Sinopsis
Technology from a Blindness Perspective
Episodios
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Main Menu for Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100
22/03/2012This week's show starts with our notetaker coverage and we find out about how our 5 notetakers do at surfing the web. David Tanner interviews Michael Curren from NV Access about this week's newest release of NVDA version 2012.1 and NNV Access. Complements of Blind Bargains Website we hear an interview from CSUN 2012 with the folks from National Braille Press about a new notetaker they are developing and learn a little about its' features. You'll be sorry if you miss this week's line up of information you really want to know about. Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a lis
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Main Menu for Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100
15/03/2012This week's show starts with our notetaker coverage and we find out about how our 5 notetakers do at managing files on each unit. Neal Ewers brings us part two of a review of the Olympus LS100 accessible digital recorder. Complements of www.blindbargains.com we hear an interview from CSUN 2012 with the folks from Duxbury Systems about their latest new products, and a sneak peek at what may be coming from Duxbury Systems next year! You'll be sorry if you miss this week's line up of information you really want to know about. You just might miss hearing about just the next thing you wanted to add to your technology wish list!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio
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Main Menu for Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100
08/03/2012This week's show starts with our notetaker coverage and we find out about how our 5 notetakers do at keeping track of your contacts and organizing that address book. Neal Ewers brings us part 1 of a review of the Olympus LS100 accessible digital recorder. Finally, complements of BlindBargains.com we hear an interview from CSUN 2012 with the folks from Perkins Products about their latest new products! You'll be sorry if you miss this week's line up of information you really want to know about. You just might miss hearing about just the next thing you wanted to add to your technology wish list!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Tw
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Main Menu for Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100
01/03/2012This week's show starts with our notetaker coverage and we find out about how our 5 notetakers do at keeping your calendar appointments, to do lists, and more. Then Chris Hallsworth comes in to show us how to use NVDA current beta 2012 release 1 beta with the iTunes Store. And, David Woodbridge demonstrates how to start programs with the VoiceOver Commander. Join us for this week's show and stay informed!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-sub
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Main Menu for Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100
23/02/2012This week's show features An interview with Rickie Enger from Serotek about the latest release of Accessible Event, and more details of the easy purchase plans for DocuScan Plus. Following the interview we start our notetaker series with demonstrations of BrailleNote Apex, Icon Braille Plus, PacMate, Sense notetakers, and Maestro demonstrations of writing and editing a document on each of these notetakers! So, don't miss what is new at Serotek, and see how to compose documents on 5 different notetakers all this week on MainMenu!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list w
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Main Menu for Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100
16/02/2012This week's show features our weekly tech update by Chase Crispin, Lino Moralis completes his review of iTunes with NVDA and shows us how to do a playlist and how to apply for a Apple account in the iTunes Store, Michael G fills us in on best websites to keep up on what is going on in the newest comic books, and Chase Crispin tells us all about a new 6 part series that will start next week on MainMenu compairing the features of 5 different notetakers. So, don't miss what is new in technology, learn more about NVDA, and see how much fun you can have reading all the latest excitement going on in your favorite comic book. It is all available this week on MainMenu!
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Main Menu for Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100
09/02/2012Ernest McCullough reviews a website with many Jaws Help Guides, Rich Cavallaro tells us about the newest release of firmware for the Braille Sense and Voice Sense notetakers from Hims Inc., David Tanner reviews a software that makes taking your old records and cassette tapes to digital files or CD a very easy to learn process, and David Woodbridge shows us how to use the VoiceOver Web Roter to browse webpages on our Apple Mac. So, whether it is learning more about Jaws, surfing the Internet with Apple, or making a new CD from your old records you can find it all this week on MainMenu. Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http:/
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Main Menu for Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100
02/02/2012Chase Crispin starts us off with a very full Tech Update, then David Woodbridge shows us how to use VoiceOver with Text Edit on our Apple Mac, Mary Emerson takes us on a tour of the sounds options in Windows 7, and Lino Morales brings us the second part of his iTunes with NVDA review. Be ready to be informed whether you use an Apple, Windows or some other technology; there is something for you on MainMenu this week! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-frien
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Main Menu for Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100
26/01/2012David Woodbridge continues his tutorials on the Mac with a demo of how to install and use the Looktell Money Reader, Chase Crispin brings a review of using the basic features of www.bookshare.org, and Lino Morales introduces us to the basics of using the NVDA screen reader with iTunes. You don't want to miss this week's show!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org
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Main Menu for Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100
19/01/2012Chase Crispin starts out the show with his weekly tech update, David Woodbridge continues his tutorials on the Mac with a demo of how to add audio tracks in iTunes, we tell you all about the contest going on on MainMenu during January, Shane Davidson continues his review of Word Press, and we hear a review of Speak On a software with built-in speech for playing internet radio - podcasts and many other audio features. You don't want to miss this week's show!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff
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Main Menu for Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100
12/01/2012David Woodbridge continues his tutorials on the Mac with a demo of how to copy a Daisy CD to his Victor Reader Stream, Mary Emerson introduces us to the basics of using Audible.com, and Rick Harmond shows us around Tweet List an IOS Twitter client for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. You don't want to miss this week's show!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org
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Main Menu for Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100
05/01/2012We start off this week's program with the announcement of a contest in January to increase followers to the MainMenu Twitter page, and the MainMenu Friends mailinglist, Chace Crispin follows with his weekly tech update, David Woodbridge shows us how to use the dictionary on the Mac, and David Tanner brings us part two of a two part review of System Access and the System Access Mobile Network. Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.
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Main Menu for Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100
29/12/2011MainMenu for December 30/31 features David Tanner and Chase Crispin co-hosting a highlights review of what happened on MainMenu during 2011. We'll also be announcing a little contest for January too. So, don't miss this one for sure!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org
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Main Menu for Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100
22/12/2011We start this week's program with holiday greetings from Mitch Pomeratz, President of ACB, followed by a weekly Tech Update from Chase Crispin, followed by David Woodbridge demonstrating how to easily read files in folders on the doc in Apple Lion with VoiceOver, and David Tanner begins a two part review of System Access and the System Access Mobile Network. Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org
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Main Menu for Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100
15/12/2011We start this week's program with a Tech Update from Chase Crispin, followed by the completion of David Tanner's interview with Eric Damery from Freedom Scientific about Jaws For Windows version 13. Chase Crispin gives us a preview of what will be coming up on MainMenu for our two holiday shows on December 24th and December 31st. David Woodbridge demonstrates using keyboard shortcuts with IOS5 on his iPhone, and David Tanner winds up this week's program with a demonstration of the O'Moby app for IOS devices including iPhone and iPad.
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Main Menu for Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100
08/12/2011David Tanner visits with Eric Damery - Vice President and Product Manager for Freedom Scientific about Jaws 13 and a new update to Jaws being released on December 9th. This interview is followed by John Gunn discussing and demonstrating dragging and dropping files on an Apple Mac using Apple Lion 10.7 with VoiceOver and compares the process to doing the same thing in Windows.
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Main Menu for Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100
01/12/2011This week after our weekly Tech Update from Chase Crispin, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia brings us a follow up segment on using Siri with Voice Over on the iPhone 4s. Then, Shane Davidson interviews GW Micro about the release of Window Eyes 7.5.2 and the company's future plans for that screen reader. Finally, we hear from Handy Tech North America about the accessible Cash Manager software.
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Main Menu for Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100
17/11/2011This week, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia shows us how to transfer books to the Read2Go IOS app for reading DAISY books using iTunes on Windows. Then, Shane Davidson tells us about a new accessible Twitter client called TwitMonger. Finally, Lisa Brooks, a Main Menu listener, tells us about Text Grabber, and OCR application for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
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Main Menu for Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100
10/11/2011This week, David Woodbridge tells us all about the Read2Go app from Bookshare for reading DAISY books on IOS devices. Then, Tim Cumings reviews the Omnitronics EPF15A Pop Filter. Following that, Chase Crispin reviews the Twitter app for IOS devices. We complete the show with a review of a 3rd IOS app, this one for reading the Accessworld magazine from AFB.
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Main Menu for Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100
03/11/2011This week, Chase Crispin brings us a Tech Update, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to use the calculator with VoiceOver in Apple OS 10.7 Lion, Tim Cummings reviews the Cad C-195 Microphone, and Chase Crispin shows us the various uses of Wi-fi on the Book Port Plus.