‘iPods and iTunes’ Archives

Earlier this month, Wired took a sneak peek at some of the upcoming features in beta 3 of iPhone OS 4.0. Some of these, such as a screen orientation lock and possibly file sharing seem to be making their way over to the iPhone from the iPad. The article also shares a bit of detail [...]

The Lighthouse of San Francisco is hosting a technology seminar entitled "Apple Products and Accessibility" on 11/June/2010 from 1:00PM – 3:00PM PDT. From the announcement: Join us to hear Apple discuss the latest universal access features on its iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and OS X VoiceOver! Apple’s inclusion of assistive technology as an out-of-the-box feature [...]

The National Braille Press (NBP) have published a new book entitled “Using the Accessible iPod, iTunes 9 Edition”, by Ana Dresner. This book provides the latest information on the accessible iPods created by Apple – the fourth and fifth generation iPod Nanos and the third generation iPod Shuffle – and the latest version of iTunes. [...]

Solona.net, in addition to its Captcha solution and RAIVE services, recently began offering tactile iPhone screen protectors, which provide tactile feedback to ease typing on the iPhone. Now, Solona is offering similar protectors for the iPad and iPod touch devices as well. In addition, new tactile layouts have been created for a variety of uses [...]

In the May 2010 issue of AccessWorld, a publication of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), readers are presented with a first look at the Apple iPad. In an article entitled "24 Hours with the iPad", Bradley Hodges discusses his impressions of the iPad in his initial 24 hours with the device. It is [...]

In addition to the announcement of iPad availability internationally, Apple has also confirmed that its iBooks ebook reader and store will be coming to customers outside the US as well. Among the confirmed countries for iBooks availability are Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom. At this time, availability of iBooks in [...]

If you’ve been waiting for the release of the Apple iPad with 3G connectivity, your wait is over. Starting this evening, Apple stores will be briefly closed from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM local time to roll out the new iPad 3G models thereafter. If you had pre-ordered an iPad with 3G connectivity from the [...]

Today, Apple posted its thoughts on Adobe Flash, and the reasons why it has not been included on the company’s line of mobile de ices, such as the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. The piece is well reasoned and clearly presented, although it is interesting that the biggest reason to VoiceOver users not wanting Flash [...]

On 29/April/2005, Apple Inc. released Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, the first commercial operating system with a built-in screen reader: VoiceOver. A lot has changed since the introduction of VoiceOver. Here are some highlights: The creation of the Mac Visionaries community of visually impaired Mac users The birth of the Screenless Switchers podcast The introduction [...]

Today, Apple released iTunes version 9.1.1. The release notes for the latest version of the popular media management and playback software is dominated by fixes for its compatibility with VoiceOver, among other enhancements. The release notes read: Addresses several stability issues with VoiceOver Addresses a usability issue with VoiceOver and Genius Mixes Addresses issues with [...]

According to the National Federation of the Blind (NFB)’s Access Technology Blog, a session focussing on Apple products will be taking place during their National Convention this summer in Dallas Texas. This appears to be part of a continuing about face by the NFB where regards Apple products. Here’s the session scheduling and registration information, [...]

Shortly after we noted the reports of Google’s plans for turn-by-turn directions on the iPhone, the search giant told PCWorld.com that there are no specific plans for such support on the iPhone at this time. The source of the confusion is unclear. Google has clarified its stance that the technology will likely come to other [...]