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Thank you for reading my previous post on the use of my Pixel 4 phone on the Android platform. I am now just entering day seven of use.

Last time, I made the point that as soon as resources are written about this kind of technology, they are very soon out of date, and so it proved with the last blog post. Within a matter of hours after I published it, I began to receive suggestions as to how some of the difficulties I wrote about could be solved.

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It's no secret that the latest release of the I O S operating system contains quite a number of problems. These are by no means limited to the accessibility arena, but also affect mainstream customers as well. This is further evidenced by a number of updates being released within a short time-frame.

This blog post was updated on 10 July 2019.

One of the aspects of Microsoft Outlook I've benefited from for many years is the calendar. As a busy professional, it allows me to keep track of a hectic diary every week, and I know all my meetings are beautifully organised.

Moreover, as many people will know, I train people how to use the JAWS screen-reader in conjunction with computing applications. Most of that training is conducted in the workplace throughout the UK.

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Those of you who follow me on Twitter, or who have made me a friend on Facebook, will know that in March of this year I purchased an ElBraille40 from our UK distributor for the product, Sight and Sound Technology. Quite a number of people have asked for my impressions of the device, and as a result, I have posted very brief notes using both social media concerning it. However, for interest you can find more detailed impressions below.

I was alerted yesterday by Dean Martineau's Top Tech Tidbits newsletter about an Email client called OE Classic. As the name might imply, it has been designed for people who miss the simplicity and ease of use of Microsoft Outlook Express.

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Have you ever been browsing the web, wanting to submit a form on a site, and you are confronted with an Edit Field with the caption, "Type the numbers in the graphic?" I have. These graphical images are known as CAPTCHAS.

I remember last Christmas we wanted to book tickets for a concert and I had to get past one of these images. But in addition to leisure, I do come across these inaccessible edit fields in both my professional and radio work.

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This is a very brief blog post which I'm writing as I sit here listening to country music.

This is just to say that my radio show the Music Machine will as of this coming weekend be heard on Team-FM rather than Mushroom FM.

Now before anyone starts wondering why, let me stress from the outset that this move is completely amicable. Things like this have a habit of getting completely out of hand so lets be clear about that.

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You may have noticed if you have upgraded to iTunes version 12.4, the most recent release, that there are accessibility difficulties with a primary component of the application when using screen-readers.

As a result of this, I wrote to accessibility@apple.com to share my concerns. The response I received was to some extent predictable. This is disappointing because Apple have made tremendous strides in the accessibility arena, particularly on the I O S platform.