Learn exactly how to completely install the Destinator and StreetTalk combination on your Freedom Scientific PAC Mate BX or QX accessible PDA. In this live audio tutorial, I follow Freedom Scientific’s instructions, improvising as needed along the way. You’ll hear the installation process as it happened. Please feel free to provide feedback on this tutorial.… Finish Reading Destinator and StreetTalk GPS Live Installation Tutorial

On episode 212 of the Daily Source Code for Friday, July 22, Adam Curry indirectly made reference to my note of disappointment at the choice to implement inaccessible visual verification for the Podsafe Music Network. He inaccurately characterized the note as being “impolite”. Others seemed to agree with his stance. While I do admit there… Finish Reading Letter of Apology and Clarification to Adam Curry: Insistant Accessibility Advocacy is not Impolite

After using the Destinator / StreetTalk system on my PAC Mate QX420 for less than a day, I make the following observations and provide the following tips to new users: Follow all directions for installation and use as provided in the StreetTalk Owner’s Manual. Close StreetTalk with control+q as soon as you are done using… Finish Reading Destinator and StreetTalk GPS Tips

Check out my first adventure using Destinator and StreetTalk on my PAC Mate as I ride to work this morning. Enjoy. Download and Listen

I earned an employee of the month award for June! My purpose for posting it is not to boast but to show how blind people can excel on the job given the right accessible tools. I received a nice plack which I will hang somewhere in the Accessibility Command Center. The text of the certificate… Finish Reading Employee of the Month!

I wrote the following note to Adam Curry after discovering that registration for the new Podsafe Music Network is inaccessible to the blind due to the use of visual verification without a suitable nonvisual alternative. On several occasions during his Daily Source Code podcasts, Adam has indicated an interest in making sure that the blind… Finish Reading Adam, We Are Disappointed…

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Happy to be back to my normal 9 to 6 work shift, I decide to experiment with a different bus route. It doesn’t go so well, making me a few minutes late! I also talk about the recently announced NFB Kurzweil Reader project and the controversy it has been generating within the blind community. Download… Finish Reading Experimental New Bus Route to Work, NFB Kurzweil Reader – Part 1

I make it home unscathed, reminding myself of the consequences of failing to pay attention in the process. This adventure is certainly a good testament to the survivability of the Nokia 3650 cell phone. Download and Listen

Check out my crazy adventure as I get myself back home from the office while sleep deprived after working an early 5:00 AM to 2:00 PM shift. I decided to transfer from Dial-A-Ride to the bus, took the wrong bus, ended up having to cross a busy street (thanks to the bus driver for helping… Finish Reading Homeward Adventure – Part 1