Talking Tech for November 15 2016

Some Thoughts of my Recent Purchase of Tile

Tile

 

Tile is a little plastic tile with a button which allows you to find an object that it is attached to locate that item.  If you press the button on the Tile, it locates the smart phone that it is attached to.

 

The Android version is more accessible than the iOs version, but still works.

 

The developer has said that improvements to accessibility should be coming down the track particularly for the iOS version: i.e. only get Tile name and not map location in the iOS version.

 

iOS demo of Tile

 

https://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/mf/web/ap45u3/

Demo_of_the_Tile_app_and_Tile_hardware_for_locating_items.mp3

 

Android demo of Tile follow-up

 

https://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/mf/web/44ufrj/Tile_Android_app_demo.mp3Tick

 

Watch Aussie TV Anywhere on your Smart phone

 

Freview FV is a way of watching digital tV free on your smart phone: the Android version of this app is more accessible than the iOS version, but still works.

 

Android

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.freeview.fv&hl=en

 

iOS

 

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A Bit of Information on How the MacBook Pro Touch Bar Works with VoiceOver

 

Yes the Touch bar does work in the new MacBook Pro, you can use your VoiceOver gestures to flick left right, and 1 finger double tap to activate an item.  You can also hold down the Command key and triple tap the Touch ID to start/stop VoiceOver.  As the new Macbook Pro’s don’t have a function key line, holding down the FN key turns the number row in to the function key row.

 

http://linkis.com/iaccessibility.net/i/Z9jbF

 

Quick Tip if You Can’t Remember Mac VoiceOver Commands

 

VO+HH will bring up the VoiceOver Commands Help menu, if you start typing the word that a command should contain you will get a list of suggestions: comes in very handy..

 

MacBook Buyers Guide

 

With the new MacBook Pro’s coming in, Apple’s line up of MacBooks is getting more and more complicated, this article from iMore will hopefully make things a bit clearer.

 

http://www.imore.com/macbook-buyers-guide