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FS Support Says JAWS 8.0 for Vista Public Beta to be Out by End of Today

February 28, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

According to a source I just spoke with in Freedom Scientific’s technical support department, the public beta of JAWS 8.0 supporting Windows Vista is to be released by the end of today, February 28. This public beta will not start automatically when running on Vista. That’s in accordance with the demonstration in Episode #2 of… Finish Reading FS Support Says JAWS 8.0 for Vista Public Beta to be Out by End of Today

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Retinal Detachment

February 17, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Hey everyone. We know it has been quite some time since we’ve done a podcast. So, here’s show #129. We were having dinner at Outback in celebration of Karen’s upcoming birthday and chatting about what’s new. As the title suggests, I learned that I have a detached retina in addition to all my other eye… Finish Reading Retinal Detachment

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ConeXware, Inc Moves to Take PowerArchiver Away from Blind and Visually Impaired Customers

February 11, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

It has been brought to our attention that public betas of PowerArchiver 2007 are no longer accessible to blind and visually impaired users. Repeated attempts to reach the company’s sales and technical support teams concerning the issue have been persistently ignored. This improper state of affairs should be considered as an indication of how the… Finish Reading ConeXware, Inc Moves to Take PowerArchiver Away from Blind and Visually Impaired Customers

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NosillaCast Covers Accessible Currency Petition

February 9, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

I’d like to take this time to express my wholehearted thanks to Allison for signing and spreading the good word about the Money for All Accessible Currency Petition on show #81 of her NosillaCast podcast. Allison and I met in November 2005 at the Portable Media Expo and Podcasting Conference. Besides just being good people,… Finish Reading NosillaCast Covers Accessible Currency Petition

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Opportunity to Encourage Development of Accessible XM Radio Receivers

February 9, 2007 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Here’s our opportunity to encourage the development of accessible XM Satellite Radio Receivers. Ralph Stewart of My Radio Store has positive contact with an XM Radio engineer who may be interested in the development of receivers that are more usable by blind and visually impaired customers. An accessible receiver would enable us to utilize all… Finish Reading Opportunity to Encourage Development of Accessible XM Radio Receivers

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