Episode 112: New Cloudflare feature could put some blind people’s jobs in jeopardy, attitudes towards knowingly bringing blind children into the world, high-quality Siri voices with iOS Speak Screen and more

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Here are the topics covered in this episode, and the time in the file for each.
 
Intro,0:00
Cloudflare’s new remote browser isolation is currently inaccessible and a threat to the jobs of blind people,0:28
The importance of children having blind adult mentors,20:27
Attitudes towards bringing blind children into the world,26:49
Comments on new Siri voices,40:08
Using the Speak Screen feature to get top quality Siri voices reading to you,42:23
Find My in iOS 14.5 has an Items tab,54:43
Braille with an uppercase B,56:19
Tape recorder memories,1:01:10
Word spell check alternatives?,1:03:32
misuse of the word blind,1:05:33
Blind culture and dating blind,1:14:05
Loving my Amazon Fire TV,1:23:00
New Zoom audio recorders with 32 bit float,1:24:44
Looking for iPhone microphone recommendations,1:25:52
Comments on Dell computers,1:29:50
Uber guide dog refusals,1:38:26
Helpful hints on handling cheques,1:39:56
The Bonnie Bulletin remembers Prince Philip,1:44:29
Closing and contact info,1:56:44