Accessible games, Alexa commands, an accessible cooking podcast

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A List of Alexa Voice Commands from Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/alexa-voice-commands

What is Chromium? Google's Open-Source Software, Explained from Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-chromium

NVDA news, including NVDACon Dec. 4-6 + Using object navigation in Windows settings
https://www.nvaccess.org/post/in-process-20th-november-2020/

Music Service Launched for Visually Impaired Children with Neurodegenerative Disease
On November 16th 2020 the Amber Trust and the ISM Trust launched "With Music in Mind," a new music service aimed at transforming music provision for children and young people with neurodegenerative disease who are visually impaired:
https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/music_teacher/music-service-launched-for-visually-impaired-children-with-neurodegenerative-disease/

Kes: I haven't been spending a lot of time following game accessibility this year, but 'tis the season for games (okay, 'tis the year for games). Also, Steve Saylor is a funny guy with a lot of smart things to say about accessibility, including the fact that
there are 33 million disabled gamers in America alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM8iNa87-Po&feature=youtu.be

Steve Saylor's Blind Gamers Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtWREyqj2spI0KiWHp09Fvg

and here is an article about Steve from May 2020 that is also a good introduction to accessibility in games
This Blind Gamer Is Fighting for Accessibility in Video Games
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akzgwb/blind-gamer-steve-saylor-is-fighting-for-accessibility-in-video-games

Game Awards 2020 has nominated five games for it's new Innovation in Accessibility category
https://www.cbr.com/game-awards-innovation-accessibility-watch-dogs-assassins-creed-last-of-us/

Kes: this seems to only be available with an Apple Arcade subscription
Dear Reader: an accessible word puzzle game based on classic literature, usable with VoiceOver
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dear-reader/id1470280172

PlayStation 5: The Accessibility Review
https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-5-the-accessibility-review

Xbox Series X: The Accessibility Review
https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-x-accessibility-review

Blind Bargains Qast 218 includes cooking demos and discussion of cooking devices
https://blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=22041

Google's Project Guideline uses AI to help low-vision users run racecourses
https://venturebeat.com/2020/11/19/googles-project-guideline-uses-ai-to-help-low-vision-users-navigate-running-courses/

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