This article provides instructions for pairing a Freedom Pro Bluetooth keyboard with an Apple iPod Touch or iPhone running iOS version 4. Finish Reading Pairing the iPhone 4 with the Freedom Pro Bluetooth Keyboard
Microsoft released its new free anti-malware Security Essentials product to Genuine Windows users Tuesday. The company’s Web developers forgot to make sure that the download process was intuitive for its blind customers. While browsing the Security Essentials Web site, people who rely on screen readers feel or hear a link containing the following text: “A38FFBF2-1122-48B4-AF60-E44F6DC28BD8/mssefullinstall-x86fre-en-us-vista-win7.”… Finish Reading Download Instructions for Microsoft Security Essentials
The MSI Wind U100 is being utilized by a growing number of blind college students and professionals who require a full-featured computer that is nearly as portable as one of the specialized note taking products on the assistive technology market. A number of special function key commands enable quick access to important features such as… Finish Reading MSI Wind U100 Function Key Commands
This is a short article covering how to find all the special keys on the Motorola Q9H phone. It is very much a work in progress. All feedback to editor@blindaccessjournal.com is appreciated. Thanks go to Jeff Bishop’s son Brian for his assistance with several previously “unknown” keys. Orientation Place the phone face up with the… Finish Reading Exploring the AT&T Motorola Q9H Keyboard
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
For quite some time now, I have been experiencing the annoying “Click to run ActiveX control” error message when playing audio from various web sites, including those providing audio CAPTCHA alternatives. In some cases, the browser would crash completely after pressing the OK button. An example of a page that can cause the issue is… Finish Reading Resolving the "Click to Run ActiveX Control" Error in Internet Explorer 7.0 When Playing Audio on Web Sites
As of Monday, July 9, 2007, the CallBurner team has released version 1.0.0.31 of CallBurner to the public, incorporating the Screen Reader Compatibility functionality along with some minor bug fixes. We strongly encourage those of you who downloaded version 1.0.0.30 to get the latest public release from the CallBurner web site at this time.
It appears the CallBurner team has not yet made their accessible version available to the public. Since many of you have asked how you can get started right away, please feel free to download a copy of the accessible version. Since this version of CallBurner is not currently provided on the company’s web site, this… Finish Reading Update: Accessible Version of CallBurner
The people at Netralia, developers of the Skylook Skype call management and recording application for Microsoft Outlook, have recently released a new Skype call recording product that does not depend on Outlook. The new CallBurner application enables annotation and recording of all Skype calls while providing a clean, simple user interface. After learning of the… Finish Reading CallBurner: Finally, Fully Accessible Skype Call Recording is Here at Last!
I have figured out how to broadcast a voice chat session using Skype over Station Playlist Studio using two sound cards with no hardware mixer. This configuration was tested for the first time this afternoon during a four hour show on ACB Radio Interactive. Feel free to try this procedure and give us some feedback… Finish Reading Broadcasting a Skype Voice Chat Over Station Playlist Studio Using Two Sound Cards and No Mixer