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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

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

RadioShack Announces Point of Sale, Web Site Initiative for Customers with Visual Impairments Blind Community Leaders Applaud RadioShack’s CommitmentWashington, DC (June 13, 2007) — In a move praised by state and national blindness organizations, RadioShack (NYSE:RSH) today announced it has undertaken a nationwide initiative to improve services for RadioShack’s customers with visual impairments.  As part of… Finish Reading Press Release: Radio Shack Undertakes Accessibility Initiative

PR Newswire, via EarthTimes.orgTuesday, June 12, 2007 VASCO Offers Smart Card Based e-Security to the Blind and Visually Impaired With Digipass 840 Comfort Voice Posted : Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:02:01 GMTAuthor : VASCO Data Security International, Inc.Category : PressRelease OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., and ZURICH, Switzerland, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — VASCO Data Security International, Inc.… Finish Reading VASCO Offers Smart Card Based e-Security to the Blind and VisuallyImpaired With Digipass 840 Comfort Voice

Version 6.6 of the ACB Radio Tuner has been released. The main advantage to this new version is adding support for Serotek's System Access product for the Extra Speech option within the Tuner. In addition, an updated ACB Radio Tuner Tutorial produced by Matt Campbell is also now available when pressing F8. We will update… Finish Reading ACB Radio Tuner Version 6.6 Now Released

This week on Main Menu Live, we present two hours of live content. In the first hour we bring on Jamal Mazrui. Jamal has created numerous freeware applications like Textpal, PDF2TXT, FileDir and many more. We willtalk with Jamal all about these individual applications and you will be able to call in and ask any… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu Live for the week of June 13th, 2007

http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/palsetup.exe Version 3.8Released June 9, 2007 Fixed the Yield command, Alt+Y, saying "Yield selected" when it meant "Yield all," and vice versa (depending on whether text is selected).Fixed the Paste command, Control+V, removing a trailing line break from text that is inserted. Made the Copy Append and Cut Append commands, Alt+C and Alt+X, insert a… Finish Reading TextPal 3.8 released

Urgent action is needed to respond to the House's Legislative Branch Subcommittee's proposed appropriations bill relating to the fiscal year 2008 budget request of the Library of Congress. As you all know the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) has been working on a plan to convert the Talking Books program… Finish Reading Legislative Alert – Urgent Action Needed to Protect Talking Books Program

House Subcommittee Vote Could End Books for the Blind Blind Americans Urge Congress to Restore Funds Baltimore, Maryland (June 7, 2007): On Wednesday, June 6, the House of Representatives Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee voted to substantially underfund the Books for the Blind program of the Library of Congress. Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National… Finish Reading House Subcommittee Vote Could End Books for the Blind

PR NewswireFriday, June 01, 2007 Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) Applauds FCC's New Disability Accessibility Requirements By Press Release WASHINGTON, June 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order, "DisabilityAccess Requirements Extended To VoIP Services" at its monthly open meeting.The FCC Order levels the playing field so… Finish Reading Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) ApplaudsFCC’s New Disability Accessibility Requirements