Blog Posts Archives - Page 11 of 225

CSUN 2025: Be My Eyes Connects Visually Impaired with Sighted Volunteers

Allison interviews Hans Jørgen Wiberg, Founder of Be My Eyes, about their service which connects blind or low-vision users who want assistance with volunteers and companies worldwide through live video and AI. To access the service, you use the Be My Eyes app on a smartphone to get free, instant visual descriptions anytime, day or […]

Apple's WWDC 2024 image - basically the letters in kind of glowy blue to purple to pink

What I Wanted from WWDC in 2024

A few weeks ago, I was on Clockwise #604, and one of the questions was, “WWDC is about a month away. What is one feature you are hoping to see in one of the OS updates?” I thought this was an interesting question, not just on its merits alone, but because I was on Clockwise […]

CSUN 2025: Dolphin Computer Access for Visually Impaired

May 23, 2025
by Steve Sheridan

Allison interviews Mary Jo Barry from Dolphin about their products that help those with visual impairment more easily access their computers. Mary Jo first describes their SuperNova product, which provides screen magnification and screen reading with optional braille support in one package for Windows computers. For touch-sensitive Windows displays, SuperNova supports touch control of the […]

Large blue suitcase viewed from above looking at the handle where a ton of different tags have been attached, all from the Japan trip.

All My Travelogues are Belong to You

I’ve mentioned before that while Steve and I are on our grand adventures around the globe, I write a daily travelogue email to around a hundred people. Every trip, when I mention it, more people sign up, so they must be in some way entertaining. I guarantee the travelogues will be low on facts and […]

Close-up view of the OrCam Read 5 being held by a woman in her left hand. The reader is black with yellow buttons and a series of blue LEDs on the top of the device. She is pointing the reader slightly downward toward the page of an open book. Her index finger is pushing a button on the top of the reader. A couple additional buttons on top of the device and a red LED on the end of the reader pointed at the book can be seen. The company name ORCAM and the device name READ are visible on the side of the reader.

CSUN 2025: OrCam Read 5 Handheld Reader

Allison interviews Corinne Nero from OrCam about their Read 5, a handheld reader that seamlessly interacts with text anywhere. With Read 5, you point and click to easily read printed and digital text and ask any question about the text. Read 5 seamlessly accesses the internet on the go by connecting to a user-friendly app […]

CSUN 2025: QL Plus Personalized Solutions for Injured Veterans

Allison interviews Mark Robbins and Scott Huyvaert from Quality of Life Plus (QL Plus) about their expertise in offering personalized solutions for injured veterans. Since 2009, QL Plus has worked to enhance the quality of life of those who risked their lives to protect ours. A nonprofit organization, QL Plus works with injured veterans and […]

Security Bits — 11 May 2025

Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. A great example of why it’s important to patch – this is one of the things the Apple updates we called out last time patched: Apple ‘AirBorne’ flaws can lead to zero-click AirPlay RCE […]

In this picture, you can see my telescope mounted on a very sturdy tripod. The Camera is attached at the back end, and the tracker is the larger object holding up the telescope. The black band near the opening of the telescope is a dew heater, which prevents dew from forming by warming the opening of the telescope. The telescope setup is being illuminated by a red flashlight so I don’t ruin my night vision.

Astrophotography by Stealth Part Three — by Brian Hoffman

Astrophotography by Stealth, from looking up at the night sky, to hanging a picture on the wall that takes your breath away. Part three: Time to go bigger or go home. Hello and welcome back, I’m Brian Hoffman, and in our last episode, I had gotten to the limits of my Right Ascension (RA) tracker-based […]

CSUN 2025: HCLTech Accessibility as a Service

Allison interviews Glenn Barfield from HCLTech about their expertise in offering accessibility as a service to companies. HCLTech aims to help large-scale organizations make their products more accessible and conform to national accessibility standards. HCLTech assists companies in auditing and resolving accessibility issues with their websites, software, and applications. They guide companies through all phases, […]

Front view of the Chef iQ Cooker. It appears as a countertop slow cooker with a rotatable lid that has a large handle on top for lid removal. The cooker also has handles on the upper sides to lift and move unit. The cooker is all black with a color LCD panel on the front for control. Under the panel are three knobs to control and select the cooking functions displayed on the panel. A mobile phone is also shown in the lower left in front of the cooker. It displays a “Featured Recipe” and associated cooking instructions for remote control and monitoring of the cook.

CES 2025: Chefman Chef iQ Smart Cooker and MiniOven

Allison interviews Todd Oliver from Chefman about three of their new Chef iQ cooking-related products. Todd describes the iQ Cooker, a smart slow/pressure cooker that is WiFi-connected and can be controlled remotely through a mobile app. It has over 300 cooking presets and seven unique cooking functions. This multifunctional cooker has a 6-quart, nonstick cooking […]

1 2 3 … 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 … 223 224 225

Posts navigation