NFB Newsline informational Zoom meeting

Have you never heard of NFB-NEWSLINE, or are you just starting out? Are you a seasoned pro and would like to learn more of the detailed features of the service? Do you use the iPhone app or Amazon ALEXA devices and want to master the use of NFB-NEWSLINE on them?
Do you know all of the information you can get over a touch-tone telephone? Did you get a new Victor Reader Stream, second generation, and want to learn how you can easily use it to download your favorite publications? Do you have questions about the service or suggestions for new features?

NFB-NEWSLINE of Indiana is extending an invitation for you to attend a training and informational get together with Mr. Scott White, Director of Sponsored Technology Programs at the National Federation of the Blind. Please join us on
Thursday, June 11, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. EST.

Come get your questions answered and enjoy some camaraderie!
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Learning the new Microsoft Edge browser: a resource + My experiences

First, the recorded webinar is:
Microsoft Edge with Jaws by Brian Hartgen on Tech Talk
http://www.accessibleworld.org/content/tek-talk-welcomes-brian-hartgen-hartgen-consultancy-discuss-topic-%E2%80%9Cusing-microsoft-edge-0

My experiences:
I spent a couple of hours yesterday listening tot he webinar and getting oriented to the new browser.
I found Brian's webinar to be really useful but, sadly, came to the conclusion that the browser itself is nowhere near as accessible as Chrome.

Despite the fact that Edge uses the same Chromium engine as Chrome, familiarity with Chrome gives you almost no advantage whatsoever in getting oriented with Edge. Navigating around the screen is often confusing and frustrating, and when you hear even the expert refer to a screen element as "a menu-like thing," you have to seriously ask yourself about the usability of the browser.

Also, I thought I had installed the new Microsoft Edge, versus the old "legacy Edge," and it's kind of difficult for even sighted people to tell the difference, since they share the same name. Sighties distinguish them from each other because the "E" logos look different. The way I finally figured out that the new Edge hadn't installed was realizing that I couldn't even get to the "About" option to find out which version I was using. If what Brian is describing in the webinar doesn't describe what you are finding as you attempt to navigate the screen, you are probably still on the legacy Edge browser.

Conclusion: Two big steps back for accessibility, and I am truly awed by the potency of whatever the designers were smoking. I know that sounds harsh, but I lost two hours of my life trying to figure the thing out after being assured that the accessibility was there, and time is seeming pretty precious these days.

Description of iphone icons, Android accessibility, more useful links for blind users

Tech Juggernaut's Visual description of the icons on an Apple iPhone device
https://ttjtech.net/2020/06/01/visual-description-of-the-icons-on-an-apple-ios-device/#content

Introduction to Android accessibility
https://hanif.co/dl/introduction%20to%20Android.mp3

Gizmo's Definitive guide to Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts
https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/definitive-guide-windows-10-keyboard-shortcuts.htm

Using the accessibility features of Apple to independently print 3D objects
by Oliver Kennett
https://www.applevis.com/guides/using-accessibility-features-apple-independently-print-3d-objects

Note: I find many of these links in the Top Tech Tidbits newsletter. To find this week's complete newsletter and/or subscribe, go to
https://feeds.feedblitz.com/toptechtidbits

Tor's _In Our Own Worlds_ 4 novellas featuring LGBTQ+ characters available on Bookshare

The deadline for Tor's free download of
_In Our Own Worlds_
https://www.tor.com/2020/06/02/in-our-own-worlds-download-4-free-lgbtq-sci-fi-fantasy-novellas-before-june-6/
may have passed, but this book is also available on Bookshare.org.