Tek Talk welcomes Jeff Bishop to discuss Mastodon. 08/21/2023
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Accessible World seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them.
Tek Talk welcomes Adi Kushnir, Venkatesh Chari, and Andre Polykanine of AccessMind to discuss their first product the Optima Braille laptop computer. 08/07/2023
The below is a direct quote from Adi’s email: “It has been a long time dream for many of us to change the landscape of assistive technologies produced for blind and visually impaired people. We want to get products that are truly innovative, match the 21st century, always connected, and upgradable. Products that really return
Tek Talk welcomes participants to share their suggestions and requests for future Tek Talk programs. 07/31/2023
As we all know, technology changes continuously with a multitude of new products and accessibility features available. Please bring your suggestions and requests for topics you want discussed in future Tek Talk programs. Presenter Contact Info Open forum
Tek Talk welcomes a panel of convention attendees to discuss their experience at the recent national conventions. 07/24/2023
A panel including Michael Babcock, Steve Bauer, Brad Snyder, Mary Beth Metzger, Larry Gassman, and Mike Tindell will discuss their experience at the recent national conventions. Audience participants who attended will also be invited to share their experience. Presenter Contact Info Not available
Tek Talk welcomes Mike Tindell and Damian Pickering of Dream Vision Group to discuss the new braille display with built in note taking from Help Tech the Activator. 07/17/2023
Join Mike Tindell and Damian Pickering with Dream Vision Group for Tek Talk on Monday July 17th. We are very excited to bring to the Tek Talk community a brand new device released by Help Tech the Activator. Join us to learn more about this revolutionary and innovative braille display with built in note taking
Tek Talk welcomes Barry Scheur and Lisa Salinger, GuideLights And Gadgets, Inc. and Venkatesh Chari, Orbit Research, Inc., to introduce the new Orbit Speak. The Best of Then with the Future of Now. 06/12/2023
We are excited to have the opportunity to make the initial presentation about the Orbit Speak on TekTalk. For those of us who remember the excitement of using our first speech based notetaker those many years ago, that time has come again. The Orbit Speak is a Braille bluetooth keyboard notetaker, book reader, and personal
Tek Talk welcomes Michael Janssen, founder and CEO of AYES Inc., to discuss OKO, the revolutionary new pedestrian crossing app. 06/05/2023
AYES Inc. is developing an AI service to assist the blind and visually impaired to explore cities effortlessly. They have developed a mobile application, called OKO, that assists blind and visually impaired people to receive the status of the pedestrian traffic light and helps you with not veering off when crossing the street. OKO doesn’t
Tek Talk welcomes Daniel Lubiner, CEO of Touch Pad Pro Foundation, and Matthew Bullis, Chief Experience Officer, to discuss The Braille Doodle. 05/22/2023
To describe this product, the BrailleDoodle has an array of hundreds of holes, and each hole contains a smooth metal ball that can be pulled to the surface by a magnetic stylus. A tiny spring under each ball holds it up with just the proper force, and the user simply pushes the balls back down
Tek Talk welcomes Michael McCulloch and Advanced iBUG member Hershi Trivedi of iBUG Today, Inc. 05/15/2023
for an update on everything iBUG has to offer. Presenter Contact Info Website: https://ibugtoday.com/
Tek Talk welcomes David Kingsbury, an Assistive Technology Instructor at the Carroll Center for the Blind, to discuss his new book the Second Edition of The Windows Screen Reader Primer: All the Basics and More. 05/08/2023
Below is the information on the second edition of this resource copied from this Carroll Center website: https://carroll.org/the-windows-screen-reader-primer-all-the-basics-and-more-second-edition/ The second edition of The Windows Screen Reader Primer: All the Basics and More is now out. We are making it available to you for free in Word and ePub formats. It is authored by David Kingsbury,
Tek Talk welcomes Janet Dickelman, National Convention Coordinator, American Council of the Blind, to discuss the topic: “The 2023 ACB Convention.” 05/01/2023
Want to know about the 2023 ACB National Convention? Join Janet Dickelman, ACB convention coordinator, Saint Paul, MN to find out. Learn about the General Sessions, the Affiliate presentations, the exhibit hall, and the tours. If you can not be there in person, learn how you can listen as a part of The ACB Media
Tek Talk welcomes Earle Harrison of HIMS to discuss the SensePlayer. 04/24/2023
Below is the information on the SensePlayer copied from the HIMS product website: The SensePlayer is more than your normal multimedia player. Read and play your favorite documents and media from a wide variety of supported file types using the tactile keyboard that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand. Access web radio, download
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