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  • Apple Vision Pro is already a win for Apple & consumers

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    I’m really interested in the prospects for use of the AVP by people who live with with disabilities, especially folks with major speech and motor chailenges — ALS, multiple sclerosis, high spinal cord injuries, and so on.  Eye gaze controls, voice to text, and other adaptations have the potential to lead to meaningful employment, education, authoring, and significant contributions to community.  

    In terms of the $2,600 price, I started out in the field when a full Dragon Dictate setup was > $20k and most augmentative and alternative communication devices were $5-7,000. This month, the AI-powered VoiceItt app broke through a barrier by gaining the capacity to translate individual *spontaneous* dysarthric speech into spoken English on the fly for a subscription price of fifty bucks a month, which wilk make it possible for many people with cerebral palsy, strokes, Down syndrome, and other speech challenges to be understood by everyone. Just watch. 


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  • Citigroup bailed on Apple Card because of worries about profits

    Mariner8Mariner8
    ... a lack of fees, the potential for lower interest rates, and app-based features that help people avoid debt or pay it down faster.

    This is the best ad for a financial product I’ve ever seen!
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  • Up close and hands on with Apple Vision Pro at Apple Park

    Mariner8Mariner8
    I’m mostly looking forward to seeing / helping to develop assistive tech for people with disabilities on this platform.  Eye-gaze controls and selection activation can be a godsend for people with motor control problems (please find a way to finalize a selection with something other than a hand gesture).  

    Selections-to-speech will be easy.  Selections-to environmental controls will be a cinch, and much more. 
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  • Facebook tells business users that iOS 14 privacy features will impact marketing

    Mariner8Mariner8
    My guess would be that the longer and louder Facebook cries about this, the more  it will drive people to use iOS and apples OS systems. Oh, we can get privacy now? Great!
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  • Who will deliver immersive content for Apple Vision Pro?

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    Respite said:
    Can we get an article summary that sticks to the headline rather than retreading  20 years of history?
    The point of the article was seeing this in the context of 20(+) years of history, going well beyond what would have otherwise been a user or tester ‘review’ of a new product.  
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  • MindNode 2023.0.2 review: Modern & marvelous mind mapping

    Mariner8Mariner8
    Check out Personal Brain at http://www.TheBrain.com

    it’s free, and it is the most powerful mind mapping application that I’ve ever found, by far. The free version is fully functional, and there is a subscription option that facilitates sharing your content across all of your devices. None of the competing applications that I’ve seen or trialled have come anywhere close.
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  • What's best to watch on Apple TV+ during the upcoming free weekend

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    Xed said:
    anonymouse said:
    One show not mentioned in the article that is absolutely worth watching is "Shrinking". Given that it's only at two seasons so far, you could potentially watch the entire available series in a weekend.
    I may have to give that another go. I watched the pilot episode but it didn't hook me.
    It’s well worth the time and attention. 
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  • Apple could have sold me an iPhone SE 4, but it won't sell me the iPhone 16e

    Mariner8Mariner8
    Everything else aside, the $100 price difference between what was ‘hoped-for’ and what the 16e sells for amounts to $2.78 a month if one upgrades every three years … not particularly a deal-breaker IMO.  I’m focusing on the features that make overall sense to me, and in my (83 year-old) case, I’m inclined to wait for the 17 (MagSafe + AI). But that’s just me. 
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