http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/dirsetup.exe Version 2.7Released June 26, 2007 Fixed a corrupt zip archive being created when its location was in a subfolder of the current folder.Fixed Home, End, PageUp, and PageDown not working with the JAWS cursor in the optional scripts. Enhanced the wild card capability of filters. Previously, a * character could be at the beginning… Finish Reading FileDir 2.7 released
This week on Main Menu and Main Menu Live we focus on organization with a Calendar, Windows Vista speech recognition, portability in traveling with GPS and assistive technology techniques for being more efficient. In the first half hour of Main Menu we hear from Brian Hartgen from T&T Consultancy Limited. For those of you who… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of June 27
Today, Freedom Scientific has released their fifth update to JAWS 8.0. Many users are continuing to report unresolved issues, including the following: Blank virtual buffers in Adobe Reader, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and other applications. Unexplainable crashes pointing to FSBraille when no Braille display is in use. Persistent canned responses and lack of responses on… Finish Reading JAWS for Windows 8.0 Update Released, Many Users Disappointed About Unresolved Issues
This week on Main Menu Live we will be presenting quite a variety of topics. In the first hour we hear from Woody Anna Dresner from the National Braille Press. A new book entitled "Google It! A Guide to the World's Most Popular Search Engine" has been released and is based on Jonathan Mosen's audio… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu Live for the week of June 20th
I used System Access To Go for the last three hours of my work shift yesterday afternoon to exchange e-mail correspondence and moderate a web-based technical forum. The results were quite impressive; I was able to complete these tasks as efficiently with SA To Go as I normally do using JAWS. It is refreshing to… Finish Reading System Access To Go on the Job
Applian has just released Replay A/V version 8.20 with support for the use of YouSendIt for the purpose of exchanging recorded files. It turns out that the plugin providing this capability has been written by the YouSendIt folks. It is currently inaccessible to those of us who rely on screen readers. We ask all of… Finish Reading Ask YouSendIt to Make its Plugin Accessible Within Replay A/V 8.20
Here we go again… It looks like we have yet another lawsuit in the blind community. Independent Living Aids has filed suit in Federal Court against the American Council of the blind, Assistech and Maxi-Aids for assault, libel and slander after the publication of an article in the April 2007 issue of the Braille Forum… Finish Reading Independent Living Aids Sues American Council of the Blind, Assistech and Maxi-Aids for Assault, Libel and Slander
Doug Lee has made Revision 455 of his JAWS scripts for Skype available at http://dlee.org/skype. This revision now supports the new Skype 3.5 Beta, which features a new, exciting, more accessible text chat facility. It is now possible to navigate in chat windows using the arrow keys! Two new versions of Skype are now available.… Finish Reading Skype 3.2 Update, Skype 3.5 Beta and New JAWS Scripts Now Available
The GAO has just released its highly anticipated report covering plans by NLS to convert the Talking Book Program to a Flash based digital format. In summary, the report seems to criticize the costs associated with current NLS plans, suggesting potentially more cost-effective alternatives. A brief analysis of this report indicates that many of the… Finish Reading GAO Releases Report on NLS Plans for Digital Conversion of Talking Book Program
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Janelle Schulenberg Tacet Consulting 612-720-1068 janelle@tacetconsulting.com Serotek Makes Web 2.0 Accessible to the Blind Technology Company Introduces SA To Go Minneapolis, Minn. – June 13, 2007 – Serotek Corporation, the leading provider of Internet and digital information accessibility software and services, announces the public beta release of a web… Finish Reading Serotek Releases the World’s First Web-based Access Technology Tool for the Blind