Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, March 24, 2024, and this is show number 985. mp3 download Articles CSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2024 CES 2024: PacMotor Electric Propulsion for Kayaks Before we get into […]
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CSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2024
This week Steve and I had great fun attending the CSUN Assistive Tech Conference in Anaheim, California. I’ve been going for well over a decade, originally introduced to it by the awesome Donald Burr. This conference is dedicated to technological advances in support of living a great life with visual, audio, mobility, and cognitive challenges. […]
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Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, February 11, 2024, and this is show number 979. mp3 download Articles Image Descriptions for Social Media – ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial Dumb Question Corner – Magnetic vs. MagSafe vs. […]
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Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, December 17, 2023, and this is show number 971. Before we get too deep into the show, I want to tell the live audience that this will be […]
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On NosillaCast #969, Tom Mattock explained how important it is that we all add alternative text to our images when we post them on social media. We say we want more engagement, and one of the ways to get that is to be inclusive in your postings. Without alt text, blind folks can’t tell anything […]
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Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, December 3, 2023, and this is show number 969. mp3 download Unmute Presents – our community festive gift guide You’ve heard contributions on the NosillaCast from both Marty […]
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Last week, George from Tulsa gave us a great explanation of how he solved his problem of converting gigabytes of image-only PDFs to be searchable by using open source (free) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. He explained that he’s a Linux user with Linux Mint Cinnamon and so his explanation had an EVER so slight […]
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One of the delights of using electronic devices is when you accidentally discover a hidden capability. A few years ago I was hammering away on the keyboard on my Mac and I accidentally hit the semicolon while holding down the Option key. Out popped an ellipsis – those three periods that are used to convey […]
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Follow My Leader was a Big Influence I am not blind, but ever since I was 9 years old, I have been fascinated by assistive tech for the blind. When I was 9, I read a book called Follow My Leader by James Garfield in which a young boy named Jimmy is blinded by fireworks. […]
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Mona Showing Podfeet Profile and Posts Hello fellow castaways, this is Tom from New Hampshire – as seen on TV. Previously Allison mentioned Mastodon, how she enjoys people there, and how she likes the interactions. I enjoyed it myself. I think I enjoy it much more than I ever did Facebook or Twitter. I’ve gone […]
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