Activity – Colin Hughes

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, KeyboardMike: how I invented a microphone for speech recognition 3 years ago

Getting high levels of accuracy in the words you dictate into a email client, website text box, or document on a computer with speech recognition applications is no easy task.

Tech companies that make voice […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, Apple adds useful new feature to Mac Voice Control but didn’t tell anyone 3 years ago

The third update to macOS Monterey for Mac computers was released last week. Among the headline grabbing new software tricks in macOS 12.3 is Universal Control, a feature that lets you control multiple Macs and […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, iOS 15.4 update: Face ID works again for CPAP mask wearers 3 years ago

This week has seen Apple release iOS 15.4 for iPhone users. It’s a big update that brings quite a few useful new features to the iPhone, including the ability to turn off notifications for personal automations i […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, Overdue Apple Voice Control upgrade should include better dictation accuracy 3 years, 2 months ago

Apple operating systems and apps face various performance and reliability issues: AirPlay reliability when connecting multiple HomePods, a HomeKit bug that can kill iOS devices, and more…

However, what no o […]

iangilman replied 2 years, 3 months ago

Colin, thank you for documenting these issues, and more broadly speaking about Apple’s voice control! I’ve just newly switched to voice control from Dragon, and I’m interested in connecting with community of people using it. Are you connected with or aware of such a community? If not, would you be interested in helping to start one?

At any rate, thank you for all of the information!
- Colin Hughes replied 2 years, 3 months ago
  
  Hi Ian, thanks for your reply and many apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I’ve just picked up on your comment. I’m sorry I’m not aware of a community of Apple Voice Control users but I think a community is a good idea and may help shape and influence Apple’s improvement of the application, particularly when it comes to long form dictation. Dictation with Voice Control could and should be better than it is.
  - iangilman replied 1 year, 7 months ago
    
    Awesome! Thank you for getting back to me 🙂
    
    I’m happy to start something… what would you think about Discord as a place to begin?

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, Apple accessibility 2021: the good and the bad 3 years, 4 months ago

Autumn has been a busy period for Apple. Following a summer of beta testing it released major updates to its operating systems, including iOS 15, watchOS 8, and macOS Monterey.

The company also released a bunch […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, TwistMike review (VIDEO) 3 years, 6 months ago

Freedom: the ability to do what I want to do, when I want to do it, with the minimum of fuss. It’s what I value most in life. And Speechware’s TwistMike means I get to enjoy a lot more freedom.

I have mus […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, SpeechWare USB TravelMike review 3 years, 6 months ago

Last year I reviewed the TwistMike by SpeechWare, a company with a strong reputation for professional microphones in the speech recognition industry. I was amazed at the accuracy of my voice dictation when using […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, WWDC 2021: accessibility at Apple goes mainstream 3 years, 9 months ago

At its WWDC event last week, Apple unveiled the latest versions of its major operating systems: iOS 15, iPadOS 15, MacOS Monterey and WatchOS 8. While these updates include some eagerly-anticipated new features — […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, Apple Announces AssistiveTouch for Apple Watch 3 years, 10 months ago

Apple has just announced a range of new accessibility features that are designed for people with mobility, vision, hearing, and cognitive disabilities.

One of the most interesting concerns the Apple Watch. […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, 8 ways for Apple to be more disability aware 3 years, 10 months ago

Global Accessibility Awareness Day is in its tenth year of promoting digital access and inclusion for the more than one billion people worldwide with disabilities.

Apple is celebrating the day by making its […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, Domiciliary care ignored by the vaccine rollout 4 years, 2 months ago

Nadhim Zahawi, the Minister for Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment, has said he is confident the government will meet its vaccine targets.

The first of these targets that government ministers have set themselves is to […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, Digital divide: disabled people and Covid-19 4 years, 2 months ago

For some, being forced to stay home and work remotely via Zoom during the Covid-19 pandemic has been a temporary reprieve from the daily commute. Employers have supported workers to work from home, and for those […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, iOS 14 review: access all areas? 4 years, 5 months ago

After three months of beta testing over the summer Apple has released iOS 14 to the public. It includes a range of new features, including widgets on the Home screen, an all-new App Library, and much […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, SpeechWare TwistMike review 4 years, 6 months ago

SpeechWare is a Belgian company with a great reputation in the speech recognition industry for professional microphones that are regarded as among the very best you can get.
I have been using the company’s USB […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, Echo Frames review: Amazon’s smart glasses 4 years, 6 months ago

Echo Frames are an Amazon Day 1 product released earlier this year. Day 1 products are pilot products for testing that may or may not get released to consumers.
In autumn 2019 Amazon announced it would be […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, The next big electric wheelchair innovation is right under your nose 4 years, 8 months ago

I have been using an electric powered wheelchair for more than 40 years. In the 1980s powered wheelchairs were very basic and did little more than take you from A to B.

Thankfully, over the decades technology […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, Laughing Man on Apple WWDC 2020 4 years, 9 months ago

iOS 14
1) Better Voice Control and dictation – support for UK English, and a beefed-up Siri speech-to-text engine. Fixing a bug that mangles text dictated into the main Google search text box.

2) Smarter Siri […]

Colin Hughes wrote a new post, WWDC 2020: Ultimate accessibility wish list 4 years, 9 months ago

We’re just a few hours away from WWDC 2020 — Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. This year it is a completely online event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual keynote is later today where the c […]

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