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Main Menu is pleased to bring you part three of our exhibit hall coverage of the 2014 ACB Convention. In this show, we will hear the latest news, special pricing, and more from The American Printing House for the Blind, Dolphin Computer Access, AT&T, HIMS, My Blindspot, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, and Friends in Art. Main Menu would like to thank Jeff Bishop and Marlaina Lieburg for their hard work in preparing the excellent interviews for this show. We hope you enjoy our continuing convention coverage, and please contact us with your feedback.

Main Menu is pleased to bring you part 2 of our exhibit hall coverage of the 2014 ACB Convention. In this show, we will hear the latest news, special pricing, and more from Baum, Freedom Scientific, Visus Technologies, and Verizon. Main Menu would like to thank Jeff Bishop, Tim Cumings, and Brian McCallen for their hard work in preparing the interviews for this show. We hope you enjoy our continuing convention coverage, and please contact us with your feedback.

Main Menu is pleased to bring you part 1 of our exhibit hall coverage of the 2014 ACB Convention. In part 1, we will hear the latest news, special pricing, and more from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Humanware, AI Squared,

Providing assistance with your travels or editing a sound file to suit your needs we have it here this week on MainMenu. Janine Stanly demonstrates using Transit Times. And, Daron Duff and Tim Cumings bring us Gold Wave Class Segment 2. Plus news about a MainMenu special for ACB Convention week, and other information about convention week coverage on acbradio that you will not want to miss.

Have you ever wondered how to record and edit high quality audio? Have you ever been interested in submitting content to Main Menu? If so, you will not want to miss this show! Thanks to Daron Duff and Main Menu staff member Tim Cumings, we present the first segment of a class teaching the basics of the Gold Wave sound editor. Gold Wave is a very high quality, easy to use, affordable, and accessible audio editor for Windows that anyone can use to prepare high quality audio content. This is just a first look at audio editing on Main Menu; the Main Menu team looks forward to bringing you more demonstrations of audio creation and editing software and hardware in the next few months.

Get the latest tech news this week on MainMenu... MainMenu Host David Tanner continues his interview with David Wilkinson from Hims Inc. Leo Bissonnette Demonstrates features of the Giraffe Reader. MainMenu Staff Member Tim Cumings Shows us all about a new mike holder for the iPhone. MainMenu Staff member David Woodbridge shows us all about the Bem Speaker. And, MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin reviews the Now News App for iPhone. Keeping you up-to-date with the latest technology news on MainMenu.

Thinking about a new car then you want to hear MainMenu this week... MainMenu Host David Tanner interviews Harry Brown and we find out about all the latest developments with the driverless vehickles. And, MainMenu Host David Tanner interviews David Wilkinson from Hims Inc. about a brand new firmware release for the Braille Sense notetakers that brings access to FaceBook and much, much MORE...

On Main Menu this week, we rebroadcast a recent Tech Doctor podcast detailing the announcements made by Apple at last weeks WWDC Conference. We thank the Tech Doctor for letting us air this podcast, and we look forward to bringing you many demonstrations on the new updates from Apple once they are released this fall. After the conclusion of WWDC coverage, we wrap up the GW Micro webinar on using Microsoft Outlook with window Eyes. Even if you are not a Window Eyes user, you will find many tips on using Outlook within this webinar which we began to air last week. Main Menu would like to thank GW Micro for allowing us to air their excellent training on Outlook. To find more training available from GW Micro, visit the GW Micro Training Department.

Keeping you informed is our business here at MainMenu... Kevin Shaw from Zagga Entertainment introduces us to a new descriptive video service that they are developing, and tells you how you can become involved. And, we feature a new tutorial from GW Micro on using Window-Eyes with Microsoft Outlook 2013. We thank the fine folks at AI Squared for allowing us to air this first part of a two part tutorial on Window-Eyes with Outlook 2013. More training from GW Micro is available from the the GW Micro Training Department.

Keeping you informed is our business this week... MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge demonstrates the features of the Fitbit Flex for your iDevice. You will be amazed all this little device will do for you. And, MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin discusses and demonstrates the use of Google Drive for your iOS device and using Google Drive with your computer and other devices. And, the latest assistive technology news of the week are all here on MainMenu...

Customize your use of your Apple keyboard and follow the latest weather conditions with ease... Scott Howell and Keith Watson demonstrate using the Keyboard Maestro package on their Mac to allow them to do some fantastic things on their Apple Mac keyboards. And, MainMenu host David Tanner demonstrates using the NOWA Radio Free app for iOS devices to keep your self safe and up-to-date on the current weather conditions and get notifications of watches and warnings about serious weather conditions from the National Weather Service. Keeping you informed is our business on MainMenu.

When to use an iPad and when a note taker is the best choice is just part of the discussion this week on MainMenu... Thanks to the SeroTalk Podcast Network we are airing a Hims Inc. presentation from CSUN 2014 on when an iPad is the better choice, and when a note taker is a better choice. It is good information, and may help you answer the question for you as to which is best for you and when. and, David woodbridge brings us a Demonstration of Using OSX Maps for Route Step Information. We bring you the help you need when making those important decisions about which technology is the best for you.

Keeping you informed... Managing Director of ACB Radio, Larry Turnbull brings us an interview about GW Micro and their murger with AI Squared. MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge brings us a Demo of using the Rivo Bluetooth Keyboard with Voice Over with iOS devices. And, MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin brings us Tips on submitting a segment to Main Menu.

On Main Menu for this week we conclude our coverage of new products released at the CSUN 2014 conference thanks to coverage from the SeroTalk Podcast Network. This week, we hear about the latest from Code Factory, GW Micro, Bookshare, Freedom Scientific, AI Squared, The American Printing House for the Blind, and Dolphin. We hope these interviews conducted at the CSUN conference this year will bring you up-to-date on the latest assistive technology news, and Main Menu would like to thank the SeroTalk Podcast Network for allowing us to rebroadcast some of their excellent CSUN coverage.

Learn how to record audio on your computer and customize it to your likeing. And, a simple process for making print documents completely accessible on your iDevice. MainMenu host David Tanner takes us through the basics of recording audio on our Windows computer using the free and very accessible audio editing software Audacity. And, Jenine Stanley demonstrates using the Voiceye app to make it easy to label and read print documents so they can be read on your iDevice. This is a show you may want to keep a copy of for future reference. So, be sure you do not miss this one.

From around the world MainMenu brings you the latest news on the newest assistive tech releases for 2014. We start with an interview with Michael Curran, one of the primary developers of NVDA, and hear all about the new NVDA 2014 R1 release of NVDA. And, that is followed up with an interview with the fine folks from Duxberry Systems from the recent CSUN conference. We thank the fine folks at Blind Bargains for allowing us to rebroadcast this excellent interview.

Microsoft has ended support for Windows XP. So, now what... We present a user panel discussion on some possible solutions if you are still using Windows XP. And, for more information you will want to check out the information at the End of windows XP support page.

News, information, and CSUN coverage are all here on MainMenu just for you... MainMenu staff member Mary Emerson brings us information on the latest firmware release for the Hims line of note takers. and we hear two interviews from the 2014 CSUN Technology and Persons With Disabilities Conference presented on MainMenu thanks to the fine folks at Blind Bargains. The first is an interview with folks from Intuit discussing the accessibility of their Quick Books accounting software. And, the second is an interview with the president of Baum USA discussing the recent opening of their first office in the U.S. and, we find out about some of their products and services.

This week, MainMenu Host David Tanner interviews Greg Stilson from Humanware about all the great new features in the latest BrailleNote/VoiceNote firmware release, Keysoft version 9.4.1. Thanks to the fine folks at Blind Bargains we present their interview with a representative from Envision America recorded at the recent CSUN Technology and Persons With Disabilities conference held in March 2014. Envision America announces talking perscriptions are now available from another large Drug Store chain. And thanks again to Blind Bargains we present their interview with Abisee about the latest products to make your life easier. Remember that MainMenu will be bringing you additional coverage from the CSUN conference over the coming weeks. So do not miss our coverage of CSUN 2014 here on MainMenu.

We bring you the most up-to-date information on iOS and BrailleNote new software releases here on Main Menu this week to keep you current and completely informed. MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge introduces us to the new features in the new iOS 7.1 release for your iDevice. And, Greg Stilson, Blindness Product Manager for Humanware, brings us three presentations about the new KeyMaps application in the new 9.4.1 upgrade for the BrailleNote Apex. We thank the fine folks at Humanware for allowing us to air these presentations on MainMenu. They are also available for download at the Humanware website. Keeping you up-to-date with the very latest news and information on technologies that enrich the lives of blind and visually impaired persons is our business here at MainMenu.