BeSpecular. Do you want to help/volunteer in your community, but you don’t have the time? Helping your community should be simple, convenient, and fun. Now you can help someone who’s blind by using your smartphone. You can spend a few seconds listening to the question, look at the picture(s), and reply with a friendly voice note or text message. You can:
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Audacity for Windows Part 1: Introduction and Interface Navigation
Alex begins a little tutorial on Audacity for Windows using NVDA.
He goes through some preferences that are useful and then shows off the interface a bit.
Future episodes in this series will cover real editing: Selection, cutting and pasting, zooming in and out to really hone in on a bit of audio you wish to manipulate. Stay tuned!
SoundCloud for iOS: Bringing Great Music Straight To You
Discovering and promoting new music is something that Has become easier than ever before with SoundCloud,. In this podcast, Justin takes us through how to do just that. He proceeds to look at his music stream, shamelessly promote some of his own music, and explain what playlists and radio stations are, as well as how to use them.
REAPER On Windows Part 4: Tracking Your Next Single
In part 4 of REAPER, we record a simple multi-track music project using VST plugins, MIDI drums, guitar amp simulators and some equalizers.
Remember that in Part 3, we created our tracks and made a guitar folder to make things simpler to quickly navigate the tracks in your project. In Part 4, we proceed to record two guitar tracks as well as a bass track. After, we briefly learn about the master track and limiters.
How To Turn Off Shake To Undo On iOS – and Save My Sanity In the Process
Apple’s shake to undo feature allows the user to shake the iOS device and then press a button if they want an action to be undone. The only problem with this however, is that this feature has a tendency to be activated by accident, causing much annoyance and frustration. As a result, Justin shows us how to turn this feature off in the settings app.
REAPER On Windows Part 3 : Configure To Play
Part 3 is finally here. Alex shows some preliminary configuration options for setting up REAPER to record music on Windows. This includes per-project media folders and using the metronome. He also quickly blabs about MIDI devices.
Linux On Windows Goes Beyond Developers, Reflects On The Future of Microsoft
The Microsoft Build Conference took place a few weeks ago, and as always, it gave us a good glimpse into how Microsoft is shaping up and the ways in which it can entice developers. Let’s face it: Windows 10, in its current state, features only 60-70% of apps people would want — and the problem is compounded further on the phone platform. For the past few years, the reality of so-called universal apps has materialized, though even that still only created minor ripples in the Windows App Store quality. We finally heard of projects which allow for developers to (relatively easily) port over apps they created for the iPhone to Windows last year, along with a similar bridge for Android. This Android bridge was codenamed Project Astoria, and unfortunately was killed off earlier this year (which is quite a shame, as Android apps are far greater, though one could debate the quality of those in either store depending on price or content).
Roger for iOS: A New Virtual Walkie Talkie for the Blind
In this podcast, Justin demonstrates how to use Roger for iOS. While there are many different ways of sending audio messages to friends around the world, Roger offers something that cannot be matched: audio quality. Justin proceeds to show us the customizability that the app offers, as well as how to send and listen to voice messages. A big thank you goes to the developers of Roger, who took special effort to make their app accessible with VoiceOver, and who have pledged to continue this support in the future.
Dungeons And Dragons: a How-To For Blind And Low Vision Tabletop Enthusiasts
Have you ever been curious about the mystical world hidden within the realm of Dungeons And Dragons? Have you ever wanted to join your sighted peers on a campaign to, for instance, stop some rogue thieves from getting your treasure in real time? Well come out from behind your keyboard, fellow gamer, because the world of tabletop gaming is now fully accessible to those of us who can’t fill in pen and paper character sheets. The same technology that brought us online multiplayer role playing games, iCloud, Dropbox, and spreadsheets, can now be used to interact in live action tabletop games. This brief guide will show you how to create an accessible character sheet and roll dice other than D6. A potential accessible battle grid is proposed. Additional resources are also provided to help you get acquainted with the world of Dungeons And Dragons.
How Secure Is Your Internet Connection? A Review of PIA VPN
If you frequently connect to public Wi-Fi hotspots, it is possible for anyone with the right tools to eavesdrop on your online activity. Perhaps you wish to browse the web without revealing your IP address—which exposes your identity to the world. There’s a solution to all of these potential problems called a virtual private network (VPN). A VPN creates an encrypted tunnel between your connection and a trusted VPN server, so that way when you access the internet, it looks like you’re connecting from a different IP Address. Furthermore, your connection becomes more secure and cannot be easily tracked by malicious hackers.
There are several VPN providers out there. One popular VPN service is called PIA VPN. The best thing about PIA VPN is that it is entirely cross-platform. This means that you have the ability to run it on any operating system you use. PIA also gives you the freedom to connect from several regions, so you don’t have to stick to one particular location.
Would you find aVPN useful? Do you use a different one? Let us know what you think!
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