I thank my pal Allison for showing some love for accessibility on Views from the Coop this afternoon. I enjoyed listening to her chatting with Kim and Paige, the hosts of the show. The three of you have just got to do another show sometime!
According to Rumormonger: PodShow said to lay off 20 out of 60-plus employees, it appears Podshow has suffered a significant setback, resulting in a reduction of almost a third of its total staff. Although I certainly empathize with those who lost their jobs today, I am also not very surprised. The disappointing way in which… Finish Reading Possible Trouble at Podshow, Or How a Company’s Reputation Might Relate to its Failure to Deliver on Public Promises
Shownotes I begin by chatting about the CSUN conference I am unable to attend this year, discussing specifically Jim Fruchterman’s keynote speech. During our break time later in the morning, my co-worker Tony and I took a short ride on his motorcycle. That was lots of fun! Thanks lots, Tony! Download and Listen
We thought you might wish to know about the following: Who: Opening Remarks and Keynote Address by Jim Fruchterman, one of the leading innovators in the field of assistive technologyWhen: Live webcast today – Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 7:30 amWhere to access the live stream: (copy and paste into your browser): mms://67.19.222.187/CSUN Where to… Finish Reading Live Webcast and Archived Recording of CSUN Keynote by James Fruchterman
Dear Victor Reader Stream Customer: HumanWare has released the latest Stream software version 1.2.18. This is a free software upgrade that can be downloaded and installed on your Stream. To download the software visit: http://www.humanware.com/en-canada/support/victor_reader_stream Select the link to download the new software version 1.2.18. On the same page, you will also find a What's… Finish Reading Stream News Wire – Software Version 1.2 Released
One of my tasks as ACB Radio’s volunteer webmaster is to send responses to feedback from listeners. After sending a note to an EarthLink customer this morning, I promptly received one of the company’s dreaded invitations to add my e-mail address to the customer’s approved senders list, so that my response and all future correspondence… Finish Reading Visual Verification: EarthLink Implements Audio CAPTCHA for spamBlocker, Tears Down "No Blind People Allowed" Sign
Reading Machines SeminarMarch 7, 2008, Panel Presentations: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, PST Please join us at the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, for the fourth in our series of technology workshops, to discuss electronic devices that give the blind and visually impaired access to print documents by means of magnification or… Finish Reading Reading Machines Seminar Broadcast Live on ACB Radio World
If you’ll be attending CSUN, why not take an action that will result in improved accessibility and get paid all at the same time? The Paciello Group (TPG) is working with a major company to ensure that a web-based e-mail tool is accessible for people with disabilities. We will be conducting usability testing of… Finish Reading Request for Web Accessibility User Testing Participants at CSUN
We profusely thank Allison from Benetech for her wonderfully written summarization of Jim Fruchterman's Main Menu interview held on February 26, 2008 on ACB Radio Mainstream. Her message is below: Hello Everyone, I just finished listening to an interview of Jim fruchterman on ACB Radio. I found it very informative. I realize that the audio… Finish Reading Allison’s Notes on Jim fruchterman’s Main Menu Interview
This week on Main Menu, during the first hour we hear from Doug Geoffray and Aaron Smith from GW Micro all about the exciting new upcoming Window-Eyes version 7.0. This release offers many new features, most notably its new scripting capabilities. Doug and Aaron come on to Main Menu and discuss with all of you… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of March 5th – Window-Eyes Scripting and Cane Travel