Episode 213 - Apple Event, Fully Erect, Physically and Metaphorically

It’s an all new That Real Blind Tech Show as Allison, Brian, David, and Jenine are together to discuss the Apple Surprise and Shine Event.

 

Mot of this show is Applecentric, however, we kick things off with Clauding.

 

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Additionally, if you are a movie fan, the That Real Movie Quiz is now up and in the App Store with over 22,500 questions, and of course fully accessible. You can purchase it for $3.99 because Blind Tech podcasters got to eat to. You can grab it here.

 

We then discuss two more Quiz games Brian has in development That Real President’s Quiz and That Real American History Quiz.

 

Next Brian discusses what has slowed the development of the quiz and Poker games, as he is working on becoming a Country Rock God. The name of the song is I Can See Just Fine in 1999, and you can hear the song at the end of this episode.

 

Brian then dives in to a bit of his workflow process with making the future international hit I Can See Just Fine in 1999, and of course the Accessibility barriers he encountered and how he got around them. Then Brian discusses his spiral in to writing, producing, and directing a music video for I Can See Just Fine in 1999, as someone whispered to him that sighted people want video to their music. Who knew?

 

Allison then gives us updates on her work with the Virtual Machine and new accessible Terminal she has designed.

 

We then get in to the Apple Surprise and Shine Event. We discuss how great it is that Apple seems to be the only tech company that audio describes their keynotes and events. Discuss the video intro, the release date for the new iOS  September 14th, and Allison and Jeanine’s experiences running the iOS Beta. Jeanine mentions that image description in the new OS could be a game changer.

 

We discuss the new Siri and Siri app that will be in beta at first. Additionally there will be daily use caps and potentially costs coming down the road.

 

Allison and Jenine claim they have noticed a much improved dictation experience on the beta.

 

We briefly go scientific discussing the new effective thermal management coming to the new phones along with the Vapor Chamber, but will VoiceOver still tell you every second of a phone call when the phone is touching your face?

 

We discuss the specs, prices, and availability of the new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.

 

We discuss the camera, well because Apple did. Anyone else count how many times they said the word Aperture?

 

iPhone Hand off, while limited to specific carriers, this feature sounds very cool.

 

Next Apple discussed the new Air Pod 5’s. So while we are Air Pod Pro people we still discuss them anyway.

 

We are getting two new Apple Watches the Watch 12 and Ultra 4. We discuss the new health features coming to the watch, sleep scores, conversation recap features, daily body score and tracking health and recovery from injuries.

 

And then finally we discuss the iPhone Duo, Apple’s first foldable phone. We are not sure this is a device for totally blind people, and I you do not have Muppett Hands then you will definitely want to get your hands on the device probably before committing to it. And we are really annoyed that TouchId is secure enough to be on the Duo but not other Apple Devices. Talk about Speaking out of both sides of your mouth Apple.

 

We Blind Feud a great question about the iPhone Duo, and here is proof people were actually asking it.

 

And developers will first have to design their apps to specifically fit the unique Duo screen.

 

And it’s more of Watcha Streaming, Watcha Reading.

 

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