Allison interviews Oliver Breidenbach from Boinx about their mimoLive video software for the Mac. mimoLive allows the user to produce, edit, and stream video content with remarkable ease. Typical use cases for mimoLive are live streaming, news-style shows, panel discussions, presentations, and events. The tool is very affordable while giving the video producer tools that […]
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NAB 2018: Monoprice SlimRun Ethernet & HDMI Cables
Allison interviews Manny Hernandez from Monprice about their new SlimRun cables for internet and video applications. SlimRun Cat6 ethernet cables are much thinner and lighter than standard Cat6 cables, making them much easier to install/uninstall and requiring less space than conventional 23 or 24 AWG Cat6 cables. The SlimRun AV HDR cable is also much […]
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NAB 2018: Vitec Imaging Portable Videography Gear
Allison interviews Peter Roffe from Vitec Imaging Solutions about their Manfrotto gear tailored for the mobile videographer. Peter describes the Manfrotto TwistGrip, a portable, handheld device that supports a mobile phone, microphone, and LED light panel, all mounted on an accessory bar attached to an ergonomic handle. The handle can be detached from the accessory […]
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NAB 2018: Hindenburg Journalist
Allison interviews Preben Friis and Chris Mottes from Hindenburg Systems about their Journalist digital audio workstation software. Hindenburg Journalist is a multitrack audio editor designed for podcasters, audio producers, and radio journalists. Journalist’s design and features are tailored for spoken-word productions and its focus is on storytelling. Journalist is an end-to-end digital audio workstation that […]
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CSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2018: Smartbox
Allison interviews Dr. Chris Gibbons from Smartbox about their Grid 3 software and Grid Pad hardware to help people who can’t speak to communicate. Grid 3 is a complete Augmentative and Alternative Communication software package designed to help users communicate and connect with their world using symbols, text or a combination of both. With a […]
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CSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2018: AssisTech SmartCane
Allison interviews Manshul Belani from AssisTech Labs about their new SmartCane device for those who are blind or visually impaired. SmartCane is an electronic travel aid which fits on the top fold of the white cane. It serves as an enhancement to the white cane and overcomes its limitations by detecting knee-above and hanging obstacles […]
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Seeing AI from Microsoft
I’m going to talk about an accessibility app called Seeing AI developed by Microsoft and while you might not need this yourself, it’s a fascinating, free tool for iOS that has huge capabilities. I’m going to walk through how I heard about it and the problem it originally solved and then I’m going to do […]
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CSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2018: OrCam MyEye 2.0
Allison interviews Bryan Wolynski from OrCam about their new MyEye 2.0 artificial vision device for those who are blind or visually impaired. MyEye 2.0 is comprised of a 13 Mpixel camera that takes a photograph and speaks back to the wearer a description of the image contents, whether it be text, facial recognition or product […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits – SESTA/FOSTA, CLOUD Act, Apple’s HSTS Clever Fix
Followups Cambridge Analytica & Facebook Kerfuffle Followup Additional developments: It’s been revealed that Facebook scraped call and text data from Android phones for years. Technically users did opt in to the collection, but it doesn’t seem to have been informed consent based on the public reaction to the reporting: Facebook scraped call, text message data […]
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CSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2018: Second Sight
Allison interviews Duane Tsutsui from Second Sight about their implants that help some blind people “see”. The first device, called Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, provides electrical stimulation to a retinal implant to induce visual perception to blind individuals with severe to profound Retinitis Pigmentosa. The Argus II System is comprised of a miniature video […]
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