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We bring you a wide variety of information on MainMenu this week including several interviews from the recent AFB Leadership Conference, and three presentations from David Woodbridge. David Woodbridge of our MainMenu staff starts out this week with a demonstration of using audio description on Netflix. MainMenu co-producer of MainMenu interviews a representative of Audio Eye about their new software to improve your access to the web. Next we hear a demonstration of one of the new features in the upcoming Keysoft 9.5 software release for the BrailleNote Apex from Humanware. Jeff Bishop interviews a representative from Verizon about Vela Sense for Verizon smartphones. David Woodbridge demonstrates the Apple Watch Companion App for your iOS device. Jeff Bishop finds out what is new at the American Printinghouse For the Blind. David Woodbridge shows us how to password protect a folder on our Mac. Jeff Bishop interviews a representative from Ambutech about the latest new products and upgrades in their fine

Information you want when you want it... Joseph Lee hosts part 2 of the Windows 10 with NVDA presentation started on MainMenu last week. Mary Emerson demonstrates how to reset your Amazon password using Jaws and Firefox. And, David Woodbridge shows us how to restore our Apple TV to good working condition using our Mac and Voiceover.

MainMenu is all about Windows 10, what is new, and how well does it work. We bring you news of the latest update release to iOS for your iDevice with iOS 8.3 this week. Then Joseph Lee introduces us to Windows 10 with a demonstration of some of the new features and answers some questions about other features in Windows 10.

What is new at Perkins Solutions and the 2015 NVDA Conference keynote highlight this week on MainMenu. We visit with a representative from Perkins Solutions to find out what is happening at Perkins at the CSUN 2015 conference. And, we hear part 2 of the 2015 NVDA Conference and learn even more about the latest going on at NV Access and what is coming up in the near future.

The latest news from the technology field for blind and visually impaired technology users is right here on MainMenu. And, you will hear it here first. Mark Solomon of Ai Squared presents part 2 of a webinar on "Experiencing The New Features In Window-Eyes 9.1" thanks to the fine folks at www.aisquared.com. We hear the first part of the keynote address from the March 14th 2015 NVDA 2015 Conference. Additional coverage from this conference will be coming up on MainMenu over the coming weeks. And, MainMenu Host David Tanner brings us up-to-date on the latest developments in the field that just happened this week that you may not have heard about yet.

MainMenu presents the Ai Squared training on what is new in Window-Eyes 9.1... Mark Soliman of Ai Squared presents a webiner on "Experiencing The New Features In Window-Eyes 9.1" thanks to the fine folks at www.aisquared.com. A copy of the entire presentation and worksheets for this presentation can be downloaded from the link below... the webinar recording as well as the corresponding study guide worksheet and answer key can be had by visiting: www.gwmicro.com/webinars. The download links can be found just below the heading titled Explore the New Features of Window-Eyes

MainMenu brings you coverage from CSUN 2015 including the latest news from Hims Incorperated and American Thermoform Corperation... We find out all the latest developments going on at Hims including announcement of a few new products expected in the next couple of months. David Woodbridge demonstrates the Hims Blaze EZ. And, we round up the coverage with the latest information on what is going on at American Thermoform. Keeping you informed and up-to-date is our business at MainMenu...

Here we begin with David Tanner who interviews Greg Stilson at CSun 2015 about new products and updates coming from Humanware. We also listen to David Woodbridge as he demonstrates the playlist interface in ITunes 12.

Are you ready to start traveling in your own car whenever you want? Well, that day may be closer than you expected... MainMenu Host David Tanner interviews Harry Brown about the latest developments in the driverless car perfection, and we find out that great progress is being made. MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge shows us some of the latest accessibility features on Apple TV.

Keeping you up-to-date and in the know with the latest news in the accessible technology field we present this week--- Cullen Gallagher presents a demonstration and shows us the main features of the accessible Comcast X1 settop box with voice guidance for all functions using Comcast cable, movies on demand, recording and viewing shows on the included DVR, and much more. Joseph Lee brings us an excellent tutorial and introduction to the upcoming NVDA 2015.1 version of the popular and free Non-visual Desktop Access screen reader which is expected to be released by the end of February and is now available to the public as NVDA 2015 Release candidate 1.

Have you been wondering about what UEB is, and have a lot of questions about it... ACB President Kim Charlson gives us an excellent presentation on the basics of UEB and why we need UEB. MainMenu staff person David Woodbridge shows us how to record all the sound from your iPhone on to your Mac. And, David will also show us how to use our voice for both voice dictation and computer command on your Mac.

This is part 2 of the Microsoft presentation on Windows 10.

This is part 1 of the windows 10 presentation by Microsoft.

This episode contains the final part of the highlights of Assistive Technology for 2014.

This week on Main Menu we bring you an exclusive interview with Jeremy Curry from Ai Squared. This interview is all about the new release of Window-Eyes 9.0. This will be one you won't want to miss. We also include part 2 of This Year in AT for 2014 and David Woodbridge brings us a Mac tip as well for those that want to learn how to access their Extras Menu using their track pad.

This is part 1 of the AT panel discussions.

MainMenu brings in the new year with information you will not want to miss... MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge demonstrates the use of iCloud Drive on your Mac, and shows all the great features of iCloud Drive. Edgar Introduces us to the Raspberry Pie line of Linux based computers with a price of less than $50, and they are accessible with speech. He demonstrates setting up the Raspberry Pie computer and where to find all he software you will need to make your new computer a great computer companion at a unbelieveable price. And, David Woodbridge comes back with a demonstration of how to add a finger ID to your iDevice in iOS 8.

Thanks to all who contributed to this year's holiday show, and have a very happy holiday. Welcome to the MainMenu Holiday Show where technology and the holidays meet to bring you a hour of holiday tech and holiday entertainment. With songs from the ACB Radio staff, greetings from the MainMenu staff, and much more... David Tanner introduces us to the iOS app Christmas Music 10000 Christmas Songs for Free. Thanks to Jonathan Mosen for allowing us to air his presentation of Louis The Blind Elfe Marlaina Lieberg presents a beautiful reading of A Christmas Cup Of Tea. and, James from Voice Dream Reader brings us a naration of Guidedogs The Night Before Christmas. We wish everyone a wonderful holiday season, and that you join us next week for our end of year MainMenu special.

On MainMenu this week we will learn more about Yosemite for Mac and learn more about how to develop apps for iOS. Nicholas Acasta brings us part two of his series on developing apps for iOS. David Woodbridge shows us how to change our Yosemite password to our Apple id. And, then he shows us how to use our iPhone with iTunes 12 on the Mac. Do not miss the show for December 19th. It will be our holiday show and we have a lot of special things planned to make it a very special show that you will not want to miss...

With just a small touch of the holiday season MainMenu brings you breaking news on the latest happenings in the assistive technology field. And, three very informative presentations to help you get more out of your new tech devices. Complements of the Blind Square Podcast we learn how to use blind square with apple maps. MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge brings us two new demos on new features in oSX 10.10: 1. New browsing mode with voice over on Yosemite 2. Setting up sms relay from iPhone to mack