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	<title>tim o'brien photos &#187; accessibility</title>
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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>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>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>Accessible iTunes: A Truly Large Font</title>
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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>Help Make WordPress Media More Accessible &#8211;  Vote for Media Features</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/07/wordpress-media-more-accessible/</link>
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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>Accessible Firefox: A Collection of Accessibility Add-ons</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding accessibility add-ons for Firefox can be tricky. There is no add-on category for accessibility. Different searches yield different add-one. I have blogged about my favorite add-ons, but not everyone reads this blog. So I have put together all the accessibility related add-ons that I use inot one &#8216;collection&#8216;, a new way to group add-ons on the official Firefox add-on site. This new collection, Accessible Firefox: Accessibility Add-ons, includes Noise, NoSquint, Accessibar and Image Zoom. You can read more about these add-ons and other internet accessibility tips on my Web Access page. Apparently, I was not the first person to think of this. There is the Low Vision collection and the Firefox Accessibility Add-ons collection as well. If you have suggestions, please share. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Access the Web!Scroll Wheel Image ZoomFirefox ThemesAccess Firefox: Because the Internet is for everyone.Image Zoom : Firefox Add-on]]></description>
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		<title>Web Access</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/06/web-access-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting online is not always easy when you are visually impaired. Font sizes can be too small, images hard to see and colors hard to make out. But there are ways to minimize these problems. I have been tinkering with my web browsers ever since I used my first one many years ago. I have accumulated some tips and tricks that help me make the web more accessible. Some are a bit technical and others require installing new software, but all are worth learning. Go on a Safari: Access Features in Version 4: Apple has just released the latest itereation of its web browser, Safari, for Mac and Windows. As well as Apple may play with screen readers, &#8230; Call for Firefox Feature: Zoom to Screen Width: Yesterday&#8217;s post on iPhone zooming gave me an idea for an interesting zoom feature for Firefox. Since I am no programmer, I thought I would &#8230; Scroll Wheel Image Zoom: Image Zoom is one of my favorite Firefox accessibility extensions. In Access the Web!, I extolled the virtues of this little program. Image Zooma allows &#8230; Access the Web!: Customizing the Web with Firefox Add-Ons. There is no need to take the web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone Access to The Major Leagues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have something to confess. I am one of god&#8217;s most pathetic creatures. I am a Boston Red Sox fan. Even though I had to quit little league after getting hit in the face trying to play catch on sidelines, I still love the game. My one season of little league involved a total of two hits (both off my best friend at the time) and playing outfield by listening for the ball to land so I could find it. Despite all this, I am a big fan. When I go to a game, I need someone to narrate the action and read me the scoreboard. Regardless, baseball is the only sport I follow with any attention. A few years ago, we moved away from Fenway Park, far out of the broadcast range of NESN and WRKO (the cable and radio homes of the Sox). Fortunately, MLB offered a online audio subscription, letting me listen to the games at my desk. But is has been hard to stay stuck to my desk night after night. This year, MLB has offered a new solution. MLB&#8217;s At Bat 2009 is MLB&#8217;s iPhone app. How cool, you ask, is that? Pretty cool is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessing Gmail Tasks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love new gadgets, virtual as well as physical. So, I can&#8217;t help liking Google Labs. Google rolls out experimental features, both fun ones and useful ones, for Gmail through Labs. I have always wanted a simple taks manager that integrated right into my email. Now Google offers Gmail Tasks. While still rough around the edges, Tasks works while in Gmail, allowing users to add tasks right from emails. New in Labs: Tasks: Keep track of what you need to do with a lightweight task list right inside of Gmail. Just click and type to add new tasks, convert emails into tasks, and (most satisfyingly) check them off as you&#8217;re done. Once you turn on this Labs feature, look for the Tasks link to the left of your inbox under Contacts. Turn on tasks and more from the Labs tab under Settings. Learn more. The biggest bug for me has always been that the Tasks pop-up window, like the Google Talk chat pop-up window, does not handle zoom well. Designed to just fit on screen with zoom at 100%, my default zoom settings for Gmail push the top of the Tasks window out of sigh with no scroll remedy. Google [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New iPhone 3G S, More Accessibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, Apple has been listening. I have blogged much over the past six months on the iPhone&#8217;s missing accessibility features; more zoom, more color contrast and more voice. Today, Apply announced the next iteration of the iPhone, the 3G S, and it has taken a giant step in the right direction. Apple introduces these features on its iPhone 3G S Accessibility page. iPhone 3G S offers accessibility features to assist users who are visually or hearing impaired. These features include the VoiceOver screen reader, a Zoom feature, White on Black display options, Mono Audio, and more. Learn more about accessibility The main new accessibility feature is the implementation of Apple&#8217;s signature screen reader, Voiceover, to the iPhone. Without having tested it myself, this seems like a pretty good implementation. In addition to Voice Control, iPhone 3G S features VoiceOver, the world’s first gesture-based screen reader. Instead of memorizing keyboard commands or pressing tiny arrow keys, you simply touch the screen to hear a description of the item under your finger, then double-tap, drag, or flick to control iPhone. VoiceOver speaks 21 languages and works with all of the applications built into iPhone 3G S. Just as importantly for me are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rotating Images on the iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/06/rotating-images-on-the-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I noted when I Bought My First iPhone App, there is no built-in way to totate images on the iPhone. Apple probably never thought of it because rotating images on the iPhone makes them quite small. It is both better and simpler just to swivel the iPhone itself depending on whether the image is landscape or portrait. On the other hand, what if you want to insert the image into an email or, in my case, a blog post? Landscape images come out sideways. Initially, to get around this, I needed to download the image onto your computer and rotate it there. What a pain! Managing all those downloaded images and then getting them onto the blog or into email is just unnecessary. There is a $0.99 app on the iPhone that does this one thing and does it well. It rotates images. Called Photo Rotate, this well-named app from Andrew Bednarz does an elegant job. The interface is simple and well laid out. In the current release, you can choose both clockwise and counterclockwise rotation as well as horizontal or vertical flips. Although the font could be a bit bigger, the light-on-dark color scheme and the simple, uncluttered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HearPlanet</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/05/hearplanet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 12:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, some one, as usual, has beaten me to it.  Not long ago, I posted about talking lamp posts. These talking lamp posts would give nearby visitors an audio description of their location. I thought it would be a better idea to build that capability into GPS-capable devices. They can build the ‘guides’ into the GPS devices. The new driving GPS devices allow users to import audio guides that are triggered as you near a location with a description. Why not add these to the pedestrian GPS devices? It could be a grass roots effort, like a Wikipedie-esque WikiAudioEyesGuide. The GPS device could download audio clips for he local area (created by regular people) that would be triggered when the GPS device nears particular GPS coordinates. This way there is not extensive expense changing lampposts. Also, information can be updated regularly. Well, HearPlanet is an iPhone app that reads nearby Wikipedia entries out loud. It turns out that Wikipedia is already a WikiAudioEyesGuide site. HearPlanet delivers location information that really speaks to you. It&#8217;s like having a professional tour guide always by your side. Leave those bulky tour books behind and let HearPlanet show you the way. We make it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another iPhone Full Screen Browser</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/05/another-iphone-full-screen-browser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 12:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On every digital device, some piece of the screen is almost always lost to toolbars. Windows has its Task Bar. Each individual software has its title bar up top, usually following by the main menu bar. The iPhone&#8217;s browser has the same issues. As you can see on the right, a portion of the top and bottom of the small iPhone. The problem is exacerbated by using the iPhone in landscape mode, which is a key mode for iPhone accessibility. There is a nifty little app, simply called Full Screen Web Browser, which addresses this issue for $0.99. Simply put, this device saves space. For a visually impaired user zooming into the text while in landscape mode, this makes a big difference. According the developers, forty percent of the screen&#8217;s space is saved. Browse the web free from clutter! The Full Screen Web Browser from SOPODS is a true full-screen web browser available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This app gives you up to 40% of your screen&#8217;s real estate back by hiding the buttons, address and even the status bar when you don&#8217;t need them. Now you can take full advantage of the ample screen on your iPhone [...]]]></description>
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