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My previous post in this Blog, discussing recent decisions surrounding Fleksy for iOS, generated a great deal of discussion, both on and off the Blog.While I felt moved to write my previous post because of what I concluded was an …
Since its release, I’ve been using Fleksy, an app for iOS. Long, long ago, when I used a Nokia device with a number pad, over time I became very fast with text input, thanks to T9 predictive texting. The more …
I Uninstalled Fleksy Today, and Want to Tell you Why Read more »
Have you ever noticed how still the world seems when you’ve been in a noisy environment that suddenly goes quiet? Perhaps you’ve been around industrial machinery that’s been switched off after major noise pollution. Maybe you’ve noticed how quiet the …
Insight Radio is producing some top quality blindness-related programming, with superb production values. It was my pleasure to chat with Steven Scott about accessible gaming on iOS. Thanks to the Insight Radio team for what they’re doing. I’m hoping the NFB …
I’m Talking Accessible iOS Gaming on Insight Radio Read more »
Many games that sighted people love to play are highly visual in nature. Yet one of the benefits of touch-screen platforms for mobile devices, is that a growing number of games that were never designed with the blind in mind …
Bringing the Blind and the Sighted Together Through Games Read more »
Convergence is a beautiful thing. Historically, blind people have had to carry around multiple gadgets for performing a range of tasks. When the manufacturers of Talks released a DAISY player for Symbian, I remember how thrilled I was that I …
Although “iOS 7 Without the Eye” was released in September, “Tweeting Blind” is actually the first tech-related book I wrote. It’s been a much bigger project, and I’m proud that it’s available today in a wide range of formats through …
I’m neither a sociologist nor a psychologist, but I wonder whether minorities go through an evolutionary process where at first they crave to be like everyone else, and ultimately mature as a group to the extent that they are comfortable …
There’s No Such Thing as a “blind Ghetto” Product Read more »
People from all walks of life, not just blind people, can get extremely partisan about their technology preferences. Anything their team does is unquestionably wonderful, while anything another company does is rubbish, simply by virtue of the fact that it’s …
The Apple Braille Crisis. It’s Got to be Fixed for the Kids Read more »
I’ve always enjoyed Kathryn Ryan’s interviewing style. So it was a pleasure to go into the Radio New Zealand Wellington studios today to meet her and talk accessibility to a mainstream audience. Her questions were excellent, and hopefully introduced more …
Interview with Kathryn Ryan on Radio New Zealand National Read more »