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Hello Everyone, You won’t want to miss tomorrow’s special edition of the Desert Cafe show on ACB Radio Interactive.  We’ll be talking about and asking all of you whatyou gave and received for Christmas, playing inspirational music for the New Year and just generally having a great time.  The Desert Cafe can be found on… Finish Reading Don’t Miss a Special New Year’s Day Desert Cafe!

Karen, Dougie and I would like to wish all our loyal friends and supporters a very happy, prosperous New Year in 2007! This evening, Karen and I will listen to Marlaina’s New Year’s Eve show on ACB Radio MainStream, watch the movie When Harry Met Sally, eat snacks such as chicken wings and pizza bagle… Finish Reading Happy New Year!

Applian Technologies has now released Replay A/V 8.02, and it is more accessible than ever! After some initial accessibility setbacks in versions 8.0 and 8.01, Applian is getting back on track with this release. Replay A/V 8.02 now sports a standard menu bar at the top of the window enabling access by pressing the alt… Finish Reading Replay A/V 8.02 is Out and Much More Accessible!

It is unfortunate that, at this time, there is no permanent text on our web site providing contact information. This will be corrected by either modifying the Blogger Beta template or by way of the new layout feature once that becomes available for blogs published using FTP. In any case, please feel free to contact… Finish Reading How to Reach Us by E-mail

The move to the new Blogger Beta has now been completed. Please feel free to e-mail us if you experience any issues or concerns. Karen and I are also having a great time visiting with the Bishop family in Tucson.

Karen and I wish all of you a very happy Thanksgiving! Download and Listen

Our show, The Desert Cafe, on ACB Radio Interactive is moving to a new time. We are about to start our regular time slot from 13:00 to 15:00 Universal, but, starting this afternoon, we are moving to 22:00 through 01:00 UTC. That’s Mondays for three hours starting at 2:00 PM Mountain, 3:00 Pacific, 4:00 PM… Finish Reading The Desert Cafe Moves to a New Time

Congratulations to the staff and volunteers at Bookshare for making 30,000 books available to the blind in an accessible format. See the press release for additional details. Bookshare is definitely among our favorite blindness related resources and Blind Access Journal openly endorses and encourages all blind computer users to run, not walk, on over to… Finish Reading Bookshare Reaches 30,000 Accessible Titles!

If you are a blind or visually impaired user who relies on a screen reader, I would advise you to avoid Skype 3.0 Beta for the time being. A reliable source states that the MSAA support for the tab controls has been broken. This means, for instance, that the JAWS scripts will not fully function.… Finish Reading Avoid Skype 3.0 Beta For Now

Blogger is conducting a user study and I ask you all to fill out their form to become a possible participant. This could represent another opportunity for blind and visually impaired people to raise awareness and provide the Blogger team with important accessibility feedback.