The videos highlight the various ways the Accessibility features built into the iPhone, Mac and iPad are used to help people accomplish a range of tasks.
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Cool Picks: May 15, 2017
This week Jessica, Joel, and Hugo drop some knowledge in their latest Cool Picks!
How To Make Free Voice Calls From Your Amazon Echo
With the launch of the Echo Show, Amazon has announced a new calling and messaging feature that will let you make and receive calls, as well as send messages between Echo devices and the Amazon Alexa app for iOS and Android.
The ecobee4 is the First Smart Thermostat with Alexa, But is it Accessible?
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has integrated itself to work with a variety of smart home devices, but up until now, you needed to buy an Amazon Echo or an Echo Dot to enable those interactions on a thermostat.
Cool Picks: April 24,2017
Join the CBT Team as they discuss some of their favourite Cool Picks this week.
Apple’s iWork Productivity Suite, iMovie and GarageBand are Now Free!
The Apple-apps that are now free include iWork apps Pages, Numbers, Keynote, As well as Apple’s iLife apps, GarageBand and iMovie.
VIP: Beaming Directly in to Your Brain
Join James, Jessica, and Nelson as they discuss some of the top stories from CBT this week.
The DCMP Has Added Hundreds of Episodes of On-demand Accessible Television Programs
The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) has added hundreds of episodes of on-demand accessible television programs with audio description and captions. School personnel and parents with children who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind qualify for access. DCMP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and there are no costs associated with our program.
Talking Typer from the American Printing House for the Blind is now Available on iOS.
With Talking Typer, an iOS app developed by the American Printing House for the Blind, you can work on improving your typing speed and accuracy. This is a skill that many blind people need to improve upon, especially those who have recently lost their sight. The app can be used with the on-screen keyboard, but it is designed to be used with an external keyboard. Currently, the app is priced at $4.99 on the app store.
Cool Picks: April 16, 2017
Hugo, Jessica, and Joel share their Cool Picks this week that you can’t miss!
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