Watch as I stand on a street corner near my apartment “looking” around with the iPhone’s camera while chatting about what I’m hearing around me. Sighted readers, does this work at all for you? What feedback could you give to help me improve my videography skills?
Finish Reading Blind Video Experiment – Standing on a Street Corner
Parker Waddington and Randy Rusnak from Accessible Devices and VIP Conduit hold a conversation demonstrating the HeyTel iPhone walkie-talkie application. Described by its developer as “instant voice messaging,” HeyTel operates similar to amateur radio, citizens’ band (CB) radio and the push-to-talk cellular services offered by companies like NexTel.
Enjoy this approximately 36-minute sound-seeing adventure as I get off the bus, check into the bus stop using Foursquare, cross two streets, walk to a shopping center and combine use of the A+ Voice Compass iPhone app with a bit of sighted assistance to locate Supercuts for a long-needed hair cut. It is just one example of the responsible combination of traditional orientation and mobility skills and technology to achieve successful results while traveling as a blind person.
Finish Reading A Brain, Cane, Pair of Ears and My Trusty iPhone Show Me the Way
Kevin Chao demonstrates oMoby, a visual-search application for the iPhone that enables users to take pictures of objects and identify them quickly. Finish Reading What is that thing anyway, oMoby?
Kevin Chao demonstrates Digit-Eyes, an iPhone app that scans the barcodes found on commercial products and enables the creation and use of audio or text labels that can be easily attached to items found in the home, on the job or at school. Finish Reading Dancing Around the World of Barcodes with Digit-Eyes
Kevin Chao identifies several objects using Noogle Noggles, an iPhone app that provides an accessible interface to the Google Goggles visual-search engine.
Finish Reading Wearing Google Goggles and Looking Through the Noogle Noggles Lens
Kevin Chao demonstrates the Siri virtual assistant app for the iPhone. Simply open Siri, press the speech button, ask your phone for help with something and this app will get the requested information for you. Finish Reading Siri Virtual Assistant iPhone App Demo
Kevin Chao demonstrates a special VoiceOver practice mode that helps new users learn the gestures needed to effectively access Apple’s touch-screen devices. Finish Reading Practicing Gestures on the iPhone with VoiceOver
This podcast is a demonstration of Sendero’s new LookAround GPS application for the iPhone. Finish Reading Sendero LookAround GPS iPhone App Demonstration