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Yes, iOS 17 Is Changing Where The 'End Call' Button Is Located | 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/10/ios-17-end-call-button-change/

A change that Apple introduced with the first beta of iOS 17 back in June is going viral this week. As part of a number of changes to the Phone app and the calling experience, Apple has relocated the positioning of the red "End" button. The change, perhaps unsurprisingly, is drawing quite a bit of criticism on social media.

news, 1 year ago to random

Review | Slinger - The Last Phone Accessory You Will Ever Need! | The Blind Life | YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39CYHfY4Lg8

This is the Slinger, a new accessory for your smartphone that adds an easy-to-use retractable strap, that can be neatly tucked away when not in use. This strap, which comes in a wide variety of colors and materials, allows the user to safely use their phone hands-free! The Slinger even holds the phone in the perfect position for hands-free phone calls.

news, 11 months ago to random

Call Annie: Your New AI Best Friend | AppleVis
https://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/entertainment/call-annie-video-call-your-best-ai-friend

Publisher (Di Blasi): While we've heard (through the access vine) that this app is accessible, we have not yet tested it ourselves. Sighted or not, if you try this app please consider sharing your feedback with us. The app is free. This is just ChatGPT placed behind either an audio or video avatar. It's just a different way to interact with AI.

news, 11 months ago to random

How To Access ChatGPT As A Person Who Is Blind or Low Vision: A Comprehensive Guide | Aaron Di Blasi | Publisher | Top Tech Tidbits
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/165.html

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has greatly transformed the way we interact with technology. One such AI, ChatGPT, can hold meaningful and complex conversations, which can be a powerful tool for everyone, including people who are blind or have low vision. This article will provide a comprehensive guide on how a blind or ...

news, 1 month ago to ai

AI-Weekly for Tuesday, April 2, 2024 - Volume 106
https://ai-weekly.ai/newsletter-04-02-2024/

The Week's News in Artificial Intelligence
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news, 11 months ago to random

Upload An Image And Have It Described For You: How To Try MiniGPT-4 Right Now | Aaron Di Blasi | Top Tech Tidbits
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/166.html

As of this writing, ChatGPT is still text-in, text-out only. GPT-4 was supposed to expand on this by adding image processing to allow it to generate text based on images, but OpenAI has yet to release this feature. This is where MiniGPT-4 comes in.

news, 11 months ago to random

You Can Actually Chat With Images Now! (MiniGPT-4) | Matt Wolfe | YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUONNv7guXI

Publisher (Di Blasi): I believe it is now safe to say that the age-old ALT text dilemma has finally been flipped on its head. That's right. Humans don't need to describe images anymore. Why? Because they can now describe themselves in far greater detail than any human being ever would or could. And, in a unique twist of ALT text fate, the ALT text itself can now be used to "CREATE" the image!

news, 11 months ago to random

Podcast Voiceover Battle Royale: Human Versus AI. One Podcast. 4 Voices. Listen To The Difference. | Aaron Di Blasi | Top Tech Tidbits
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/167.html

Is the current state of voice cloning and synthetic speech ready to take over your podcast?

We don't think so, but we do think that it's starting to get really good.

So we put together this Audio Battle Royale, so that Top Tech Tidbits readers could hear the difference for themselves.

news, 1 year ago to random

Touch Screens Are Causing Serious Accessibility Issues For Blind And Visually Impaired People
https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/touch-screens-causing-serious-accessibility-29746727

Touch screen card machines are making blind and visually impaired people's lives more difficult, with some people having to disclose their bank card's pin number to staff in shops and restaurants.

news, 11 months ago to random

How To Use Midjourney To Describe Any Image In Detail | Aaron Di Blasi | Top Tech Tidbits
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/169.html

On May 27, 2023 I released a post titled, Upload An Image And Have It Described For You: How To Try MiniGPT-4 Right Now (https://toptechtidbits.com/166.html).

I received some incredible feedback and questions around this piece, particularly from persons who are blind or low vision, so I wanted to let everyone know about another AI resource that you can also use to describe images right now.

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Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, June 22, 2023 - Volume 916
https://toptechtidbits.com/tidbits2023/06222023/

The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
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news, 11 months ago to random

How To Access ChatGPT As A Person Who Is Blind or Low Vision: A Comprehensive Guide | Aaron Di Blasi | Top Tech Tidbits
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/165.html

ChatGPT can hold meaningful and complex conversations, which can be a powerful tool for everyone, including people who are blind or have low vision.

This article will provide a comprehensive guide on how a blind or visually impaired person can access and use ChatGPT for the first time.

news, 1 year ago to random

10 Amazing Prompts That Demonstrate The Capabilities of ChatGPT to Improve The Lives of People With Disabilities
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/163.html

Here are 10 innovative prompts aimed at demonstrating the capabilities of ChatGPT to improve the lives of people with various disabilities. Copy and paste any of the prompts below into ChatGPT.

news, 1 year ago to random

Here's Where You Can Use Your iPhone As Your Digital Driver's License Or ID In 2023 | 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/05/02/digital-id-drivers-license-iphone-states-airports/

Apple announced plans to turn the iPhone into your driver's license in 2021. Plane tickets, movie passes, and credit cards were already digital. Now it was time to digitize government-issued identification cards. So far, very few U.S. states let you add your driver's license or state ID to Apple Wallet. However, there are more states without Wallet support where your iPhone...

news, 2 months ago to ai

AI-Weekly for Tuesday, February 27, 2024 - Volume 101
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The Week's News in Artificial Intelligence
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news, 6 months ago to random

Computer Scientists Program Robotic Seeing-Eye Dog To Guide The Visually Impaired | News Wise
https://www.newswise.com/articles/computer-scientists-program-robotic-seeing-eye-dog-to-guide-the-visually-impaired

Engineers from the Computer Science Department at Binghamton University, State University of New York have programmed a robot guide dog to assist the visually impaired. The robot responds to tugs on its leash.

news, 5 months ago to random

Vispero's Next Big Thing Contest Winner Announced | DoubleTap
https://doubletaponair.com/visperos-next-big-thing-contest-announces-winner-tonight/

The winner of Freedom Scientific's Next Big Thing contest has been announced. Freedom Scientific, a leading manufacturer of assistive technology for people with vision impairments, launched the innovative contest back in September to crowdsource new features for their renowned software products JAWS and ZoomText. Finalists' ideas included creating a JAWS Gym to help people get to know the numerous ...

news, 1 year ago to random

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news, 9 months ago to random

JAWS Power Tip: How To Use Selection Mode On A Web Page To Select A Table | Freedom Scientific
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/183.html

You can use F8 on a web page to select elements like entire tables. This enables you to quickly select and copy information. Here's how.

news, 11 months ago to random

I'm so sorry to hear that Amanda. The official MiniGPT-4 demo is still working for us. Both visually, as well as with JAWS and Chrome on Windows 11. You might try clearing your web browser's cache, restarting your machine, and then revisiting the link listed in this article: https://www.toptechtidbits.com/166.html. That should pull the most current model into your browser. Happy to troubleshoot further if it helps. :) - Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher

news, 9 months ago to random

iOS 17 Solves 'You Need To Unlock Your iPhone First' Accessibility Hurdle | 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/19/you-need-to-unlock-your-iphone/

iOS 17 has solved one of the biggest accessibility hurdles for iPhone users with limited movement: the dreaded 'You need to unlock your iPhone first' message.

news, 9 months ago to random

Using AirPods As A Hearing Aid | Daring Fireball | John Gruber
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/07/24/airpods-as-hear-aids

Apple can't bill them as hearing aids for regulatory reasons, but I keep seeing reports from people who are hard of hearing who find AirPods Pro to be remarkable as audio accessibility devices.

news, 6 months ago to news

Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, October 26, 2023 - Volume 934
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The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
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news, 6 months ago to random

My guess would be that it was re-summarized from the original. CellularNews.com acknowledges the source of the original article as Dailymail.co.uk at the very top of the article. Which we should have noted. I know I'm splitting hairs here, semantically, but "written by" and "re-summarized by" are two different things that we are just beginning to recognize here in the publishing world. Great catch. Thank you. We will be sure to share the native link next week. 🙏📰 - Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher

news, 10 months ago to random

VoiceVista: Based On The Now Discontinued Microsoft Soundscape | AppleVis
https://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/navigation/voicevista

VoiceVista is an essential app for the blind and low vision community. It is based on Microsoft's discontinued and open-source project Soundscape and is licensed under the MIT License. The app utilizes cutting-edge iOS audio technology and precise location services to enable people to develop a greater awareness of their surroundings. It provides comfort in unfamiliar spaces, supporting ...