Microsoft’s Yammer team announced updates for Yammer mobile apps for iOS and Android.
The official Microsoft Outlook App Designed For iPhone and iPad.
In this episode, James Oates reviews Microsoft Outlook for iPhone and iPad. He demonstrates the email client and calendar features. He shows us how to access files on cloud services, open them with additional apps, and send them as attachments. He then proceeds to show how to send and view messages from your contact list. Finally, he walks us through the settings for the application. This is an incredibly complex and powerful application which will prove useful for many users of iOS.
Windows Phone8.1 (Part III): Music, Netflix, and Tweetium:
In this episode, James Oates demonstrates how to stream music and play a radio station using an Xbox Music Pass subscription. He shows us how to play a movie on Netflix and pin a favorite TV show to the start screen. Finally, he reviews the accessibility of the popular Twitter client, Tweetium. Throughout the episode, James is relying heavily on Cortana, Microsoft’s personal assistant. Since Cortana is integrated into the Music and Netflix applications, it makes the experience quite simple.
Quit Smoking With The Help Of An E-Cigarette:
For all of our listeners who have resolved to quit smoking this year: In this episode, James Oates talks about how to purchase the right E-cigarette. He reviews the different components of the device and how which ones are easier for a person with a visual disability to use. He emphasizes the importance of choosing a vapor liquid with the correct nicotine level.
The products discussed in this episode can be found at: Beach Side Vapors.
Windows10 Build9926 Update Falsely Triggers The Availability Of A New Build.
Once this update is installed, you will see the availability of either build 9931 or 9932. These builds are not available, and will cause you problems if you attempt to install them. It is safe to install the update, and it actually provides significant performance improvement, but do not upgrade to the next build at this time.
Apple Releases iOS 8.1.3 For Mobil Devices.
This release includes bug fixes, increased stability and performance improvements, including:
Windows10 For Phones Is Unlikely To Support Third Party Screen Readers.
Microsoft announced yesterday that desktop applications will only be supported on devices that have displays of 8inches or above.
Windows10 Registry Tweak To Get Around Accessibility Problem In Start Menu.
If you are blind or visually impaired, and you have installed Windows10 Technical Preview build 9926, you have discovered that you cannot read the Start Menu with any screen reader. The new Continuum mode makes it impossible for screen readers to bring the items in the Start Menu into focus. The code for the old build 9879 Start Menu is still present, and it can be re-enabled with one simple registry tweak.
Be My Eyes – Helping Blind See
Introducing a new application for blind and visually impaired users of iOS devices. “Be My Eyes: delivers as promised. I have used it, and it is amazing! Here is a description from the developer:
Summary of Windows10 Press Briefing.
What did we learn from Microsoft’s Windows10 press briefing? Let me summarize the event for those of you who have a life and don’t have the time to watch a more than two hour event. Windows10 is coming to PC’s later this year as a free upgrade. Microsoft’s personal assistant, Cortana, is built into the operating system and is voice activated. Many of the features available currently with Microsoft’s Speech Recognition software are now built into Cortana as well.
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