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The Accessible World seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them. AIRS-LA links you to the Tek Talk Archives, which concentrates on the technical side of accessibility.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speech Recognition, July 19, 2010 | Would you like to write documents by speaking to your computer, rather than typing? While still challenging, this feat is becoming ever more possible with steady improvement of speech recognition technology. | Accessible World | 01:33:12 |
| My Favorite Consumer Product, July 12, 2010 | A series of ten minute segments in which you will have a chance to discuss your favorite non-blindness product. Please allow some time for questions during your ten minute presentation. | Accessible World | 01:28:46 |
| Tech Doctors discuss the iPad, June 28, 2010 | Apple's built-in "VoiceOver" screen reader means the iPad and iPhone are fully accessible to the blind or visually impaired. In a recent "Tech Doctor" podcast, Jenny Axler and Robert Carter discuss iPad and iPhone user. | Accessible World | 01:27:00 |
| The Victor Reader Stream, June 21, 2010 | An update on the Victor Reader Stream portable DAISY MP3 player from HumanWare. There are 3 new offerings for Stream customers: 1) a new free upgrade of the Stream software, 2) a free upgrade of the Stream Companion software, and 3) an optional software suite called the "Stream SoftPak" available online for $49. | Accessible World | 01:16:00 |
| Express Rip, June 14, 2010 | Rob Hancik demonstrates Express Rip, software that allows you to rip cds in only five minutes. We have other surprises for you as well. | Accessible World | 01:06:02 |
| Podcasting June 7, 2010 | Rick Harmon discusses Podcasting June 7, 2010 | Accessible World | 01:31:58 |
| OpenBook 9 & PEARL Reader May 24, 2010 | Dusty Voorhees, of Freedom Scientific, demonstrates the OpenBook 9 and PEARL Portable camera Reading Solution. Lightning fast OCR with all the features of OpenBook in a portable solution that folds up and fits in your backpack. Connect via a USB port and quickly scan documents and books. | Accessible World | 01:15:42 |
| Two Accessibility Products, May 17, 2010 | Yukline Gatewood, demonstrates the Franklin Bill Reader, which identifies US currency, and the Speaking Language Master Special Edition, which reads words and definitions from the Merriam-Webster dictionary. | Accessible World | 00:56:45 |
| Prodigy Diabetes Care, May 10, 2010 | The mission of Prodigy Diabetes Care is to bring the very best and most high tech products to market for blind and low-vision diabetics, giving them complete accessibility and total independence. By Jerry Munden | Accessible World | 01:07:57 |
| Accessibility, May 3, 2010 | Steven Hoffmann, president and co-founder of Talking Communities Web Conferencing Services, will discuss the accessibility side of web-conferencing, collaboration, and community tools. | Accessible World | 01:59:29 |
| Express Burn, April 26, 2010 | Joshua Hendrickson tells us where to obtain and how to use the "Express Burn" disc burning software to burn audio and data CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray Discs. | Accessible World | 01:20:11 |
| Introduction to Social Networking, April 19, 2010 | Anna Dresner wrote a book for National Braille Press called "Social Networking and You," an introduction to Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. She will discuss the book, and the differences between the three sites, when you might use each, and privacy issues. | Accessible World | 00:52:47 |
| A Look at BCScan, April 12, 2010 | BCScan is a free service that allows you to organize, catalog, learn about, and manage groceries, CDs, movies, household products, or medications. It works using a bar code scanner and a database of millions of products and is great for the visually impaired person who needs to identify a canned good or organize their life. By J.J. Meddaugh | Accessible World | 01:09:31 |
| A Look at Blio, April 5, 2010 | Tek Talk offers an early look at Blio, the new touchstone in accessible e-book reading for everyone, just being released by K-NFB Reading Technology. This will provide an opportunity to learn more about the exploding world of e-books. By James Gashel. | Accessible World | 01:34:38 |
| Make It Work - March 29, 2010 | Daniel Kevorkian, of the Southern California consulting firm "Make it Work," which fixes computer problems in our homes, discusses surfing the web and answers general computer questions. | Accessible World | 01:09:07 |
| Mail In Windows 7 - March 15, 2010 | Windows 7 does not come with an e-mail program. Gene Asner discusses two popular e-mail programs, Windows Live Mail and Thunderbird, to fill the void. | Accessible World | 02:01:09 |
| Joel Snyder - March 1, 2010 | On Monday, March first, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time, Tek Talk presents An interview with Joel Snyder, Director of American Council of the Blind's Audio Description Project. | Accessible World | 00:03:03 |
| Book Port Plus - March 3, 2010 | Larry Skutchan introduces the latest generation Digital Talking Book player and Recorder, Book Port Plus from American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. | Accessible World | 00:57:18 |
| NFB Newsline - February 22, 2010 | Scott White and Renee West from NFB-NEWSLINE, the free service that provides audible access to over 300 newspapers and magazines and TV listings, will discuss the service and why you should check it out. | Accessible World | 01:06:57 |
| The Dolphin EasyReader - February 15, 2010 | Dave Williams demonstrates how to get the most out of the latest Dolphin EasyReader 5.0. | Accessible World | 01:25:04 |
| iTunes with JAWS 11 - February 8, 2010 | In 2005, T&T Consultancy developed J-Tunes - an interface linking the JAWS screen-reader and iTunes. In 2009, they presented us with iTunes Version 4, considerably enhancing the basic functionality output from the screen-reader to iTunes. By Brian Hartgen. | Accessible World | 01:22:49 |
| Walt Kramer, February 1, 2010 | Walt Kramer shows us how to make most efficient use of the Windows volume control. Once volume settings are in place, QuickMix can be combined with shortcuts and hotkeys to make it easy to move between one group of settings and another. | Accessible World | 01:38:36 |
| Consumer Electronics Show, January 18, 2010 | What's cool at the Consumer Electronics Show from the perspective of a blind user? Mike May will share his findings with others interested in tools and gadgets. | Accessible World | 00:53:44 |
| Using the iPhone, January 11, 2009 | Dean Martineau will give an overview of the use of the popular iPhone, then elaborate on its productivity and navigation features, as well as its wonders as a portable world-ranging radio receiver. | Accessible World | 01:49:38 |
| The SoundPost Orientation System December 14th, 2009 | Larry Lewis, President of Flying Blind LLC and Darryl Sherwood, founder of Povidi NZ LTD demonstrate the SoundPost Orientation System. SoundPost provides fundamental orientation to a variety of objects in the environment. It helps you to independently and efficiently navigate to doorways, staircases escalators, etc. | Accessible World | 00:54:36 |
| The NLS Player, November 30, 2009 | Brian R. Albriton of the Braille Institute Library demonstrates NLS players. He will show how to download from the BARD web site into your player, answer questions and discuss thumb drives, flash drives and blank cartridges. | Accessible World | 01:27:17 |
| netECHO, November 23, 2009 | On Monday, November 23, Larry Lewis, President, Flying Blind LLC will be demonstrating netECHO, an accessible, phone-based web application that enables vision impaired individuals to perform a number of tasks on the web. | Accessible World | 01:11:35 |
| The Apex Braillenote, November 16, 2009 | HumanWare Launches the BrailleNote Apex, the Apex, newest member of the BrailleNote family, the thinnest and lightest of note takers. Powerful but slim at just 2 cm (0.79 in) and weighing only 812 grams (1.8 lbs), it's designed for on-the-go portability and high functionality. | Accessible World | 01:26:24 |
| Holiday Stocking Stuffers Part 2. November 9, 2009 | Accessible World cordially invites you to our second part of Stocking Stuffers on November 9. In part 2, we feature Bob Crane, the President of CCrane who will talk to us about his innovative products for sale. Contact him at 1-800-522-8863 or at www.ccrane.com. | Accessible World | 01:37:04 |
| Holiday Stocking Stuffers Part 1. November 2, 2009 | Accessible World is pleased to welcome you to the first part of our two part-series of Stocking Stuffers for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza. Several vendors will discuss gift ideas for the holidays, starting with a presentation by Diane Croft, Vice President of Publishing, National Braille Press. | Accessible World | 01:51:10 |
| Kurzweil 1000 Version 12 upgrade. Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | Stephen Baum, V.P. of Engineering at Kurzweil discusses the latest release of Kurzweil 1000, Version 12, which is scheduled to ship on October 22 | Accessible World | 01:43:21 |
| Freedom Scientific's release of Jaws 11, October 19, 2009 | Eric Damery, Vice President of Software Management, unveils Jaws 11. For the first time, this exciting software release will be distributed on a DVD providing the user with additional helpful materials, as well as the free DAISY player, FS Reader. | Accessible World | 01:05:07 |
| I.E. 8 with JAWS, Window-Eyes and System Access, October 12 | As web pages get more complex, screen reader manufacturers add more features to help users navigate them. Some features make complicated pages easy to navigate. The problem, though, is that it's hard to keep up with the new features and use them effectively. By Anna Dresn. | Accessible World | 01:17:41 |
| VRStream Bookshelf and marking concepts, October 5 | Victor Reader Stream Bookshelf and Bookmarking. Join us for an interactive session on the Victor Reader Stream with Gerry Chevalier, Product Manager from HumanWare. Gerry will begin with an overview of two of the Stream's most powerful features: its bookshelf and its bookmarking capability. | Accessible World | 01:41:49 |
| Windows 7 just weeks away. September 28 | Windows 7 is available to the public on October 22nd. Tune into a presentation from Kelly Ford from Microsoft to learn about what's new in Windows 7 that may interest computer users who are blind and find out all about Windows 7 and what it has to offer you. Kelly Ford is a test Manager with the Internet Explorer team at Microsoft and has has worked in the accessibility industry. | Accessible World | 01:08:31 |
| GPS Sendero 6.0 upgrade, September. | The latest GPS Sendero 6.0 upgrade, September. Mr. Charles M.LaPierre, the CTO For The Sendero Group will present the latest upgrade for the excellent GPS Software program Sendero GPS 6.0 for BrailleNote Products. It raises independent travel to a whole new level. | Accessible World | 01:04:38 |
| Touch Graphics, Tek Talk, September 14, 2009 | Steve Landau discusses new Touch Graphics, Inc. products such as: a talking digital "pen" that announces place names as you touch its tip to special graphic sheets; talking, touchable models that describe themselves when touched by visitors to museums or information kiosks; wiiCane, which teaches the two-point touch method of cane use to young children. | Accessible World | 01:26:41 |
| The Orator Screen Reader, August 31, 2009 by Michel Pepin, Products Manager, Humanware | In today's world, access to information on the go is key. The constant evolution of mass-market electronics provides more portability than ever before and smartphones are quickly becoming the predominant way we all stay in touch with friends, family and information while on the go. Unfortunately this technology creates accessibility challenges for people who are blind and visually impaired. | Accessible World | 01:30:36 |
| Bay Area Digital, August 17, 2009 | Bay Area Digital LLC is an adaptive technology company working in the fields of health care and superior quality technology for the blind and visually impaired. We create our own products as well as carry superior products from other companies such as the Royal National Institute of Blind People. The company publishes a quarterly newsletter, Pulses, which is available free to anybody requesting it. Bay Area Digital is majority-owned by the blind and visually impaired. | Accessible World | 00:39:54 |
| Special Event | What do you do when your computer Freezes up. By Rob Turner and Gene Asner. | Accessible World | 01:29:51 |
| Apple's Accessible I-Phone | Mobile Phone enthusiast, Mark Taylor, will discuss the hottest newcomer to the accessible wireless device arena, Apple's iPhone 3GS. Mark will compare and contrast the basic features of iPhone 3GS with conventional mobile phone solutions and, in so doing, will describe what kind of learning curve new iPhone 3GS owners will have. | Accessible World | 01:24:34 |
| All about Accessible Cell Phones | Do you long to enter the world of accessible cell phones, or to change to a different phone or provider, but find yourself mystified by the ever-changing array of choices and the scant available information? Whether you're an uncertain beginner or a current user of an accessible phone who wonders how you might improve your situation, the Tek Talk panel on July 27 will make your next move clearer by giving you up-to-date information about accessible phone options. By Dean Marttineau and Panelists Mark Taylor and Mike Arrigo. | Accessible World | 01:58:31 |
| An Introduction to Facebook by JoAnn Becker | On Monday July 20th, JoAnn Becker will present an introduction to Facebook, one of the world's largest social networks. She will discuss the myriad ways in which people are using this social utility to communicate with one another. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with people. They can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to inform friends about themselves. | Accessible World | 01:13:10 |
| Making Captchas accessible and the Solona web site | During the July 13, 2009 Accessible World Tek Talk Room, Bernard Maldonado, Founder of Solona.net, the Free Captcha Solution Service for visually impaired people, talks about Captcha. This tool limits spam registrations and blog posts, but also affects the way visually impaired people surf the net. Some sites offer usable audio captchas; most sites do not. People with both visual and hearing difficulties are affected even more. | Accessible World | 01:52:14 |
| Getting The Most Of Your Talking IPod | July 06, 2009. In September 2008, Apple released a talking iPod Nano. This was followed up in March by the release of a talking iPod Shuffle. You may wonder how accessible these players really are, or you may have one and wonder how to get the most out of it. Anna Dresner's new book, Using the Accessible iPod, answers these questions and helps both new and experienced users get the most out of these exciting players. | Accessible World | 01:27:05 |
| A virtual tour of Geo Mobile | June 29, 2009. Today Larry Lewis, President of Flying Blind LLC, takes the Tek Talk audience on a virtual tour of Mobile Geo, the world's first accessible GPS solution developed for Windows Mobile, and Windows Smartphone devices. This software, developed by Code Factory, can be installed on a number of off-the-shelf Windows Mobile devices. Mobile Geo gives the user the ability to Determine a specific location, explore surroundings, and create and save specific routes from a point of origin to a desired location. | Accessible World | 01:20:00 |
| BookSense | June 22, 2009 by Raul A. Gallegos. BookSense enriches your life by giving you access to books, music and information to educate, inform and entertain you. Two models are offered: BookSense and BookSense XT. Both play DAISY content, Audio and Digital Books such as National Library Service. They include an SD card slot and built-in recorder. | Accessible World | 01:24:59 |
| Future Happenings at NLS | Accessible World Tek Talk is very pleased to present Judy Dixon, Consumer Relations Officer, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically handicapped. Judy will demonstrate and discuss the new NLS Digital Talking Book player that will be arriving in libraries later this summer. She will also speak about accessing and using Web Braille, the NLS Downloadable services and future NLS programs. | Accessible World | 01:01:18 |
| Accessible World's Tek Talk Training for Monday June first, 2009 is all about Twitter. We are delighted to have Rich Cavallaro, a student from Hofstra University, as our guest. He will guide us through the many features of this ever-growing social networking site: how to set up an account, how to follow people, how to send the different types of messages, ways to tweet and more. | Accessible World | 00:58:27 | |
| Cash Manager Financial Software | Accessible World's Tek Talk Training for Monday May 18th 2009 introduces the latest easy to use financial software. Accomplish CashManager Financial Software is designed by accountants for small to medium size businesses. CashManager Home is the new simplified version that is ideal for managing your home accounts. In this presentation you will learn how to: Enter Transactions, Create and Edit Budgets, Reconcile to your bank statement, Create reports, and Create new companies. | Accessible World | 00:57:30 |
| Hadley School For the Blind | Accessible World's Tek Talk is pleased to present George Abbott and Amy Salmon from the Hadley School for the Blind. George is currently Vice President of Development. Amy Salmon is an instructor at Hadley. Her current classes include several technology-based courses. George and Amy provide a brief overview of the Hadley school and its mission and describe how its students use assistive technology. | Accessible World | 01:20:18 |
| A review of Windows 7 by Rick Harmon | Rick Harmon reviews the yet to be released Windows 7 operating system, currently in Beta and expected to be released next month for general public testing. Windows 7 is similar to Vista but different. Rick will discuss the reasons to try this exciting new operating system out. Windows 7 is almost 100 percent compatible with Jaws and other screen readers. | Accessible World | 01:18:06 |
| ClassMate Reader Demonstration | Brenda McBride presents a focused presentation on learning disabilities and the benefits of the ClassMate Reader by HumanWare. Brenda is Product Manager for the ClassMate Reader. We will also take a look at on line resources and valuable information about accessing content. | Accessible World | 01:16:38 |
| Accessible Macintosh | An Overview of an Accessible Leopard by Jim Denham. The latest version of the Macintosh operating system, OS X 10.5, includes some incredible accessibility features. For users who are blind, the built-in VoiceOver screen review software offers a whole new way to use the Mac. This powerful tool offers features such as refreshable Braille support, an extensive help system and reliable access to many Macintosh apps. | Accessible World | 01:26:41 |
| The accessible Adobe Reader | Pete Devasto works at Adobe as a Quality Engineer dealing with accessibility of PDF documents and the use of Adobe Acrobat and Reader. He will explain exactly what PDF means, then take you through the process of downloading and installing the free Adobe Reader. When you start Reader the first time, it will discover if you have a screen reader like JAWS. | Accessible World | 01:19:53 |
| Say-Magic | Brian Hartgen and Edward Rosenthal discuss Say-MAGic, an exciting new product launched at CSUN 2009. | Accessible World | 01:12:41 |
| New Victor Reader Stream 3.0 | HumanWare has just announced Stream 3.0 at the CSUN conference in Los Angeles and Gerry Chevalier will tell us more about it. Version 3.0 includes many new features requested by happy Stream users. Learn how your Stream has been enhanced with optional multi-level bookshelf navigation, text file search, bookmark alerts, music playlist innovations, usability improvements, and more. The Victor Reader Stream now enjoyed by tens of thousands worldwide is better than ever. | Accessible World | 01:43:12 |
| HumanWare and New Stream Companion Software | Learn about the newest innovations to the Stream Companion program version 3.0 soon to be released by HumanWare. Gerry Chevalier, Victor Reader Product Manager, discusses this handy little Windows program that thousands of Stream users enjoy already. It will soon be even better with new features and a completely new interface. | Accessible World | 01:18:38 |
| Innovative Rehabilitation Technology Inc. | Peter Proscia, IRTI President and CEO of Innovative Rehabilitation Technology Inc. (IRTI) presents two new low cost reading systems enabling non-computer users to scan and read books and documents and create portable DAISY books for personal use. | Accessible World | 00:56:20 |
| KeySoft 8 At the Cutting Edge of Communication | Greg Stillson and Dave Wilkinson travel throughout the United States providing product trainings and presentations and getting customer feedback for product functionality and improvement. Greg and Dave work closely with the Technical Support staff and are involved in product research. Both have been BrailleNote users since its inception. | Accessible World | 01:04:58 |
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