Apple HomeView and What's Next for JAWS and ZoomText
Notes de l’épisode
Apple's HomeView, a new Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2 lead the news, then Vispero's Matt Ater and Ryan Jones explain how Vispero Companion in JAWS will change your settings and help you finish tasks when you get stuck.
Steven Scott and Shaun Preece go through Apple's Welcome Home event. The new Apple TV 4K gets the A19 chip and built-in microphones, and the price goes up. HomePod mini 2 is sold on Siri AI, which will not arrive until a later update. The new Siri Remote has Find My built in. HomeView uses Face ID to recognise each person in the household, and the hosts ask what it offers blind users who already have a phone.
Matt Ater and Ryan Jones of Vispero talk about the company's new CEO, Sid Gaitonde, Glen Gordon's return, and the push to bring more blind people into leadership and engineering roles.
The main news is the new Vispero Companion in JAWS and Fusion. It brings PictureSmart, Page Explorer and other AI tools together in one place. You can describe a setting in plain language and Companion will change it for you. It can also pick a date or explain why a form won't submit. The tools run in the cloud and need an account. Businesses will be able to point Companion at their own AI models.
ZoomText is getting performance modes and object detection in photos. Ryan stresses that AI is no excuse for companies to skip accessibility.
Chapters
0:00 – Intro
1:22 – Apple TV 4K, HomePod mini 2 and the new Siri Remote
6:25 – Apple HomeView smart home hub
9:50 – Matt Ater and Ryan Jones on the Vispero name
13:04 – New CEO and blind leadership at Vispero
17:16 – Vispero Companion: AI settings and task help in JAWS
41:51 – AI in the workplace and enterprise models
46:55 – ZoomText updates
50:42 – Why AI is no excuse for inaccessibility
53:53 – Wrap-up
If you enjoyed this conversation, like, subscribe and share it with someone who uses JAWS or ZoomText. Tell us in the comments what you think of Vispero Companion and HomeView.
Relevant Links
Apple HomeView: https://www.apple.com/homeview/
Apple TV 4K: https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-4k/
HomePod mini: https://www.apple.com/homepod-mini/
JAWS: https://vispero.com/jaws-screen-reader-software/
ZoomText: https://vispero.com/zoomtext-screen-magnifier-software/
Vispero Companion: https://companion.vispero.com/
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