Accessible World

Presenter: Dean Martineau, Top Dot Enterprises. dean@topdotenterprises.com
http://www.topdotenterprises.com
Do you ever become frustrated with the limitations of My Computer or windows Explorer for managing your files? Would you like to learn about a free program that is both more powerful than the aforementioned ones and at the same time is designed with the needs of visually-impaired keyboard users in mind? Jamal Mazrui has created TextPal, a free file manager with great power and flexibility. Many of its capabilities will be demonstrated during the next Tek Talk training event.

Presenter: Rob Hancik rhancik@verizon.net
The Accessible World Tek Talk online training this week focused on GoldWave, one of the most popular and highest rated audio editors for Windows. GoldWave is a professional digital audio editor that can be used to play, edit, mix, restore, and analyze audio, or apply special effects, such as fade, equalizer, doppler, mechanize, echo, reverse, time warp, noise reduction, pop/click filter. New files can be recorded from cassettes, albums, radio, microphone, etc. or digitally copied from audio CDs.

Presenters: Gene Asner gsasner@ripco.com
Rob Turner. rbturner1@sbcglobal.net
If there is one experience all computer users have it is having a program or programs freeze or crash. When it happens, either we panic and vow never to use a computer again, or we calmly determine the cause and take the necessary steps to bring our computer back to life. Admittedly, it requires knowledge to take the latter approach.

Presenter: Devon Wilkins, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.
theharness@rogers.com
Tek Talk focused this week on the DS-40 Olympus slim, handheld digital voice recorder. You will learn how the device provides the versatility Needed to get the most out of digital voice recording, playback and management. Its 512 MB built-in memory provides up to 134 hours. Of multi-media format recording, including the ability to download and create podcasts.

Presenter 1: Walt Kramer (wokwest@charter.net)
Presenter 2: Gene Asner [gsasner@ripco.com]

Presenter: Matthew Bullis, Phoenix, Arizona. matthewbullis@runbox.com
Although shopping online is extremely popular with most computer users, using screen readers to navigate eBay, Amazon and other attractive and feature rich websites makes the task challenging and sometimes nearly impossible. Join us this week in the Accessible World Tek Talk training room where Matthew Bullis, a blind experienced computer user, will share ways he has learned to successfully buy and sell on eBay.

Presenter: Mike Gibson, Blindness Product Specialist. 800-722-3393 Ext 264.
Email: mike.gibson@humanware.com. http://www.humanware.com.
Part Two of the comparison between two popular notetakers during the Tek Talk online event Monday, May 7, 2007. Last week the features of Freedom Scientifics' Pac Mate were reviewed in detail. This week discussion will focus on the HumanWare's BrailleNote mPower.

Presenters: Rob Turner. 818-445-8853. rbturner1@sbcglobal.net
Mike Stearn
Two experienced computer and access technology veterans will compare the PAC Mate and BrailleNote mPower note takers from a consumer's perspective. Some of the features to be compared are: built-in help, synchronizing data with a PC, editing text, web browsing, and file management. Audience participants asked questions and offer their feedback.

Presenter: Michael Curran, Australia. Email: mick@kulgan.net.
www.nvda-project.org
Presentation 1:
the Accessible World Tek Talk event focused on NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA), a free and open source screen reader for Microsoft Windows Created by Michael Curran, with help from James Teh and others. During the demonstration, you will learn how NVDA enables blind and vision impaired people to use their computers for no more cost than the computer and Operating System itself.

Accessibility Specialist Walt Kramer will present a useful mini-tutorial on
list view management.