People with Color Vision Deficiency, or CVD for short, are in a sort of a no man’s land where they are able to see but what they see might not exactly reflect reality. Not all color blind people are color blind in the same way or to the same extent, but almost all of them suffer not only from some personal insecurity but also from deprivation of certain forms of livelihood.
Fanmail: November 27, 2017
The CBT Team is back again with another Fanmail show? Keep sending us your emails and messages from social media and we will read or play your feedback on our show.
VIP: Moving On Up with BCAB
In this week’s VIP, Nelson and James are joined by Jackie Brown from the British Computer Association of the Blind. They discuss the top stories from Cool Blind Tech and give you some of their favorite Cool Picks.
Alexa Can Now Play Spotify Music on Your Sonos Speakers
Sonos has enabled the ability to play music from Spotify on its speakers using Amazon Alexa..
six Appliance Manufacturers Are Integrating Voice Automation, Making Thanksgiving More Accessible
These six manufacturers are putting out new, Wi-Fi Enabled appliance models that home owners can control with an Alexa or Google Home assistant hub. Most manufacturers require the user to connect their voice hub to their new appliance in a proprietary smart device app, and Alexa users will also need to activate the appropriate skill for their product.
Airliner Launches Braille Boarding Passes
Turkish Airlines has started to offer embossed boarding passes written in Braille for its visually impaired passengers, to make the flight experience easier for them.
New Gestures and Button Controls for the iPhone X Using VoiceOver
Nelson Régo demonstrates the new gestures and button controls for the iPhone X! Oh yeah, just one more thing… Nelson shows a hidden trick for a virtual Home button.
Setting Up the iPhone X with VoiceOver
CBT is back setting up the new iPhone X!
This is Your Chance to Win a $25,000 Prize
Start Dreaming on how you can win $25, 000 with the return of the Holman Prize for Blind Ambition, the annual $25,000 award for blind adventurers and creators.
New Free App Bringing Braille to Developing Countries
a new app has been launched to help blind and partially sighted people in developing countries to access information in braille, large print and audio formats.
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