Category Archives: Assistive Technology

SPN Special: 2013 Convention Special 4

Listen to SPN Special: 2013 Summer Convention Number 4 Yep, you guessed it, this is our fourth of five specials sponsored by HIMS, Inc featuring the latest in things that beep, flash or talk from the NFB and ACB National … Continue reading

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SPN Special: 2013 Convention Special Number 3

Listen to SPN Special: 2013 Summer Convention Number 3 We are only halfway through the audio goodness sponsored by HIMS, Inc that we captured from both the NFB and ACB Summer Conventions with this, our third of five SPN Specials. … Continue reading

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SPN Special: 2013 Convention Special Number 1

Listen to SPN Special: 2013 Summer Convention Number 1 Welcome to the first of five specials from both the 2013 National Federation of The Blind convention from not so sunny Orlando, and the American Council For The blind Convention from … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Technology for June, 2013

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for June, 2013 Replay the Accessible Event archive of This Month in Tech for June Join Lisa Salinger, Steve Sawczyn, and Jamie Pauls as they discuss the top news stories for the month … Continue reading

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SPN Special: Using the SAMNet Socializer

Listen to our SPN Special: Using the SAMNet Socializer Each month, members of Serotek’s System Access Mobile Network are able to participate in live training sessions on how to use various aspects of SAMNet. These training sessions are conducted by … Continue reading

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SPN Special: HIMS NFB Workshop Part 2

Listen to our SPN special: HIMS NFB Workshop Part 2 In part 2 of the HIMS NFB workshop, Scott Hegle and Dave Wilkinson demonstrate [HIMS Braille products with iOS devices and programs, our Deaf-Blind communication solutions, and a preview of … Continue reading

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SPN Special: HIMS NFB Workshop Part 1

Listen to our SPN special: HIMS NFB Workshop Part 1 In part 1 of the HIMS NFB workshop, Jenny Axler and Scott Hegle demonstrate the new features of Braille Sense and Voice Sense notetaker version 8.0 including Dropbox, YouTube, RSS, … Continue reading

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sPN Special, State of Technology with Mike Calvo

Listen to our SPN Special: State of Technology, with Mike calvo In this special discussing the state of technology, Ricky Enger is joined by Mike Calvo and Joe Orozco to explore happenings in mainstream and assistive technology. The talk begins … Continue reading

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High Contrast Episode 12: The Purple Screen Of Death

Listen to High Contrast Episode 12: The Purple Screen Of Death Maurie is out on summer vacation. So what happens when it’s just the men on the show left to their own devices? Well they talk tech, TVs, media and … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 160: MMM Braille

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 160: MMM Braille This week’s podcast is packed with a lot of great content. After Jamie, Ricky and Joe discuss the top news stories of the week, Jamie visits with Duyahn Walker about a recent television … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 159: There Is a Hole in Your Roof

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 159: There Is a Hole in Your Roof In this podcast, Jamie pauls, Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp discuss the top news stories of the week including Apple’s WWDC keynote. Reddit, Mozilla Join Coalition Demanding End … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 158: It Just Ate My Like

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 158: It Just Ate My Like Welcome to this week’s episode of the podcast where Lisa Salinger joins Jamie Pauls and Ricky Enger to discuss the top news stories of the week. The NFB13 agenda is … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for June, 2013

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for June, 2013 Replay the Accessible Event archive of This Month in Tech for June Liam Erven is best known for the computer games he produces for blind users. Games are released via … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 157: She Got Verified On Friday

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 157: She Got Verified On Friday Join Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp as they discuss the top news stories of the week which include: What Tim Cook’s cryptic comments at D11 can tell us … Continue reading

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High Contrast Episode 11: It’s a World of Dreams

Listen to High Contrast Episode 11: It’s a World Of Dreams Summer is right around the corner and that means going outside, having fun and visiting new places. Maurie got a jump start on the season and she is here … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 156: Robot Eats Your Lunch

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 156: Robot Eats Your Lunch Welcome to this week’s podcast. Follow along in the show notes as Jamie, Ricky and Joe discuss the top news stories of the week. Samsung Galaxy S4 named top smartphone by … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 155: The Country of Google

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 155: The Country of Google Welcome to another edition of the SeroTalk Podcast where Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp discuss the top news stories of the week. Topics covered include: NVDA has a new … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 154: Webmind Is Coming

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 154: Webmind Is Coming This week, Joe Steinkamp is joined by Ricky Enger and Buddy Brannan in a discussion of the top news stories of the week. Then, Jamie Pauls visits with Boaz Zilberman about RAY, … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 153: Scan My Brain

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 153: Scan My Brain There was just a bit of excitement in the air as Jamie, Ricky and Joe recorded this week’s podcast. What sparked all the enthusiasm? If you don’t already know, stick around and … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Technology for April, 2013

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Technology for April, 2013 About Our Presenters Amy Billman is an east to west coast transplant, happily calling California her home for the past four years. She has a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance, … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 152: Muscles and Mousetraps

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 152: Muscles and Mousetraps This week, Lisa Salinger joins Jamie Pauls and Joe Steinkamp to discuss the top news stories of the week. Topics covered in this podcast include: The @AP Twitter feed was hacked and … Continue reading

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High Contrast Episode 10: Its More Doorable

Listen to High Contrast Episode 10: Its More Doorable We are back and we are picking up right where we left off in the “this versus that” department. This episode we look at the smaller tablets and bring in mr. … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 151: Big Pains in the Glass

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 151: Big Pains in the Glass This week, Buddy Brannan joins Jamie Pauls and Ricky Enger in a discussion of the top news stories of the week. Topics covered include: Twitter Launches Twitter music App and … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 150: Sesquicentennial

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 150: Sesquicentennial Welcome to the 150th Episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. After Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp discuss the top news stories of the week, Mike Calvo visits with Will Walsh who is the … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 149: Vinyl Resurgence

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 149: Vinyl Resurgence Welcome to this week’s episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. Join Jamie, Ricky and Joe as they discuss the top news stories of the week which include: Facebook invades Android’s Home Report: Google Prepping … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for March, 2013

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for March About Our Presenters Anna Dresner has written a number of publications for National Braille Press, and is perhaps best known for her work on the books about the iPhone. She also … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 148: Where Did All My Successories Go?

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 148: Where Did All My Successories Go? Global internet slows after ‘biggest attack in history’ Wells Fargo’s website was hit by denial-of-service attack yesterday Thousands of accounts found to host unsecured passwords, photos, and other files … Continue reading

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Serotek Introduces TrikeTech For Tots

Serotek Introduces TrikeTech For Tots Minneapolis, Minnesota April 1, 2013   Serotek, the leading provider of internet and digital information accessibility software and services, announced its contribution to the ongoing push for the blind to drive independently with the TrikeTech … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast for April 1, 2013

Listen to the SeroTalk Podcast for April 1, 2013 In our very first SeroTalk podcast for the month of April, Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp discuss the top news stories of the week which include: Slammer worm slows … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 146: Sing It Sister

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 146: Sing It Sister This week, Jamie, Ricky and Joe are reunited for yet another look at the top stories of the week. Topics discussed include: Dropbox 2.0 brings functional drop-down menus to Mac and Windows … Continue reading

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CSUN 2013 in Review

Listen to CSUN 2013 In Review There are now hours and hours of reading, podcasts and videos online about CSUN 2013. And a few of those who were on the floor of the Exhibit Hall gathered to reflect on some … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 145: The Phone Booth of the Future

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 145: The Phone Booth of the Future This week’s show presents yet another guycast with Jamie, Buddy and Joe. As you might expect, there is no shortage of opinions on all the stories discussed below. Send … Continue reading

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CSUN 2013 Convention Special 5

Listen to CSUN 2013 Convention Special 5 Welcome to yet another in a series of interviews from this year’s CSUN conference. Be sure and visit the Web sites listed below in order to learn more about the various companies and … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for February

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for February About Our Guests Rick Harmon is currently working with Fedora Outlier, and manages various email lists related to blindness and technology. He also runs the Blind Geek Zone website and Podcast. … Continue reading

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CSUN 2013 Convention Special 4

Listen to CSUN 2013 Convention Special 4 Welcome to the fourth in our series of SPN specials from CSUN 2013. Remember to visit the links in our show notes to learn more about the companies and products mentioned in the … Continue reading

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CSUN 2013 Convention Special 3: Accessibility On a Budget

Listen to CSUN 2013 Convention Special 3: Accessibility on a Budget A look at low-cost assistive technology and training solutions for blind consumers   The below talk was given by Joe Steinkamp and Ricky Enger at the CSUN 2013 conference … Continue reading

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CSUN 2013 Convention Special 2

Listen to CSUN 2013 Convention Special 2 Welcome to the second in our series of CSUN 2013 interview specials featuring Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp. For your convenience, links to all the companies and products discussed in this special are … Continue reading

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CSUN 2013 Convention Special 1

Listen to CSUN 2013 Convention Special 1 As sure as flowers will bloom and birds will sing, one of the signs that spring isn’t too far away is SPN’s annual coverage of CSUN. This year as always, Ricky and Joe … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 144: Words Mean Things

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 144: Words Mean Things While Ricky and Joe were scurrying around at this year’s CSUN conference, gathering excellent interviews for your listening pleasure, Jamie, Lisa and Buddy sat down together and did the podcast thing. We … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 143: Cancel the Party

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 143: Cancel the Party Welcome to another SeroTalk Guycast. This time around, Jamie Pauls is joined by Rodney Edgar, Peter Bossley and Mike Calvo. Can anyone guess what story Mike wanted to talk about? Here’s a … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 142: The Web Always Remembers

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 142: The Web Always Remembers Welcome back to yet another episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. As always, Jamie, Ricky and Joe have plenty to say about the stories covered in this week’s show, and your comments … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 141: Throw Me Some Beads, Mister

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 141: Throw Me Some Beads, Mister In this episode, Jamie Pauls returns to the host’s chair and is joined by by Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp in a discussion of the week’s top stories. Screen-Less Mobile … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for January

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for January Replay the Accessible Event archive of SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for January About Our Presenters Jeff Bishop describes himself as a “Developer, technologist, Window-Eyes scripter, Broadcaster and family oriented guy” … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 140: Paradigm Shift

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 140: Paradigm Shift In Podcast 140, Ricky Enger, Lisa Salinger and Joe Steinkamp discuss the top news stories of the week. Topics covered include: BlackBerry Z10 review: a new life, or life support? U.S. Carriers Rally … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 139: Guilty As Charged

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 139: Guilty As Charged In Podcast 139, Buddy Brannan joins Jamie Pauls and Ricky Enger in a discussion of the week’s top stories. Topics covered include: Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal Saturday in the U.S. Twitter Blog: … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 138: Facebook In Need of a Fist

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 138: Facebook In Need of a Fist Lisa Salinger joins Jamie Pauls and Joe Steinkamp as they discuss this week’s crop of stories, including the big one that prompted the title of this podcast. Finally, Joe … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 137: Contacts All Over the Place

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 137: Contacts All Over the Place Welcome to this week’s edition of the podcast where Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp discuss the top news stories of the week. We also respond to your emails, … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 136: Pretty Bluetooth Earrings

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 136: Pretty Bluetooth Earrings In our first podcast of the new year, Jamie, Ricky and Joe ring out the old year and bring in the new with a few surprises thrown in along the way. Stories … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Year in Assistive Tech for 2012

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Year in Assistive Tech for 2012 Replay the Accessible Event archive of the show It took three hours and seven people putting their heads together, but we succeeded in counting down the top ten stories of … Continue reading

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Coming This Thursday: This Year in Assistive Tech for 2012

Each year, there are lots of tech stories that make news for a week or two, and promptly  fade in to oblivion. come join us, in conjunction with Blind Bargains, as we countdown the biggest stories in Assistive Technology for … Continue reading

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