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    Oct 14

    Triple-click Home Episode 34: Nobody Likes the Ribbon

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    The Triple-click Home team is back with another podcast full of talk about iOS, Yosemite and more. Jamie Pauls takes the host’s chair this time around, and Lisa Salinger drops by to talk about using Widgets in iOS 8. All that plus your feedback can be heard on Episode 34. Stories covered this month include:

    Top of the News

    Thoughts on Apple’s 2014 iPad and Mac event

    Editorial: A friendlier Apple Inc now invites media through its Infinite Loop front door

    OS X Yosemite Review

    Features and Bugs of OS X 10.10 Yosemite

    Apple’s iOS 8.1 hits Monday with Apple Pay, iCloud photo library

    Accessibility Fixes And Improvements in iOS 8.1

    A subscription free version of Sendero’s Seeing Eye GPS app for iOS is now available for $299

    The new version of @KNFBReader is out.

    Woz: Hello iPhone 6, goodbye Android

    Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell

    Feature Writer Alena Roberts – The Life and Times of Joe Engressia, aka JoyBubbles

    Macs top over one quarter of US back-to-school PC sales

    Apple says only 9 customers have complained about bent iPhones

    This new “Apple SIM” could legitimately disrupt the wireless industry

    Team Picks

    Buddy recommends Zinio and The Magazine.

    John has been playing with the KNFB Reader.

    Alena will recommend Fleksy when it gets fixed.

    Jamie recommends the iOS game “Lost Cities”.

    How One Boy With Autism Became B.F.F.’s With Apple’s Siri

    If Siri Was a Waitress

    Closing Credits

    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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      Apple, apps, Braille, E-books, Education, Games, iOS 8, iPhone, Mac, Siri, Yosemite
     
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    Jul 14

    Triple-click Home Episode 31: Tin Cans and String

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    Welcome to a jam packed episode of the Triple-click Home Podcast. John Panarese was unable to join the team this time around for exciting and mysterious reasons of which we cannot yet speak, so Jamie joined Alena and Buddy for this week’s show. From the top of the news to the unveiling of a new reference book for Voiceover users of the Mac, there is a lot to love about this month’s offering. Add in a dash of lively discussion surrounding your feedback, and we have quite a show for you this time around. Enough with the introductions. Let’s jump right to the …

    Top of the News

    NFB Adopts Resolution Urging Apple to Require All iOS Apps to Be Accessible

    KNFBReader iOS App Announced for $99

    Expensive Apps For iPhone and iPad

    New update to iBlink Radio

    Apple announces iTunes U update with iPad Course Creation, Student Discussions & more

    Apple iMac 21.5-Inch (2014) Review & Rating

    Top 10 keyboard shortcuts every new Mac owner needs to know!

    Apple TV adds ABC News, AOL On, PBS Kids, Willow TV, and redesigned Flickr app

    How to use Apple TV: The ultimate guide

    New privacy enhancements coming to iOS 8 in the fall

    Another rumor claims September 19 iPhone 6 launch, no 16GB version

    How Disney Could Help Apple Create a Killer iWatch

    Apple’s software ju-jitsu

    Interview

    This month, Jamie interviews Janet Ingber about her new book Learning to Use the Mac with Voiceover. This is an extremely valuable resource for anyone who is new to the Mac as well as those who simply want a good reference book at their fingertips, and who doesn’t need that from time to time. Our thanks to Janet for sharing her time with us this month.

    Also check out iOS Access for All: Your comprehensive guide to accessibility for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. by Shelly Brisbin

    You can also listen to Lisa Salinger’s interview with Shelly on SeroTalk Podcast 203.

    AudioSpeed Racing now available for Mac and PC

    Weather Radio by WDT

    AFB Launches an App for AFB CareerConnect and It’s FREE!

    Announcing the launch of Spoken 21; an accessible blackjack game

    The Drive: An app designed to lead the blind safely

    5 Years of VoiceOver: Look How Far We’ve Come

    Team Picks

    This time around, Jamie recommends weather radio, discussed earlier in the podcast. There appears to be a dirth of new apps in the Brannan household, but not to worry as Alena comes to the rescue with the following recommendations

    Exploring Braille

    Blindfold Racer
    And finally, Math Robot.

    Closing credits

    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 Jamie Pauls on Twitter

    Follow Triple-click Home on Twitter

    Thanks for listening!

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      Apple, apps, Braille, E-books, Education, Games, iPhone, Mac, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Yosemite
     
  • 11
    Jun 14

    Triple-click Home Episode 30: The Secret Slide

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    Welcome to the aftermath of Apple’s WWDC keynote address, otherwise known as Triple-click Home Episode 30. This month, the team pokes a bit of fun at some Twitter feedback while discussing the rather momentous news from this year’s WWDC event.

    Monday at WWDC: Apple delivers big surprises as most predictions ended up wrong

    Everything Apple Tried to Kill Today at WWDC

    Summary of Announcements from WWDC 2014 Keynote | AppleVis

    OS X Yosemite Set To Be Released This Fall As A Free Download

    How to create a test partition for the OS X Yosemite beta

    iOS 8 Release Scheduled for Fall

    iOS 8 First Look: Features & Images

    Fleksy keyboard coming to iOS 8

    32 Hidden Features in Apple iOS 8

    How to downgrade back to iOS 7 from the iOS 8 beta

    Farewell iPhone 4: No iOS 8 upgrade for you

    With iOS 8, Apple Shows Android a Thing or Two

    Why Coders Are Going Nuts Over Apple’s New Programming Language

    Apple posts stream & download of WWDC 2014 video

    The Apple-Beats Deal: A 10-Year Affair Ends in Marriage

    WWDC and iOS 8 hints point straight to an Apple iWatch

    Mailbag

    From Pam Francis:

    Hello folks, Thank you for another quite informative addition of triple click home. I agree with your assessment of the entitlement mentality. I think it truly begins at home when a blind person is young and attempting to integrate with the family. If the family is ignorant of whatever resources they can access to help their blind family member, it’s easier to wait on them, do for them, make them feel entitled, ultimately giving them a pass at life. I know from personal experience how once family can make one feel like a sore thumb, sticking out with and family activities, children’s games etc. by the grace of the living God, I had an advocate from the time I was in preschool through early adulthood. She was my preschool teacher in a blind preschool here in Kansas City. Her advocacy along with my extroverted personality helped me escape the shelter of my family and grow into myself. I think it is also imperative for anyone with any kind of a disability to develop networking skills within their community. As for the division between the blind organizations, I think it has done more harm than good. We all have a common goal as all of you stressed on your Podcast. I understand there are different ways to get there, however there’s no reason for all of the backbiting between the various organizations and their splinter groups. That in itself helps to create the negative image we, who are functioning members of society have to live down. I don’t belong to either group. I don’t feel better than anyone, yet I don’t want to deal with all of the infighting that comes with group membership. I have done things and Been places within my life that the majority of my family members dream about. I’m not afraid to go anywhere. I also heard you make mention of looking at restaurant menus. Not sure if you’re familiar with the allmenus app. I’m enclosing a link to the app within the body of this email. It is completely accessible. The link I have is to the iOS app. I don’t know if It is available on android. In closing, I hope in this era of technology the division between the blind organizations and blind people in general has been mitigated by the use of technology and the need to learn. Thanks again, keep up the good work. Sincerely, Pam francis

    Allmenus by Dotmenu

    From Jenine Stanley:

    Thanks Lisa for verifying my thought about the new Fleksy. I kept thinking the keyboard was smaller and I actually like it now that I got that idea into my head and am using it as such rather than the old way. I still want an easier way to do numbers and symbols but I’ll use the VO app if I really want that. Nice that both still work.

    As for us as a community, the divide as I see it is those who want to be just people who happen to not do things visually versus those who want to be considered special because of that fact. These divides are present within both national groups of blind people so it’s not an ACB versus NFB thing so much as a focus on what you can do versus what you can’t.

    I just see so much of the attitude that “We can’t because we are blind and we need this or that special thing, service or price break.” versus “OK, if you could add this, I’d have an even better experience with your product or service than I already do.”

    Now if we can get Fleksy into Status Report I’ll be a very happy camper.

    Jenine Stanley

    Another from Jenine:

    Not to be a curmudgeon about this one but though the UK has more audio description, is it as good? Is some info, even when grossly incorrect, better than no info?

    OK, I’ll admit to being a spoiled purist when it comes to audio description. I cut my teeth on the proliferation of live audio description done by really quality describers that has been available in Columbus, Ohio since the ’80’s. Wow, looking back, that’s a long time.

    The height of this experience was seeing Titanic described live. Sorry James Cameron and Angie Dickenson, our live describer had you both beat hands down.

    So I do enjoy grabbing TV series and such from places like Blind Mice Mart but recently I was very frustrated with my experiences with one.

    I am a giant Game of Thrones fan and actually read all of the books before gobbling up the TV series. I know the plot, the characters, all that good stuff and there are a ton of characters in this story. I recommended the HBO series to a friend in part because of the stunning audio that comes with HBO production. Great but she was so confused by the audio description getting the names wrong or giving minimal or sometimes incorrect descriptions of things that she gave up or had me translate.

    That got me wondering about other shows with such description. I gave up on Downton Abbey in part because the description frustrated me.

    so be careful what you wish for.

    Jenine Stanley

    What’s Apple Really Up To? Keeping You in Apple World.

    Team Picks

    Buddy Brannan is getting fit and having fun at the same time with the popular iOS game Zombies, Run!

    Listen to Alena’s interview with the game developer in episode 23.

    Alena Roberts is enjoying good food with Yelp and planning travel with Transit Times Plus.

    Finally, John Panarese is being a good uncle and getting into baseball this season with the MLB At Bat app.

    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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