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View of the Case For Vision from above and the front. It shows a mobile phone mounted in a case that is supported by two framed legs on either side and sits about 6 inches above a paper receipt. The phone’s display shows about a 2:1 magnified view of the receipt making it easier to read by someone with low vision. The Case For Vision case and its legs are black in color. The case and receipt sit on top of a light colored wood table top.

CSUN 2025: Case For Vision Assistive Devices for People with Vision Loss

Allison interviews Igor Feinberg from Case For Vision about their phone case that assists visually impaired people or those who suffer from age-related vision loss. The Case For Vision is an innovative iPhone-based optical mechanical case that functions as a hands-free, high-quality magnifier. When used with the Case For Vision 2.0 specialized software app, it […]

SD Card Speeds — How Fast Are They Really?

Early in 2025, my new DSLR camera arrived. It’s a Pentax K-3 III and it’s outstanding. One of the features it has that improves over my earlier Pentax KP is a UHS-II high speed SDXC memory card slot. Faster sounds better, so I thought I’d buy a faster SD card. Should be easy, right? The […]

Security Bits — 25 May 2025

May 25, 2025
by Bart Busschots

Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇪🇺 Following the near-miss with the US-funded critically important CVE database earlier this year (CISA nearly let funding lapse without notice, and even then only temporarily extended the existing funding rather than actually renewing […]

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 […]

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