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Happy New Year! Have you resolved to listen to MainMenu every week this year? We hope so! MainMenu rings in 2013 with 3 new segments of interest to many who have requested reviews of Tiny Tunes and Text Detective. Cullen Gallagher brings us a review and demonstration of the new Tiny Tunes Talking MP3 Player. He shows us a lot of the great features in this little player, and a few features that need considerable improvement in their accessibility. Steve Zent then brings us a demonstration, review and discussion of the OCR app for iOS devices named Text Detective. The review was done a few weeks back, and a brand new release of this app was released on January 2nd 2013. So, you will want to hear the review and grab the updated version of this very nice app from the app store. Then David Woodbridge from www.visionaustralia.org brings us a demonstration and review of the Notes app on Mountain Lion. SO, DO NOT MISS MainMenu this week for sure!

It is a MainMenu special this week! MainMenu Host David Tanner and MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin co-host this special 2 hour review of the highlights of MainMenu for 2012, and talk about some of the plans for 2013. We look again at our coverage of the features of some of the most popular notetakers, coverage of new operating systems released this year for Windows, Mac, and iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad. We look again at our coverage of the driverless car, and give you a bit of an update on what is happening on that front. There is even more! SO, DO NOT MISS MainMenu this week for sure!

This week on MainMenu we bring you holiday greetings from Main Menu staff and listeners. MainMenu staff member Tim Cummings interviews Stephen Clower from GW Micro about the just released Window-Eyes 8.0 and all of its new features. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia Shows us how to purchase, download and run a new app all from the IOS app store on your iPhone or other IOS device. And, David also demonstrates using the Reminder app on your Mac and iPhone to help you keep track of appointments, and other details of your busy schedule. It is all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin brings us a tech update with information on three assistive technology packages that had upgrades to their software during the past week. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia reviews and demonstrates the new iTunes version 11 for Apple Mac. He covers the new features, and shows us around most of the new layout of this powerful media software from Apple Computer. It is all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Host: David Tanner brings us our third presentation on Windows 8 with a look at the Windows8 Narrator screen reader built into Windows 8. We take a look at the new more extensive set of settings available, a much richer list of reading commands, and even a way to add keyboard commands of your own to what is already provided in Narrator David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to iPhone 5 and takes us through a look at a number of new features and finishes with a look at the improvements in Siri. It is all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin interviews John Martyn of DoItBlind.com about a number of new scripts for Jaws for Windows that will make many favorite software packages much more accessible to blind users. MainMenu Host: David Tanner brings us our second presentation on Windows 8 with a look at the WWindows Charms and a bit of a preview look at the improved Narator screen reader built into Windows 8. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on Main Menu, David Tanner speaks with Eric Damery, vice president of software at Freedom Scientific about the newest from Freedom Scientific including version 14 of the JAWS for Windows screen reader and version 12 of the Magic Screen Magnification software. Next, Mary Emerson gives us a brief demo of the Miniguide mobility aid. Finally, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia demonstrates how to add and switch between Apple ID's on an Apple TV using Voice Over.

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: David Tanner interviews Harry Brown and we learn about the latest developments in the exciting field of the driverless vehicle. Yes, it really is coming, and it is already being driven on the highways in three states in the U. S. Then David Woodbridge from Vision Australia, and MainMenu staff member, introduces us to the 7th generation of the iPod Nano, and shows us how to setup VoiceOver and get your unit all setup with iTunes. It is all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: Chase Crispin, Executive Producer for MainMenu interviews Larry Skutchan about the latest tech products from American Printing House for the Blind. Then MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge from Vision Australia brings us two features: The first introduces to new features in the September 2012 release of software for Apple TV. and the second demonstrates the use of Airplay in Mountain Lion for the Mac. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu staff member Rich Cavallaro brings us an interview and demonstrationof the RockBox firmware upgrade usable on many MP3 players to make use of those devices possible Then David Woodbridge from Vision Australia discusses the changes in the on screen keyboard for VoiceOver in iOS6. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week has been a very exciting week of new technology announcements and new releases in the technology and assistive technology field. And MainMenu is on top of the stories. MainMenu host David Tanner interviews Michael Curran and they discuss the upcoming release of NVDA version 2012 Release 3 and support for Windows 8 both with keyboard access and touch screen access. David then gives us a brief demo of Windows 8 access to some of the new features in Windows 8. We see how accessible much of Windows 8 is, and a few features that have not changed from Windows 7. And, a few tips on using the new Windows 8 environment. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on MainMenu MainMenu staff member Mary Emerson introduces us to Flexable Web, a new feature in Jaws for Windows version 14. MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin introduces us to the Braille Plus 18 notetaker from American Printinghouse for the Blind. MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge demonstrates using the Twitter integration in Mountain Lion.

This week on MainMenu Mary Emerson introduces us to the Braille Sense U2 Qwerty from Hims, Inc. David Woodbridge demonstrates using the Notification panel in Mountain Lion. And, David Woodbridge also demonstrates using the VoiceOver Roter in iOS 6.

This week on MainMenu Mary Emerson introduces us to the first public beta of Jaws For Windows version 14. David Woodbridge tells about changes in the accessibility options in iOS 6, and using VoiceOver and Zoom large print together with iOS 6. Finally, David Woodbridge walks us through moving a daisy book from a Mac to the Read2Go app on your "i" device.

MainMenu celebrates the 10th anniversary of Bookshare with an interview with Jimm Fruchterman and other members of the Bookshare staff. We talk about the first 10 years, and catch up on the latest happenings from Bookshare. There is a lot of new things to know, including over 200,000 Bookshare users. Mary Emerson follows up with an introduction to the APH Book Port Desktop. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

MainMenu goes Apple this week!!! With the release of the iPhone 5 and the iOS6 operating system for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. We checkout the accessibility of these new Apple products. Executive producer Chase Crispin interviews David Woodbridge from Vision Australia about the new iPhone 5, new iPod Touch and the new iPod Nano. Then David comes back with a demo of the new iOS6 and shows off the new accessibility of the new operating system and its' features. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week's show features a great group of informative segments you won't want to miss. Paul Warner brings us OBI 2.0 part III. DAISY book creation software. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia tells us about the Changes to accessing Spotlight with Voice Over in Mountain Lion. Macy McClain reviews the NFB Newsline iOS app and demos its' features. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia tells us about Voice Over Sounds in Mountain Lion. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week's show features a great group of informative segments you won't want to miss. Paul Warner brings us the second part of his review of OBI 2.0 a free daisy book production software. Shane Davidson brings us the final part of his interview and demo of the Swamp Audio Game. Jamey Pauls from The SeroTalk Podcast Network interviews a representative from Envision America at the ACB 2012 Convention. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week, we begin by airing the first part of a podcast from Paul Warner of VICT Consultancy about the accessible OBI 2.0 software for creating DAISY books. Then, Jamie Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network at the 2012 ACB convention interviews a representative from National Braille Press about some of their new books and products. Next, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia demonstrates accessing and writing text documents on iCloud using Voice Over and Text Edit in Mountain Lion. Jamie Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network returns again with another interview from ACB 2012, this time he speaks with Dolphin computer access about some new updates and products coming soon from them. Finally, Shane Davidson continues his interview and demo of the Swamp audio game.

David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to the Accessibility Panel in Mountain Lion. Jamey Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network at the 2012 ACB Convention interviews a representative from IRIE AT, and they discuss a number of the items that they are selling. Shane Davidson brings us the third part of his interview and demo of the Swamp Audio Game. Jamey Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network interviews a representative from the American Printing House for the Blind and they discuss a number of the products being sold by APH. And finally we hear an interesting discussion of the good and bad of Apple OSX by the hosts of The Technology Wizzard Podcast.