Terrie l.arnold
Begin forwarded message: From: "Flying Blind, LLC" <[email protected]> Date: October 20, 2011 1:04:17 AM CDT To: [email protected] Subject: Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, October 20, 2011 - Volume 323 Reply-To: [email protected] Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 323 The Week's News in Adaptive Technology A Flying Blind, LLC Publication http://www.flying-blind.com/ To make certain you receive each Volume of Top Tech Tidbits, please add [email protected] to your address book. Read this Volume of Top Tech Tidbits on the web at: http://www.flying-blind.com/tidbits2011/10202011/index.html This Week's Featured Advertisement: Introducing LVI (Low Vision International) America! With its main offices located in Växjö, Sweden, low vision customers throughout Europe are no strangers to LVI (Low Vision International), one of the world's leading manufacturers of low vision reading and optical character recognition solutions! 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Dear Terrie, 1) The October, 2011 issue of accessWorld is now available, featuring articles about employment, a review of the Braille Sense OnHand, a discussion of the new AccessWorld app for the iPhone, and more. http://www.afb.org/accessworld 2) John Martin has updated his BlindTunes JAWS scripts for the latest version of iTunes. http://www.BlindTunes.net/BlindTunesSetup.exe 3) AccessTalk is a new technology-related podcast from the UK. http://AccessTalk.co.uk/ 4) There have been a lot of improvements in the accessibility of IOS5, the latest version of the operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod. One way for users of earlier versions to learn about the changes is via Kevin Chao's Unofficial VoiceOver Change Log, which can be downloaded as a short DAISY book. http://www.guidedogswa.org/Library/openbiblio/shared/biblio_view.php?bibid=110970&tab=opac 5) A recording of the HumanWare webinar on the new Brailliant braille displays is available here: http://visit.humanware.com/e/3332/65217131-archive-1515-/86MYS/293557438 6) You can also learn about the Brailliants on Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 25 October at 00:00. http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2 7) A new mailing list has been formed to discuss accessibility of the new SiriusXM player, both to discuss strategies to access the online channels and other services and to strategize on ways of dealing with the company. To join send a blank message to [email protected] 8) The October 13, 2011 post to the NFB Access Technology Blog discusses the Ibis Reader, a cross-platform program for reading ePUB books that has some apparent advantages. http://www.nfb.org/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=868&SnID=797821620 9) From the Gizmo site, we have "Best Free Time Correction Utility" http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-time-correction-utility.htm Best Free Keyboard and Mouse Control Software http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/software-use-same-keyboard-mouse-control-multiple-computers.htm 91 Places For Free Audio Books Online http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-audio Best Free Unit and Currency Conversion Program http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-unit-conversion-program.htm *************************************** For questions and comments regarding Tidbits, please e-mail Dean Martineau at [email protected]. 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