Archive for the ‘Audio’ Category

Podcast 36 – Great Software That Works Great With System Access and Accessible RPG With Music and Sound

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

In SeroTalk Podcast 36, Ricky enger and Michael Lauf discuss what’s new!

Victor Reader Stream Firmware Version 3.1 Released.

Problems for Users Who Upgrade to MobileSpeak 4.

Purchase 2GB Flash Cartridge for NLS Digital Talkingbook Player for $11.99 from APH, But Don’t Expect A Cable!

Gizmo’s 46 Best Ever Freeware Programs.

Ricky Enger demoed the new

Fully Accessible RPG for the Blind with Music and Sound Effects, Called Entombed.

Michael Lauf reviewed great programs that work great with system Access:

Skype 4.2 Released, Even More Accessible with System Access, But Be Careful When Installing.

Qwitter Twitter Client for Windows.

File Hippo Update Checker.

FileZilla FTP Client and Server.

WinPatrol 2010.

EdSharp 3.0 Powerful and Free Text, RTF and HTML Editor.

Juice Podcast Client Version 2.2.

Dropbox computer File Synchronization Software and Service.

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 36 – Great Software that Works Great with System Access, and First Fully Accessible RPG for the Blind.

SeroTalk Podcast 35 – Lots of News, 5 Things for the iPhone, and 3 Radios Under $100

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

In Podcast 36, Michael Lauf and Ricky Enger discussed among other things:

Serotek Now Offers Paypal for All Software and Services

20,000 Downloads of iBlink Radio Since Being Posted on the Apps Page of the iTunes Store

HR4533 technology Bill of Rights for the Blind

Blind Persons Return to Work Act of 2010

APH 2GB Flash Cartridge for NLS players for $11.99, Cable Not Included

Blind Bargains ATIA 2010 coverage and other audio

Tech Chat 50 Show Notes for online Data Backup Solutions

Fideliphone allows stereo phone calls with the highest audio quality

Olympus to release recorder with text to speech, Voice Recognition, DAISY Playback, MicroSD, Wave, MP3 and WMA recording

RockBox 3.5

New Windows 7 antipiracy update to phone home regularly

Fans With Visual Impairments Gain Enhanced Access to MLB.COM and some team web sites

Bill Sparks and doug Hunsinger reviewed three radios. Get the links from the

All Things Radio Web Site.

Mike Calvo reviewed the

Jawbone Icon Bluetooth headset for the iPhone and other devices.

Michael Lauf reviewed three apps for the iPhone:

Just do a search in iTunes for

Mobile Talk

TVU Player

and

RSS Player

And Mike Calvo finished the podcast by reviewing the

Live Speakr dock for the iPhone that can fit in your pocket.

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 35 – Lots of News, 5 Things for the iPhone, and 3 Radios Under $100

 

 

SeroTalk Tech Chat 49 – ATIA Highlights and Interview for Football Fans

Friday, February 5th, 2010

In Tech Chat 49, we discussed some of the highlights of ATIA 2010. We also discussed the forthcoming Blio Reader, forthcoming iPad, device overload and more.

 

View Tech Chat 49 – ATIA 2010 Highlights and More Via Accessible Event

Listen to MP3 of Tech Chat 49 – ATIA 2010 Highlights and More!

 

28 Interviews from ATIA 2010

Monday, February 1st, 2010

SeroTalk was able to get 28 interviews on January 27 and 28 at

ATIA 2010

held in Orlando Florida

Adaptive Switch labs

American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Programs and Services

Fitness Products from A P H

Assist Touch System for A L S and ChatterVox Voice Amplifier

Demo of BookPort Plus from APH Coming in March 2010

GW Micro Announces Support for SAMNet Content in the Next BookSense Release

Click and Go Maps from In Touch Graphics Offer directions Via TTS or Telephone

EnableMart Products

EVAS (MIS) – Reader and Multi-Purpose Information system

Great Talking Box Company

HandyTech North America iRead OCR and Easy Braille Displays

Latest from Humanware as of January 28, 2010

Independent Living Aids – Kapten GPS, PenFriend Labeler, Large Display Cell Phone, Fully Talking Cordless Phone and Franklin Money Identifier

Inclusive TLC – Alternative Input Devices

Judy Lynn software – 18 Cause and Affect Applications

KNFB Reader latest Version

LevelStar Icon Update, October 2009

MacSpeech 1.58 Personal, MacSpeech Medical and MacSpeech Legal

CodeFactory Newly-Released MobileSpeak 4.0 for Windows Mobile and Symbian Phones

News-2-You Newspapers with Images Helping children Learn to Read

Two New Magnifiers from Optelec

Perkins Products – NLS Cartridges, New Braillers and Seka Braille Displays

RFBD Latest Supported Devices

Soft Touch – Software for Special Needs Children and Adults

Talks 4.5 Will Give Access to Touch Screens on Nokia Symbian Phones

TextHelp Fluency Tutor

Vizzle – 2,000 Plus Lessons with Visuals That Sizzle

ZoomText 10.0 Rewritten Will Run from USB Device in Summer 2010

 

Serotek Debuts Accessible Event Hotspot at ATIA 2010

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Serotek today unveiled its newest product, the AE HotSpot, at the 2010 ATIA conference in Orlando, FL. This revolutionary appliance, based on the same technology as Serotek’s Web-based Accessible Event service, gives people with disabilities access to classroom presentations, seminars, and other events. For the first time, people who have hearing or visual impairments can take full advantage of all aspects of any online or on-site event/presentation.

By leveraging our Accessible Event platform and secure wireless networking technology, Serotek’s AE HotSpot appliance allows event participants with disabilities to access slides, Excel spreadsheets, Web pages, and Word documents using their own wireless-enabled computers and access technology in real time. With the AE HotSpot, an event can be accessed from the Internet if the event coordinator wishes, but an Internet connection is not necessary for on-site participants to have full access to the event. That’s because the AE HotSpot appliance is a completely independent WiFi access point. This allows the event coordinator and/or presenter to decide what content will and will not be available to the attendees. The self-contained nature of this appliance enables a closed, secure Intranet environment, regardless of whether Internet connectivity is available. However, where Internet connectivity is available, the event coordinator can configure the AE HotSpot appliance to provide wireless Internet access as well as access to the event. The AE HotSpot can also record all event content and publish it on a web site or intranet with no need to install additional software on the target server. This enables anyone to deploy an accessible recording of an event, even if they don’t subscribe to the Web-based Accessible Event service.

Serotek will release the AE HotSpot soon. Learn more about the AE HotSpot by watching this accessible presentation.

First Three of Many Great Interviews from ATIA 2010

Friday, January 29th, 2010

27 Minute Detailed Review with Audio from the BookPort Plus

GW Micro Announces Support for SAMNet Content in Next BookSense Release

new MobileSpeak 4.0 for Windows Mobile and Symbian Phones

 

Serotek at ATIA 2010

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Serotek Corporation cordially invites you to drop by booth 520 at the 2010 ATIA conference at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, January 28 – 30.  Come and see hands-on demonstrations of all the latest Serotek technology, including a new surprise or two.

 

If you’re wondering which sessions to attend at this year’s conference, Serotek’s CEO, Mike Calvo, is conducting a presentation that you won’t want to miss.  “The Art of Being a Change Agent” will be presented on January 28 in the Curacao room ¾, from 1:30 to 2:30. 

 

When you’re not attending sessions, drop by our booth and learn how you can have access to powerful and portable assistive technology without breaking the bank.  Serotek is the first company offering you the ability to purchase screen reading technology on an as-needed basis through our “Build A Bundle” service.   Starting at just $9.95 per month, you can now have access to one license of the System Access screen reader, with additional machine licenses for only $5 per month.  Try out the System Access Mobile Network, known as SAMNet, with over 2,100 described movies, thousands of radio stations, recipes, TV shows, the Socializer for instant messaging and social networking, voice chat to meet other interesting people, web-based email, and so much more for just $9.95 per month.  For an additional $5, you can provide remote support and training to other Serotek customers, and even access your own computers remotely from anywhere!

 

When you’d like to carry your SAMNet content with you, you can do so by transferring it to your favorite portable device.  SAMNet supports a wide variety of audio players, allowing members to sync a wealth of content from the network including movies, email, and now, books from the National Library Service BARD program. IN addition to the Victor Reader Stream from Humanware, the Icon from Levelstar, and Braile Plus from the American Printinghouse for the Blind, SAMNet content is supported on the Plextalk Pocket. Serotek is also proud to announce that we will very soon be supporting the BookSense player from GW Micro and we’ll be demoing this upcoming support in our booth.  If you don’t yet have one of these sleek and powerful players, drop by the GW Micro booth #413 and pick one up, or visit www.gwmicro.com for more information.

 

Ask about Serotek’s free Keys for K-12 program, offering free portable screen reading technology for all grade school, middle school and high school students, ensuring that truly, no student gets left behind.

 

Serotek’s Accessible Event offers true Section 508 compliance to corporate meetings, webinars, classroom lectures and government projects.  You won’t want to miss getting a look at the very latest exciting innovation from Serotek and Accessible Event, so be sure to drop by our booth and see the technology that organizations and corporations like The Federal Communications Commission and Humanware are using to make meetings accessible to their entire staff.

 

If you’re not able to make it to Orlando this year, you can still keep up with the latest happenings at ATIA by putting

http://serotalk.com/feed in to your favorite RSS reader or podcatcher,

or simply by visiting http://www.serotalk.com, where we’ll be bringing you news and interviews from the show floor

 

The Serotek Team

 

SeroTalk Podcast 33 – Skype for Windows and iPhone and Dr. Robert Carter

Monday, January 18th, 2010

In SeroTalk Podcast 33, Michael Lauf and Ricky Enger discussed our dissatisfaction with

Navigon Mobile Navigator GPS

and their decision to remove voice navigation from pedestrian mode. We encourage everyone to

contact Navigon to tell them you want voice navigation restored to pedestrian mode in Mobile Navigator.

We also discussed:

Serotek monthly subscription packages for System Access Mobile and/or SAMNet starting at $9.95 per month

Free Accessible Event accounts, good for up to three participants, through January 31, 2010

EASI free webinar on access to Google’s Android phones on Wednesday, January 20 at 19:00 GMT or 3PM Eastern, 2PM Central or Noon Pacific

Free RFB&D keys available for use on the BookSense

Tek Talk on What was cool for blind users at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show January 18 at 8PM Eastern

 

NFB Access Technology Blog on the Consumer Electronics Show

RCA voice-activated remote with macros for $39 to be released this spring

We also did two segments on

Skype for Windows and the newly accessible ap for the iPhone

and finished by speaking with Dr. Robert Carter, one of fifteen staff psychologists at

Texas A&M University.

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 33 – Skype for Windows and the iPhone, and Interview with Dr. robert Carter.

 

The Serotek Story – Part 1, Only the Beginning!

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Listen to the story of Serotek, where we came from, where we’ve been, and where we are going. With initial recording and editing by Michael Lauf, and post-production by Mike Calvo, this one hour presentation is a must-have for your audio archive colection. We hope you will burn to cd, and share with others this fascinating story of dreams, hard work, and what can be accomplished when brilliant minds work together as a team.
Listen to the Serotek Story Part 1, Only the Beginning!

 

2009 OutTakes

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Please enjoy these outtakes that didn’t make it in to the podcasts. Warning: if you are easily offended, you should probably not listen.

You have been warned! Please accept this audio in the light-hearted manner in which it is intended.

Listen to 2009 Podcast Outtakes That Have Never Been Aired; You’ll Soon Understand Why!