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    #20: "36 Seconds That Changed Everything: How The iPhone Learned To Talk"

    June 21st, 2019 · 38 minutes · B-Side

    From the moment it was announced in 2007, anticipation for the first iPhone was off the charts. But if you had a disability, the phone was just a cold, unresponsive rectangle of plastic and glass. This is the story of how that changed in June of 2009.

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    36 Seconds That Changed Everything – How the iPhone Learned to Talk