Exploring Tech webinar for November, Out and About for Summer

As the name suggests, out and about product ideas for summer.

Register at:

https://visionaustralia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yzPrITgQQNiReZN6wczreg

I gave Mastodon a Go as an Alternative to Twitter

Not much it seems in the way of news, dependent on what server (instance) you are on for content.

Listen to Jonathan Mosen’s latest podcast 206 on an intro to Mastodon.

I’m not leaving twitter yet, waiting to see what happens, but good to have an alternative.

‘As far as getting hold of news away from Twitter, I’ve dusted off the, Lire: RSS Reader, for Mac and iOS for getting my news content from various sources.

Alexa on Echos Now Has the Male Voice

Simply say “change voice” to switch to the male voice which actually sounds quite nice. To go back at any time back to the original female voice, just say “change voice” to go back.

Apple Watch OS 9.1 Workout Bug Fix

With the release of Watch OS 9.1, the bug in the Workout routine which didn’t read the time elapsed for the workout has now been fixed for VoiceOver users.

NASA TV

Since we last talked about space, there is more happening this week as we go to air, as in NASA’s rocket hopefully launching to the moon and back.

NASA TV is a great resource to keep up with what is happening, and things like launch’s whilst not audio described are still described enough to give us who can’t see an idea of what is going on.

Here is a direct link to the live media stream direct:

https://www.youtube.com/nasa/live