan and Pete Bossley are joined by John Panarese of Mac for theBlind to discuss all things Mac and iOS. Then, Jamie Pauls visits with Bill Frowline of Northwest Mobile Development about several new iOS apps he is working on including a Braille Reference app. Here are the stories discussed on this month’s show:

Mac

Apple – OS X Mountain Lion – Move your Mac even further ahead.

CNET: How to prepare your Mac for Mountain Lion

CNET: Hands on with Apple’s MacBook Pro with Retina display

MacBook Air or MacBook Pro? The decision just got a lot harder

The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable

A 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro is coming soon, analysts say

iOS 6

Apple unveils iOS 6 with 200 new features, updated Siri

9to5mac: Will your iOS device get all of the new iOS 6 features? Here’s the official word

Apple selects TomTom as primary iOS 6 maps provider

CNET: iOS 6 has a useful Do Not Disturb feature. Here’s how it works

Apple demos new Passbook for iOS6

Apple’s iOS 6 to add privacy controls for user contacts

Report: Apple to give podcasts their own app in iOS 6

General Tech

Apple to kill off Ping after all

Verizon Introduces Shared Data Plans for Smartphones, Tablets

Square Registers 2 Million Users

Apps

Calling for beta testers – typing application for blind

Voice Book Vo

Blind Side

BlindSquare

ColorVisor

KAYAK Mobile

Hotels.com

Feedback

The Triple-click Team would love to hear from you. Here is how you can get in touch with them:

Follow Alena Roberts on Twitter

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Visit John Panarese at Mac for the Blind

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