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	<title>tim o'brien photos &#187; iPod</title>
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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>
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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>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>What the Apple Tablet May Mean to Blind Photographers</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2010/01/ipad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I followed today&#8217;s announcement of the new Apple iPad, I began to imagine how, if at all,  it could make photography easier. I already have its tiny older sibling, the iPod Touch, which I am using to compose this post. The iPad looks to be mostly a jumbo version of the Touch. The Touch has not been a big aid photographically, but the iPad really could take that step. The photography blogger. Scott Bourne, has already expounded about the iPad&#8217;s potential as a digital portolio. Via What the Apple Tablet Will Mean to Photographers « Photofocus, &#8220;(t)he portable portfolio will get an amazing jump-start because of the new tablet, and all the competition that follows it.&#8221; As a visually impaired photographer, I see a different possibility. One of my biggest difficulties using a camera is its tiny LCD screen. I can not use it for instant feedback. I can not review images as I make them. Waiting until I can upload the photos to my computer (and its large monitor)  is both tedious and burdensome. At a minimum, the iPad would make a great device for quick, if not quite immediate, feedback. Withe the large, high-resolution screen, the iPad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessing Audiobook Speed on iPhone 3.0</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/06/iphone-playback-speed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new iPhone update has moved the audio book playback speed controls. In the earlier versions, these controls were hidden away in the Music panel of the Settings App. This was terribly unintuitive as I noted in this post, Variable Speed Playback on the iPhone. Whenever I shared my iPod Touch with my wife, I would inevitably get a call about how to fix the speed. Now, Apple has redesigned the scrubber panel that drops down from the top when you tap on the music playback screen. In addition to the slide bar that allows you to more accurately move a particular spot in a song or book chapter, there are trhee new buttons. From Apple&#8217;s Podcast and Audiobook Controls page From the Now Playing screen, tap the cover. The email, 30-second repeat, and playback speed controls appear along with the scrubber bar. You can see elapsed time, remaining time, and the episode or chapter number. The quick rewind button and the playback speed controls are long overdo improvements. I love the quick rewind on my TiVo and have missed that capability on the iPod Touch. I am often interrupted when listening to books, especially when out walking the dogs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New iPhone 3G S, More Accessibility</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/06/iphone-3gs/</link>
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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>iPhone as Accessible Pocket Watch</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/06/iphone-as-accessible-pocket-watch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More and more, I am finding myself using my iPod Touch as a pocket watch. For those times my watch is not handy, but my iPod is (which is surprisingly often), I find that I turn to it to check to the time. The font is just large enough that I do not need to read it with glasses. At night, I used to have to lift my alarm clock up to my face to read the time. Yes, I should get a large print clock, but they do not have great alarm or radio settings. My iPod Touch, though, is usually recharging right next to the clock. It is smaller, unencumbered by wires and I can also check my email if I am unlikely to fall back asleep quickly. Read more iPhone accessibility reviews here. PS My iPod wallpaper is a photo I took of our dog, Hero, sitting on a large rock in a local dog park. She does not usually drool! If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Accessing iPhone Time: The Digital Clock AppWeather Access on the iPhoneGiant Fonts for iPhone MailAccessing your Kindle on the iPhoneAccessing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone Tip: If Found Apps</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/05/iphone-tip-if-found-apps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 13:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I posted a tip about adding IDs to the iPhone wallpaper. This tip involved adding your contact info manually using an image editing software on your desktop. Too tricky for most, including me. Fortunately, it turns out that ther is an easier way to do this. There are to similar apps, with sacly similar names, that will add your contact info to images directly on your iPhone. If Found, Please&#8230; If Found, Please&#8230; is a cool little free app. From the developers at Polka: Create a message and contact information on your own personal wallpaper in case your phone is lost. Best part is the information is viewable even if the phone is locked. Hopefully the nice person that finds it will contact you and arrange its safe return! The app puts a little text box and an exclamation mark at the bottom of the image you would like to be your iPhone wallpaper. Once saved, you hop over to the Photo library and set the new image as your wallpaper. If Found If Found is quite similar. From the developers at mobilityware: If Found is an application that lets you store your contact information on your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expensive Access for the iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/04/expensive-access-for-the-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Zeiss&#8217; video headset, the Cinemizer Plus, has received the go-ahead from Apple for release as an iPhone accessory. This could be the most expensive accessible accessory for the iPhone yet (or ever). According to the web site, the Cinemizer Plus&#8217; &#8220;image is optically tuned to appear as virtual 45-inch (diagonal) screen, as viewed from six feet away (2 meters)&#8220;. This makes the iPhone&#8217;s little screen into one much, much bigger. Though meant for the luxury gadget market, this device has obvious accessibilty potential for the visually impaired. From the press release: Cinemizer Plus Gets First Approval for iPhone OBERKOCHEN/Germany – March 25, 2009. The Cinemizer Plus, which launches in May, will be the first video eyewear to get the “Works with iPhone” approval from Apple. Designed to work with the iPod the original Cinemizer bore the “Made for iPod” approval from Apple. Further compliance with Apple requirements means that the new model gains the “Works with iPhone” approval in addition to the “Made for iPod” compliance. The $449 accessory will be available this May. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:iPhone Full BrowseriPhone AccessGiant Fonts for iPhone MailiPhone 3.0 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweetie Access on the iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/04/tweetie-access-on-the-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following my earlier review of free Twitter apps on the iPhone, Accessing Twitter from the iPhone, a reader suggested I check out his favorite Twitter app, Tweetie. Tweetie is a feature-rich Twitter app that has added a couple of valuable accessibility features in its latest release, making Tweetie worth the $2.99 price tag. [Caveat Emptor: I used a free promo code to download this app fro review.] Tweetie now has both themes and font choice. The large font choice is reasonably large (you can also choose small and medium). One of the theme choices is a very accessible light-on-dark. Between these two features, I find Tweetie sufficiently easy to use. There are a couple of changes that would make the app more accessible. Landscape mode, combined with a giant font option, would make Tweetie even easier to read. The theme only covers the main page. Tapping to a single tweet page reverts to the normal white-on-black color scheme. Overall, Tweetie is now my default choice for Twittering on my iPod Touch. Besides the ease of reading, Tweetie also allows me to keep track of both the Twitter accounts I run, oberazzi, for this blog, and BlindPhotogs, for the Blind Photographers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Variable Speed Playback on the iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Note: Updated for iPhone 3.0 @ Accessing Audiobook Speed on iPhone 3.0] Speeding up a recording used to make it sound like Alvin &#38; the Chipmunks. Growing up, I had a cassette player for the blind that had a variable speed playback control. Being a kid, I used it mainly for entertainment value. Fun was had with friends making the narrators sound silly. Slide the bar up to get the fast, high-pitched tones of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Slide it down and you get slow, sonorous speech. I never used the cassette player much. It was more of a novelty. My sight was still good enough to read books without glasses even though I had to do it close up and with lots of eye strain and headaches. Those days are long over. Now I rely much more on audio books. I have never learned to get along well with the cassette players designed for the blind. Instead, I listen mostly to books that I get from audible.com. In the early days, I listen to these books on a variety of MP3 players. At some point, though, I settled on and have stuck with Apple&#8217;s iPods. I had an early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Accessible iPhone App Developer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I wrote about the first accessible iPhone app. BigNames, a large print, high contrast contacts directory app, is due for a review upon its upcoming update release, when it will be available for the Touch. I asked the developer, Jason Moore,  to share a little about himself and developing accessible apps fro the iPhone.  Jason has graciously accepted my request and I have his answers for us here. The Interview Tell us a bit about yourself and your apps. I&#8217;m an interface designer, tinkerer and entrepreneur based in Toronto, Canada. BigNames is my first iPhone application, and is designed to make it easy to browse and call people in your address book. What prompted you do become an iPhone app developer? Three reasons: First, I loved how the iPhone was essentially a blank slate. It comes with some excellent interface elements (e.g. wonderfully realistic scrolling views) but you can also break new ground and write your own components. Second, I was impressed that the App Store allowed developers to distribute applications globally and be compensated for their efforts. And third, I was coveting the iPhone and becoming a developer seemed like a good excuse to pick one up. How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessing WritePad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WritePad is a handwriting recognition engine for the iPhone from Phatware. WritePad is the free basic app that powers Phatware&#8217;s more functional suite of apps, WritePad Affairs, WritePad Events and WritePad Notes. WritePad Supports iPhone and iPod Touch 2.0 or later WritePad is a new custom editor for iPhone that utilizes handwriting recognition input for the English language as well as iPhone keyboard for text entry, spell checker, context analyzer and standard editing operations such as copy, cut, paste, etc. How accessible is WritePad? Handwriting recognition is a neat accessibility feature since you no longer need to use the virtual keyboard to type text. WritePad also has an adjustable font size and color scheme. On the other hand, the app does not over landscape mode or an alternative color scheme. In the end, it depends on how reliable the handwriting recognition is for you. WritePad allows you to send notes via email and can store multiple notes. I expect that the pricier Phatware offerings build nicley on top of WritePad, but I have not tested them yet. If you find it useful for nothing else, you can literally jot down a phone number or other quick note without the delays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BigNames: The First Accessible iPhone App.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is hope! A few days ago, an email popped into my inbox about a new iPhone App. BigNames has been developed with accessibility in mnd. This is a first. BigNames is a contact app for the iPhone.  &#8220;BigNames displays your iPhone contacts extra-large and easy to read. Perfect for when you&#8217;re on the move and need to make a call without squinting.&#8221; Designed as a dialer program, it is not currently available on the iPod Touch. So I can&#8217;t do a full review yet, despite my enthusiasm. BigNames has great accessibility features, making it very easy to read. Accessing the built in contacts directory, BigNames displays your contacts in a large font with an light-on-bloack color shceme. The app swivels back and form between landscape (with a larger font) and porrtait mode. The developers have promised to look into making the app Touch firiendly. I may not make phone calls on my iPod, but send emails and need to check addresses and phone numbers from my contact list . You can find BigNames in the iPhone App Store. Visit the App Store (launches iTunes) Read more about iPhone Access here. If you find this post useful or interesting, please [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone 3.0 Accessibility Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/03/iphone-30-accessibility-preview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple previewed the upcoming summer release of the next iteration of its iPhone platform today. A small portion of these features have been documented on the web at the iPhone OS 3.0 Preview.How will iPhone OS 3.0 affect iPhone accessibility? To be honest, it is way too soon to say. Apple&#8217;s show today highlighted only a few of the new features and accessibility was not on the agenda.  However, digging a little deeper, I found a few nuggests. More Landscape Mode Landscape mode is a key accessibility feature for the iPhone. A wider screen allows a larger font while maintaining readability. This summer , we will be able to &#8220;(r)ead and compose email and text messages in landscape&#8221; on the iPhone. This is an important first step. Hopefully app developers will follow where Apple is leading. Accessories &#8220;Using the new External Accessory framework, your application can now communicate with &#8220;Made for iPod&#8221; hardware accessories attached to iPhone or iPod touch through either the 30-pin dock connector or wirelessly using Bluetooth.&#8220; This option opens up a market for disability accessories. For example, an external camera combined with the right app could turn the iPhone into a portable magnifier. This could be [...]]]></description>
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