We have been hearing rumors for quite some time about the impending acquisition of Freedom Scientific. In the past week, we have been hearing that Freedom Scientific would be acquired by Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc. It turns out these rumors are true according to this press release directly from Wafra. There is one question… Finish Reading Freedom Scientific Acquired
I have figured out how to broadcast a voice chat session using Skype over Station Playlist Studio using two sound cards with no hardware mixer. This configuration was tested for the first time this afternoon during a four hour show on ACB Radio Interactive. Feel free to try this procedure and give us some feedback… Finish Reading Broadcasting a Skype Voice Chat Over Station Playlist Studio Using Two Sound Cards and No Mixer
The following tech tip is derived from a message I wrote to a mailing list in response to a request for help to remove JAWS from the order of windows presented when changing tasks using the Alt+Tab command. You can run JAWS from the System Tray instead of the Taskbar, which will remove it from… Finish Reading Moving JAWS to the System Tray
Karen has asked me several times to teach her how to set the priority and request a read receipt for outgoing messages in Outlook Express. Setting the priority tells the recipient that you deem the contents of your message as being of low, normal or high importance. Requesting a “read receipt” is an attempt to… Finish Reading Set Message Priority and Request Read Receipt in Outlook Express
Skype is permitting their users to call anyone by telephone using Skype on Mother’s Day totally free of charge. See Free calls to any phone in the world. One day only for details.
Reagan reports that there is an effort underway to devise and implement techniques for making AJAX based technologies work with screen readers. See this interesting article for details.
FileDir 2.5May 11, 2007http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/dirsetup.exe Fixed the Zip List command, Control+Shift+Z. In the Web Download command, Alt+Shift+W, a different, more reliable technique is implemented for getting the web address of a page open in Internet Explorer. With the optional JAWS scripts, made Control+Equals a synonym of Control+E for the Evaluate command (to be consistent with the… Finish Reading FileDir 2.5 and TextPal 3.7 released
Please allow me to present all of you with a thought provoking question. Feel free to comment. If something bad happens and all of the causes are totally outside of your control, should you be punished in the same manner as though it was under your control and you were involved in the situation out… Finish Reading Consequences?
GW Micro is showing that they are serious about doing all they can to run a profitable business while making their screen reading software available to as many blind and visually impaired people as possible. We applaud GW Micro for making this option available, and are thus happy to redistribute the following announcement: One… Finish Reading GW Micro Announces New Window-Eyes Payment Plan for $39/Month
David Bailes from the U.K. is making available, free of charge, several guides for using JAWS and screen magnification software with applications such as Audacity and Windows Media Player 11. It is worth your time to visit the VIP Software Guides web site to check out this valuable resource.