Introduction Mia Lipner and I were as close to each other as any two people could possibly be. I loved her dearly from the day we met in May 2010 until her death on May 12 of this year. For the nine years we were coupled, when apart we talked on the phone more than… Read more about Remembering Mia Lipner
Technology Review
Can An Ai Learn To Be Racist?
Introduction I'm a happy subscriber to the AppleMusic service. It has almost everything I ever care to hear, AAC is a really high quality format that I find indistinguishable from lossless on high end gear and, at $10 per month for the individual or $15 for the family plan, I think it's a bargain. Years… Read more about Can An Ai Learn To Be Racist?
A Cast Of Thousands
Introduction Last month James “Jamie” Teh announced he would be leaving NVAccess, an organization he co-founded with Mick Curren to create, improve and maintain NVDA, the screen reader used by an estimated 40% of blind people on the Windows platform. Almost immediately, I started receiving Twitter direct messages (DMs) and emails asking what I thought… Read more about A Cast Of Thousands
Seeing AI: First Impressions
Introduction On July 12 of this year, Microsoft released a pretty remarkable new app for Apple’s iOS line of products. The app is called Seeing AI: Talking Camera For The Blind, it can be used to perform OCR, recognize products, to do facial recognition and (in a beta state) to have a scene described to… Read more about Seeing AI: First Impressions
NVDA: Now More Than Ever!
Epigram “All the power is in the hands, Of the people rich enough to buy it, While we walk the streets, Too chicken to even try it,” The Clash. Introduction Regular readers of this blog and of BlindConfidential (its predecessor) already know that when it comes to Windows screen readers, I am an enthusiastic supporter… Read more about NVDA: Now More Than Ever!