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Episode 63 – Bluetooth Joysticks
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ry6ha-102872d
Joysticks an alternative input to the normal mouse. Bluetooth Joysticks can be used on iOS or Android mobile devices
Impact of COVID on the Elderly and the necessity for the Internet
I took part in Jessica’s study on her piece for her course on the elderly and the internet and the impact of COVID. An interesting study showing real life scenarios. Well done Jessica!
Episode 62 – Disability Confidence
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2skej-1018471
Feedback and information from BATA’s recent conference
Episode 61 – AbilityNet
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-skqfe-100ef61
AbilityNet are a charity setup to help Seniors and those with Disabilities to access and use their computers . It’s Free service . For help and information go to http://abilitynet.org.uk or freephone 0800 269 545
Episode 60 – “Is Your Organisation Disability Confident?”
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xf2sq-ffc10e
Are you an organisation or company that employees people with disabilities? Do you want to learn how to ? Go to https://bataonline.org.uk/articles/your-orginisation-disability-confident
Microsoft Office on a Chromebook
It’s true that you could run Office 365 through the Chrome browser on a Chromebook. But you could not run it offline. That is until now. Office on a Chromebook will allow you to run Microsoft Office 365 apps such as Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint. OneDrive, Teams and even a Bing Browser which looks useful using speech recognition. All these apps can be obtained from Google’s Play Store. And they all run offline ( apart from Bing which needs the internet of course.
This also means the Chromebook has more potential use in schools where WiFi coverage is a problem and therefore a cost effective hardware solution for schools, colleges and universities to consider.
Episode 59 – Microsoft Office on iOS Chrome
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-j7uqu-fee1e4
You could run Microsoft Office 365 on Chrome but not without WiFi . Now with you can download apps of Office that look and feel like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote , etc
Episode 58 – Action Blocks
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yfsnm-fe318e
A useful Google Android app that gives voice and action to everyday tasks.
Episode 57 – Keyboard settings in Windows 10
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uqtfp-fd7b45
This little gem is a useful feature of Windows 10 to give word prediction into any app that writes
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