In this show Nelson Régo Unboxes the New Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE.
Gadgets
VIP: Picking Apple Watches from Jeff’s Tree
In this week’s VIP, Nelson and James are joined by Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities and Randy Rusnak from ACB Radio. They discuss the top stories from Apple’s Keynote Event and give you some Cool Picks and tips.
Amazon Introduces New Accessibility Features for Blind and Visually Impaired Customers
Amazon has just announced braille input/output for Amazon Fire tablets and magnification for Amazon Fire TV.
Brain Implant Launching Clinical Trial to Restore Vision to Patients
The device, called the Orion, is a modified version of Second Sight’s current Argus II bionic eye, which involves a pair of glasses outfitted with a camera and an external processor. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted the company a conditional approval for a small study involving five patients at two sites, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of California, Los Angeles. Second Sight still needs to conduct further testing of the device and answer certain questions before starting the trial but hopes to begin enrolling patients in October and do its first implant by the end of the year.
How to Disable Face ID
To temporarily disable Face ID, just press the buttons on both sides of the phone. There is no mention on how long to hold down the buttons, but CBT will let you know as soon as they are available in November.
College Students Invent Smart Helmet for Blind People to See’ Obstacles and Read Out Text
Five students from China have developed a smart helmet that could aid the visually impaired in their everyday activities.
Fanmail: September 16, 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.
An Overview of This Week’s Apple Event
On Tuesday, Apple announced this fall’s additions to their hardware lineup. They unveiled the Series 3 Apple Watch, a 4K version of the Apple TV, the iPhone 8 and 8+, along with a special iPhone X addition.
Accessibility Changes Coming on the iPhone X
The iPhone X features two 12-megapixel sensors with a f/1.8 wide-angle lens and f/2.4 telephoto lens. The iPhone X features optical image stabilization on both 12-megapixel sensors. It also includes an improved Quad-LED TrueTone flash, with Apple promising two times better uniformity of light. Like the iPhone 8, Apple says it will deliver an improved portrait mode that will allow users to adjust the light that’s rendered on the subject’s face. Portrait mode will also be available via the front-facing selfie camera.
Cool Picks: September 12, 2017
In this week’s Cool Picks, The CBT Team bring you their top picks from the assistive tech world.
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