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Hello Everyone,     Coming up on an action packed one hour Main Menu:   * We hear from AccessWatch with a brief review of Applian’s Replay A/V recording software.* Chris Grabowski demonstrates and reviews Active To-Do List from Beiley Software.* Cory Martin demonstrates and explains the use of The Onion Router (TOR) for anonymous web… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 21 – Replay A/V, Active To-Do List, The Onion Router and Pronto

ScripTalk Station: An Audible Prescription Reading Device To Be Demonstrated On Tek Talk May 12, 2008 The Accessible News Wire May 6, 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana USA Are you blind or visually impaired? Do you take prescription medications? Doyou know someone else who does? Are you concerned about remembering your prescription instructions and information? Are you… Finish Reading ScripTalk Station: An Audible Prescription Reading Device To Be Demonstrated On Tek Talk May 12, 2008

Hello Everyone,    Coming up on this week’s Main Menu, our first hour is prerecorded and our second hour is live!  During the first hour, Rick Harmon tells us all about what is new in GoldWave 5.22 and the available updated JAWS scripts for that sound editing software.  Darrell Shandrow demonstrates the accessible Handy Address… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 14 – GoldWave Enhancements, Handy Address Book and Our Panel of Experts

It seems the bad news on the accessibility front just keeps coming this week. DVS Home Video® Sales Effort Comes to a Close Deep Discounts Offered for One Week on Remaining Inventory Boston, MA. May 6. DVS Home Video, a project begun by Boston public broadcaster WGBH in the early 90's to make movies on… Finish Reading DVS Home Video® Sales Effort Comes to a Close

For immediate release.  Please distribute as appropriate.   The press release below is the result of two agreements signed by Rite Aid and the American Council of the Blind (ACB), the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and the California Council of the Blind (CCB) using Structured Negotiations.  The release and both agreements are available on… Finish Reading Rite Aid’s Web Site and Point of Sale Improvements Praised

Hello Everyone,   Coming up on this week’s Main Menu, we have a two hour recorded presentation from T&T Consultancy.  They will be giving Main Menu an exclusive first preview of the many new features within the upcoming release of J-Say Pro version 6.1.  While in many cases J-Say provides the ability to control a… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 7 – J-Say Pro 6.1, J-Tunes 3.2 and Say-Magic from T&T Consultancy

For more information, contact: Julia Epstein, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, (510) 644-2555 (x. 241) jepstein@dredf.org Wondie Russell, Heller Ehrman LLP, (415) 772-6294, wondie.russell@hellerehrman.com Ron Milliman, American Council of the Blind, rmilliman@insightbb.comJUDGE RULES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION MUST ACCOMMODATE BLIND BENEFICIARIES San Francisco, CA – April 24, 2008 On Wednesday, April 23, 2008, Judge William… Finish Reading Federal Court Rules Against SSA for NotProviding Accessible Formats to Blind Beneficiaries

Hello Everyone,         Coming up on a one hour live show, we hear from AccessWatch about the latest JAWS 9.0 update, then Darcy and Holly bring us up to date on the latest happenings with the Apple Mac platform. If time permits, we may also open the phones for discussion of all technology related topics… Finish Reading Coming up on Main Menu for the week of April 30 – Apple Macintosh Update with Darcy and Holly

Can you remember a time when people around you assumed you were likethem, or to behave in a certain way, and yet you knew that what theyexpected wasn't really who you knew yourself to be? Perhaps this is also a question.the world says we are blind, incapable, poor, unable, limited, andwhatever else they say. Do… Finish Reading The Relationship Connection, Daring to march to a different drum!

For immediate release — please distribute as appropriate  Dear friends and colleagues:  The  U.S. credit reporting agencies announced today that free on-line credit reports will comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines by October of this year.  Credit reports will be available in Braille, Large Print, and on audio CD by December.   This announcement is… Finish Reading Landmark web accessibility announcement about Credit Reports