Blind Tech Guys
105 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsBlind Tech Guys is here to bridge the gap for blind and visually impaired users of technology. We discuss all things related to tech; however, we mainly focus on Android, iOS and mobile devices from a blind and visually impaired perspective. If you have any questions or suggestions for future podcasts, please send an email to [email protected].
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Episodes
Big "Thank you"
June 14, 2020 09:08 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBIn our 5th installment of the ANTAD Podcast, Nimer and myself, Warren, took the time to show our gratitude for the inventors of the Lithium ion battery--John B Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin,M Stanley Whittingham of Binghamton Universityand Akira Yoshino of Meijo University.We talked about the new feature of the Google maps "detailed guidance navigation" intended for eyes-free navigation that debuted on Thursday, October 10 during "World sight day."Some Japanese lad...
OCR Packages
June 14, 2020 09:04 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBIn the 4th ANTAD Podcast episode, we dialogued on a few OCR packages and demonstrated what they can do.Nimer demonstrates the "Speak!" app from "High Mountain" while I, Warren demonstrated "Google Lens" and "Assistive Text Detection" by Leo Neat" as well as touching on "Speechify" by "Speechify Text To Speech Dyslexia Reading OCR."We also touched on "Lookout" by google, "The Voice for Android" also known as "vOICe" by Peter Meijer.Krister raised a good question about the possibility...
Adiantum, what is it?
June 14, 2020 09:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBIn our third installment of the "ANTAD" Podcast, recorded on Sept. 28,2019, we showcased the new encryption that Google has for "Android Go" devices known as the "Adiantum."This would be the way forward starting with "Android Go" 10 devices that we should start seeing come to the market towards the end of this year.Nimer spotlights both Google Fi, the upcoming Pixel 4 and indeed, we sang a little "happy birthday" tune for Google turning 21 yesterday--Sept. 27.Ravi graces the episode...
The Disappearing Eloquence TTS
June 14, 2020 08:51 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBIn our second episode of the ANTAD Podcast, we discussed the sudden disappearance of the Eloquence TTS engine from the Google Play Store.Michael demonstrates the capabilities of the unsung hero--"Voice Access" from Google.Ravi unveiled the new feature in WhatsApp wherein one can use the fingerprint Reader to lock the app.Warren demonstrates a little tucked away feature that is hidden even from file manager in the Chrome browser where one could clear the footprints of websites eithe...
History of Android
June 14, 2020 08:14 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBIn our very first " ANTAD" podcast, Hareth, Krister, Nimer and Warren discuss the history of Android and the events that led to where we are today in Android.This discussion looks at the weaknesses, strengths and key accessibility issues and when they became available.Send your questions and inquiries, which would be responded to in the next episode to the following email address:[email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anatadpodcast/message Support the ...