Jedi glove, Apple's new series "See," more assistive tech links

Jedi Glove Assists Visually Impaired with Sonar
https://interestingengineering.com/nui-galways-jediglove-assists-visually-impaired-with-sonar

Meet the blindness consultant ensuring Apple TV Plus show See respects accessibility
Joe Strechay has a unique role in entertainment: blindness consultant for Apple's new series, "See," starring Jason Momoa
https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-the-blindness-consultant-ensuring-apple-tv-plus-show-see-respects-accessibility/

iPhone 12 Pro's People Perception features lets blind users detect people around them
https://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-12-pro-lets-people-who-are-blind-see-others-around-them/
Lidar is a type of depth sensor
https://blog.halide.cam/lidar-peek-into-the-future-with-ipad-pro-11d38910e9f8
that helps with augmented reality apps and serves as the eyes of self-driving cars. Now, Apple is applying it to accessibility in an effort to help people who have vision problems better navigate the world around them.

Inclusive Design for Social Media: Tips for Creating Accessible Channels
At least one billion people, or 15% of the world's population, experience some form of disability. That figure increases significantly when it accounts for temporary and situational disabilities.
Non-inclusive content and experiences push people away. And it's not always easy to pinpoint when that happens.
Excluded web visitors often don't complain:
71% just leave.
Marketers should view staying informed about these updates as a responsibility. While social media accessibility isn't technically required under WCAG's 2.1 compliance standards, it shouldn't need to be. Here's why:
https://blog.hootsuite.com/inclusive-design-social-media/

Indoor Mapping on Tek Talk
Hear about emerging indoor mapping technology on Tek Talk on
GMT Tuesday, November 10th 2020 at 01:00
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/839935813?pwd=eXFMRHpxNnhFZlRiMHAzRWNWYXM3Zz09

iBug will feature Voice Dream Reader and Files App on the next 2-hour iBUG Cafe
to take place on GMT Sunday, November 8th 2020 at 22:00
https://zoom.us/j/7428486329?pwd=M003RmZaa3pTbWRlZ00xbSs4YTlmUT09

Wired: Gamers Forge Their Own Paths When It Comes to Accessibility
WHEN MARK BARLET realized there weren’t many gaming resources available for a friend with multiple sclerosis, he and Steven Spohn helmed a solution that would change countless lives. They created AbleGamers and turned a personal mission into a global vision of video game accessibility for all.
https://www.wired.com/story/accessibility-video-games-ablegamers/

Kes: Take a look around this next resource: it also has upcoming Zoom meetings on other accessible tech, along with archived previous shows
Accessible Gifts for the Holidays - Saturday, November 14
How to add smart devices to your Alexa device or Google Nest - Saturday, December 12
https://www.marylandlibraries.org/Pages/Technology%20User%20Group.aspx

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If you updated to iOS 14.1 and Siri won't let you send texts to yourself

Another visually impaired user had this problem after updating to iOS 14.1, and I suggested telling Siri to “Send a text to myself," rather than using the user's name, which previously worked.
It didn't work for me, but it did work for the other user, both for sending herself a text message and also for email. Siri even prompted the user asking if she wanted to send it to her work or home email. Both the message and the email went thru.