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Introduction – it has ceased to be Another Braille watch died on me recently. Based on the responses to my revealing of this fact on Twitter, there seems widespread dissatisfaction with the build quality and appearance of many of today’s …
The Bradley Time Piece – Functional, Fashionable and Fun Read more »
Introduction This post continues a tradition I started when I founded Mosen Consulting in 2013, where just ahead of the big iOS reveal at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, I write down my wish list for the latest iOS and open …
Public relations 101. What do you do when you have unpalatable news that you’d like to stay under the radar as much as possible? One of the oldest tricks in the book is to release it just ahead of a …
New Zealand’s Lack of Accessibility Options A Good Reason to Beat Geoblocking Read more »
The iOS without the Eye series is by far the most popular Mosen Consulting title. The two current books in the series, for iOS 7 and iOS 8, are available from Mosen Consulting in a range of formats, from National …
“iOS 8 Without the Eye” is now in the iBooks Store Read more »
The ICC Cricket World Cup is nearly here, and like the other estimated two billion people around the world expected to follow the games, I can’t wait. Like many other cricket fans who are blind, I prefer to follow the …
Hi everyone, on Monday 22 September at 8 PM Eastern US time, I’ll be giving a Tek Talk presentation on the free Accessible World chat site about iOS 8. I’ll discuss some of the new features in iOS 8 and …
If you are blind or visually impaired and wear hearing aids, Mosen Consulting would be grateful for your help.Jonathan Mosen and Bonnie Lannom are seeking interview subjects for a book on the social, attitudinal, and technological challenges faced by blind …
Blind? Wear hearing Aids? Mosen Consulting Wants to Hear from You for our Next Book Read more »
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’d like to thank everyone who tweeted links to, and otherwise shared, my previous post regarding Twitter’s new experimental “retweet with comment” option.As those of you who read the original post will know, Mashable noticed the new feature, and published …
The Official Word From Twitter regarding the Experimental “Retweet with Comment” Feature Read more »