Olympus DS-50 Chat
Check out this quick demo of the new Olympus DS 50 digital audio recorder. I’ll have much more to say about this accessible device in the very near future. Download and Listen
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Coming up on Main Menu Live for the week of January 31st, 2007 – it’s VISTA time!
This is it folks! The week that Microsoft and many in the world have been waiting for! It is Windows Vista launch week and we cover it this week in a very special 3 hour edition of Main Menu Live! As a very dear friend said, VISTA may stand for “Visual, information, spoken to all”.… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu Live for the week of January 31st, 2007 – it’s VISTA time!
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Olympus DS 30 Through DS 50 Digital Audio Recorder Manual Now Available
Jeff Bishop reports that the manual for the Olympus DS 30, 40 and 50 digital audio recorders is now available for download. See this article on The Desert Skies blog for details.
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Alert: Maricopa County Regional Dial-A-Ride Online Survey
We urge all blind and visually impaired people living in Maricopa County to complete this Dial-a-Ride Paratransit Study online survey right away. There may be important policy changes made to Dial-a-Ride based on this ongoing study. As consumers and taxpayers, we must provide the critical input necessary to protect the services we need to receive… Finish Reading Alert: Maricopa County Regional Dial-A-Ride Online Survey
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FeedBurner Adds Audio CAPTCHA for Email Subscriptions
We are very happy to report that FeedBurner now provides an audio CAPTCHA alternative to their visual verification requirement for the Email Subscription service. This now means that blind and visually impaired people are allowed to subscribe to RSS feeds using their e-mail addresses. In the article A New Hack on the Burning Questions blog,… Finish Reading FeedBurner Adds Audio CAPTCHA for Email Subscriptions
Freedom Scientific declines invitation for Main Menu Live Vista Presentations
Jeff Bishop reports that Freedom Scientific has declined an invitation to appear on next week’s January 31 ACB Radio Main Menu program discussing Windows Vista. Doug Geoffray with GW Micro and Mike Calvo with Serotek will be present representing the blindness access technology industry, as well as Daniel Hubbell from Microsoft’s Accessible Technology Group. See… Finish Reading Freedom Scientific declines invitation for Main Menu Live Vista Presentations
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Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of January 24th
This week begins a new era for Main Menu. We begin our interactive portion during the second hour of Main Menu starting this week. First of all, whatis coming up in the first hour: We first hear from Stephen Guerra from Independent Living Aids to talk to us all about the Dora the Explorer Interactive… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of January 24th
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New Replay A/V Demo and Tutorial Podcasts Available
Petro has created a series of podcasts that demonstrate and teach the use of Applian’s Replay A/V 8.03 from a blind perspective. These podcasts may be reached through Petro’s blog or by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/PetrosPodcasts to your podcatcher or RSS reader.
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Olympus DS-50 Digital Audio Recorder Frequently Asked Questions
Olympus has released a FAQ for their new digital audio recorder. A review of this document reveals the interesting fact that the voice output is provided by way of pre-recorded audio rather than text to speech synthesis.
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Catch Karen and I on the Marlaina Show This Evening!
Jeff Bishop reports the following, which you all certainly will not want to miss. This week we bring Tim Cumings and his wife on to the show to talk to us all about them. Who is Tim? What goes into the production work for the shows we hear on Main Stream like Cooking in the… Finish Reading Catch Karen and I on the Marlaina Show This Evening!
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