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		<title>Accessing the  NY Times, iPhone Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being an avid news junkie and a fan of the New York Times, it was inevitable that I find the NYTimes iPhone app. I found the app a while ago and have been drafting a review.  From an accessibility point of view the app had little going for it. Since it was slow to load articles and hard to read, I did not use it often and procrastinated finishing the review. Then I checked my App Store for updates tonight and found a new version of the Times for the iPhone. At first, I did not think much had changed besides a trendier color scheme. The font is small and difficult to make out. The app swivels, but the font stays the same. There is no zoom on the main page either. But the is where the similarities end. The first noticeable difference is the speed. The new iteration loads articles much faster, leaving less wasted time. Even if I can not skim through the titles on the front page, I can skim through the articles themselves quickly and easily. Now you can also save article for later reading and send them quickly via email. But How Accessible Is It? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYT&#8217;s Tip of the Week: Desktop Magnifying Glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lst week, the Gadgetwise Blogat the NY Times offered this Tip of the Week: Desktop Magnifying Glass. Tired of squinting at tiny type the screen all day? In Windows Vista, you can bump up the font size — right-click on the desktop, select Personalize and click on “Adjust font size.” Once the “DPI Scaling” window comes up (probably after a Vista security alert), select the larger “120 dpi” setting and click OK. Illustrated instructions are here. On a Mac OS X Leopard system, you can increase the size of type on desktop icons by going to the View menu to Show View Options; the text size controls are there. Mac users can zoom in on the screen by pressing the Option-Command-plus (+) keys; pressing Command-Option-minus (-) zooms out. Pressing the Command key and either the plus or minus keys increases the size of the text in certain Mac programs like Mail and Safari. It&#8217;s very useful. I did it myself as soon as I brought my new Vista machine in the house last year. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Simple Computer Access Tip: Use a Black BackgroundFirefox Tip: Increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessible e-Reading: Google Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Google announced that its Book Search would be available for iPhone and other mobile device users. I like to read, so I thought I would see how it works and how accessible it is. I looked at another e-book reader, Stanza, in an earlier post, so I will look at the differences. As noted in the NY Times article on the accouncement, Google and Amazon to Put More Books on Cellphones, the key feature is the use of text rather than images. Unlike the version of Google Book Search for PCs, which displays scanned images of book pages, the mobile version simply displays text, allowing users to download printed material more quickly over wireless networks. [PC Workd also has a good summary of the announcment.] Google has done this for the same reason as Adobe does in its Reflow command, using text allows the text to be reformatted easily for different screens and devices. Using text has a great side benefit as well, making the text accessible to accessibility modifications and to screen readers. I have never been able to use Google Book Search on my computer since the images are not amenable to my color and font [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read it to Me: Kindle 2.0 has Text-to-Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NY Times, along with every other news source, is reporting on the new version of Amazon&#8217;s e-book reader, the Kindle.Buried among all the other changes is one important accessibility feature: text-to-speech. According to the Times: Giving Voice to the Kindle: The Kindle 2 also has text-to-speech built in. “Any book, blog, magazine or personal document can be read aloud,” Mr. Bezos said. Users can switch between reading text and hearing it read by a fairly computerized voice. “It’s very easy to go back and forth between reading and listening,” Mr. Bezos said I have tested out the first version, as my wife has the Kindle 1.0. With its adjustable font size set to the maximum, I can read the text fairly easily with my low vision reading glasses. I look forward to testing out the new text-to-speech feature when I find someone with the new version. The new Kindle&#8217;s text-to-speech offers two voices, male and female, and does not offer variable speed playback. I really like the variable spped playback on the iPod, though I wish it had more than three settings. We will have to wait on reviews of the reading quality, but Nuance, who provides the Kindle&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone Tap Dance: Just Tap (Twice) to Zoom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NY Times offere a great iPhone (or iPod Touch) trick in their Tip of the Week: Easier iPhone Zooming: While the iPhone’s Safari Web browser can bring the full versions of most sites right to the palm of your hand, it can be a pain to pinch and spread your fingers all over the screen to make the tiny text legible. To zoom in more efficiently, just tap twice on a column or section of text to zoom in and tap twice again to zoom back out. Unable to resist the temptation, I grabbed my iPod Touch and tried it out. Success! I thought I would share the tip and add some value of my own. Here are some before and after screen shots using the web site from my local paper, the Chapel Hill News. After tapping twice on the left column, the screen conveniently zooms in to column width. This is an idea that someone out to implement as a Firefox plugin. Seriously. [More on this idea tomorrow.] Read more about iPhone accessibility here. P.S. Taking screen shots on the iPhone is surprisingly easy. Just click on the sleep button while holding the home button down. You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off-Topic: Why We Need a Tax Hike. Now.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite not being an economist, the NY Times&#8217; Tom Friedman makes good economic sense to me in his recent column, Win, Win, Win, Win, Win &#8230;. Speaking about falling oil and gas prices, Friedman had this to say: Which play? The one where gasoline prices go up, pressure rises for more fuel-efficient cars, then gasoline prices fall and the pressure for low-mileage vehicles vanishes, consumers stop buying those cars, the oil producers celebrate, we remain addicted to oil and prices gradually go up again, petro-dictators get rich, we lose. I’ve already seen this play three times in my life. Trust me: It always ends the same way — badly Friedman calls for a hike in the federal gas tax (or on oil itself, which would be broader and better). Implemented properly, this makes a great deal of sense to me. There are three good reasons for increasing the gas tax; global warming, terrorism and the federal budget. Higher gas prices mean less gas consumption, through less miles driven and better mileage. With the recent drop in gas prices, purchases of trucks and SUVs are predicted to outpace regular cars again. If we want to stop global warming, we need to [...]]]></description>
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