Assistive Technology

How do I send a tab from one device to another?

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Recently, I was working in my web browser on my computer & needed to leave to go somewhere.

But, I didn’t want to lose what I was looking at.

So, I sent the tab from my computer to my iPhone.

To perform the following steps, you’ll need Edge installed on all the devices you plan to use. It even works on Linux!

To send a tab to another device:

1. Press either alt+d or control+L to bring focus to the address bar.

2. Tab once. If your screen-reader says something about previous searches, remove them all, by tabbing then pressing enter until they’re all gone. (THE “send page” option & toolbar in general, won’t show up, until you do.)

3. Find the “send page” option & click it.

4. Choose the device you’d like to send the page to & there you go!

If you have any questions/issues, please comment & I’d be more than happy to assist you.

If Voiceover refuses to say the word “search”

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If you’re a Voiceover user & your device is running ios 17.1.1 or newer, you may have run into an issue, where Voiceover loses its label for this button.

When I had this issue, voiceover would just say, “button” when encountering the search tab of the following applications. Mona, Which is a third-party mastodon app, the App Store and Apple podcasts.

To work around this, I labeled the button by doing the following. Note: you only need to do this once and it will work everywhere, this bug has appeared.

  1. Triple tap one of the applications listed above.

  2. 2. Activate the search button and perform a two finger triple tap and hold. This is the label element command.

  3. 3. In the field that comes up, type the word search and press return.

IOS web browsing tip

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For those of us who like to browse the web from our iDevices, I was doing that recently & came across this feature.

From my experimentation, I can tell you that this tip works with #Brave & #MicrosoftEdge.

Below, is a very easy way to close specific tabs, assuming you don’t want to close them all.

To test this for yourself, try the following :

1. Open either Brave or Edge.

2. Put Voiceover focus on the item in the bottom right-hand corner of your iPhonescreen. (On iPad, it’s at the top.) Voiceover will say, “open tabs, immediately followed by a number. this number is the number of tabs you currently have open.

3. double tap this.

4. now, put Voiceover focus on an item you’d like to close and swipe three fingers to the left.

Screen-reader Productivity Tip

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The following is for those of you who use a Screen-reader with a Lenovo Yoga laptop.

I was under the impression that changing the volume quickly was not possible, boy, was I wrong!

After tinkering around with various keyboard shortcuts, I discovered that there is in fact a quick and easy way to do this.

To adjust the volume of your screen-reader’s speech, press f2 to decrease and f3 to increase.

Depending on if your function keys are enabled, you may need to add the function key, which on my particular model, is located just to the right of the control key.

There you have it, a quick and easy way to adjust your volume on the fly! If you have any questions or need assistance with this process, sound off in the comments & I’d be more than happy to assist you.

My amateur radio Journey

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When I was in high school, I took a class on ham radio.

I didn’t take an exam at the time because I didn’t own the necessary equipment, didn’t know what equipment was required, & didn’t know anyone else enjoying the hobby.

Fast-forward to the summer of this year, & my friend, John & I were talking.

During one of our conversations, the topic of ham radio came up, & he began offering me study sessions via zoom.

He also sent me a Walkie-talkie.

During our zoom sessions, we read & discuss the question pool, for the technician class license, one section at a time.

I’m still in the process of studying for my license, but have also started college. (More details on that, in my next post.)

I hope I can take my exam, & obtain my license, before next year.

I say that because at the beginning of next year, a $35 fee will be required for all new license applications, renewals, &/or upgrades, & I prefer not to have to pay that, unless it’s absolutely necessary.

In my limited use of the equipment I received, I’ve really been enjoying the hobby. I certainly hope I can get my license, and get on the air very soon!

As of April 15, 2022, I’m officially a licensed ham! My call is KE8UPE! I’m hoping to go for my general soon! Until then, I’ll just keep enjoying the technician level privilages of my new-found favorite hobby!

It allowed me to achieve a dream, and also prove to myself and others, that anything is possible.

My encouragement to others, “set a goal, and go for it! “