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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. 
    mobirdhexclockAlex_Vjas99watto_cobraAlex1N

  • 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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  • Jean-Louis Gassee doesn't know who an iPad is for, and thinks you don't either

    Mariner8Mariner8
    The iPad (all ages and stages) is a brilliant form factor for alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) for a wide range of people with disabilities.  I’m of an age when Dragon Dictate and the associated hardware cost $20,000+ and needed a hospital cart with 4” wheels to cart it around.  

    Environmental controls work pretty well on the phone, as long as you have good vision and good small motor control in your hands, and Siri and Alexa respond well even when tucked into a pocket. 

    The iPad form factor is great for nautical navigation, replacing bulky field manuals, and not getting crushed on the tray table when an airline passenger in front us of slams his seat back (try that with a laptop).

    My one wish is that the iPad would run full OS versions of software like QuickBooks (the QB ‘air’ version s**ks, IMO), but I have a feeling that we’re getting there. 

    Mariner
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  • Compared: M2 MacBook Air vs M1 12.9-inch iPad Pro

    Mariner8Mariner8
    tht said:
    M2 iPad Pro 12.9 for the holidays for me!
    I’m with you on that one!  Saving up $$s
    watto_cobra

  • Apple Watch gets new Unity Lights watch face

    Mariner8Mariner8
    Screenshot rotated 180 degrees ….

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