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Archives of SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for January 2012 Are Now Available

jpauls — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:07:36 +0000

The archives of the latest episode of SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech For January 2012 are now available. Feel free to listen to an audio presentation of the show, view the show notes page, or replay the Accessible Event archive of the show.

However you choose to listen, we trust that you will enjoy the presentation.

SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for January, 2012

lisas — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:56:35 +0000

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About our Presenters

Hai Nguyen Ly is a Technical Support Specialist for KNFB Reading Technologies, INC. He loves the adventures that come with being the father of a toddler, which is a second full-time job. If he can find some down time, you can usually find him reading and tweeting about the latest and greatest innovations in technology.

Dean Martineau is an access technology trainer and long-time producer of the popular Top Tech Tidbits Newsletter, which is well-known to many. He is also recognized for his collaboration on the book Getting Started with the iPhone, and for his work on producing Sound Computing Magazine.

Wade Wingler is the Director of Assistive Technology with the INDATA Project at Easter Seals Crossroads in Indiana, and was instrumental in starting Assistive Technology Radio.

In the Community

Ariadne GPS and iBlink Radio inducted into the Apple Vis Hall of Fame

Blind Bargains 5^th Annual Access Awards (Voting Round)

GW Micro Announces Release of GWConnect (Formerly GWSkype)

Blind Bargains Poll on Note Taker versus Laptop and iPhone

Books

Mainstream Access to E-Books–What Works, What Doesn’t, and What Is Still Unclear

More than half of Americans think we’ll never go paperless (survey)

What you won’t see at CES: Ebook readers

Braille

Project to create open source Braille display

Hims Announces the Braille Edge

Humanware expanding line with new 80 cell Brailliant

Tech

XP still top OS but Windows 7 hot on its trail

Kurzweil Educational Systems Releases firefly: a Universally Accessible Web-based Literacy Solution

Firefox 10 arrives with new dev tools and full-screen API

Apple

iPhone is 5 Years Old Today

Accessible Firefox on Mac OS X – things are ramping up

Everything you need to know about the Apple Education Announcement from Gizmodo

Misc

Is Stephen Hawking’s voice music to the ears?

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SeroTalk Podcast 92: Armpit Noises

jpauls — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:04:19 +0000

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This week, as Joe Steinkamp sails the high seas and eats food of all kinds, Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger, and Lisa Salinger discuss the top news stories of the week. Then, Jamie Pauls visits with Mike Calvo about two Bluetooth headsets that work with devices such as an iPhone. Next, Mike reviews a couple of devices which can make players such as the iPod Nano or Victor Reader Stream Bluetooth-compatible.

CES

What mattered on CES Day 1

5 CES gadgets that caught our eye

Nuance gets jump on voice activated TV

RIM touts BlackBerry PlayBook OS: Better late than never?

Will tablets eventually replace laptops?

What you won’t see at CES: Ebook readers

Stronger Gorilla Glass 2 means thinner touch screens

Apple News

Apple to host January 19 ‘education event’ in New York

iPhone turns 5 years old on January 9^th

Comcast AnyPlay will stream live TV to your iPad

Strong sales of iPhone 4S a precursor to ‘monster’ launch of redesigned ‘iPhone 5′

iPhone cannibalizing Android sales

Self Promotion

Listen to That Android Show and Triple-click Home for the latest Android and Apple news

SeroSpectives: Dining in The Light

Listen to Lisa Salinger share her life-altering story with Debbie Hazelton on ACB Radio Mainstream

AT News

Code Factory’s Mobile Accessibility Free to Sprint Customers [with demo video]

GW Micro has a new GW-Apps list

Feature Writer Alena Roberts – The Quest to Create a Low Cost Braille Display

Upcoming New ADA Rules Will Prompt ATM Overhauls

Navigon v2.01 discussion on AppleVis

Roundabout

Intel Exploring Ways to Help Stephen Hawking Speak

Blame the Internet: London’s burglars won’t even steal CDs, DVDs

SeroTalk Podcast 91: Time Is Up

jpauls — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:33:50 +0000

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This week, Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger, and Joe Steinkamp discuss the top news stories of the week which include:

Happy New Year, celebrate with a tradition with a described audio of the Tournament of Roses Parade! The archive of the audio will remain on the front page of iBlink Radio for a short time.

Ariadne GPS and iBlink Radio inducted into the Apple Vis Hall of Fame

Nominations begin for the Blind Bargains Awards

Orion Status Update

Subscribe to the announce list at orion-announce-request@freelists.org with subscribe in the subject line.

GW Micro Launches GWSkype

JAWS Scripts for Station Playlist Studio have been updated

Stem Stumper 1.8 has been released

Mainstream Access to E-Books–What Works, What Doesn’t, and What Is Still Unclear

Project to create open source Braille display

More than half of Americans think we’ll never go paperless (survey)

Apple

Apple January event to focus on publishing, iBooks, report says

Shopping for an Apple product? Choose refurbished every time

General Tech

RIM has “lost it”: Shareholders call for company break-up, or sell-off

It’s Time to Give GoDaddy a Break [OP-ED]

XP still top OS but Windows 7 hot on its trail

Mailbag

Round About

Mobile devices: Five predictions for 2012

A prosthetic ‘eye’ may help blind see

Wearable Robots Help Paralyzed Warriors Walk Again

This Year in Assistive Technology for 2011

lisas — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:09:24 +0000

Serospectives: This Year in Tech for 2011

Presented by Lisa Salinger

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Year in Tech for 2011

What delights the senses more than leftover fruitcake, is more exciting than freezing in Times Square, and will change your life more than another batch of New Year’s resolutions? It’s This Year in Technology. Come join our guests: J.J. Meddaugh of Blind Bargains fame, as well as Joe Steinkamp and Jamie Pauls from Serotek, as they count down the top ten technology-related events that shaped 2011, and reveal their choice for Number One!

JANUARY

show notes page from TMIAT Jan 2011

Stories

Zoom Reader

Hope for Pandora

NVDA needs your help to continue on

Kindle for PC

FEBRUARY

Show notes page for Feb TMIAT

The Cobra Screen Reader emerges

MARCH

Show notes for March TMIAT

ATT to buy T Mobile

Mobile Accessibility for Android released

Launch of Android Access.net

Horizons for the Blind and A T Guys Join Forces to Launch Cutting Edge Product Information using Bar Codes

Here are some additional technology Top Ten Lists for your enjoyment.

Mashable’s Top Ten iOS apps of 2011

ZDNet’s Top 10 Security Stories in 2011

8 Jokes, Memes and Parady Accounts of 2011

The best and worst of Sci Fi TV in 2011

APRIL

Show notes for TMIT

Mozilla launches the Aurora Channel for new Accessibility features

MAY

Show Notes for May TMIAT

Microsoft dials up Skype

DocuScan Plus launches for the Mac

Bureau of Engraving launches money reader app for iOS

Chromium OS has built in screen reader

JUNE

show notes for June TMIAT

Here come the Chromebooks

JULY

Show notes for July TMIT

code Factory releases the Accessible Browser and Music Player for Android

The BookSense 2.3 update includes Voice Recognition

Blio for iOS released

NVDA gets grant from Mozilla

Apple unleashes a Lion to the Mac App Store

Google Labs shutting down

AUGUST

Show notes for July TIMT

Steve Jobs Resigns

Google Plus Keyboard Accessibility

ACB/Google Survey on computer usage

Nuance acquires Loquendo

SEPTEMBER

Show Notes for September TMIAT

Microsoft talks Windows 8

Facebook launches major redesign

Here is a list of the Top Five things that Serotek has done this past year.

5 DocuScan Plus launches for the Mac

4 iBlink Radio for Android makes Apple Vis Hall of fame

3 SAM Vets Program

2 The launch of SPN, new shows and some guy as a new host of a little old show called SeroTalk

1 The community! It sounds silly but its true. Either you guys passing around the April Fool’s GTO Notetaker announcement, the 13 days of Christmas with matt and the Guide Dogs or the wonderful way people tell other people about our convention coverage or the Rose Bowl parade. The community is at the heart of it all and we sincerely thank all of you!

OCTOBER

Show notes for October TMIAT

Tribute to Steve Jobs

Siri and the iPhone 4s

Kindle Fire, down in flames!

NOVEMBER

Show notes for November TMIAT

OCR add on for NVDA

Robot Guide Dogs?

Google releases Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich

DECEMBER

AT&T withdraws bid for T Mobile

GW Skype

Top Ten list

10 Chrome OS includes ChromeVox ScreenReader

9 Ipplex Releases $1.99 LookTel Money Reader for iOS Devices

8 Google unleashes Android Ice Cream Sandwich with Explore by Touch and other accessibility improvements

7 NFB Blind Driver Challenge

6 GW Skype Released, controversy abounds over ads in software

5 Steve Jobs dies

4 Code Factory Releases Mobile Accessibility for Android

3 Apple to launch iPhone 4S simultaneously with AT&T, Verizon and Sprint

2 Demise of Qwitter accessible Twitter client, replacements emerge

1 Amazon Kindle Fire released, completely inaccessible

If you would like to share your thoughts with us, leave us a message in iBlink via iReport, or drop us an email resources@serotek.com

SeroSpectives: This Year in Tech for 2011

jpauls — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:14:38 +0000

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Year in Tech for 2011

JANUARY

show notes page from TMIAT Jan 2011

Stories

Zoom Reader

Hope for Pandora

NVDA needs your help to continue on

Kindle for PC

FEBRUARY

Show notes page for Feb TMIAT

The Cobra Screen Reader emerges

MARCH

Show notes for March TMIAT

ATT to buy T Mobile

Mobile Accessibility for Android released

Launch of Android Access.net

Horizons for the Blind and A T Guys Join Forces to Launch Cutting Edge Product Information using Bar Codes

Here are some additional technology Top Ten Lists for your enjoyment.

Mashable’s Top Ten iOS apps of 2011

ZDNet’s Top 10 Security Stories in 2011

8 Jokes, Memes and Parady Accounts of 2011

The best and worst of Sci Fi TV in 2011

APRIL

Show notes for TMIT

Mozilla launches the Aurora Channel for new Accessibility features

MAY

Show Notes for May TMIAT

Microsoft dials up Skype

DocuScan Plus launches for the Mac

Bureau of Engraving launches money reader app for iOS

Chromium OS has built in screen reader

JUNE

show notes for June TMIAT

Here come the Chromebooks

JULY

Show notes for July TMIT

code Factory releases the Accessible Browser and Music Player for Android

The BookSense 2.3 update includes Voice Recognition

Blio for iOS released

NVDA gets grant from Mozilla

Apple unleashes a Lion to the Mac App Store

Google Labs shutting down

AUGUST

Show notes for July TIMT

Steve Jobs Resigns

Google Plus Keyboard Accessibility

ACB/Google Survey on computer usage

Nuance acquires Loquendo

SEPTEMBER

Show Notes for September TMIAT

Microsoft talks Windows 8

Facebook launches major redesign

Here is a list of the Top Five things that Serotek has done this past year.

5 DocuScan Plus launches for the Mac

4 iBlink Radio for Android makes Apple Vis Hall of fame

3 SAM Vets Program

2 The launch of SPN, new shows and some guy as a new host of a little old show called SeroTalk

OCTOBER

Show notes for October TMIAT

Tribute to Steve Jobs

Siri and the iPhone 4s

Kindle Fire, down in flames!

NOVEMBER

Show notes for November TMIAT

OCR add on for NVDA

Robot Guide Dogs?

Google releases Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich

DECEMBER

AT&T withdraws bid for T Mobile

GW Skype

Top Ten list

10 Chrome OS includes ChromeVox ScreenReader 9 Ipplex Releases $1.99 LookTel Money Reader for iOS Devices

8 Google unleashes Android Ice Cream Sandwich with Explore by Touch and other accessibility improvements

7 NFB Blind Driver Challenge 6 GW Skype Released, controversy abounds over ads in software

5 Steve Jobs dies 4 Code Factory Releases Mobile Accessibility for Android 3 Apple to launch iPhone 4S simultaneously with AT&T, Verizon and Sprint 2 Demise of Qwitter accessible Twitter client, replacements emerge 1 Amazon Kindle Fire released, completely inaccessible

If you would like to share your thoughts with us, leave us a message in iBlink via iReport, or drop us an email resources@serotek.com

Coming Soon: This Year In Assistive Technology for 2011

jpauls — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:09:31 +0000

To join the event when it begins, go to

http://edge.accessibleevent.com/044017057/

SeroTalk Podcast 90: Getting It Done!

jpauls — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:02:48 +0000

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On this week’s podcast, Jamie Pauls interviews three guests. Our first guest is Dan Aranoff, a blind food critic from New York City who began his writing career by blogging about things that frustrated him and eventually turned his writing into a passion for food.

Our second guest is Michael Barnes, a gentleman who was frustrated with the difficulty he was having in playing some old DOS games by Rich De Steno on his Windows 7 computer and ended up co-developing an iOS app that allows the playing of these games on an iOS device.

Our third guest is Russell Rowland, a student who was initially reluctant to go to college but now embraces the experience and encourages others to make their dreams come true.

Finally, Serotek’s own Lisa Salinger explores some of the more confusing aspects of Microsoft Security Essentials available from Ninite.com among other places and demonstrates how to use the program effectively with any screen reader.

What do all of these stories have in common, you may ask? Each of our four guests saw a problem or a a challenge and tackled it head on. They didn’t take no for an answer and they didn’t let obstacles detour them from their goals.

We trust that this podcast will both entertain and inspire you as you listen.

SeroTalk Podcast 89: Mamba Shift Music

jpauls — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:19:37 +0000

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 89: Mamba Shift Music

This week, Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger, and Joe Steimkamp discuss the top news stories of the week including the following:

Apple

Introducing the Apple Vis Hall of Fame

Introducing the AppleVis iOS App Hall of Fame

Has Apple pulled an app you’ve purchased from the App Store? Here is how to insure that you always have access to it:

Next we turn to a discussion on iOS Skype, Netflix and Joe’s fave King’s Corner updates.

CNETNews: Study says: You now spend more time with your mobile device than with newspapers and magazines.

FAA approves iPads in the cockpit; American Airlines to start Friday

Read2Go, 1.0.2.0, is now approved by Apple and is available in app store.

Microsoft releases OneNote as the first Office app for the iPad

Follow Up Stories

Carrier IQ Gets Transparent About Its Mobile Monitoring

FBI using Carrier IQ info for “law enforcement purposes,” refuses to release records

Richard Stallman: Facebook does massive surveillance

Google

Facebook tops Google’s own offerings to become most popular Android app

Google’s response to Siri is codenamed Majel, could be released by end of year

Holiday Shopping

PC makers losing interest in tablets, hope Ultrabooks will improve margins

From AFB Senior Site: Holiday Guide for Family Members of People with Vision Loss

5 geek gifts I would like to find under the tree this year

Back by popular demand: The Accessible 12 Days of Christmas featuring Matt Campbell and the Robot Guide Dog Orchestra

Mailbag

From Tony Schwartz

Responding to a listener who posted a question regarding the removal of the accessible Google page, I to liked the uncluttered look of the accessible Google search page. When it disappeared, I did some looking about and found the page again at this unlikely URL:

Not very practical to read on air, but perhaps you can post the address in the show notes.

Thanks,

Tony

SeroTalk Podcast 88: Do These Podcasts Make Me Look Fat?

jpauls — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:43:08 +0000

Listen to Serotalk Podcast 88: Do These Podcasts Make Me Look Fat?

This week, Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger, and Joe Steinkamp discuss the top news stories of the week. Then, Jamie Pauls and Mike Calvo discuss three Christmas gift ideas for the holiday season. Items reviewed by Mike include:

Twelve South PlugBug All-in-One Dual Charger for MacBook and iPad, iPhone, or iPod

Price: $34.99

Nespresso Pixie Espresso Maker

List Price: $249.00

Price: $149.40

50 NESPRESSO Capsules Varieties COFFEE NEW

Price: $53.89

The news stories covered in this week’s podcast include the following:

Holidays and Shopping

Having a Secret Santa gift exchange at work? These gifts, all under $20, are useful, memorable, and just plain cool

Why you should avoid cheap tablets

Amazon Kindle Fire owners are reporting a Wi-Fi bug