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Letters to the Editor

… looking for information about the Instacart website and IOS app and the Amazon Prime Now IOS app. Has anything been done on these and other services or … team will discuss further coverage of these items, and we appreciate your input. Best regards, Lee Huffman Dear …
AccessWorld June 2015

The Giraffe Reader Scanner Stand and the Prizmo Scanning App for iOS

… a stand for document scanners, and an existing scanning app, Prizmo. I will compare the Giraffe Reader with the … Prizmo with the ABBYY TextGrabber and Translator, an app used to scan and read text. The StandScan Pro and ABBYY … stand for scanning documents. When folded flat, it measures approximately 8 1/8 inches by 9 3/4 inches by ½ inch, and …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld October 2014

AccessWorld News

… Factory added Mobile Speak support for the new Nokia e-mail application on many 3rd FP2 devices (e.g., N86, E52, E72, … photo browser lists. Braille: Improved braille cursor mode. Apps: Support for the latest version of Tweets60. A large … know how it has worked for you. New Money Reader App Available for Apple Devices LookTell's Money Reader is a …
AccessWorld April 2011

The Affordable AmazonBasics Microwave: Accessible for People with Visual Impairments

… you want them. In The Box The microwave as shipped weighs approximately 25 pounds including the outer shipping box. … within hearing distance of your microwave. Open the Alexa app and make sure it is up to date. Go into Settings and … it must be on the same WiFi network as Alexa. From the app’s Home tab, activate the menu in the upper left corner …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld December 2019

Product Review: Get Back In the Conversation with the Bose Hearphones Bluetooth Headset

… (available online) suggest downloading the Bose app and pairing from there. I tried this repeatedly with two … in the single sound source with clarity. The Bose Hear App The Bose Hear app makes it possible to fine-tune the delivery of ambient …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld July 2020

Roku Sticks, Players, and TVs: Access to Multimedia Streaming Devices, Part 1

… You can use a provided Roku remote, or the Roku mobile app to control the device and some Roku devices support … and Fast Forward. At the bottom of the remote are buttons mapped to popular channels like Netflix, Amazon Video, and … you can press a button on the remote, or in the Roku mobile app, then speak your request. Roku will return the items …
Shelly Brisbin
AccessWorld November 2018

Accessible Personal Finance: Dollars and “Sense” for Blind and Low-Vision Seniors

… of accessibility for personal finance websites and mobile apps has improved dramatically over the past five to ten … bank worth keeping your money in offers a website, a mobile app, or both, where you can accessibly review a list of your … tried accessing your retirement accounts before and were disappointed, it's definitely worth another go. Many large …
Bill Holton
AccessWorld February 2016

Trends that Impact Travel

… users described using two major categories of smartphone apps: wayfinding apps—both mainstream (Google Maps) and blindness-specific … (e.g., Soundscapes)—and visual interpreting apps such as AIRA or Be My Eyes. The participants generally …

Learning to Code with Swift Playgrounds

… young children, but many adults have used it. According to Apple, “Swift Playgrounds is a revolutionary app for iPad and Mac that makes learning Swift interactive … using Swift — a powerful programming language created by Apple and used by the pros to build today’s most popular …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld August 2020

Prescription, Health, and Fitness Management Tools

… AccessWorld Correspondent Between KNFB Reader and the other apps and smartphone services we have mentioned in these … effects, and other information, but none of the automatic apps will do this. Even the KNFB Reader can only …

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