Accessible World

On Monday,March first, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time, Tek Talk presents An interview with Joel Snyder, Director of American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project.

Larry Skutchan introduces the latest generation Digital Talking Book player and Recorder, Book Port Plus from American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.
He explains that the combination of advanced hardware and innovative firmware combine to make this portable device an essential tool to nearly any student, professional, or even the casual DTB reader.
The presentation demonstrates playback and navigation of titles from NLS, RFBD, and bookshare.org and highlights the features that distinguish this device from the rest of the portable players including the following:

Accessible World's Tek Talk will feature Scott White and Renee West from NFB-NEWSLINE®, the free service that provides audible access to over 300 newspapers and magazines, as well as TV listings. Scott and Renee will talk about the use and value of the service and why access technology fans should check out NFB-NEWSLINE® Online. They will also cover other exciting upgrades and additions to NFB-NEWSLINE®, as well as discussing what is on the horizon.

The NFB of Georgia has created a really nice promotional video about NFB-NEWSLINE®: http://www.youtube.com/user/nfbga#p/u/2/7vygr3SuF6E

Learn all about Dolphin's latest version of EasyReader 5.0. This is a software digital talking book player: through a combination of text, speech and images, users read and listen to books as well as other media. Dave Williams will demonstrate how to quickly navigate to sections of books, and change the reading voice. In addition, he will explain how users can customize text, change background and highlight colors, search for words and phrases, and place bookmarks in a book to highlight areas of interest

In 2005, long before access to iTunes was easier for visually impaired people to access than it is now, T&T Consultancy developed J-Tunes - an interface linking the popular JAWS for Windows screen-reader and the iTunes music management system. In 2009, they presented to Accessible World iTunes Version 4, considerably enhancing the basic functionality output from the screen-reader to iTunes.

Walt Kramer will show us how to make most efficient use of the Windows volume control during Tek Talk on Monday, February 1, 2010.
Through adjustments made in the Windows volume control, we can record our own voice as well as what we hear on our computers. The key to success is proper settings. Once such settings are in place, QuickMix can be combined with shortcuts and hotkeys to make it easy to move between one group of settings and another, depending on your project.

This week’s Tek Talk features Larry Lewis, President, Flying Blind LLC. He will be unveiling Mobilespeak Version 4, Code Factory’s globally acclaimed screen reading solution for hundreds of Mobile Phones. Larry will be discussing the newly implemented features of MS 4 including improved text to speech, enhanced Braille support, and the adoption of “gesture” commands for devices with touch screens. He also will describe the innovative solution for transferring Mobilespeak licenses among mobile technologies.

What was cool at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show from the perspective of a blind
user?
Mike May will talk about his 5 days of exploration around the millions of square
feet in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Mike has attended CES since 1984. For several
years, he produced an audio summary report for Playback Magazine, which are archived
at
http://www.SenderoGroup.com/products/mikeproducts.htm
For the first time, Mike will share his CES findings in real-time with others interested
in tools and gadgets. Some are very accessible, some are not. All are easier to explain

Do you have a hard time picturing how a blind person can use the iPhone, the first-ever
accessible touch-screen device?
Do you wonder how the iPhone can enhance the quality of your life and with navigation?
Dean Martineau will give an overview of the use of this popular device, then elaborate
on its productivity and navigation features, as well as its wonders as a portable
world-ranging radio receiver.

Greetings! I would like you to know what the purpose of this web site is, and a little about the people who make it a great site. Since I started this contraption, I guess I'll tell you a little about myself. I am a business-man originally from Mount Morris, Michigan. For the last few years I have been the CEO of Talking Communities. Before this I was involved in several adventures including working at a Center for the Blind, land development, teaching people how to own their own business, several years working with the homeless in Mesa, Arizona, and buying and selling real-estate.