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Meet Pinky and Binky

On the left is Pinky. She’s set up for my writing with every visual aid I can find, both from Apple’s native apps and those I’ve added – large text, dictation apps and voice over etc. I’ve even got Siri set to an Irish accent. It has had a customised nano screen fitted to itContinue reading “Meet Pinky and Binky”

Learning to love audiobooks

I’ve recently been forced to move from reading the printed/e-reader page to listening to audiobooks. Initially, it wasn’t what you’d call a roaring success. I quickly realised that most audiobooks stand or fall on the skills of the narrator and there were a lot of voices I just couldn’t cope with, even when sampling triedContinue reading “Learning to love audiobooks”