I switched back to samantha enhanced and at higher speeds the speech is intelligible. Yay. When I set up iOS 18, I feel like I was only given a choice of a few new voices. Those did have a more natural rhythm, but lagged (too many pauses?) and at higher speeds, seemed distorted. All good now.

1 X reads at 200 words per minute
1.5 X reads at 400 wpm
2 X reads at 800 wpm

That’s some wild math. And at least for now I can’t track the 400 and not even the 800 words per minute. It doesn’t feel as clear as it used to. Maybe there’s another voice that’s better.

Hi, has anyone seen Apple support or Apple accessibility on @bluesky? iOS 18 Speak Screen is wacky! I typically listen at 2x but now the speed skyrocketed. I started thinking, something is off.

I did some timings a determined words per minute for the speed options…
@tviting.bsky.social

@jay.bsky.team pls fix the unlabeled buttons to improve the #UX for people who use #screenreaders?

Even a simple drawing on the cover of a book gives the braille reader something interesting on the cover which also helps identify the book. In the case of young readers, they will likely identify a familiar image before they can fully decode the book title in braille.

HOW TO make a tactile image using iPad, Goodnotes and Swell Machine, part 7 – Perkins School for the Blind Video #7 in the Providing Tactile Graphic Rich Environment series: how to create quick tactile images to put into books or projects.

Use your swell graphics machine to provide more than math and science graphics. Use it to quickly create 2D tactile representations. #TactileGraphicacyIsLiteracy

ha!

Blue sky with whispy clouds above tops of oak trees

Whew, a breath of fresh air over here!