Episode 264, Best Apps of 2025 (Part1)

Episode264: BAU Chosen apps of 2025 Welcome to Episode264 where the BAU and AA Podcast Crew choose the best apps of 2025 in the following categories: TTS Engines, E-Book Readers and Image/Video Description apps. Owed to time constraints, only those 3 categories above were discussed.We intend on doing a part 2 the following week to cover the other categories.For this week, when it comes to the TTS of the year, that crown went to Eloquence from Codefactory. For the specialized E-book reader for the blind, the crew gave that crown to the Tech-Freedom app.For the general e-Book Reader app, it’s a draw between the “Readify” the “Quickify” app. Next, it’s the Image/Video Description app, where the Image description went to Talkback Image Description.The Realtime Video Description is a draw between the Gemini Live and the ScribeMe app. Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 263, The 5 year anniversaryWe’re joined by listeners and developers for our 5 year anniversary.  Thanks so much for your support, and here’s to the next 5 years!Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode262: Meet the Dev of ScribeMeWelcome to Episode262 where we meet the developer of the ScribeMe app.In addition to meeting the Developer of the “ScribeMe” app, we also discuss the updated Android Accessibility Suite 16.2.SPOTLIGHT 1:Mark Morad of the ScribeMe app gives us insight into the background of the app.SPOTLIGHT 2:In our Spotlight 2, we discuss some of the new features of Talkback 16.2 that debuted with the release of Android Accessibility 16.2.TIP OF THE WEEKFor this Episode’s “Tip of the week,” we take a look at the “Notification Organizer” that dropped alongside with the December 2025 Pixel feature-drop.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 261, Music players – online vs offlineannouncementsWe’ll be celebrating the podcast’s 5th birthday on 20 December! Please join us and keep an eye out across our various channels for the joining link nearer the time.Android basicsWe discuss the state of music players in 2025, including the merits of online vs offline playback.  Apps we cover include Powermp Music Player, GoneMad Music Player, VLC Media Player, Shuttle Music Player, Spotify and BubbleUpNP.  We also touch on the capability of other app categories to play music such as file managers and browsers.SpotlightWe discuss various developments from Google, including the Quarterly Platform Release 2, December security patch and latest disability-related features.  Also, the public beta of Eloquence was released by Code Factory this week.  Don’t worry if you can’t join immediately, while it’s a public beta numbers may be limited.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 260: THE STATE OF SHIPPING TRACKERS IN 2025Welcome to Episode 260 where we discuss the need or the lack thereof shipping trackers.This is the shopping season and lots of folks are shopping for stuff for themselves or for family.Does one need a third-party shipping tracker or is it enough to track the items direct from the merchandise store?APP OF THE WEEK:For this week’s “app of the week,” we spotlight the “Readify,” an e-Reading app.JIESHUO (CSR)Kareen brings us another entry from the Jieshuo (CSR) Screen reader in the way of excluding apps from using volume key shortcuts.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 259, camerasannouncementsWe’ll be celebrating the podcast’s 5th birthday on 20 December! Please join us and keep an eye out across our various channels for the joining link nearer the time.Android basicsWe return to our occasional series on app categories, and this week your crew discuss different camera options.App of the weekWarren demonstrates the Tropical Hurricane Tracker app.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 258, It’s all about EloquenceannouncementsWe’ll be celebrating the podcast’s 5th birthday on 20 December! Please join us and keep an eye out across our various channels for the joining link nearer the time.SpotlightWe are joined by Eduard Sanchez from Code Factory to talk about the much anticipated return to Android of Eloquence.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 257, InnoSearch AIannouncementsWe’ll be celebrating the podcast’s 5th birthday on 20 December! Please join us and keep an eye out across our various channels for the joining link nearer the time.SpotlightWe catch up with Patrick Long on what’s new at InnoSearch AI, including their Android appApp of the weekWarren demonstrates Sora by Open AI, which lets you generate videos from text.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode256: MEET BLIND SHELL CLASSIC3 WITH AIWelcome to Episode256 where we chat with Diane from the Blindshell group. The Blind Shell group has a new phone in the way of the “Blind Shell Classic3” and this time, it has tapped into AI.APP OF THE WEEK:For this week’s “app of the week,” we spotlight the “Innosearch,” an app intended to make online shopping easier for blind folks.Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode255: 2025 4th-Quarter Open-listener SessionWelcome to Episode255, the 2025 4th-quarter “Open-listener and Developers Session.Meet some of your Developers and listeners as we interact with these Developers who talked about their projects.Following the segment that features the Developers and their projects, we have the “Q” and “A” segment, where listeners asked their questions. Staying in touchMake a donation via PayPal, Email us your Android journey stories, suggestions or comments, subscribe to our Email list, join our Telegram and Facebook groups, subscribe to our YouTube channel.Leave us a voice message via our suggestions, comments and questions phone number at: +1-307-202-9797. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.