May 19, 2019
A Sneak Peek at Rocketbook Beacons
The gang at Rocketbook were kind enough to send me a pre release set of Rocketbook Beacons and Beacon enabled Rocketbook app. In this video I show a quick overview about Rocketbook Beacons, how they work, etc. Rocketbook Beacons are adhesive corners that will allow you to turn any surface into…
March 10, 2019
Sending a Google Tour Creator Tour to Google Expeditions
You can now create your own Google Expeditions using Google Tour Creator. Expeditions support was added in February of 2019 for Android and March 2019 for iOS. In this video I show you how to send Google Tour Creator Tours to Google Expeditions. In this video I also use a Teamplate (which are…
January 13, 2019
App Smashing with Office Lens, One Note and Immersive Reader
A big thank you to Mike Tholfsen who pointed out this great little App Smash. Take a photo with Office Lens, OCR it with OneNote and have it read back to you in a variety of languages with Immersive Reader. I show you how (albeit with a little demo stumble) in the video below.
January 9, 2019
Language Translation Support Added to Immersive Reader
On January 9, 2019 Microsoft made a series of updates to Immersive Reader a tool that helps make reading on a device easier. Especially early learners as well as people with Dyslexia and Dysgraphia. Immersive Reader now supports language translation. You can hear how particular words…
January 6, 2019
After a trip abroad, I revisit Microsoft Translator
A few months ago I mentioned my discovery of Mictosoft Translator. A robust app availble on many platforms that performs a variety of laguage translations. I highlighted the fact that Micsoroft Translator could be a handy backchannel tool as well as a broadcast tool and in each of…
November 20, 2018
What The What? There is handwriting OCR Recognition in Google Drive!?
A few months ago, Google added OCR into Google Drive. Back then I tried performing handwriting recgnition via OCR without any luck. Now? Things have changed and when you OCR using Google Drive it now recognizes handwriting as well. I demonstrate how the feature works in the video below.
October 29, 2018
Livescribe Ageir An Overview of Pen and App
I do not have the chance to show the Livescribe Smartpen as often as I would like, so, when they came out with the new Aegir Pen I took the opportunity to make an overview demo of the new pen, app, etc. Not the best demo, but, I think you will get the idea of how the Livescribe works and how…
September 6, 2018
Seeing AI. An amazing App to help everyone. Especially those with vision issues
Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world and describe nearby people, text and objects. I provide a brief overview in the video below. Seeing…
September 5, 2018
Use Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar and want an easy way to send open times for appointments? Check out the Outlook App!
I think all of us have had to share out dates and times with someone over email regarding setting up an appointment, phone call, etc. There are a few solutions out there that are fee or account type based. I had no idea the Mircosoft Outlook App has a feature that allows you to share…
September 3, 2018
Want to take a picture of a document, whiteboard or business card and have it read back to you? Welcome to Office Lens on iOS and Android
Office Lens is an app available on IOS and Android that allows you to capture whiteboards, documents and business cards. It then has the ability to save your captures into a variety of Microsoft and Non-Microsoft Products. What sets this app above other apps of this sort is its built-in option…