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Update: Coming up on Main Menu for the week of June 25 – Window-Eyes 7.0 Fully Disclosed

June 24, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Hello Everyone, Coming up on this week's Main Menu Live, we dedicate the two hour episode to talk all about Window-Eyes 7.0. Doug and Aaron from GW Micro will be with us as well as many beta testers from the Window-Eyes private beta team. We will discuss the product and the many scripts that will… Finish Reading Update: Coming up on Main Menu for the week of June 25 – Window-Eyes 7.0 Fully Disclosed

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Coming up on Main Menu for the week of June 25 – Window-Eyes 7.0 Fully Disclosed

June 21, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Hello Everyone, Coming up on this week's Main Menu Live, we dedicate the two hour episode to talk all about Window-Eyes 7.0. Doug and Aaron from GW Micro will be with us as well as many beta testers from the Window-Eyes private beta team. We will discuss the product and the many scripts that will… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of June 25 – Window-Eyes 7.0 Fully Disclosed

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Don’t allow Sprint-Nextel to quietly cancel a life saving service for the elderly, blind, and disabled on July 1

June 21, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Sadly, July 4th won’t  be Independence Day for some among us. In 2005 Sprint announced Free Voice-Dialing Services for the Blind, Elderly, and Disabled ( http://www.mobiledia.com/news/32095.html ), to justifiable applause. For the first time, family members and caregivers could quickly and easily maintain on-line phone books for those who couldn’t even reliably dial cell phones,… Finish Reading Don’t allow Sprint-Nextel to quietly cancel a life saving service for the elderly, blind, and disabled on July 1

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Warning: Blind Screen Reader Users Urged to Avoid Early Skype 4.0 Beta

June 18, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Doug Lee, creator and maintainer of the popular JAWS scripts for Skype, reports that there appear to be some significant accessibility concerns with the Skype 4.0 beta in its early form: This is a bit long, but I have a lot to say… As has already been announced here, Skype 4.0 Beta has been made… Finish Reading Warning: Blind Screen Reader Users Urged to Avoid Early Skype 4.0 Beta

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Visual Verification: Research Study on Audio CAPTCHA Technology

June 18, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Jennison Asuncion reports that a study of audio CAPTCHA technology is being conducted at the University of Washington: A friend of mine, Jeff Bigham, a Graduate student at the University of Washington in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering is conducting research into audio captchas, the goal being to use the results to inform… Finish Reading Visual Verification: Research Study on Audio CAPTCHA Technology

Coming up on Main Menu for the week of June 18 – Accessible Cell Phones and Serotek’s Accessible Digital Lifestyle

June 14, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Hello Everyone,     Coming up on this week’s Main Menu, our first hour is prerecorded and our second hour is live! In the first hour, Shane Jackson from the Blind World Podcast interviews a panel of experts discussing their experience with accessible cell phones. In the second hour, Mike Calvo, Matt Campbell and Ricky Enger from… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of June 18 – Accessible Cell Phones and Serotek’s Accessible Digital Lifestyle

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An Accessible Way to Manage Permission of the Programs on Your Computer to Use Skype

June 7, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

This morning I received a call from a fellow blind Skype user asking for help with one of the program’s few significant accessibility quirks. He had installed a new program for automatically voicing Skype events, yet he could not figure out how to access the automatic prompt for allowing the utility to use Skype. This… Finish Reading An Accessible Way to Manage Permission of the Programs on Your Computer to Use Skype

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Accessibility Evangelism and Unfortunate News From America Online (AOL) Radio

June 7, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Hello Everyone, As an accessibility evangelist, of course, I disagree with any and all those who frequently make statements emphasizing our "smallness" and insignificance in the world at large as a means to justify doing little or nothing about accessibility challenges. Yes. We are very tiny in number in comparison with the rest of the… Finish Reading Accessibility Evangelism and Unfortunate News From America Online (AOL) Radio

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Celebrating Our Project Gemstone Winners and Participants

June 5, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Earlier this afternoon, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that I have been counted among the Project Gemstone winners. This Bookshare project was initiated to recognize the work of those of us who validate (edit scanning errors and reformat) content before it is approved and added to the Bookshare collection. Feel free to visit http://www.friendsofbookshare.org… Finish Reading Celebrating Our Project Gemstone Winners and Participants

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Announcing SayTools

June 5, 2008 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Now available athttp://EmpowermentZone.com/saysetup.exe Over the past few years, I have gained experience with various programming languages and screen reader interfaces. This package consolidates routines I developed that enable a Windows program to speak messages beyond what a screen reader will say automatically via default speech.Direct speech messages, smartly placed, can significantly increase the nonvisual usability… Finish Reading Announcing SayTools

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