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High Contrast Episode 13: Too Cool for School

Listen to High Contrast Episode 13: Too Cool For School Summer is still upon us and so we again turn to flights of fancy and log flooms of fun at America’s amusement parks. This time around, Byron lee talks about … Continue reading

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SPN Special: 2013 Summer Convention Number 5

Listen to SPN Special: 2013 Summer Convention Number 5 They say “all good things must come to an end” and that is true, as this is our fith of five HIMS-sponsored SPN Specials featuring interviews from the National Federation of … Continue reading

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SPN Special: A T Trainers

Listen to our SPN Special: AT Trainers SPN is pleased again to bring you audio from the National Federation of the blind Assistive Technology Trainers Division Meeting. This year’s guests pack a 1-2 punch. From Windows 8 to the mac, … 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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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 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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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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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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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 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 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 135: Chock Full of Christmas Cheer

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 135: Chock Full of Christmas Cheer On this, our final news-related episode of the year, Jamie, Ricky and Joe settle in to discuss the top stories of the week. Then, Jamie visits with Brian Fishler of … Continue reading

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2012 SPN Holiday Review Special

Listen to Our 2012 SPN Holiday Review Special For this very special holiday podcast, each member of the Serotek team was asked to review an item that they felt would make a good holiday gift. As you listen to the … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 129: It’s Complicated

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 129: It’s Complicated Welcome back to another episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. This week, Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp once again discuss the top news stories of the week. Then, Jamie Pauls visits with … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 128: Sounds That Make Us Cry

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 128: Sounds That Make Us Cry There is plenty for Jamie, Ricky and Joe to talk about on this week’s episode of the podcast including lots of assistive technology news and your feedback which is always … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 127: Chicken Fingers On the Buffet of Life

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 127: Chicken Fingers On the Buffet of Life Welcome to our second annual guycast here on the SeroTalk Podcast. This time around, Buddy Brannan joins Jamie Pauls and Joe Steinkamp to hash over the top news … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for September, 2012

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for September, 2012 Replay the Accessible Event archive of the show About Our Presenters Luis Arellano is an instructional assistant for California School Districts and a regular, helpful participant in the SAMNet Community. … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 126: Superman Is Jealous

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 126: Superman Is Jealous This week, Ricky Enger takes the host’s chair where she is joined by Buddy Brannan and Lisa Salinger. After the news, Jamie Pauls visits with Marissa Slaughter, social Media Coordinator for Fred’s … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 125: A Different Kind of S Word

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 125: A Different Kind of S Word Joe Steinkamp rejoins Jamie Pauls and Ricky Enger for this week’s podcast where they continue the discussion of iOS 6, iPhone 5 and much more including some items from … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 124: Big Ol’ Crunch

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 124: Big Ol’ Crunch This week, Buddy Brannan joins Jamie Pauls and Ricky Enger to discuss the news of the week. Stories discussed in this week’s podcast include: Go Daddy: Sorry about the outage. And no, … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 123: Bing It On

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 123: Bing It On Join us for another episode of the SeroTalk Podcast as Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp tackle the top news stories of the week. After the news, Jamie Pauls and Patrick … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 122: Welcome to SeroCouch

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 122: Welcome to SeroCouch Welcome to yet another episode of the SeroTalk Podcast where Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger and Joe Steinkamp take a look at the news stories of the week. After the news, Jamie visits … Continue reading

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Blinded Veterans Association 2012 Convention Special 3

Listen to Blinded Veterans Association 2012 Convention Special 3 Joe Steinkamp and Richard Wells recently had the honor of representing Serotek at the 2012 convention of the Blinded Veterans Association in Galveston, Texas.. We are pleased to bring you the … Continue reading

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Blinded Veterans Association 2012 Convention Special 2

Listen to Blinded Veterans Association 2012 Convention Special 2 Joe Steinkamp and Richard Wells recently had the honor of representing Serotek at the 2012 convention of the Blinded Veterans Association in Galveston, Texas.. While they were there, Richard and Joe … Continue reading

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Blinded Veterans Association 2012 Convention Special 1

Listen to Blinded Veterans Association 2012 Convention Special 1 Joe Steinkamp and Richard Wells recently had the honor of representing Serotek at the 2012 convention of the Blinded Veterans Association in Dallas, Texas.. While there, Joe and Richard interviewed several … Continue reading

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Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Blinded Veterans Association Convention

Listen to the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Blinded Veterans Association Convention Joe Steinkamp and Richard Wells recently had the honor of representing Serotek at the 2012 convention of the Blinded Veterans Association. Here is the audio from the opening … Continue reading

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SPN Special: Accessibility Anywhere

Listen to the audio of our SPN special: Accessibility Anywhere View the Accessible Event archive of our SPN special: Accessibility Anywhere Here are the links that accompanied the Accessible Event presentation of our SPN special: Accessibility Anywhere: Our Story at … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 120: A Slow News Week

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 120: A Slow News Week Welcome back to another episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. Here are the stories that Jamie, Ricky and Joe discuss on this week’s show: The cloud is still the safest place to … Continue reading

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Announcing our upcoming SPN Special: Accessibility Anywhere

join Mike Calvo, Ricky Enger and Lisa Salinger for a discussion of Accessibility Anywhere. We’ll take you back to our beginning, and forward to the future. Afterwards, come chat with Mike Calvo on the System Access Mobile Network. Join us … Continue reading

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High Contrast Episode 3: My Home Button Barely Works

Listen to High Contrast Episode 3: My Home Button Barely Works Welcome back to high Contrast the Summer Show Wrap up Extravaganza Edition! The crew sits down and discusses some of the bigger notables from both mainstream and the traditional … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 119: Posterior Print

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 119: Posterior Print Jamie Pauls, Lisa Salinger and Buddy Brannan sit down together and discuss this week’s top news stories. Among other things, here are the main stories covered: Apple 132-page internal document shows how Samsung … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives Special: Mountain Lion

Listen to the audio of SeroSpectives Special: Mountain Lion Replay the accessible Event Archive of SeroSpectives Special: Mountain Lion ABOUT OUR PRESENTER Michael Lauf was the former host and producer of the SeroTalk Podcast, weekly Thursday Tech Chats and the … Continue reading

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