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Category Archives: software
iPhone App of the Week: StumbleUpon Comes to the iPhone and Android
If you’re not familiar with StumbleUpon, now’s a good time to sign up, especially since there are now new iPhone and Android apps for it. If you like the iPad StumbleUpon app, you’re going to love this one. What is … Continue reading
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Tagged app of the week, iPhone apps, StumbleUpon
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iPhone App of the Week: Camera+
I’m not trying to tease you, dear reader, but Camera +, the iPhone app of the week, is no longer available. Why not? Because it breaks Apple’s persnickety rules, that’s why not. Grrrrrr!
Posted in App of the Week, Camera, Censorship, iPhone, software
Tagged Apple, Camera+, Censorship, iPhone app of the week
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Review: NaturallySpeaking 11 Speech Recognition is Miraculous
Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking was already a super-powerful speech recognition engine in its version 10 released two years ago, and now it’s topped that with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11. Nuance claims a 15% accuracy improvement, which is hard to believe since the … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Speech Recognition, software
Tagged NaturallySpeaking 11, Nuance, Speech recognition
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iVisit turns cellphone into a smart pair of eyes
California company iVisit’s main claim to fame is teleconferencing applications, but now it’s taken that expertise and used it to teach cellphones to recognize everyday products and currency. The result? A remarkable tool that tells the user what it’s seeing, … Continue reading
Posted in Cell Phone, software
Tagged blind, Cell Phone, ivisit, remarkable tool, sight impaired
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Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor lets you know if it’s safe to install the new operating system
Before you download the free release candidate of Windows 7, scan your system to see if it’s compatible with the brilliant new operating system from Microsoft. The free Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor can do just that, warning you of any … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Windows 7, software
Tagged release candidate, Upgrade Advisor, Windows 7
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Windows Fonts Explorer helps you juggle typefaces with ease
Up to your ears in fonts? Windows Fonts Explorer is a free, lightweight application that can help you sort out all the fonts you have on your hard drive. Maybe if you weed out some of those unnecessary typefaces, your … Continue reading
KolorWheel
I have a book called the Color Index, which has hundreds of pages of color combinations that I can call up when I’m designing graphics for web and video. But I always forget to pack it in my bag! One … Continue reading
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