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		<title>On Slashdot: Hand-Mounted Sonar For the Blind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotted on Slashdot, Hand-Mounted Sonar For the Blind: The Tacit, a wrist-mounted sonar device with haptic feedback, is like strapping a bat to your wrist to help you see. It makes use of two sonar ping sensors to measure the distance to the nearest obstacle. The relative distance to an object is then fed back to the user using two servos which apply pressure to the back of the wrist.&#8221; &#160; If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Slashdot: RFID-Equipped Robots Used as Guide DogsSlashdot &#124; Artificial Retinas Bring Vision Back To The BlindSlashdot: Converting Images Into Sounds for the BlindMaccessibility: Why blind users can&#8217;t register at SlashdotSlashdot &#124; Japanese Scientists Claim To Reconstruct Images From Brain Data]]></description>
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		<title>Shoot First, Focus Later</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2011/06/shoot-first-focus-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new company may have solved one of my biggest challenges as a visually-impaired photographer. Manual focus is out of the question for me. Automatic focus is a gamble as it often picks the wrong subject to focus on. I have too many shots that have the background in sharp focus while the subject is just a blur. &#160; Lytro’s Camera Lets You Shoot First and Focus Later (www.nytimes.com): The company’s technology allows a picture’s focus to be adjusted after it is taken. Since I do so much of my process on the computer already, with the big monitor and indirect lighting, adding focusing to the post-processing makes sense to me. I can fund a good shot, estimate reasonable composition and lighting and take some pictures with the camera with this set up, knowing I can sort out correct focal points later.  Hmmm&#8230; If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Inaccessible Web DesignNew York Times: New Ways to Manage Your PhotosNo Need for VoiceOver on the Web?Another local blind photographerTrouble Focusing? Zoom in &#8211; Accessible Photography Tip]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Moblie Web Zoom</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/03/call-for-moblie-web-zoom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do not understand something about the mobile web. The &#8216;mobile web&#8217; entails all the sites made for smart phones and other mobile devices. Despite being designed for small screens, most mobile site disable the best feature on mobile browsers, the pinch zoom. This makes no sense to me. How could this benefit mobile web users in any way? Taking away features is not a great idea to begin with, so removing the capacity to zoom in on small screen is simply foolish. Instead of disabling zoom, mobile web sites (and mobile browsers) ought to be looking into text zoom. The iPhone&#8217;s default zoom, like that in most browsers, is a full zoom, acting like a magnifying glass. While useful, full zoom usually means a lot of panning left and right to read the text. Firefox (as well as Adobe Reader and mist eBook reader) offer a much better alternative, text zoom. Text zoom is not really a zoom. What happens when thus feature is used is that the text size is increases while keeping the page structure intact. In plain English, the page width and all images stay the same size. The end result is that a reader does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The iPad &amp; the Ultimate Low Vision Aid</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/03/ipad-low-vision-aid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the iPad the ultimate accessible electronic accessory? Of course not, but it has some serious potential. Right away, iPad 1.0 already wins the accessible tech toy race hands down. With a few small changes, next year&#8217;s iPad 2.0 could begin to render many low vision aids obsolete. Out of the gate, the iPad is sleek, light and simple with a large, color screen. Apple appears to have left all the accessibility features of the iPhone in the iPad operating system, as has been documented elsewhere (see Accessibility and the iPad: First Impressions and Hey Apple, What About iPad’s Accessibility?). So the iPad starts out with full zoom, high-contrast mode and VoiceOver. But what more could it offer visually-impaired users? With its large LCD, Apple could raise the maximum zoom and font sizes. The iPhone has limits on how far it&#8217;s pinch zoom will go. The &#8216;Giant&#8217; font size on the iPhone does not live up to it&#8217;s name. Readers have commented on earlier posts with similar concerns on iPhone app font sizes. Apple has a chance to improve readability here with no cost to users or to themselves. iBooks looks beautiful, so the iPad will be a big player [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WriteRoom: Accessible Writing App</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/03/writeroom-accessible-writing-app/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new favorite app for writing emails and other documents on my Touch is WriteRoom. It it both accessible and versatile, though it is not free. Despite the rather hefty price tag at $4.99, it is well worth it. For me, accessibility is key and WriteRoom wins hands down here. Not only does it offer a widescreen mode, but a reverse pinch (the zoom gesture) takes the app to full screen mode, adding viable scree real estate. WriteRoom offers an inverse color scheme (shown in the screen shot below) with scalable fonts. My only gripe here is that the maximum font size ought to be larger. On top of accessibility, the app has both simplicity and versatility on it&#8217;s side. The interface is clean and intuitive. Documents can be backed up and accesses online ( and by a program on Mac computers). Files can also be sent to directly to the Mail app (a fairly standard feature). My only gripe here is that the name of the app is inserted into the subject line automatically. My gripes are quite minor in the face of WriteRoom simplicity, accessibility and versatility. If you write many emails or other documents on your iPhone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abercrombie on the First Law Audiobooks</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/02/abercrombie-on-the-first-law-audiobooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have blogged before about how much I enjoyed Joe Abercrombie&#8217;s books and about my quest to have them released as audio books (See Best Served Cold (&#38; Audible), The First Law Series Going Audible and Best Served Audible). Abercrombie reports today on his blog in &#8220;First Law Audiobooks&#8221; that his debut series is being recorded. So they&#8217;re currently recording the audiobooks of the First Law, due out in June as downloads, and I dropped into the studio on Monday to see how it was going. They&#8217;re unabridged, so it&#38;apos;s taking them sixteen full days of recording, and when I got there they were just starting on Before They Are Hanged. Abercrombie goes on to talk about how he felt about his visit to the studio during the recordings. Apparently, studios and narrators do not consult with the author over pronunciation and character voices. I am very surprised.  Authors are regularly consulted over film adaptations, so why not for audio editions? Either way, Abercrombie was pleased with the progress. I look forward to listening to them! Read more in First Law Audiobooks. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:The First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An iPad Camera?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blind Photographers has written already about iPhone photography ins Shooting the iPhone 3GS. What will the iPad bring to the table? Nothing yet, as the tablet, like its older sibling, the iPod Touch, lacks a camera.  However, hope is not lost. PCWorld reports that they are  Sleuthing for an iPad Camera. &#8220;General consensus is that there will be a camera in the iPad, but not in the first generation—a camera would be a great feature to roll out in version two, giving more people a reason to buy after all the early-adopters get theirs. Though that’s still just speculation, the iPad appears to be fully camera-ready even now, and there might even be time left for another announcement from The Steve.&#8221; Assuming that these rumors pan out, what will this mean for blind and visually impaired photographers? Simply put, the iPad will offer the single largest LCD for composing and reviewing shots available in digital photography. I struggle with my Nikon&#8217;s LCD to review and can barely see through the tiny viewfinder to compose shots. Until I upload images into Lightroom, much of my photography is little more than educated guesswork. An iPad-mounted camera opens up a world of opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPad &amp; the Advent of Accessible Photography Books</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/02/ipad-photo-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;s new iPad has had me doing some thinking about its potential impact fro the visually impaired, particularly for blind photographers. Reading an article today (thanks, Dad) about a new e-book reader software, Blio, soon to be put out by a company run by Ray Kurzweil, prompted me to consider a new issue, accessible photography books (and magazines). I rarely read books about photography. The font is universally too small, the books too heavy and there are no audio editions. The iPad has the possibility of changing this. Blio is supposedly designed to enrich the e-reading experience with audio, video and web content. On a device like the iPad, with its large, high-resolution color screen, we could see the release of more photography-related media. With text-to-speech, we could even see the advent of accessible photography books and magazines.I can imagine looking at full-screen images while listening to the accompanying text. Not only would this a be a great format for re-releasing books by the masters, but this would also be a great format for every photographer with a story to tell. Scott Bourne has already expounded about the iPad’s potential as a digital portolio. On his Photofocus blog post, What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blio, A Better e-Reader?</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/02/blio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotted on CNET, Ray Kurzweil tries to build a better e-reader. His latest project, Blio, is an effort to improve the emerging electronic book field with software that turns e-books into more than just a digital copy of the print edition. Blio, which is due out next month, is software that combines a full-color digital book with the ability to add Web content, video, and professionally narrated audiobooks. I like the idea of integrating audiobooks with e-books. So does my wife. Occassionally we will listen to audiobooks together, but she will also but the Kindle edition to read along. I have not tried this yet, but I have not found a great e-book reader yet. Holding my iPod Touch up to my face (as I need to get very close) for long periods of time is less than enticing. I can image running Blio, which would allow this, on a new iPad with a very large font size and relazing when reading and listening. Blio will offer text-t0-speech, but that has run into trouble with publishers on the new Kindle. Audible.com, a major online audio book distributor, ought to get involved. It would make for a great fit. The software [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessible iTunes: A Truly Large Font</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/02/itunes-font-hack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite Apple&#8217;s leading efforts in accessibility technology, I have always found iTunes extremely hard to use. Apple&#8217;s major focus has been on VoiceOver and screen reader software compatibility. There are many visually impaired computer users out there (and right here) who have not made the switch to a non-visual interface, preferring to rely on large font sizes, high contrast color schemes and zooming. iTunes is just as beautiful as all of Apple&#8217;s software. It has a lovely color scheme and its layout is aesthetically pleasing. The program is very resistant to large fonts and alternate color schemes. Until today, I have had to rely on zooming, squinting and my low vision aids to navigate my songs and playlists. Now, I have found a hack to fix the problem. Buried in a comment on a earlier post, I found a link to Teridon&#8217;s Resource file hacks for iTunes for Windows. This unhappily named site offers a free bit of software, the iTunes Font Size Editor, that does one and only one thing. It allows you to customize the font size of the song list in iTunes. Teridon puts it this way: &#8220;iTunes gives you two font sizes: &#8220;small&#8221; (which is 8pt) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Defense of Audiobooks: Another Success</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/01/in-defense-of-audiobooks-another-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in March of 2006, I contacted the author of an economics book that I was interested in reading. This was part of a personal campaign to encourage authors to produce audio editions of their books, blogged here.  The author graciously responded, offering to bring the subject up with his publisher. I have heard from other authors that this is where the difficulties lie. Authors do not control whether an audio version is recorded. This depends on the legal status of the audio and digital rights, on the publisher&#8217;s whim and on the perceived demand. Despite the challenges, a request to the publisher from the author carries a lot more weight than one from me. There was not further communication from the author, so I assumed that this suggestions had languished with so many others. Out of the blue, the book,  In Defense of Globalization by Jagdish Bhagwati, appeared recently on Audible.com with no fanfare. I noted it only by keeping my eye on the &#8216;Just Added&#8217; list of new books released on Audible.com. Thank you, Professor Bhagwati. I hope other follow in your footsteps. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Served Cold (&amp; Audible)</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/01/best-served-cold-audible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite new authors is Joe Abercrombie. A few year ago, he published The First Law trilogy, a dark fantasy series, followed recently by Best Served Cold, a novel set I&#8217;m the First Law world. I picked up the first nook in the trilogy a few years ago in paperback and was immediately hooked. I do not read many books in print (though lots in audio), so this was a big deal for me. As I wrote earlier, a while back, I contacted the author via his web site to suggest audio versions of his books. Abercrombie responded and followed up the request, but met with the usual red tape faced by authors. The decision to produce an audio version lies more with the publishers, though, but Abercrombie put in a request. A few months ago, I heard the audio version was en route. Just a few days ago, Best Served Cold, Abercrombie&#8217;s latest, arrived on Audible.com&#8217;s virtual shelves. Yeah! Now I can finish reading it. I have the Kindle edition, but have not gotten past the first few chapters. With the Kindle app on my iPod (set to the light-on-dark color scheme and to the giant font [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trouble Focusing? Zoom in &#8211; Accessible Photography Tip</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/07/trouble-focusing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had some trouble focusing recently. Not with concentrating (not more than usual anyway), but with my camera. Being visually impaired, I have to rely on my camera&#8217;s autofocus. Using manual focus requires that I can see the viewfinder. I use the viewfinder to compose (mostly), but definitely not to focus. Unfortunately, autofocus does not always save the day. Over the last month or so, I have shot a baseball and two softball games. I had more than a few instances where I thought I was focusing on a player in the infield (the pitcher, batter or a runner), but the camera instead focused way off in the distance, usually the outfield fence. This ruined an unnecessary number of shots that would have otherwise been submitted to the paper. The photo editor commented to me about this, letting me know that he needed me to sort out this issue. I had tried the different focus setting on my D40X, closest subject, dynamic and point. I had no luck whatsoever in getting consistent focus out of the camera. An unlikely rescue happened however. A young DC filmmaker came down for a visit to understand better the how photographic workflow is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Make WordPress Media More Accessible &#8211;  Vote for Media Features</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress development team is planning to update WP&#8217;s media handling in the next version. Via WordPress › Blog » Vote for 2.9 Media Features, &#8220;A large percentage of the requests we get from users are for more/better media features, so we’ve decided to focus 2.9 on building an infrastructure for improved media handling that we can continue to build on in versions to come. In that vein, we need your input to determine which features to prioritize and build sooner rather than later.&#8221; So they have a short survery about priorities for improving WP&#8217;s media handling. None of the eleven options mention accessibility, so I encourage you to fill in the text box at the bottom requesting improved accessibility handling. I suggested that they make it easy for us to make our blogs screen-reader friendly and make al-text tags obvious and recommended (if not required). Please help out! If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Vote for WordPress AccessCall for a WordPress Accessiblility PluginCall for a Printer Friendly WordPressBlogosphere AccessUpdate on &#34;More Unabridged Auiobooks!&#34;]]></description>
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		<title>The First Law Series Going Audible</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, author Joe Abercrombie announced that his new book, Best Served Cold will be released in the US on the Kindle. I have found the Kindle app on my iPod Touch to be very readable on the largest font setting  and with the inverse color scheme (white text on a black background). Despite this, I still prefer to listen to books than read them. It saves eyestrain and often the narration is qutie good. Joe Abercrombie&#8217;s debut dark fantasy trilogy, The Frist Law, caught my attention in the bookstore when the first book came out here in the US. I read the first chapter in the bookstore cafe, took it home and jut could not put it down. There were no electronic or audio editions. The books were released early in the UK, so I had a friend pick me up the next two while he was visiting. These are a few of the very short list  of fiction books I have read in paper in the last decade. As I noted in Best Served Cold, I have occasionally pestered the author by email about releasing audio version. Joe has been incredibly responsive to my requests, but the hold up [...]]]></description>
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