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		<title>Accessing the New Kindle DX</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I garnered some First Impressions of the New Kindle DX from the NYTimes&#8217;s Gadgetwise Blog. According to the post, the new Kindle DX&#8216;s main feature is its larger size. The DX has a 9.7-inch display, which the company says is 2 1/2 times the size of the Kindle 2. But the device doesn’t feel or look as large as a sheet of copier paper. It won’t give you the feeling of reading an entire page of a newspaper. You read the paper by flipping through it, article by article. With a price tag just south of $500, this e-book reader ought to have some bang for these big bucks. The larger screen is great, but what does this mean for the visually impaired? The Kindle already comes with a hobbled text to speech function and a narrow choic of font sizes. Rumors have it that Amazon engineers are looking at adding an audio interface option. Digging a little deeper on the Kindle DX s web site, I found a list of the DX&#8217;s fetures that might be useful for the visually imapired. Auto-Rotating Screen By simply turning the device, you can immediately see full-width landscape views of maps, graphs, tables [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weather Access on the iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call me crazy. I carry my own meteorologist around in my pocket. I check the temperature, outdoor conditions and the forecast several times a day. I guess I am crazy. But the iPhone&#8217;s Weather App is a great personal meteorologist. Well designed,, it lays out lots of information in a simple, easy to read format. Using images instead of text, the forecast and current conditions are easy and quick to see. The dark background adds not only to the aesthetics, but makes it much more accessible as well. Weather lacks two important accessibility features, zoom and landscape mode. I understand why the develops did not find this necessary, but I do not see how enabling them would hurt. Read more iPhone accessibility reviews here. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Accessing the iPhone CalendarAccessing the iPhone App StoreAccessing iPhone Time: The Digital Clock AppAccessing the NY Times, iPhone EditioniPhone as Accessible Pocket Watch]]></description>
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		<title>Feeds on the Go: Accessing Google Reader on the iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To keep track of all the blogs I like to follow, I use Google Reader. It has a nice clean interface and works in any browser from anywhere. So, I naturally wanted to check this out for the iPhone. Like most of Google&#8217;s online applications, access to Google Reader is through its mobile web site on the iPhone&#8217;s built-in browser. The iPhone browser allows landscape mode for any site, so Google Reader has that accessibility feature. Unfortunately, that is the only accessibility y feature the program has. For some reason, mobile web sites tend to disable the multi-touch zoom that is the iPhone&#8217;s big accessibility advantage. Google Reader also sticks with Google&#8217;s elegant, but low contrast, color scheme. It is useable, but zoom would make it that much better. Read more iPhone accessibility reviews here. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Accessing Google Talk on the iPhoneAccessing the iPhone CalendarAccessible e-Reading: Google BooksAccessing the iPhone App StoreAccessing iPhone Time: The Digital Clock App]]></description>
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		<title>iTunes: Easy on the Ears, Hard on the Eyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has worked hard to make progress towards giving blind people access to the iPod system. The big move for Apple is the 4th generation iPod nano, which offers spoken menus and large font with high contrast screen and backlight. Unfortunately for me, this came out just before my last iPod upgrade. Apple paired this with improved accessibility in iTunes. Accessibility in iTunes 8: iTunes 8 is screen-reader friendly. On a Mac using Mac OS X Leopard, it’s compatible with VoiceOver; on a PC using Windows XP or Windows Vista, it’s compatible with GW-Micro Window-Eyes 7.0. Sadly, Apple focused solely on screen reader integration. Since I am not a big screen reader user, this has done nothing for me. iTunes violates afew basic accessibility principles in terms of readability. Most impartiality, it does not offer a large enough font option. iTunes offers two font choices, but both are too small to read easily. The next problem is the elegant, but low contrast color scheme. Lstly, the built in iTunes Store uses even smaller font, as you can see in the screen shot. Unfortunately, there is no easy work around. A magnifying program can be useful. I just keep my reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweetie Access on the iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Accessing the  NY Times, iPhone Edition</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/03/accessing-the-ny-times-iphone-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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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>BigNames: The First Accessible iPhone App.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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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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		<title>Harvesting a Crop of Electronic Readers @ NYTimes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week&#8217;s tech section reviews the state of e-book readers in A Walk Through a Crop of Electronic Readers. THE release this week of Amazon’s Kindle 2 has put electronic book readers in the spotlight. Its proponents celebrate the ability to store thousands of titles on a single lightweight device; the access to newspapers, magazines and blogs while on the go; and the ability, at the click of a button, to own one of hundreds of thousands of titles in seconds. I can&#8217;t add much more without having tested the devices myself. So I’ve come around on my opposition to e-book. Somewhat. With a device like the Kindle, I could see myself reading happily on the train and buying books instantly. Despite these added conveniences, I don’t think e-books will replace books anytime soon. It is probably time that these devices are compared from an accessibility point of view. Care to lend me one? If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Accessing your Kindle on the iPhoneRead it to Me: Kindle 2.0 has Text-to-SpeechBookshelf AccessBlount Bluntly Dismisses the Blind on the NYTimes&#8217; Op-Ed PageAccessing the New Kindle DX]]></description>
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		<title>More on Accessing Twitter from the iPhone: Updated Twitteriffic Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today, I reviewed several ways to access Twitter on the iPhone, Accessing Twitter from the iPhone. I compared the TwitterFon and Twitteriffic apps with Twitter&#8217;s mobile web site. How accessible is Twitter on the iPhone? Besides receiving tweets as expensive text messages, there are multiple iPhone apps that access your Twitter stream as well as Twitter&#8217;s mobile web site. Here, I will compare the accessibility of two of the more popular iPhone apps, Twitteriffic and TwitterFon, with that of the mobile web site. It turns out that my review of Twitterific was incomplete and, therefore, my conclusion was wrong. Sorry, Twitteriffic folks! I have now fixed the earlier update and am including the new portion here: I had high hopes for Twitteriffic when I first used it. Twitteriffic uses an alternative color schemes but I rather like. The light text on a black background is much easier to read than the standard color scheme. Until I received a recent email from the developers, I thought that you could not zoom. But I was wrong. [My excuse is that I never read the instructions because the font is to small.] As the developers just alerted me, you can double tap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone App Accessibility: Quixotic Quest?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I had begun to despair that my attempt to bring about more iPhone accessibility would be a long, lonely waste of time. Apple has been unresponsive to my campaign. Few contacted developers responded to my suggestions. I turned to a few iPhone developer forums. At rirst, I had little luck their either. Then I turned to the folks at Ars Technica. After poking around, I started a discussion topic in their forums, iPhone App Accessibility: Quixotic Quest?. I have has some very insightful comments. From these, I have developed four feasible goals for my quest. To sum up so far, a primary focus should lobby Apple to incorporate low cost accessibility features into the iPhone OS and API. This is the low-hanging fruit. Second, I should ask Apple to produce some simple, straightforward accessibility documentation and guidelines for developers. Third, I should encourage individual app developers to improve their app with specific reviews. Fourth, I should try to leverage the broader low-vision market to help with the lobbying. In my mind the low-hanging fruit are enabling zoom and landscape mode by default for all apps, including their own. Obviously, there will be some apps where this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging on the Go: Accessing the iPhone WordPress App</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you can tell, I am a big fan of WordPress, which I use to publish this blog. But I am not always at my desk when a good idea for a post strikes. I have been looking into ways to blog on the go, so to speak, even if that just means while sitting in the living room. Since laptops are too unwieldy and their screens to small to accommodate my visual needs, I can not just borrow my wife&#8217;s laptop. So I can use either an analog notebook (the one with pages) and pen or my iPod Touch. I can not read my own handwriting much of the time, so going old-school presents too many transcription problems. So how can my iPod help? The first way is to use email. Since the iPhone Mail app is not particularly accessible, there are a number of substitutes available in the App Store, from simple mail apps like EasyWriter to more fully-featured note-taking apps like Fliq Notes. The best way should be to use WordPress&#8217; own iPhone app, WordPress for iPhone. As you can see in their video overview below, this app packs a lot of great WordPress features. What this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shortcovers &#8211; How Accessible is this Kindle Competitor?</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/02/shortcovers-how-accessible-is-this-kindle-competitor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortcovers, the alleged Kindle killer, went live this morning. So what is shorcovers? It is a e-book service built around mobile devices. The idea is to read books on your iPhone, your Blackberry or whichever smart phone you might use. Unlike other great e-book software, like Stanza, shortcovers is paired with a commercial bookstore backed by the publishing industry. In other words, shortcovers offers books you might actually want to read. shortcovers.com – Find your next great read: Discover thousands of books, chapters, news and magazine articles, short stories, blog posts and more, anywhere, anytime online and on your mobile device. Great Reads at Your Fingertips: Shortcovers.com works like you think. It’s intuitive. To find your next great read, simply search by author, title or keyword. Or you can browse for content by topic, author or popularity. Once you’ve found something great to read, simply bookmark it—we’ll add it to your Library and create an I’m Reading List just for you. Take Your Reads with You: Whether you’re online or on your mobile, you’ll always have access to your shortcovers.com Reading list and Library. With your I’m Reading list, we keep track of your most recent reads. Plus, when you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go on a Safari: Access Features in Version 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, I have not been a fan of Apple software from a readability perspective. I have found the fonts tiny (both on web pages and in the program itself) and the color scheme unfriendly. Safari has had a limited zoom function. The new version is a giant leap from the last on readability. Besides improvements in screen reader support, ARIA support and keyboard navigation, Safari has introduced both full page and and text zoom as well as minimum font sizes. You can apply your own CSS (style sheets), though I fave not figured out where to get ones designed for accessibility. Even the font used for Sarfari&#8217;s menus is bigger, except in a few isolated spots. Full-Page Zoom: Zoom in or out on web content using keyboard shortcuts, Multi-Touch gestures, or the Zoom toolbar button for more comfortable reading. Images and graphics scale up while your text remains razor sharp, keeping the web page layout consistent as you zoom. Zoom Text Only: You can choose to zoom in on only the text when you take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessing Fliq Notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fliq Notes is of my favorite iPhone apps. Not only is it versatile and useful, but it&#8217;s also quite colorful. This app is designed allow you to, organize and share your notes. in other colorful and intuitive interface which is remarkably accessible. Fliq Notes is part of a suite of applications, both for your mobile device and for your computer, designed to help mobile device users organize and share information. From the Fliq Notes web site: Fliq Notes is the only free app of its kind that lets you create, edit, save, search and sort all of your notes by name, date or category. Fliq Notes is easy to use, reliable and flexible. Simply download and install the app and start sharing notes with friends, co-workers, classmates and family members. You can sort your notes by name, date or, most usefully, customizable categories. The font is a reasonable size and reasonably legible. The entire app works both in landscape mode and in portrait mode. The color scheme involves that bright yellow which adds a nice contract You can choose your own font and font size. It is quite easy to do and the font settings screen is implemented rather nicely. [...]]]></description>
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