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A recap of Apple's Surprise and Shine event

In his first public event as Apple CEO, John Ternus led the Surprise and Shine keynote. Access On host Jonathan Mosen is joined by Judy Dixon, Lina Howard and Heidi Taylo

More on structured discovery in tech, processing printed receipts, and touch screens on airlines

This week on Access on: Looking ahead to our Apple event recap 0:00:00 More on structured discovery in technology 0:03:20 I don't want AI writing forced on me 0:20:42 Bl

Using principles of structured discovery when learning technology

We return to the National Federation of the Blind's national convention to bring you a seminar conducted by our Accessibility Excellence team on applying principles of st

Concluding our AI seminar, and we take you to the technology vendor showcase

We return to national convention for the conclusion of our AI seminar. Then, we take you for the first time this year to our Vendor Showcase. Here is what you can hear, a

More from our AI seminar

We return to our national convention in Austin, Texas, for the next part of our AI seminar. Charles Hiser, Ron Miller, and Kennedy Zimnik discuss using AI to assist with

Making music with AI, and AI-assisted coding

This week's episode of Access On takes you for our first visit to the National Federation of the Blind's 2026 national convention in Austin, Texas. We bring you the first

Listener feedback from around the world

On this week's Access On, we delve into our busy email box for a selection of contributions from listeners around the world. A reminder that we index our episodes by chap

More on creating websites from a blindness perspective, and the bitter-sweet experience of using Plaud Note Pro

In this week's episode of Access On: Our next Access On webinar is on Zoom recorders 0:00:00 Ghost 0:02:36 Static Site Generators 0:07:15 Micro.blog 0:12:30 SquareSpace a

Part Two of our Look at Creating Websites

This week, we continue our series on creating websites, with a look at two of the most popular content management systems. WordPress 0:00:00 Drupal 0:38:45 Closing and c

Part One of our Look at Creating Websites

The building blocks of the web 0:01:02 The importance of semantic structure 0:24:38 Introduction to content management systems 0:43:47 Closing and contact info 0:54:51

Summarize podcasts with Snipcast, getting a Waymo in Austin, and are people getting the screen reader that best meets their requirements?

This week on Access On: Getting a Waymo in Austin 0:00:00 Summarize and transcribe podcasts with Snipcast 0:02:46 Apple won't refund my subscription to an inaccessible a

Looking ahead to #NFB26, and listener feedback

This week on Access On: Register for our Access On gaming webinar 0:00:00 Technology-related events at #NFB26 0:01:35 Brett Boyer, president of the NFB's Assistive Techn

The BrailleNote Evolve from HumanWare

This week's Access On features a comprehensive review and demonstration of BrailleNote Evolve, the latest generation of BrailleNote from HumanWare running Windows 11 Pro.

A recap of Apple's WWDC keynote from a blindness perspective

This week on access On, Jonathan Mosen is joined by Judy Dixon, Heidi Taylor, and Michael Feir to discuss Apple's 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. We discuss

Tips for creating well formatted Microsoft Word documents

In this week's episode: Special Apple event coverage next week 0:00 We then move on to a look at creating great-looking word documents. topics include: Why good presenta

Announcements from Microsoft, Google, and Apple, and how to spot deep fakes

In this week's episode of Access On: Microsoft Ability Summit 0:00 Recap of Google IO 16:40 Apple previews some new accessibility features 34:48 Tips for spotting deep f

create your own private secure network with Tailscale, a new smart scale from Renpho, and moving apps on the Windows taskbar

On this week's episode of Access On: Join us for an Access On webinar on outdoor wayfinding 0:00 Create your own secure private network with Tailscale 1:58 Apple memories

New research on blind people and AI, and how to make iOS dictation more accurate

This week on Access On; New research on AI and blind people 0:00 Exporting Ootunes Recordings 44:42 BBC domestic streams outside the UK 47:51 Smart home automation 49:34

A look at some smartphone visual interpretation apps

This week's Access On presents highlights from our Access On Webinar covering some of the smartphone AI visual interpretation apps. Here's what is covered, and when. Int

John Ternus to become Apples nextCEO, and concluding our look at the smart home

This week on Access on: John Ternus to become Apple's CEO. What might it mean for accessibility 0:00 An examination of home audio options 14:45 Obtaining support for you