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Windows Live Captions Review: March 2025 18 Mar 2025
Note: This was originally published under the wrong year folder, and since I added a substantial addendum I decided to republish it under the correct folder and with an updated title. Management regrets the error, and the person in charge of creating files in year-appropriate folders has been sacked. We've talked about Apple Live Captions, now let's talk about its biggest competition: Microsoft's Windows Live Captions. It was officially introduced in Windows 11 22H2, and unofficially introduced...
Be My Ears: February 2025 Review 26 Feb 2025
The Auto-Captions Project is back with a new update! Between work, family, home improvements, and my HellDivers 2 obsession I've been on a bit of a hiatus, but the project remains very much alive. 🙂 Today I'll be going over a not-commonly-known application I came across a few months ago called Be My Ears for the Mac....
A blog facelift, and introducing the AutoCaptions Project 23 Oct 2024
Since moving my blog to 11ty earlier this month when I published my extended review of Apple's Live Captions, I've intended on more changes to modernize the site a bit...
Apple Live Captions, October 2024 Update 03 Oct 2024
Apple released macOS Sequioa last month, as well as iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, which means there's a new version of Live Captions in town. Let's see if it's improved....
Rands Writing Prompt, Jan29 30 Jan 2024
I've been following the Rands Writing Prompts with the intention of writing occasional posts when I get a prompt that grabs me. One of the prompts this week did: "Your favorite interview question and why."...
Minor Maui Aggravations in .NET 8 and VS Code 19 Jan 2024
Besides messing with Flutter on a coworkers' recommendation, I'm also making time to play with MAUI again now that dotnet 8 is out. Since Visual Studio for the Mac hits end-of-life on August 31, 2024, I figured it's a good time to test out the MAUI extension for Visual Studio Code....
CodeMash 2024 Recap 15 Jan 2024
Last week I made my return to CodeMash for the first time in twelve years. I had a great time - two days of great talks and chats with friends (and coworkers!) old and new. I do not plan to wait over a decade to attend again. 😉 Some general thoughts and a session recap... Accessibility This was a mixed bag, but I'm not going to fault the organizers here...
ASP.NET 8 Best Practices - A Review 29 Dec 2023
My friend and coworker, Jonathan Danylko, spent a lot of this year working hard on his first technical book. JD's a prolific blogger and loves sharing his knowledge, so I know he's been excited to get this book finished and into the world. I think it's a great book - it's a densely packed treasure trove of suggestions and best practices that will be invaluable for people who are just starting their careers, and even experienced developers will probably learn something from it. I've been in the s...