New Vision Newsletter
July 2022
Welcome to your July New Vision Newsletter. New Vision at Goodwill seeks to promote independence and equality for people who are blind and visually impaired. We educate, inform, and provide resources, so people with visual impairments can live their fullest lives. We hope you find this newsletter useful, and we would love your feedback through the link shared at the end of this newsletter.
New Vision Echo Tips Podcast
New Echo Tips Podcast episodes are released every Wednesday morning. Available on your Echo or computer, the podcast features New Vision's Tech Center instructor, David Ward. These episodes contain contain micro-sized, roughly 5-minute tutorials on various Amazon Echo features. The newest episodes are available below.
Latest Episodes
Episode 200 SpongeBob Challenge and Masterswords Skills
Episode 201 Skills for Braille
Episode 202 Captioning Video Calls in More Languages
Episode 203 Echo Show vs. Google Nest Hub [Part 1]
So how can I get it on my Echo? You can ask your Echo the following:
- Alexa, play Echo Tips Podcast.
- Alexa, play next episode or Alexa, skip.
This will play the previous episode since the podcast is sorted from newest to oldest.
If you have an Apple device such as an iPhone or iPad, you can also ask Siri to play the most recent episode. Simply say: "Siri, play the Echo Tips Podcast."
Alternatively, you can play the podcast via the website below, which is screen reader compatible. You can navigate the episode title via heading number 2. Simply press the space bar or otherwise activate the link to start that episode.
https://tunein.com/podcasts/Education-Podcasts/Echo-Tips-p1118403/
Podcasts
In this episode of the Maccessibility Roundtable, the group talks about the 15th anniversary of the iPhone and Eloquence text-to-speech voices coming to Voiceover. Listen at the link below.
http://maccessibility.net/podcast/maccessibility_rt240.mp3
Do you find scanning documents to read them challenging? Learn how to overcome those challenges in this episode of Freedom Scientific's Trainers podcast. Check out the link below.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/freedomscientifictraining/Tips_and_Tricks_for_a_More_Enjoyable_OCR_Experience.mp3?dest-id=2159531
In this episode of Blind Guy Talks Tech, you'll learn about a host of new services coming from Aira, a sighted assistance platform. Listen at the link below.
https://episodes.castos.com/60637cbdcd8b06-67081744/5cc76ed5-853c-446d-8734-43ad1c6b9c39-BGTT-4th-July-Aira-Special-Ep.mp3
iPhone & iPad Apps
Here's the AppleVis' Unlimited Newsletter for June 2022. As a reminder, AppleVis is a premier website for reviewing Apple-related devices and Apps from a visual impairment perspective. In this month's edition learn about a Sci-Fi Adventure game, Time Tracking App, and other notable app updates.
https://www.applevis.com/blog/applevis-unlimited-whats-new-noteworthy-june-2022
Echo Things to Try
Here are a few things to try with your Echo. Some practical, some just fun.
- Alexa, open The Dark Citadel.
- Alexa, open Last Light.
- Alexa, play the news.
- Alexa, what's my sports update?
- Alexa, open would you rather.
- Alexa, open Escape the Room.
- Alexa, play Trivia Battle.
- Alexa, open Puzzle of the Day.
- Alexa, are you blue?
- Alexa, surely you can’t be serious?
- Alexa, find Chuck Norris.
For more about what's new with Alexa check out the official blog by clicking the following link: Alexa Blog.
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Contact Info
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