

Google Says Chrome Won’t Drain Your MacBook Battery: as Much Note - I’m giving feedback over the next few months, and I’ll try and keep folks uptown date.įuture Siri Could Talk to Who Ever is Calling You and Take NotesĪpple wants Siri to work the phones for you, make and receive calls, arrange appointments, or just play back different voicemail messages to your partner and your boss.Īds in Audio Books is a Cursed Idea That Won’t Go AwayĪudible is testing advertisements on some audiobooks and podcasts, though it currently remains unclear which 'free' titles have ads and which don't The units weight is about 1KG, charged from a UsBC charger, and has one other port besides that of the USB charging port, this is a PC UsBC port for connection to a computer.īattery time for the DotPad is between 8 to 11 hours depending on use. In addition, there is a DotPad website which allows a downloaded image to be displayed on the DotPad graphics area. To draw on the Braille graphics area of the DotPad, the user downloads the DotPad Canvas app from the iOS App Store which allows the user to perform drawings in the DotPad Canvas app which is then displayed on the DotPad graphics area. When used at the Home Screen, not only are the icons shown in Braille on the Braille display, but the graphics of the icons are displayed on the Braille graphics tablet. The Braille display part of the DotPad connects to VoiceOver in the usual way within the Braille settings of VoiceOver. The unit is a Braille graphics tablet with a 20 cell Braille display at the bottom, about the size of an iPad.Ībove the Braille display are 6 keys used for basic Braille display and iOS navigation (although these keys can be customised).Īt the moment these keys from left to right are: left, pan left, Home, Select, pan right, and right. I have been loaned a DotPad from Dot Inc to evaluate and test its capabilities over the next several Months.


Hands on the DotPad (graphics Braille tablet) from Dot Inc
