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Main Menu 11 Feb 2011

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February 11, 2011
This week we bring you part one of our look at Window-Eyes 7.5 courtesy of GW Micro. We will look at part two of this presentation in two weeks.

Main Menu 04 Feb 2011

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February 4, 2011
This week, we bring you two weeks' worth of Tech updates from Chase Crispin. Also, Mary Emerson shows us SARA, Camera Edition, Freedom Scientific's stand-alone scan and read appliance. Finally, we bring you the first in a series of interviews from this year's ATIA conference courtesy of Blind Bargains. In our first installment, J.J. Meddaugh talks with the president of Enabling Technologies about The Phoenix, the world's first multifunction brailler.

Main Menu 28 Jan 2011

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January 28, 2011
On this week's show, David Tanner brings us part 1 of a thorough review of Open Book 9 from Freedom Scientific.

Main Menu 21 Jan 2011

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January 21, 2011
This week we begin with a Tech update from Chase Crispin. Next, Aaron Linson provides a review of the Kindle 3. Finally, Kevin Chao demonstrates the Apple TV using VoiceOver.

Main Menu 14 Jan 2011

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January 14, 2011
This week, we visit with Christopher Toth about Hope, an accessible interface for the Pandora music service. Next, we rebroadcast episode four of the VoiceOver On podcast which takes a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of the newest generation of the Apple TV with VoiceOver Access. After that, Chase Crispin demonstrates how to enter addresses on the Trekker Breeze from HumanWare. Finally, Mary Emerson demonstrates Unrestrict PDF, a program that can provide greater access to encrypted PDF files.

Main Menu 07 Jan 2011

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January 7, 2011

This week, after our weekly Tech Update feature courtesy of Chase Crispin,</1> we visit with John Martyn who has written a set of Jaws scripts for Rhapsody, the popular online music subscription service. The scripts bring access to the Rhapsody application that has been almost impossible up to this point. After the interview, we take the scripts for a short test drive. Main Menu airs on Fridays at 9 PM Eastern or Saturdays at 2 UTC. Call the Main Menu comment line at (206) 339-0954. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php

Main Menu 31 Dec 2010

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December 31, 2010
We have covered a lot of stories on Main Menu over the past year, and so it seemed appropriate to highlight some of them. That's exactly what we do on this week's show, but first we bring you holiday greetings from ACB president Mitch Pomerantz and then we give you a short tech update from Chase Crispin. Main Menu airs on Fridays at 9 PM Eastern or Saturdays at 2 UTC. Call the Main Menu comment line at (206) 339-0954. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php

Main Menu 17 Dec 2010

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December 17, 2010
When Dr. Robert Carter and Larry Skutchan sit down and have a conversation about accessible technology, you know the conversation will be both entertaining and informative. On this week's show, we bring you a rebroadcast of a recent Tech Doctor podcast where Robert and Larry discuss the past, present, and future of accessible technology. Sit back, enjoy, and learn!

Main Menu 10 Dec 2010

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December 10, 2010
This week, we visit with Pratik Patel about The Center for Access and Innovation in Technology (CAIT,) a new nonprofit organization that will, among other things, develop technology products and services that are affordable. Next, Matt Vollbrecht demonstrates the newest generation of the Apple TV with VoiceOver support.

Main Menu 04 Dec 2010

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December 4, 2010
This week, we have two tech updates from Chase Crispin. Next, we bring you the premier episode of a new podcast, VoiceOver On, where we learn about the new features found in IOS 4.1. After that, Kevin Chao demonstrates Digit-Eyes, a bar code scanning app for IOS devices. Then, Stephen Guerra demonstrates the Moshi clock radio available from Independent Living Aids. Finally, we visit with Ricky Enger about DocuScan Plus, a cloud-based OCR solution from Serotek.