I’ve become increasingly impressed with Google Voice Search of late, particularly given that a number of Siri functions are not available in New Zealand, while the Google equivalents are. This audio demonstration puts both voice search tools through their paces …

Audio Demonstration: Siri Versus Google Voice Search Read more »

This article has been updated on 18 December 2014 to reflect that it is now not necessary to have an Instapaper Premium subscription to use it in conjunction with Voice Dream Reader. The Internet has revolutionised access to information for …

Have You Heard the News? The Benefits of Using a Read Later Service Read more »

On 11 October, I was pleased to address Blind Citizens New Zealand at their conference in Auckland on the subject of touch screen technology. The conference was streamed live, and I was asked by a number of people who heard …

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Edit: this post has been updated to reflect accurately the nature of the 2008 dialogue between NFB and Apple. Being a member of a minority is exhausting at times. Ignorance, discrimination (both inadvertent and deliberate), and barriers preventing us from …

NFB’s iOS App Resolution: Some Perspective and Context Read more »

I’d like to invite you for a moment to imagine an exciting future.It’s June 2015. There’s much speculation about what Tim Cook and his team are about to say at the Worldwide Developers’ Conference. We know we’ll see some cool …

Can Apple, Should Apple, Mandate iOS App Accessibility? #NFB14 Read more »

I never thought I would be up before the sun, waiting with much anticipation for some highly    intelligent man on the opposite side of the globe to unveil the newest features for a phone, slightly larger phone/computer cross, and …

Celebrating 5 years of VoiceOver on iOS. What i Means to Me Read more »