Dec. 4th, 2020

kestrell: (Default)
A cool idea, but also a possible privacy hole, and it may be turned on without you knowing it--I've turned it off on my devices. Here's a brief article, but there are more in-depth articles online describing the potential privacy issues
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/amazon-sidewalk-on-echo-is-coming-for-some-its-already-here/
kestrell: (Default)
Kes: Most of these items require some sighted assistance, but assembly or sorting could be done ahead of time and then included in time for gift-giving. For example, with the Lego kits, Legos could be sorted into separate bags and the instructions could be downloaded onto a thumb drive and included with the kit. Also note that Bard/NLS has a number of D&D books available as downloadable digital audiobooks.

64 Oz Games
https://64ozgames.com/
makes accessibility kits to make board games accessible, along with braille puzzles, braille dice, tactile tactic grids, and more. They also sell a braille Rider Tarot Accessibility kit (not sure if these are adhesive-backed or if they are sleeves that fit over the cards).

Legos for the Blind
Downloadable text-based instructions for 30 Lego sets, still requires sighted person to sort the Legos
http://legofortheblind.com/instructions/
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I was linking my Bookshare account to the Alexa skill through the Alexa app on my iPhone, and VoiceOver read out the invocation and Alexa immediately did her bidding. This never happened before I gave VoiceOver the British accent.

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