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Main Menu 14 Sep 2012

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September 14, 2012
This week's show features a great group of informative segments you won't want to miss. Paul Warner brings us OBI 2.0 part III. DAISY book creation software. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia tells us about the Changes to accessing Spotlight with Voice Over in Mountain Lion. Macy McClain reviews the NFB Newsline iOS app and demos its' features. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia tells us about Voice Over Sounds in Mountain Lion. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

Main Menu 07 Sep 2012

Main Menu for Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

September 7, 2012
This week's show features a great group of informative segments you won't want to miss. Paul Warner brings us the second part of his review of OBI 2.0 a free daisy book production software. Shane Davidson brings us the final part of his interview and demo of the Swamp Audio Game. Jamey Pauls from The SeroTalk Podcast Network interviews a representative from Envision America at the ACB 2012 Convention. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!!

Main Menu 31 Aug 2012

Main Menu for Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

August 31, 2012
This week, we begin by airing the first part of a podcast from Paul Warner of VICT Consultancy about the accessible OBI 2.0 software for creating DAISY books. Then, Jamie Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network at the 2012 ACB convention interviews a representative from National Braille Press about some of their new books and products. Next, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia demonstrates accessing and writing text documents on iCloud using Voice Over and Text Edit in Mountain Lion. Jamie Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network returns again with another interview from ACB 2012, this time he speaks with Dolphin computer access about some new updates and products coming soon from them. Finally, Shane Davidson continues his interview and demo of the Swamp audio game.

Main Menu 24 Aug 2012

Main Menu for Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

August 24, 2012
David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to the Accessibility Panel in Mountain Lion. Jamey Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network at the 2012 ACB Convention interviews a representative from IRIE AT, and they discuss a number of the items that they are selling. Shane Davidson brings us the third part of his interview and demo of the Swamp Audio Game. Jamey Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network interviews a representative from the American Printing House for the Blind and they discuss a number of the products being sold by APH. And finally we hear an interesting discussion of the good and bad of Apple OSX by the hosts of The Technology Wizzard Podcast.

Main Menu 17 Aug 2012

Main Menu for Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

August 17, 2012
David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to a new release of Fleksy a way of inputting information into your iOS device and shows us many of its' new features. Stuart Lawler from the National Council for the Blind of ireland introduces the screen reader for Blackberry cell phones and demos some of its' features. Jamey Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network at the 2012 ACB Convention interviews Ron Miller from Freedom Scientific, and they discuss some of the new products from FS. Shane Davidson brings us the second part of his interview and demo of the Swamp Audio Game. And David Woodbridge demos the Accessibility Panel shortcuts in Mountain Lion. Main Menu can first be heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Visit the Main Menu website at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

Main Menu 10 Aug 2012

Main Menu for Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

August 10, 2012
David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to Fleksy, a new way of inputting information into your iOS device Shane Davidson introduces us to the Swamp Audio Game. And Jamey Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network brings us an interview with a representative from Humanware at the 2012 ACB Convention. Main Menu can first be heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Visit the Main Menu website at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

Main Menu 03 Aug 2012

Main Menu for Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

August 3, 2012
No it isn't the Olympics, but this week MainMenu goes around the world to bring you the latest information on accessible technologies for the blind and visually impaired. We start with a tech update from Executive Producer Chase Crispin. Then, Host David Tanner interviews staff from Accomplish, developers of the Cash Manager accessible bookkeeping software from their headquarters in New Zealand. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to the new dictation feature in Mountain Lion. Come along with us on our world wide trip to bring you the latest in fine accessible technologies you will want to try on your home or business computer. Main Menu can first be heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Visit the Main Menu website at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

Main Menu 27 Jul 2012

Main Menu for Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

July 27, 2012
Just hours ago, Apple released their new operating system, Mac OS10.8, known as Mountain Lion. Main Menu is pleased to be one of the first to cover this brand new operating system. On this week's Main Menu, Chase Crispin speaks with David Woodbridge about many new and exciting features in Mountain Lion. David then demonstrates some of the new changes in accessibility that you will find when you upgrade to Mountain Lion. We will bring you more demos of Mountain Lion functions in the coming weeks as well. This is an exciting show that you won't want to miss, especially if you are a Mac user who is going to upgrade, or who has just upgraded, to Mountain Lion. Main Menu can first be heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Visit the Main Menu website at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

Main Menu 20 Jul 2012

Main Menu for Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

July 20, 2012
Executive Producer Chase Crispin starts off this week's show with a tech update. David Tanner interviews Stephen Baum from Kurzweil Educational Systems and we find out about all the new features in the recently released version 13 of the Kurzweil1000 accessible OCR scanning software. It's all on MainMenu this week on ACBRadio Mainstream! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

Main Menu 06 Jul 2012

Main Menu for Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

July 6, 2012
Executive Producer Chase Crispin starts off this week's show with a tech update. David Tanner interviews Dan Wirich from GW Micro about their support for the software and hardware that allows students to actively participate in scientific experiments at school, college and in the professional world. Chase returns with a demonstration of the new Podcasts app from Apple. And, Chase finally introduces us to and demonstrates use of the new 2012 Convention Calendar for your IOS phone or Microsoft Outlook. Have the entire schedule in your hand. It's all on MainMenu this week on acbradio Mainstream! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org