Top Tech Tidbits Podcast for October 19, 2023
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Hello and welcome, to the Top Tech Tidbits Podcast For Thursday, October 19th 2023.
My name is Aaron Di Blasi and I am the acting Publisher for the Top Tech Tidbits Publication.
The Top 5 Most Clicked Tidbits are those 5 adaptive technology news items that have received the most clicks from Top Tech Tidbits readers in the last week.
These 5 news items represent the most popular news and trends in adaptive technology today, as voted on by Top Tech Tidbits readers.
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And at number #5 this week …
Flying Blind: Taking Flight Simulation To A New Level In Accessibility BY Hackaday
Software developers Andy Borka and Jason Fayre have a love for aviation. They are also both totally blind. They've developed software called Talking Flight Monitor, and it has made flight simulation possible for anyone with impaired vision or blindness, as you can experience in the blurry video below the break. What draws them to aviation and flight simulators? Find out here.
And at number #4 this week …
What's the Difference Between Outlook, Outlook for Windows, and Outlook.com? BY Ask Leo
LEO WRITES: The short answer is: Outlook, Outlook for Windows, and Outlook.com are three different things. They don't really relate to each other. They have only three things in common: they're all related to email, they all have the word "Outlook" in their names, and their icons are similar if not identical. That's where the similarity ends. It's frustrating because people often refer to Outlook when they mean Outlook.com.
https://askleo.com/how_do_outlook_and_outlookcom_relate/
And at # 3 this week...
My Plain Text Workflow As A Fiction Writer BY Robert Kingett
ROBERT WRITES: Plain text workflows are especially useful for screen reader users because, rather than memorizing an inaccessible user interface, the user can just create documents without worrying about formatting. This post by a blind writer covers managing track changes as plain text as well as how one can do text based accounting, and more:
https://robertkingett.com/2023/10/02/plaintext/
And at number #2 this week …
BrailleNote Touch Outdated OS BY Perkins School For The Blind
Is your BrailleNote having connectivity issues and/or problems with Google applications? A number of TVIs are reporting that the BrailleNote Touch (and other more current Humanware braille notetakers) are running Android 8.1, an old operating system. This old operating system will no longer connect to most school Wi-Fi networks. It is reported that even the current Humanware braille notetakers are running the old operating system. Google no longer receives security updates and is officially no longer supporting Android 8.1 (AKA Android Oreo) which was released in August of 2017.
https://www.perkins.org/braillenote-touch-outdated-os/
And at #1 this week …
JAWS Power Tip: How To Use Immersive Reader in Microsoft Edge BY Freedom Scientific
Immersive Reader is a Microsoft Edge feature that simplifies the layout of text and reduces clutter. Use it on pages where it is available to read continuously, bypassing ads and other page content. This can include pages containing content such as articles, blog posts, and recipes. JAWS provides notification if Immersive Reader is available when the page loads. To enable Immersive Reader, follow these steps.
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