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TechLynneTalks Podcast

290 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings

Lynnette Tatum-Rios discusses tech and other topics (hopefully, with a humorous slant, of interest to those in the blind/low vision community. The subjects may also be relevant to family members, colleagues and friends.

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Episodes

In Training

September 13, 2019 19:54 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MB

Aira glasses; Access A ride; Tech Training; Train travel; YouTube Music; Aira and Housekeeping; App Swap and Accessories; Amazon Music app takeover; NYISE Week 1 and Coding Class Announcement.

Back to School

September 06, 2019 21:54 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MB

Fun with Facetime; Back to School; a few Echo skills and some thanks.

Aira Adventures and More

August 31, 2019 01:06 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MB

Getting to my new job; Weather forcast discrepancy; online survey; Mickey's progress; Aira adventures and Siri found. online survey mickey's progress Aira adventures eyedrop escapades Siri found

To Speak Or Not To Speak

August 23, 2019 22:27 - 42 minutes - 58.3 MB

Creating a grocery list on madame A; Mickey's escape; Voiceover but no Voiceover; playing albums on Madame A; ipad mini's new pairing; casting from downcast app to google device; to see or not to see; Temptations and teabags.

We Get By With A Little Help

August 16, 2019 23:57 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MB

TLT83 - Aira to the rescue; Birth Certificate and UPS; Costco comeback; Dave's leaving; JAWS OCR; Kurzweil scanner down; Speaker demo; Spotify splash screen and TechLynne Talks to the teens.

Thank Everything

August 09, 2019 19:25 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MB

Thank everything; Alexa's new speeds; Revisiting the Stanmore speaker; mosquitos; language and cleared!

Getting It done

August 02, 2019 21:19 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MB

Costco outing; wired headphones to the rescue; finding our phones; DMV, Aira et al; changing Madame A's speaker; a Verizon tip from a Faithful Listener; a satisfying new Central Park route; a Facebook Foible; Overcast and Downcast app coolness; and Tenant

No Thank You Means No Thank You

July 26, 2019 23:42 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MB

Aira and Verizon adventures; Dentist day trip; Mickey the Great Escape Artist; an iPhone 8 recording; and audio clips from tim Cumings.

A Knapsack On My Back

July 19, 2019 22:35 - 40 minutes - 56 MB

TLT79: Our new knapsacks; Verizon FiOSfix; JAWS screen reader and Dropbox; Accessing my bank app; San Angelo, TX reference; Revisiting the Plussino BT mini speaker; Dropoff service; Dongling along; and using the Blindfold Video app.

New Phones for Old

July 12, 2019 21:43 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MB

Dropoff service delight; new iPhones; Info on the new Shellphone; An Announcement; Surface laptop doesn't recognize me; Do I Hear An Echo; Playing the ACB Showcase; Info on a new Bose Smart Speaker; Podcast request; Verizon issues and Finding Ninny.

Having a Voice

July 05, 2019 17:58 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MB

Bose-iPad Mini combination; an Audible issue; making connections; accessing the iHop menu online; upgrading JAWS for Windows and preparing Microsoft Surface laptop for presentation; a voice update; dropping it off and a VoiceSense article from the Matilda

Ding Dong The Rug is gone

June 28, 2019 20:21 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MB

Laundry victory; WiFi woes; Rug Removal; a not-so-uplifting experience; creating a Series for AutoFill in Microsoft Excel 2016 and clips from the FMDG Music School End-of-Year Show.

Super Duct Tape To the Rescue

June 21, 2019 17:54 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MB

another classic boombox; adventures of Mickey the Cat; hearing more; further Amazon adventures; deleting books from the BARD app bookshelf; thoughts on Verizon's TechSure service; an issue with connecting to the EC Technology speaker; and who knows what a

EC Does it

June 15, 2019 00:07 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MB

demo and comments on ECTechnologies Bluetooth speaker; Bike New York women's ride; verizon Fios voice-activated remote and renaming a USB drive. Audio clips courtesy of the FMDG Music School Comprehensive Music Program for Young People. Renaming a USB Dri

O-Wa-Ta-Gu-Sy-Am

June 08, 2019 02:06 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MB

Alexa speaker mixup; leaving the Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP) classroom for the last time; Microsoft Excel Autosum tip; laundry triumph; getting to my new job; crosstown Trek and converting a Microsoft Word Document to a PDF docume

Everything Old Is new Again

May 31, 2019 20:30 - 33 minutes - 45.8 MB

IN TLT72--Classic tech; JBL Flip 4 speaker demo; selecting Contiguous and Non-contiguous Files and other ramblings, of course.

C is for Closing

May 25, 2019 00:56 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB

In TLT71 you'll hear a hotspot tip; playing audio using the Logitech K380 BT keyboard; revisiting my tunes; an introduction to JAWS Tandem; and Maria and I reminisce about the Computer Center for Visually Impaired People, CCVIP and the California Pizza Ki

Nothing but news

May 18, 2019 01:14 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MB

Some uses for the Be My Eyes app;an Alexa annoyance; a multi-function device and bluetooth mix-up; finding my iDevices; future of CCVIP; iPhone issues; A New York times audio anomaly; ratings frustration revisited; Mickey, the escape artist and a Sunflash

A Flash of Sun

May 12, 2019 00:42 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MB

Thoughts on Five-Borough bike tour; Amazon rating aggravation; ASPCA giving; cable remote study;getting around; managing the mail and a demo of the Digital Sunflash Portable Pa System.

A Flash of Sun

May 10, 2019 20:59 - 1 hour - 91.7 MB

Thoughts on Five-Borough bike tour; Amazon rating aggravation; ASPCA giving; cable remote study and getting around; managing the mail and a demo of the Digital Sunflash Portable Pa System.

Now Hear This

May 04, 2019 02:27 - 56 minutes - 78 MB

TLT68: Clips from Mr. Chuck Cohen's C-Tech presentation; a break-away device demonstrated by Ms. Marion Kiler representing Damsel In Distress; obtaining our rent history with the help of the Aira service; getting the time from Ms. Alexa; revisiting Yentl;

To Pair Or Not to Pair

April 26, 2019 20:55 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MB

TLT67: Document location; Amazon Kindle help;Music on BookPort Plus; Unpairing the Bose Soundlink Mini II speaker; Another MS Help Desk number; Setting up a new computer; A Bluetooth keyboard oops moment; bypassing the MSOffice Start screen; brief Anker b

Tech, Pets and Music, the stuff of life

April 20, 2019 02:36 - 40 minutes - 56 MB

Brief tour of the Accessible Podcatcher; catty and lobby happenings; Windows multitasking command; Gmail verification blunder; a Hero clip; Jambox mini bluetooth speaker demo; talking info in New York City taxis and discussion of Ninite website.

With the Strings of My Heart

April 12, 2019 19:18 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MB

Windows Installation

April 06, 2019 02:47 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MB

In TLT64 you'll hear a Clip from my ICD presentation; our Windows installation; Chris petz chords demonstration; accessing an Office365 shared file; Maria’s new Western Digital hard drive; iOS issues; fixing my function keys; making bose connections; Tw

A Washing We Will Go

March 30, 2019 03:08 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MB

In TLT63 you'll hear a brief description of our laundry experience; a demonstration of the iPhone News app by Mrs. Cheryl Cumings; Orcam MyEye II update; Music geekery by Chris Petz; the Audible app in the WindowsStore; and a brief intro to Verizon's Call

Q and A

March 22, 2019 23:50 - 28 minutes - 39.1 MB

In TLT62 QCast Podcatcher frustration; Blindness Q&A; a Sure tip from tim; Update on Surface laptop function keys; a brief introduction to our new Dyson V10 Vacuum cleaner; Libsyn episode link retrieval and Podcasts come Home to google.

Totally Tech Talk

March 16, 2019 02:01 - 42 minutes - 58.3 MB

My Victor Reader Stream paired with a bluetooth transmitter; a Podcatcher found in the Windows store; recording on the Microsoft Surface laptop; an Amazon anomaly; success with Maria's new phone; a Recording with the Sure MV88plus microphone; a wonderful

On the Surface

March 09, 2019 03:40 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MB

MS Surface laptop function key identification; upcoming Apple appointment; brief demo of the Sure MV88plus microphone; Petland discount; Bose headphone discussion; introducing the Fisk University Jubilee Singers; and Upgrading our JAWS screen reader.

English Is tough Stuff

March 02, 2019 03:27 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MB

TLT59: Aira Agent assistance with Libsyn; receipt of my new Metrocard;; Maria's new iPhone SE; a brief demo of the Microspeak digital recorder; formatting an SD Card for the Victor Reader Stream player; an Amazon annoyance and The Chaos (also known as Eng

TLT58 excelling At It!

February 23, 2019 02:13 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

Bank card update; JAWS OCR to the rescue; MetroCard madness; Airacast not in QCast and a brief introduction to Microsoft Excel.

TLT57 Thank Everything

February 16, 2019 00:50 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MB

Thoughts on attending Hadley's first Writer's Circle;Google Home mini's false start; Changing Maria's Apple ID; Finding apps on the home screen; MetroCard bus meetup;Converting WMA to MP3; Lynnette's Latest Listens and Controlling Yourself in MSWord from

TLT56 Apps and Bits and Bits and Apps

February 08, 2019 19:11 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MB

We offer an Introduction to the Warm Me Up ap for vocal exercises. A note on the InstaCart and Shipt apps for home delivery A quick listen to Jam59’s first real rehearsal in our new space at Funkadelic Studios an update regarding Apple’s Group Facetim

TLT55 Here, There and Everywhere

February 02, 2019 02:10 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MB

Alexa direction test; an Apple Rep helps with YouTube; Echo's Birdsong skil; Jam59's first gathering at Funkadelic Studio; tech studies times three; Echo's Wait Wait Skill; Creating a Table of contents in MSWord; and 1 DECTalk singing.

TLT54 forget This Device

January 25, 2019 16:57 - 37 minutes - 52 MB

In this podcast I briefly demonstrate Humanware’s new device training via phone; latest listens; sharing your contact info in iOS; excerpts from the Microsoft narrator training session and using the forget This Device option located in the Bluetooth sec

TLT53 Clothes-racks to the rescue

January 18, 2019 19:18 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MB

Brief demo of the Amazon Fire tablet; bank card scam; making a document template in Microsoft Word; dryer frustration; a sweet memory and unsharing the Music folder in OneDrive.

TLT52 Tech Triumps and Trials

January 12, 2019 01:07 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MB

Clips of Apple store experience; Enabling Alexa in amazon music; ChatBot Barbara; Leaving medical facility; Social Speaker app and Making a hyperlink in Microsoft Word.

TLT51 Cheryl Cumings, Founder-Executive Director of Our Space Our Place

January 05, 2019 02:59 - 1 hour - 84.7 MB

This week I have a wonderfully animated conversation with Cheryl Cumings, Founder-Executive Director of Our Space Our place, an after-school program for young people who are blind or have low vision..

MaLyn's Auild lang Syne 2019

January 01, 2019 01:24 - 55 seconds - 848 KB

We sing a verse of Auld Lang Syne. and wish a fabulous New Year to all our loyal listeners! Without you, there would be no point in producing the TechLynneTalks Podcast.

TLT50 A Backpack on My Phone

December 28, 2018 23:40 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MB

Alexa’s Holiday Song Quiz; a Brief demo of The Backpack recording app; history of the Pomander houses in NYC; demo of Zoeetree music player from guidelights and Gadgets; looking for Lot Less and a description of some Creepy Crawlers.

TLT49 Publishing to Libsyn and Sound is Key

December 22, 2018 04:22 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MB

A New York times article on the FMDG Music school; publishing to libsyn; Reconnecting with my Bose Soundlink Mini speaker; a Brief demo of Casting to an Echo Dot 3; The key is key and a MaLyn Sound Test

TLT48 Do you hear an Echo

December 14, 2018 20:25 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB

Unboxing the Echo dot 3rd Gen; Thoughts on Aira access sites; JAWS and Download Notifications; using Lefon mp3 player as a BT speaker for iPhone; Alexa's Christmas Rap and more. 12:54 PM 12/14/2018Excerps from the FMDG Music Vocal Ensemble Carolling recit

TLT47 The Potpourri Cast

December 09, 2018 20:59 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MB

Connecting my Creative Pebble speakers to JAWS; making a Folder in the Dropbox area on my Desktop; Dining and big Apple Circus experiences and two presentations from the 1968 Event held at our Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library here in the B

TLT46 NoMoRobo or Not

November 30, 2018 16:47 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MB

When face meets pole; changing Facebook privacy settings; installation of NoMoRobo app, Barry’s gift items and random play in the VLC media player.

TLT45some tech talk and a trip down memory lane with the FMDG Vocal Ensemble.

November 24, 2018 00:29 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MB

Cousin Lynne briefly demos her sound bar; a really quick intro to the Door Dash food delivery app;using the lefon mp3 player to insert music into a presentation. and a glimpse into a rehearsal with Dr. Valerie Capers and Mr. John Robinson. Transitions pro

TLT44 Aira Agent assistance, Happy apps and more

November 17, 2018 02:57 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MB

In this podcast you'll hear an Aira Agent to the rescue;My joining the Windows Insider Program; Exerpts from an App Happy presentation; No help for Word on iOS in MS Disability Answer Desk; JAWS2019 change in Alt-Tab behavior; Inserting Placemarkers,; cop

TLT43 Broadcast skill, CloudBeats app revisited , Google Home Mini Trivia and Travels and more (1)

November 09, 2018 21:20 - 45 minutes - 61.8 MB

In this podcast you'll hear me demonstrate the Broadcast Skill courtesy of Amazon's Alexa, the CloudBeats app revisited, Google Home Mini's Trivia and travels, our singing Assistants and more. At least I think there's more.

TLT42 Voices of the Filomen M. D'Agostino-Greenberg Music School Vocal Ensemble

November 02, 2018 14:03 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MB

In this podcast you'll hear delightful, humorous and heartfelt accounts from several singers in the Vocal Ensemble of the FMDG Music School.

TLT41 Windows Media Player and Matilda Ziegler revisited and Sounds around our town

October 26, 2018 20:56 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MB

In this podcast you'll hear abrief demo of the Windows Media Player, an article written for the Matilda Ziegler Magazine and some sounds of me making my way around New York City.

TLT40 Amanda Wheeler of the FMDG Music School

October 19, 2018 15:25 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

An engaging chat with Ms. Amanda Wheeler, Program Manager of the Filomen M. D'Agostino-Greenberg Music School