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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 22: We’re S People

What should you do while you’re waiting for your i-device to update to iOS 7? Should you bite your fingernails? Repeatedly swipe your phone in hopes that Voiceover will give you some sort of a progress indicator? Why not listen to the latest episode of the Triple-click Home podcast? This month, Alena, Buddy, John, Derek and Jamie all weigh in with their thoughts on the iPhone 5c and 5s as well as iOS 7. Also, Alena Roberts interviews Jonathan Mosen about his new book, iOS 7 Without the Eye. Jonathan and Alena don’t just talk about the book, though. They discuss the state of accessibility in all of Apple’s products and even talk a bit about Android. Yes, you read that right–a discussion of Android on an episode of Triple-click Home. So sit back, don’t touch your i-device while it’s updating, and enjoy the podcast.

The music heard in Alena’s interview was provided courtesy of Andre Louis. Be sure to visit his Web site and purchase his music.

Apple’s overhauled iOS 7 is coming September 18 to an iDevice near you

New Default Ringtones for iOS 7

Apple announces the multicolor iPhone 5C, $99 for 16GB

Apple announces iPhone 5S: What you need to know

iPhone 5S sports new M7 processor to handle motion apps

Apple iPhone 5S camera promises bigger pixels, slow-mo, better image processing

iPhone 5S comes with Touch ID fingerprint scanner

Apple TV Software Update to Arrive Alongside iOS 7 on September 18

Apple TV update adds channels for Vevo, Disney, Weather & Smithsonian

Apple launches iTunes Radio on September 18

Apple’s iWork suite (plus iMovie and iPhoto) free with new iOS devices

For archives of Apple’s live presentations, visit Apple’s Events page

You must buy a new iPhone to use Apple’s now-confirmed trade-in program

Walmart will credit you up to $300 for your old smartphone

PayPal Beacon: Finally an Easier Way to Pay in Stores Than Swiping a Credit Card

Apple patent turns the iPhone into an intelligent universal media, ‘smart home’ remote control

Mailbag

This month, Laura writes us to say:

Hello, musicians:
Has anybody figured out how to use the iPad version of Garage Band with Voice Over?
I would really like to learn.
Thanks.
Laura Mulraney

The team has some great answers to this question so be sure to listen.

Regarding last month’s exploding phone article, regular contributor Jenine Stanley writes:

Funny that you should mention this book. As I download it to read, I asked my dear spouse if I’d see his name in it.

He worked for AT&T for over 35 years and was on the team that chased down some of the phone freaks during their heyday.

He was also on a team of inside hackers who got to try to break things for a living within The Phone Company.

He tells me that the recent revelations regarding NSA are nothing new at all. And that’s all he can tell me as he’s still under certain orders never to talk about what his team did.

He will tell you though that his time on those projects was a geek’s dream.

Jenine Stanley

Triple-click Home Team App Picks

Here is a link to the Apple II e emulator discussed on the podcast

New Podcast: Codename Cygnus for iOS: Play the Hero in your own Secret Agent Drama

Audioboo / Here’s an all too common sound, hopefully redone in a cool way: Tritone

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 21: Finger Gymnastics

Welcome to the 21st episode of our podcast. We celebrate our 21st birthday with champagne, chocolate, and your feedback. Every party needs cake, and cake needs icing. The icing on our cake this month is an interview with Harri Pasanen, developer of MBraille, the extremely popular Braille keyboard entry app for iOS. Along with our partying, we actually discuss the most interesting news stories of the past month. Grab your favorite beverage, pull up a comfortable chair and let’s get started!

Apple’s cheaper and not so cheap iPhone explained

Why a Gold iPhone 5S Actually Makes Sense

Report: iOS 7 may come to iPhones and iPod touches first, iPads later

7 Facts About The iPhone You Probably Didn’t Know Were True

Your iPhone uses more energy than a refrigerator

Does an iPhone really burn more coal than a refrigerator?

Top 5 secret Siri tips: How to add, find, delete, and do everything faster!

Apple’s Mac sales down in July, to slide 5 percent this quarter

Apple Retail Stores making a play to sell Macs to Windows based business customers

Seemingly benign “Jekyll” app passes Apple review, then becomes “evil”

Apple bans app that wants you to throw your phone in the air

Apple updates App Store review guidelines

Announcing the Newest Inductees into the AppleVis iOS App Hall of Fame

Announcing the release to the Apple Store of the first update to The Seeing Eye GPS™ app for the iPhone, version 1.1.

Downcast for OS X: Download, Play and Synchronize your Favorite Podcasts

Apple shares soar after billionaire investor Carl Icahn calls company ‘extremely undervalued’

Apple’s Tim Cook Talking To Investors…

Apple Acquires Video Discovery Service Matcha.tv

Judge says she won’t suspend ruling in Apple e-books case

Apple e-book price-fixing damages trial set for next May

Steve Jobs movie slammed by critics — and Woz

Steve Jobs: Genius, or Just Obsessive?

Recommended Apps

This month, the Triple-click Home Team mentions apps they are still enjoying from last month. Feel free to visit our previous show notes for those recommendations. One new app mentioned by Alena Roberts is the game Wizard’s Choice.

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 John Panarese on Twitter Follow Triple-click Home on Twitter Thanks for listening!

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 20: A Scary Space Odyssey

Since Buddy Brannan was unable to join us for this month’s episode of Triple-click Home, Jamie Pauls joins Alena Roberts and John Panarese to discuss the top news stories of the month. The team has some app recommendations to share along the way, and Alena rounds out the show with an interview with the developer of the Voice Dream app for reading books and many other types of documents on your iOS device.

Apple Took Three Days to Tell Developers About a Site Hack

Researcher claims he told Apple of Developer Center vulnerability but didn’t maliciously steal data

iOS 7 preview: Siri gets a new look, access to settings, more services, still no predictive results

Nobody Has Tried The Real iOS 7

With Its Acquisition Of Locationary, Apple Zeros In On Maps, Big Data And Competing With Google

With all of our talk of travel, John recommends All Access: Talking Menus.

Apple acquires navigation service Hopstop

HopStop for Windows Phone Scrapped Following Apple Deal

States Combat Cell Phone Use On The Road But Deaths Persist

How Will Apple Handle Verizon’s iPhone Shortfall?

Comparing T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon’s Upgrade Plans

Here’s all the evidence that Apple is making an actual TV—and the remote will likely be your hand

iPad mini 2 with Retina display won’t be released this year?

Recharging iPhone blamed for another serious shock in China

You Won’t Need a PIN When You Pay for Everything with Your Face

Apple should lead the move to DRM-free ebooks

How to request a refund for an iTunes or App Store purchase

App Updates: Fleksy Version 1.8 links favorites with contacts, improves responsiveness and accuracy, and adds themes There is also a new update to MBraile

Seeing Eye GPS: a Turn-by-Turn GPS application for the iPhone Developed Specifically for the Blind

Listen to Joe Steinkamp’s interview with the developers of the iOS game Solara on SeroTalk Podcast 162

Alena has been playing with the crossword game Word Shuffle.

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 John Panarese on Twitter Follow Triple-click Home on Twitter Thanks for listening!

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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:
Follow Alena Roberts on Twitter
Follow Buddy Brannan on Twitter
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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 16: Don’t Take Attachments from Strangers

Welcome to the latest episode of Triple-click Home. This month, Alena takes the host’s chair with support from Buddy and John. Along with the top stories of the month, Buddy brings you an interview with Apple specialist Stan Cox. Finally, the Triple-click home team suggests some apps you might want to take a look at.

In the News

Apple Acquires Indoor Location Company WifiSLAM

What, exactly, WiFiSLAM is, and why Apple acquired it

Eric Schmidt hints Google Now for iOS stuck in App Store approval process

New Trojan Hits Mac Users As They Surf The Web

Apple beefs up iCloud, Apple ID security with two-step verification

How To Set Up Apple’s New Two-Step Verification

Apple Releases Patch For Evasi0n Jailbreak (After It’s Used 18 Million Times)

Apple rolls out OS X 10.8.3 with support for Windows 8 in Boot Camp

Hands on: Podcasts 1.2 is the one Apple should have shipped

Jony Ive Leaves His Mark As Skeuomorphism Concept Vanishes From One App

John Browett and Apple retail: “rejected for fit rather than competency”

Why did Apple hire Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch?

Samsung confirms it’s trying to beat Apple to market with a smart watch

Apple applies for patent to bring wireless charging to the Smart Cover

Facebook updates flagship iOS app with cover photos, group messaging improvements

iPhone iOs 6 Updates (IOS6-UPDATE)

Series: Mac, PC, or Both: Choices for Blind and Visually Impaired Computer UsersPart I

Sendero Announces Features, Preview for Seeing Eye GPS for iOS

Free Sight Compass App Helps you Navigate Hotels, Bathrooms, and More

exclusive look at the BARD iOS app

Open that iPad before you buy it

Renewable energy now powers 75 percent of Apple’s facilities

Mailbag

Blog comment from jan brown

Hello Tripple Click Home.
I love reading about my phone but was disappointed that you were not thrilled as I was by the new App Braille Touch. I have trouble writing with Flexy and find Braille Touch so exciting. I can text away and bore more people more easily.

Email from Chelsea Cook

Hi Happy Apple People,

Love the way you guys have developed the Triple Click Home podcast. I had a quick question about backing up my Mac. The idea of bootable backups intrigues me, and the two most talked-about programs for accomplishing this are super duper and Carbon Copy Cloner. I used CCC for awhile, but missed the donation window and am trying to decide between the two. What do you guys use, and what are your recommendations?

Chelsea

Email from Jenine Stanley

Excellent interview with the developer of TapTap See.

I downloaded the product in its first version and haven’t really played much with it. The one thing I want to try though when traveling is to see if it can recognize individual buttons on a soda machine. Granted, there are some standard layouts but it would be nice to learn about a machine, especially if I’m spending time in a location and using the machine a lot.

I’ll be interested to hear if anyone has tried this and will let you all know if it works when I travel next week.

Jenine Stanley

Triple-click Home Team’s apps of the month

This month, Buddy continues the GPS theme by recommending iMove.

For reading books and other documents, John recommends Voice Dream Reader.

When you are ready for a break from work, Alena recommends two games: Clever Clues and WordCord.

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 John Panarese on Twitter

Follow Triple-click Home on Twitter

Thanks for listening!

 

Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 16: Don’t Take Attachments from Strangers

Welcome to the latest episode of Triple-click Home. This month, Alena takes the host’s chair with support from Buddy and John. Along with the top stories of the month, Buddy brings you an interview with Apple specialist Stan Cox. Finally, the Triple-click home team suggests some apps you might want to take a look at.

In the News

Apple Acquires Indoor Location Company WifiSLAM

What, exactly, WiFiSLAM is, and why Apple acquired it

Eric Schmidt hints Google Now for iOS stuck in App Store approval process

New Trojan Hits Mac Users As They Surf The Web

Apple beefs up iCloud, Apple ID security with two-step verification

How To Set Up Apple’s New Two-Step Verification

Apple Releases Patch For Evasi0n Jailbreak (After It’s Used 18 Million Times)

Apple rolls out OS X 10.8.3 with support for Windows 8 in Boot Camp

Hands on: Podcasts 1.2 is the one Apple should have shipped

Jony Ive Leaves His Mark As Skeuomorphism Concept Vanishes From One App

John Browett and Apple retail: “rejected for fit rather than competency”

Why did Apple hire Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch?

Samsung confirms it’s trying to beat Apple to market with a smart watch

Apple applies for patent to bring wireless charging to the Smart Cover

Facebook updates flagship iOS app with cover photos, group messaging improvements

iPhone iOs 6 Updates (IOS6-UPDATE)

Series: Mac, PC, or Both: Choices for Blind and Visually Impaired Computer UsersPart I

Sendero Announces Features, Preview for Seeing Eye GPS for iOS

Free Sight Compass App Helps you Navigate Hotels, Bathrooms, and More

exclusive look at the BARD iOS app

Open that iPad before you buy it

Renewable energy now powers 75 percent of Apple’s facilities

Mailbag

Blog comment from jan brown

Hello Tripple Click Home.
I love reading about my phone but was disappointed that you were not thrilled as I was by the new App Braille Touch. I have trouble writing with Flexy and find Braille Touch so exciting. I can text away and bore more people more easily.

Email from Chelsea Cook

Hi Happy Apple People,

Love the way you guys have developed the Triple Click Home podcast. I had a quick question about backing up my Mac. The idea of bootable backups intrigues me, and the two most talked-about programs for accomplishing this are super duper and Carbon Copy Cloner. I used CCC for awhile, but missed the donation window and am trying to decide between the two. What do you guys use, and what are your recommendations?

Chelsea

Email from Jenine Stanley

Excellent interview with the developer of TapTap See.

I downloaded the product in its first version and haven’t really played much with it. The one thing I want to try though when traveling is to see if it can recognize individual buttons on a soda machine. Granted, there are some standard layouts but it would be nice to learn about a machine, especially if I’m spending time in a location and using the machine a lot.

I’ll be interested to hear if anyone has tried this and will let you all know if it works when I travel next week.

Jenine Stanley

Triple-click Home Team’s apps of the month

This month, Buddy continues the GPS theme by recommending iMove.

For reading books and other documents, John recommends Voice Dream Reader.

When you are ready for a break from work, Alena recommends two games: Clever Clues and WordCord.

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 John Panarese on Twitter

Follow Triple-click Home on Twitter

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 the SeroTalk Podcast on Twitter

Thanks for listening!

 

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 13: We Win

In this podcast, John, Pete and Buddy discuss the top news of the month as well as the biggest stories of the year. Before Alena left for Hawaii, she sat down with Jamie Pauls to give her thoughts on the year’s Apple news. Here are the stories, both past and present, which made our list this month.

Apple needs to learn how the internet works

Apple’s Contract-Free iPhone Could Benefit Every Consumer In America

How T-mobile’s smartphone pricing could change the wireless industry

Tim Cook hates office politics, loves when you email him

Analyst thinks ‘iPhone 5S’ due in June with better camera, NFC, multiple color options

Google releases official Google Maps application for iOS, features turn-by-turn navigation…

iTunes 11 review: Simple is as simple does

Apple January event to focus on publishing, iBooks, report says

Apple to host January 19 ‘education event’ in New York

iPhone turns 5 years old on January 9^th

iPad vs. iPad 2 vs. the new iPad

Who wants an iPad Mini? About one buyer in two

Tim Cook Prefers Settling To Suing and Has a Huge Quarter

iPhone 5 launching with 4-inch screen, new Dock connector?

Apple’s $1 Billion Win Over Samsung: Q&A

Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display  

Why should I, a Windows user, care about Mountain Lion anyway?

Apple selects TomTom as primary iOS 6 maps provider (update: confirmed)

Mailbag

This month’s email is from Jenine Stanley. She writes:

Hi Guys,

Loved the 12th podcast. I have a couple recommendations for you for apps.

In the time killing games department, I am addicted to 7 Little words.

Sorry, don’t know how much this one costs but you get a daily free puzzle Plus one puzzle zone, 50 puzzles, for free when you start the game.

In this game you have 7 clues and set of letters that form the words to answer the clues.

You must put together the combinations of letters by double tapping on them in order.

So, let’s say you have a clue that reads like:

1. First meal of the day

9 letters

Your choices of letters displayed below all of the 7 clues might be something like:

BR EXE SUB EA JUN KFA ING ST

You would then double tap on BR first then EAC and so on until BREAKFAST is displayed.

You can check which groups of letters you’ve chosen, erase the entire group and get hints.

Your first 15 hints are free. Then you can buy unlimited hints for $1.99.

The entire game, save for one or two buttons is accessible and the unlabeled buttons are easy enough to figure out in context and label. All of the game features are  accessible.

You can earn bonus puzzle zones by completing zones you buy. Buy X number and earn 1 free zone.

On the practical side, I love the app Transit Times. It has the Central Ohio transit authority in it so I can stand at any point in the Columbus metro area and learn what buses come near me, what the nearest stop is to me and when the next bus is supposed to be there. It seems to actually work in real time too with the bus company data. I live along a route with multiple buses and often use other routes with multiple buses so this app is really nice.

It’s completely accessible but does take some getting used to. For example, it’s not really designed to give you the automatic next bus kind of data.

You have to go a couple screens in to get that for your real-time location.

It would be nice to have this as an option on the home screen.

It is designed to give you time tables and other scheduling info and is supposed to help you plan routes with multiple buses. I haven’t gotten that part to work quite the way I’d expected yet, but it you want to know when the next bus is scheduled at your stop, this is a great app.

Finally, for the ladies, although this might come too late for the holidays,

31 Products has a wrist purse that can hold your I-Phone and a lot more.

It’s a nice size little purse that can fit in a coat pocket. You can put your phone in the outside pocket if it has a regular case or inside if it has say an Otterbox defender case as mine does. The inside option is good because it has an adjustable zipper so you can attach the headphones if necessary and control your phone that way without taking it out of your purse.

The wallet part has a zipper pouch, places for credit and business cards and another pocket for change and such It also has a front pocket for your bus ID and other cards you need to get quickly.

I want to say I got it for around $30.00 and it’s available from anyone who is a 31 Products dealer, and trust me, there are lots of blind people out there who are. 🙂

Keep up the great shows guys!

Wrapping Up

Apple v Android: the winner is… the disabled community

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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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

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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

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Listen to Triple-click Home Episode 10: Disrupting Is What They Do

In the absence of Alena Roberts who was training with her new guide dog at the time of recording, uddy Brannan, Peter Bossley and John Panarese forge ahead with this month’s show. There was no shortage of topics this time around, and as might be expected, iPhone 5 and iOS 6 dominated the discussion. Nevertheless, there are some surprises along the way as well as an interview with Michael Hanson of the AppleVis Web site which was conducted by Jamie Pauls. Stories covered in this episode of the Triple-click Home podcast include:

iPhone 5 review: Newest Apple smartphone blends beauty, versatility

iPhone 5: What we didn’t get

What You Need to Know About Apple’s New Lightning Connector

Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller on NFC, Wireless Charging and the Lightning Connector

SeroTalk Podcast 124: Big Ol’ Crunch

iPhone 5 Pre-Orders Sell Out in An Hour

The Worst Thing About the iPhone 5 Is Also the Most Brilliant

Apple Shows Improved iPod Nano, Retina-Display iPod Touch with Siri

Apple: We didn’t pass iPhone, iPad device IDs to FBI

 Apple win whacks Android resale prices

Fleksy is an alternate text input tool for the visually impaired

Apple in talks with cable operators to use Apple TV device as set-top-box

A Cautionary Tale: Do not move or rename your iCloud folder

Finally, Facebook Speeds Up Its iOS App

Parallels 8 vs. VMWare Fusion 5 Benchmarks

The iMac is a great machine until something goes wrong. Here’s why you might think twice about buying one

a Review of The XPrint Server by Mike Calvo

Apple Makes Last Minute Accessibility Fixes to the App Store Ahead of iOS 6 Release

Instructions for mapping the capslock key to work as VO keys

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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tThanks for listening!

 

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