This week on MainMenu, it is all about BARD. The BARD webpage has undergone a huge change with addition of many more features, new ways of doing things you could do on BARD have changed, and much more. MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin takes us on a review and demonstration of the new and greatly improved download webpage of the National Library Services for the Blind and Print Disabled. He will show us the new features, show us what has changed about the features you may have been using on the page previously, and will even cover how you can gain access to this on-line library if you meet the qualifications for membership. SO, DO NOT MISS MainMenu this week for sure!

Happy New Year! Have you resolved to listen to MainMenu every week this year? We hope so! MainMenu rings in 2013 with 3 new segments of interest to many who have requested reviews of Tiny Tunes and Text Detective. Cullen Gallagher brings us a review and demonstration of the new Tiny Tunes Talking MP3 Player. He shows us a lot of the great features in this little player, and a few features that need considerable improvement in their accessibility. Steve Zent then brings us a demonstration, review and discussion of the OCR app for iOS devices named Text Detective. The review was done a few weeks back, and a brand new release of this app was released on January 2nd 2013. So, you will want to hear the review and grab the updated version of this very nice app from the app store. Then David Woodbridge from www.visionaustralia.org brings us a demonstration and review of the Notes app on Mountain Lion. SO, DO NOT MISS MainMenu this week for sure!

It is a MainMenu special this week! MainMenu Host David Tanner and MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin co-host this special 2 hour review of the highlights of MainMenu for 2012, and talk about some of the plans for 2013. We look again at our coverage of the features of some of the most popular notetakers, coverage of new operating systems released this year for Windows, Mac, and iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad. We look again at our coverage of the driverless car, and give you a bit of an update on what is happening on that front. There is even more! SO, DO NOT MISS MainMenu this week for sure!

This week on MainMenu we bring you holiday greetings from Main Menu staff and listeners. MainMenu staff member Tim Cummings interviews Stephen Clower from GW Micro about the just released Window-Eyes 8.0 and all of its new features. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia Shows us how to purchase, download and run a new app all from the IOS app store on your iPhone or other IOS device. And, David also demonstrates using the Reminder app on your Mac and iPhone to help you keep track of appointments, and other details of your busy schedule. It is all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin brings us a tech update with information on three assistive technology packages that had upgrades to their software during the past week. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia reviews and demonstrates the new iTunes version 11 for Apple Mac. He covers the new features, and shows us around most of the new layout of this powerful media software from Apple Computer. It is all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Host: David Tanner brings us our third presentation on Windows 8 with a look at the Windows8 Narrator screen reader built into Windows 8. We take a look at the new more extensive set of settings available, a much richer list of reading commands, and even a way to add keyboard commands of your own to what is already provided in Narrator David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to iPhone 5 and takes us through a look at a number of new features and finishes with a look at the improvements in Siri. It is all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin interviews John Martyn of DoItBlind.com about a number of new scripts for Jaws for Windows that will make many favorite software packages much more accessible to blind users. MainMenu Host: David Tanner brings us our second presentation on Windows 8 with a look at the WWindows Charms and a bit of a preview look at the improved Narator screen reader built into Windows 8. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on Main Menu, David Tanner speaks with Eric Damery, vice president of software at Freedom Scientific about the newest from Freedom Scientific including version 14 of the JAWS for Windows screen reader and version 12 of the Magic Screen Magnification software. Next, Mary Emerson gives us a brief demo of the Miniguide mobility aid. Finally, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia demonstrates how to add and switch between Apple ID's on an Apple TV using Voice Over.

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: David Tanner interviews Harry Brown and we learn about the latest developments in the exciting field of the driverless vehicle. Yes, it really is coming, and it is already being driven on the highways in three states in the U. S. Then David Woodbridge from Vision Australia, and MainMenu staff member, introduces us to the 7th generation of the iPod Nano, and shows us how to setup VoiceOver and get your unit all setup with iTunes. It is all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: Chase Crispin, Executive Producer for MainMenu interviews Larry Skutchan about the latest tech products from American Printing House for the Blind. Then MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge from Vision Australia brings us two features: The first introduces to new features in the September 2012 release of software for Apple TV. and the second demonstrates the use of Airplay in Mountain Lion for the Mac. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!