We will be learning all about a free smartphone GPS app called: Lazarillo which can provide additional navigation direction and point of interest information. Google Maps and Apple Maps have a number of accessible features built-in, but they can be hard to find. Morphic aims to provide a simple solution to make them easy and convenient to use. Join Cory and Luke as they discuss and demonstrate this app and find out if it might be useful for you or someone you know!
We will be learning all about a free computer program: Morphic, that makes it easier to use your computer. Windows and Mac computers have a number of accessible features built-in, but they can be hard to find. Morphic aims to provide a simple solution to make them easy and convenient to use. Join Cory and Luke as they discuss and demonstrate this solution and find out if it lives up to its claims!
Orcam is well known at this point for creating revolutionary OCR devices that are small, lightweight, and have some of the best OCR in the business. Their latest Read device continues this trend, with added functionality including the ability to summarize a page of text and to wirelessly connect to a computer to display words as they’re being read! To guide us through this exciting adventure we will be joined by Corinne Nero from Orcam.
Welcome to this the latest exciting installment of Vision Forward's Tech Connect! In this episode we will putting Low Vision International's Magnilink S through its paces. The Magnilink S is a foldable camera that can connect to a computer, or directly to a monitor over HDMI. Zoom in, change colors, use line markers, change brightness - even OCR a document and all this with the simplest controls. But that's just what the brochure says! What will happen when we put the Magnilink S through its paces live?
Microsoft Teams provides great tools for collaboration, including file sharing, video and voice calling, instant messaging and more. But how does it work if you are a screen reader user?
Apple's Vision Pro has shaken the internet and its time for Vision Forward to give our thoughts on this exciting development in the field of wearable technology! Join us today as we examine the device's specs and assess its features from a low vision and blindness perspective.
Welcome back everyone! Get ready to break out JAWS and dust of Sharky because its time to learn along with Luke and Cory as they showcase useful features which were released in recent years. This includes flexible web and smart glances which enable you to currate your experience by hiding navigational clutter and jumping straight to what is meant to grab a viewer's attention.