Blog · corpus.blog/blogs/mosen.org/posts
mosen.org
mosen.org
2021
Episode 124: Plenty of Apple news, a laptop update that went badly wrong, screen reader comparisons and moreoriginal ↗
22 May 2021
Join me and have your say on this Weekend’s Mosen At Large. Some big announcements from Apple, when a computer update goes badly wrong, Backpack Studio and moreoriginal ↗
20 May 2021
19 May 2021
Podcast Transcript: Mosen At Large episode 122, the moral dilemma of boycotts, more on the Zoom Potrak P4, the Rivo2 keyboard, super-charging the Windows clipboard and moreoriginal ↗
17 May 2021
Episode 122: The moral dilemma of boycotts, more on the Zoom Potrak P4, the Rivo2 keyboard, super-charging the Windows clipboard and moreoriginal ↗
15 May 2021
Join me and have your say on this Weekend’s Mosen At Large as we talk so-called “cancel culture”, the state of the screen reader industry and a range of tech issuesoriginal ↗
13 May 2021
Podcast Transcript: Mosen At Large episode 121, blind pride, blind people at the airport, plenty of tech questions and opinionsoriginal ↗
12 May 2021
Episode 121: Blind pride, blind people at the airport, plenty of tech questions and opinionsoriginal ↗
8 May 2021
This week on Mosen At Large, more on blind pride, airport meet and assist, Twitter Spaces and plenty of tech. Have your say ahead of the showoriginal ↗
6 May 2021
Podcast Transcript: Mosen At Large Episode 120, Twitter Spaces from the perspective of a blind person using the VoiceOver screen readeroriginal ↗
6 May 2021
Podcast Transcript: Mosen At Large episode 119, blind pride, accommodations we don’t want at airports, AirTag thoughts and moreoriginal ↗
6 May 2021
Episode 120: Twitter Spaces from the perspective of a blind person using the VoiceOver screen readeroriginal ↗
4 May 2021
Podcast Transcript, Mosen At Large Episode 118, Apple changes the game for blind people locating lost stuff, with their stunningly accessible AirTagsoriginal ↗
4 May 2021
3 May 2021
Episode 119: Blind pride, accommodations we don’t want at airports, AirTag thoughts and moreoriginal ↗
1 May 2021
Episode 118: Apple changes the game for blind people locating lost stuff, with their stunningly accessible AirTagsoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2021
This week on Mosen At Large, celebrating and defining blind pride, wheelchairs offered to blind people at airports, vaccine updates, AirTags unboxed and moreoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2021
Podcast transcript: Mosen At Large Episode 117, come to Mosen At Large, Sonos Roam set up and reviewed, and more on ableist languageoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2021
Episode 117: Transcripts come to Mosen At Large, Sonos Roam set up and reviewed, and more on ableist languageoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2021
24 Apr 2021
This week on Mosen At Large, I think I’m going to have something new to review, I know I have a big announcement about the future of Mosen At Large, and a recap of Apple’s Spring Loaded eventoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2021
21 Apr 2021
20 Apr 2021
Episode 114: Microsoft bought Nuance, what’s the best text-to-speech in the world, getting vaccinated and moreoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2021
14 Apr 2021
Podcast Transcript: Mosen At Large 105, the AccessiBe controversy. Can AI make the web fully accessible in a few short years, or might it make matters worse?original ↗
12 Apr 2021
Episode 112: New Cloudflare feature could put some blind people’s jobs in jeopardy, attitudes towards knowingly bringing blind children into the world, high-quality Siri voices with iOS Speak Screen and moreoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2021
Breathe in, breathe out, and tune in this weekend to Mosen At Large as we discuss a range of technology and social issues from a blindness perspectiveoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2021
Episode 111: Thinking Cap Innovations, makers of the Alexa Skills Thinking Cap Math and Thinking Cap Spanishoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2021
Episode 110: New Siri voices, ableist use of the word “blind” in the media, cochlea implants, iOS hints and moreoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2021
This weekend on Mosen At Large, Siri gets new voices, being a voice control efficiency ninja, editing efficiently with iOS and moreoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2021
27 Mar 2021
This weekend on Mosen At Large, cochlea implants, blind culture, how to get pro audio into Clubhouse, dating blind and much moreoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2021
Episode 106: Widespread concern about accessibility overlays leads to a new Chrome extension to block them. dating when blind, Braille comments and moreoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2021
Ableist language from a Government minister on our public broadcaster. Disabled New Zealanders deserve betteroriginal ↗
19 Mar 2021
This weekend on Mosen At Large, feedback on Accessibility overlays, and do you think there is such a thing as a blind culture?original ↗
18 Mar 2021
Episode 105: The AccessiBe controversy. Can AI make the web fully accessible in a few short years, or might it make matters worse?original ↗
13 Mar 2021
This weekend on Mosen At Large, two different visions for the future of web accessibility. Are technologies like AccessiBe the answers to our accessibility problem, or making the problem worse?original ↗
11 Mar 2021
10 Mar 2021
Episode 103: New Zealand making waves, dating when blind, maths equipment, iOS 14.5 beta 3 and moreoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2021
Episode 101: Respecting opinions different from your own, maths equipment of the past, more on Clubhouse and the importance of an open Internetoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2021
Episode 100: Australian Government setting a dangerous precedent, plenty of Braille display talk, home automation and moreoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2021
Episode 98: Some Apple slices. Moving apps, using Voice Control with VoiceOver, and reassigning thumb keys on the APH Mantis and similar Braille displaysoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2021
Episode 97: Following every moment of the impeachment trial, more on when disability rights and religion collide, thoughts on Clubhouse and moreoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2021
Episode 96: Nick Zammarelli reviews the new version of Google Talkback included with Samsung smartphonesoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2021
Episode 95: Advocacy strategies for better VoiceOver reliability, when religion and disability rights collide, tech tips and moreoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2021
Episode 94: HumanWare talks about its new generation Brailliant Braille displays, and a review of the Brailliant BI20Xoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2021
Episode 93: Braille bugs in iOS 14.4, laptops you like and don’t, Uber guide dog discrimination and moreoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2021
Episode 92: Interview with Microsoft Seeing AI founder Saqib Shaikh, and a walk around Mosen Towers to demonstrate Seeing AI’s World Channeloriginal ↗
27 Jan 2021
Episode 91: New laptops at Mosen Towers, mainstream tech support and blind people, a Rivo2 review and moreoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2021
2020
Episode 90: Unboxing, installing, setting up and using an Amazon Fire TV Stick with the VoiceView screen readeroriginal ↗
19 Dec 2020
Episode 89: This decades tech in review, I still want a Google self-driving car for Christmas, and being on the front line of the COVID-19 fightoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2020
Episode 88: Remembering John Lennon, the pros and cons of social media, Apple things, Windows things, Sonos things and more thingsoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2020
28 Nov 2020
Episode 86: WayAround, the easy to use labelling system that works with the phone you always have with youoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2020
Episode 85: US election craziness, remembering our old tape recorders, Apple feedback and moreoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2020
Episode 84: US elections and voting systems, a miscellany of tech topics, new iPhone feedback and moreoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2020
Episode 83: An Apple special. First impressions of the iPhone 12 Pro Max, demonstration of the lidar-based people detection feature, and a discussion about the new Apple Silicon Macsoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2020
10 Nov 2020
Episode 81: The Biden Harris victory, another Apple event coming up, new iPhone pre-orders, Google Lookout for Android and moreoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2020
Episode 79: US election day nears, Apple brings yet another accessibility breakthrough, the future of blind travel and moreoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2020
Episode 78: Ned Desmond talks the Sight Tech Global virtual technology conference and moreoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2020
Episode 77: Will guide dogs go the way of the horse and buggy, lots of Apple comments, disability immigration discrimination and moreoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2020
Episode 75: Historic election results in New Zealand, who’s buying a new iPhone, the International Council on English Braille, self-driving cars and moreoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2020
Episode 72: Apples next big event, the four big tech companies under scrutiny, who wants a self-driving car and moreoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2020
Episode 70: Ableism in stand-up comedy, blindness education experiences, what’s happened to the Apple Music radio directory and moreoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2020
Episode 68: more Apple software feedback, mainstreaming versus schools for the blind, travel tips and moreoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2020
Episode 66: Your thoughts on Apple’s new OS releases, reading blind, voting blind and moreoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2020
16 Sept 2020
Episode 63: Legal action against TuneIn in the UK takes effect and could set a dangerous precedent, remembering Charlie Crawford, voting blind, audiobooks and moreoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2020
Episode 62: Listener reflections on audiobooks, and introducing Libro.fm for access to over 150,000 DRM-free audiobooksoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2020
Episode 61: Tech questions and hints, more walks down tech memory lane, staying organised in the kitchen and moreoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2020
Episode 60: Larry Skutchan from the American Printing House for the Blind talks new Braille displays, Nearby Explorer online, an updated Studio Recorder and moreoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2020
Episode 59: Learning to cook, upgrading and backing up a hard drive, Apple opinions, tech memories and moreoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2020
Episode 58: By popular request, we talk keto, low carb, and other transformative lifestyle changesoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2020
Episode 57: Why are email lists so badly behaved, Braille magazines we used to read, Apple betas and moreoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2020
Episode 56: Apple excludes blind people from its first ever watchOS public beta, and that’s not OKoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2020
Episode 55: Favourite GPS apps, Apple releases a beta build of watchOS knowing VoiceOver is broken, COVID-19 around the world and moreoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2020
Episode 53: If you had to choose between your computer and smartphone, which would you keep? Braille display comparisons, weather apps and moreoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2020
With gratitude and thanks to Bette Gilmore, 1938-2020. Thank you for the music and so much moreoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2020
Episode 52: Reflections as the ADA turns 30, the secrets of effective advocacy, people-first language, smart homes, TTS preferences and Braille displaysoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2020