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Technically, I’m in both because I am definitely in love with my iPhones. But, I am a user of windows, and I am speech based. And this makes it hard because, when I had better vision, I put everything into iTunes. Now that I am relying on speech on Windows, iTunes does not play very nice. And it’s very frustrating. I just switched over to a new system probably about a year ago, and I am having a hell of a time getting everything in iTunes to cooperate. And my playlists and it’s really crappy. Nobody knows how to help me.

Concerning which ecosystem to be in, I value Apple's commitment to privacy. When I register at a new site, I am thankful for the option to register with my Apple ID. knowing my address will not be shared.

Love the video like always, one thing that just stood out to me is that bye, taking out Linux and Chrome OS because of the difficulties of using them or learning them might have made this video not really about accessibility. Think that would have been better for a video that dealt with which operating system is easier to use. I have used chrome OS and once you get past the learning curve if you use it for what it is intended for it is very accessible.

Hello Sam, I'm a longtime Windows user, but I wanted to stick up for Linux a little since you said it was not that accessible and difficult to use. There's a version of the OS made with the VIP community in Mind. It's called Accessible Coconut (no joke). It comes with features and software for us built in like a screen reader and magnifier. It even has the screen reader enabled when you want to test the OS using a USB drive or install it onto a computer from it. It also has videos showing how to navigate the OS preinstalled. I've installed it onto a small computer stick and it is pretty decent. It's somewhat like Windows in navigation. Anyway, thanks for all that you do for the community with posting these videos and I look forward to the next one.

While I had some vision, I started learning how to use my cane and also how to use my iPhone with voiceover today. I am so happy that I did because now as my vision is deteriorated, even further, these tools have become absolutely necessary for me to continue doing the things I wanna do, so you never know what’s gonna learn everything while it’s easy because it only gets harder good luck. Sounds like you guys are heading in the right direction.

The thing I like most about iPhone is if I need to help some one else, it’s nearly identical.

Great video! I Would also really love to know which watch is more accessible - Apple Watch (last generation) vs Samsung Galaxi Watch (last generation), if you use this Chinese screenreader on it, not TalkBack….

Hey Sam OK, let me bash Apple for You… Specifically I have a big problem with the way voiceover works. or more accurately doesn’t work very well. I have been sending requests to Apple for years with no response. Voiceover is indeed a great tool, but to my knowledge they have not improved it at all over many years. Here are some ideas. 1 make the scrolling better, and highlight the words as they are spoken. 2 Let the user define how voiceover functions, how it reads list, or how it navigates a complicated page. Apple is all about it’s new A I possibilities, so it seems fixing voiceover would be pretty easy. Hey Sam OK, let me bash Apple for You… Specifically I have a big problem with the way voiceover works. or more accurately doesn’t work very well. I have been sending requests to Apple for years with no response. Voiceover is indeed a great tool, but to my knowledge they have not improved it at all over many years. Here are some ideas. 1 make the scrolling better, and highlight the words as they are spoken. 2 Let the user define how voiceover functions, how it reads list, or how it navigates a complicated page. Apple is all about it’s new A I possibilities, so it seems fixing voiceover would be pretty easy. Hey Sam OK, let me bash Apple for You… Specifically I have a big problem with the way voiceover works. or more accurately doesn’t work very well. I have been sending requests to Apple for years with no response. Voiceover is indeed a great tool, but to my knowledge they have not improved it at all over many years. Here are some ideas. 1 make the scrolling better, and highlight the words as they are spoken. 2 Let the user define how voiceover functions, how it reads list, or how it navigates a complicated page. Apple is all about it’s new A I possibilities, so it seems fixing voiceover would be pretty easy. Hey Sam OK, let me bash Apple for You… Specifically I have a big problem with the way voiceover works. or more accurately doesn’t work very well. I have been sending requests to Apple for years with no response. Voiceover is indeed a great tool, but to my knowledge they have not improved it at all over many years. Here are some ideas. 1 make the scrolling better, and highlight the words as they are spoken. 2 Let the user define how voiceover functions, how it reads list, or how it navigates a complicated page. Apple is all about it’s new A I possibilities, so it seems fixing voiceover would be pretty easy. Hey Sam OK, let me bash Apple for You… Specifically I have a big problem with the way voiceover works. or more accurately doesn’t work very well. I have been sending requests to Apple for years with no response. Voiceover is indeed a great tool, but to my knowledge they have not improved it at all over many years. Here are some ideas. 1 make the scrolling better, and highlight the words as they are spoken. 2 Let the user define how voiceover functions, how it reads list, or how it navigates a complicated page. Apple is all about it’s new A I possibilities, so it seems fixing voiceover would be pretty easy. 0:10

Does anyone have a recommendation for the thinnest collapsible cane? Thanks!

Great explanation, Sam. Myth busted thnk you! The national agency here in Canafa is high on Apple. I fond Andrpid and Windows work adequately A.nd yes, Chrome has lousy adaptive visual assistance.

I don't have any android hardware except for a s20 ultra which I just started to learn how to use as a blind user. I have mac and windows. My personal opinion is that if it's for general purpose computing (email, video streaming, very very light text editing)... both mac and windows will get the job done. As a developer though, as much as I would want to have the linux backend with a mac macos is at a critical state in terms of accessibility whenever we try to do anything somehow serious *in my experience* so windows is the way to go, as well as for studying. Voiceover has too much problems for me. I and I am musician sometimes too... which makes it harder to write what I wrote.

Hey Sam, very well said. Good information. I like it

Hi Sam, so I was watching your video and noticed some fuzzing sound from time to time in your audio!

Please interview Paul Castle.

Blind. I always tought drones were near impossible dream for us, now that I saw this video... I am really, really attempted to buy this and I might just have the money for it. Excelent video bro.

Gosh that hisssssssssssssss! in this video! Very annoying!

Nailed it, accessability issues and individual situations are paramopunt. I love my iPhone for it's little dot the magnifies when I want it, but I love my android for the ability to zoom with a pinch, the 3 finger triple tap on my amazon tablet is a bit wierd but works, but desktop has a ways to go.... I want some input as to what the screen reader reads, I don't have all day! lol.... Is there a place we can go to tell software designers what would be useful for us? Selecting specific text for the screen reader? that little apple dot for the magnifier? I like to think that we live on the forefront of a new accessable world, but the able-d software people need to know what to create. Magnifiers are GREAT, dark mode is GREAT(for me) , Readers are GREAT, but who's going to teach the software people how to make it easier to use? (I admit, the bitterness of someone that's gone blind in 2019, after 50 years of sight)

Warning, from 1 July, we may not be able to use Alexa shopping list and third-party apps

Will this work in other countries besides America?

It would be so helpful if you would describe the remote that comes with the Amazon fire cute fire stick as well as the Amazon fire cube. You just mention a few times about the buttons, but you don’t describe the remote on where each button is like. Where is the power button? Where is the microphone button, Where is the back button, the home button, etc. etc. This would be so very helpful to those that are totally blind and live alone and have no one to help them. Hope you will make a new video describing the remote control and describing everything that you are doing step-by-step, thank you very much. Susan

I am from New Zealand, It would be about 164 New Zealand Dollars. And then there's Shipping on top of that. That's more than 2 weeks shopping bill for me. I will have to stick to my 40 New Zealand Dollar one with just lights I'm afraid. Although I would LOVE one.

I have retinopathy of prematurity.

My name is Diane and I live in one of the most beautiful parts of New Zealand. I am totally blind, so sight seeing is out of the question. But I got be my ai, and everything changed. I now look at views like everyone else. The first time I did this, I just burst into tears. It was so wonderful. I was also able to surprise my husband, by seeing something at the supper market that was on special.

The first computer I put my hands to was a Unisys 1100 mainframe. From there I moved to a IBM mainframe and midrange systems with PC's as external minor system running D.O.S. 2.0 and I have been doing PC siince then. I currently have a Windows 11 system which is not good with screen readers. I run a large font lighted KB and a 40 inch smart TV as a monitor and TV...Keeping with the theme I used a android with a stylus to operated the icons along with googgle asst.

The most wonderful thing that ever happened to me was Braille Screen Input on my iPhone.

This video is absolute crap since you don’t even take braille into consideration

Android more options I think

Amazing content, Sam. Always a fan. I totally agree that it really boils down to other factors as OS nowafays are kinda similar, some may perform better than the other.

What about support? I’m impressed that Apple allows you to call in for accessibility support. I’ve used it a number of times.

Thanks!

10:50 Are you sure about this? If it really is stored in the cloud, then whenever you have a spotty internet connection, or the severs go down, then you wouldn't be able to read any of your tags. It would make for sense to store the text in the tag itself. Most NFC tags/chips can store at least 100 characters, some can store over 800 or even 3000 characters.

Sam, this was an important video, thanks. I'm a long time Windows PC user starting with my job, but now also use both an iPhone and a iPad in addition to a Windows PC. I am comfortabe with both the Window and iOS systems, but there is always something new to learn.

Great review

Well, that was really badly researched, too many mistakes to list here.

iPhone was the game changer.. prior to switching to the iPhone the 3rd party accessilibty apps on my phones were horrible. That was my gateway to teh Mac OS. Mac's are more expensive but they last quite a long time and I have never had y Mac brick but my pc's used to do it all the time. But that was years ago and hopefully the world of PC's has changed and they are more reliable.

I'd appreciate a deeper dive on what you mean that some systems do things better than others. The specifics are what we really need. I've found that the simplicity of the Mac system and IOS systems just make navigating way easier. Also, the zoom/invert functions are much more intuitive on the Mac and IOS and are easier to modify the hotkeys to activate them. Trying to find my way around the system preferences on my Windows install is an absolute nightmare.

Thank you Sam for being honest here. There is no real platform that rises above any other these days. Sure, you may be more or less familiar/fond with one over another, but that doesn't mean the platform itself is actually better or worse than any of the others. And further more, I think it's best to remain flexible when it comes to computing platforms.

I will say this, I have both operating systems (my laptop was to replace an old windows laptop I had which died half way through my masters course a couple years ago and I got a desktop PC for Christmas last year). Yes windows has these features too, but Apple does do it way better. I make Music Production content from time to time (this will become more frequent soon), and I noticed that there could be space for in person workshops in the future. However, Windows doesn't allow you to have mirrored screens that can be zoomed in separately, so that everyone looking at the main screen can see as if they were using the computer whilst still allowing me to do what I need to do zoomed in. This also allowed me to record my screen without the magnifier being recorded. I then found that you can record your screen on windows in a similar way, but only on Desktops as far as I know. So in a nutshell, windows is a bit more clunky in design, while on Mac, it just works seamlessly.

hello, we should all be so thankful we have access to all this technology, i think a lot of us came about using these accessibility features in the toughest moments in our lifes when we had to deal with a set back of a disability and most likely what helped us out at that time is your favorite. i personally like the set up i have its very nice to know and understand multiple set ups, a windows pc with NVDA and a nice keyboard with two windows keys and an application key. an IPhone with voice over and a bluetooth keyboard. training yourself switching from one to another really learn a lot from. its strange and i did try multiple times but Android is just not doing it for me. greets mak :)

Sorry about the audio everyone, problem with the editing program!

I've gotten pretty good at navigating all my devices, but it's really frustrating when they change things without notice and without the change being on a settings switch. a recent update to my samsung android phone removed the speech to text microphone icon from my keyboard screen. hours of research and fiddling didn't help. finally, found out they had moved it to the global nav bar at the bottom of the phone, but, um... I'm blind so how was I going to notice? samsung's voice recog software also stopped recognizing punctuation words like period and comma. wth? had to switch to google's version. I spent hours and hours going through settings and googling help forums until I figured it all out, but it basically made my phone unusable to me for a couple of days and was very frustrating. windows text reader is awful. never got it to work for me, but I didn't try all that hard since I'm very familiar with the OS and don't need it much. I'm very fond of the browser reader I use and pray they don't discontinue it or change it too much. having to retrain yourself is bad enough for people who see well, it's downright annoying for the blind. btw, the best tip I ever got from you is... bump dots. it changed my life. beyond the oven and microwave, I use them on my keyboard for keyboard shortcuts and the like. I don't know how I got along before them. 🙂 thanks for all you do! you are a wonderful asset to us.

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Hi, great video. Just letting you know though that every minute or so there is some static which cuts out some words. I thought initially that this was intentional, but I now don’t think so.

It’s really nice for you to help people the spy it’s true the Windows versus Mac, who was first with the accessibility, which was Windows, of course, with the narrator. I totally disagree when you advise if you don’t have enough money to buy a Mac buy a Windows. Because today is really similar impresses those two. And something the Max have about windows because of course it’s not about the windows, but PCs on general. It’s that you can star and Wipe out the whole operating system and do everything from scratch without any help because they have accessibility from star. And not only that. But you really have to put into consideration there stability of the system. Which for somebody which is gig or Taxi Sabi it’s not a problem because we are kind of adventurous. But even people like us when we need to get the job done for real without any distractions Because a DLL problem or some other things Apple, it’s the winner. And even the secondhand machine you can find it today around 300 bucks so again this is Apple winning again.

Don’t even need to watch this to know that it’s macOS and iOS for me

I agree with you that Apple wasn’t the first with accessibility for a DOS base machine or windows base machine for that matter. I had used a program and a sound card for a product called Arctic vision back as early as 1987. I think it was and it worked quite well with Dos bass programs And I believe I used it even on windows and word perfect and seal programs well up into elite 90s before up until Jaws came along so yeah accessibility goes back along ways

I would be curious for a video on how to configure vision accessibility on Mac/Windows/Android, especially the best way to configure narrator (reader). For example, what is the way you use reader in your favourite browser (and which browser is the best for you)? This is what I am currently trying to setup for a low-vision person with a macular situation very similar to yours. I especially want to make it easier for them to turn on reader quickly for a piece of text on the browser that they cannot discern.

There's some kind of purposeful static going on in your audio. Could it be because of the recording software you're using? Otherwise, great video!

Thank you so much for making this video Sam

I don't know what you're saying, but i came to the States in 1991 and my first computer was the Apple IiE and it had screen reader,, and that computer was already old. So when you said some company came out with screen reader for the first time in 1994 is not quite true.