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Why killing net nutrality will hurt the disabled

In a matter of days the FCC will determine our freedom on the internet. I know that sounds really drastic but it is true. Why should we care though? Because, fact is, disabled people need the internet. There are a … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 219: Journey of Discovery

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 219: Journey of Discovery Activate this link to sign up for a new account on Audible and get one free book. Our recommended book for this episode of the podcast is Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 218: I Know A Secret

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 218: I Know A Secret Everyone on the podcast team survived Seroween … erm … Halloween with plenty of candy to go around. Jamie, Ricky and Joe take a look at this week’s news, mailbag gets … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 217: The Kindling

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 217: The Kindling Welcome to this week’s edition of the podcast which manages to combine electronics, food and airplanes all into one show. How do Jamie Ricky, Joe and Mailbag manage this? You’ll just have to … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 216: Cranial Course Correction

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 216: Cranial Course Correction Welcome to this week’s episode of the SeroTalk podcast where Jamie, Ricky and Joe discuss the top news stories of the week. Then, Lisa Salinger talks with Tyler Thompson, an adaptive technology … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 215: Sacrelicious

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 215: Sacrelicious Welcome to this week’s episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. Fast cars and music are just a small part of what we have to offer this time around. After the news, Wade Wingler tells us … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 213: Year of the Poptart

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 213: Year of the Poptart Contrary to the title of this week’s podcast, Jamie, Ricky and Joe don’t spend all their time talking about food–unless you count Apple, that is. After the news of the week, … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 211: The Sound of Silence

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 211: The Sound of Silence The aftermath of the reason Apple event, a musical mailbag and much more awaits you on this week’s episode of the podcast as Jamie, Ricky and Joe talk about the top … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 210: Big and Ugly

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 210: Big and Ugly Join Jamie, Ricky and Joe as they discuss all the top news stories of the week except one. Jamie and Buddy will discuss the big story at the end of the podcast. … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 208: Out Here On the Balcony

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 208: Out Here On the Balcony Welcome to the latest episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. This week, Jamie Pauls, Ricky Enger and Lisa Salinger sit down to discuss the top news stories of the week. Then, … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 207: Ricky Drops Her Charm

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 207: Ricky Drops Her Charm Buddy Brannan joins Jamie Pauls and Ricky Enger for this episode of the podcast. Along with the top news of the week including an announcement from Serotek, jamie demonstrates our newly-released … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 206: Injury by Pudding

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 206: Injury by Pudding Lisa Salinger joins Jamie Pauls and Joe Steinkamp to discuss the top news stories of the week. Then, Buddy Brannan visits with Hoby Wedler, a blind chemist and wine taster. Find out … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 205: All Your Stuff Are Belong to Us

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 205: All Your Stuff Are Belong to Us While Jamie and Mailbag were both busy in Vegas, Joe Steinkamp, Ricky Enger and Lisa Salinger were back at home recording another podcast. After the news, Lisa demonstrates … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 202: Thermoform in the Summertime

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 202: Thermoform in the Summertime The news of the week, a wayward mailbag and elocution lessons are all a part of this week’s podcast, and our interview with The National Federation of the Blind’s Curtis Chong … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 200: I’m Doing, Peace Out

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 200: I’m Doing, Peace Out To help remake accessibility training as we know it, visit to view training subscription options and make your contribution to EZFire’s A11YTV funding campaign. Welcome to the 200th episode of the … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 197: Camera Distortion Field

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 197: Camera Distortion Field Join Jamie, Ricky and Joe for yet another episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. After a look at the top news stories of the week, Jamie reviews the new generation Victor Reader Stream … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 195: Information Wants to be Free

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 195: Information Wants to be Free There is a lot to talk about on this week’s podcast. Jamie, Ricky and Joe break it all down for you. Then, Lisa interviews one of the developers of the … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 194: The Backpedal Edition

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 194: The Backpedal Edition Join Jamie, Ricky and Joe as they reconvene after a bit of an absence to discuss the top news stories of the week. Following the news, we bring you one last interview … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for March 2014

Listen to the audio of SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for March, 2014 Replay the Accessible Event archive of SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for March, 2014 About Our Presenters Shelly Brisbin is a writer, editor, podcaster, and cocktail enthusiast. … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 193: News for April 1, 2014

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 193: News for April 1, 2014 In this week’s episode of the SeroTalk Podcast, Facebook breaks stuff, Twitter resets stuff, Apple releases new stuff, and blind people complain about stuff. If that isn’t enough to keep … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 192: That’s Classified

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 192: That’s Classified Two worlds collide on this week’s SeroTalk podcast as Jamie Pauls, Buddy Brannan and Alena Roberts–all part of the Triple-click Home team–host this week’s SeroTalk podcast. After the news, Jamie reviews the Braille … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 191: XP Pocolypse

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 191: XP Pocolypse Join Jamie, Ricky and Joe as they discuss the top news stories of the week. After the news, Jamie and Buddy sit down to talk about the release of iOS 7.1. Stories disccussed … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 190: Nonstandard Standard Way

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 190: Nonstandard Standard Way Welcome to this week’s episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. Once again, Jamie, Ricky and Joe discuss the top news stories of the week. After the news, Buddy Brannan talks with the developer … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 189: A Serious Batch of Flounder

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 189: A Serious Batch of Flounder Welcome to this week’s episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. Jamie Pauls and Ricky Enger are joined by Lisa Salinger to discuss the news of the week. Then, Lisa interviews Jamie … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 188: Cattle Car Airways

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 188: Cattle Car Airways Welcome to yet another edition of the SeroTalk Podcast. This week, Jamie, Ricky and Joe team up once again to bring you the top news stories of the week. Then, Buddy Brannan … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 187: Flaming Spaghetti Letters

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 187: Flaming Spaghetti Letters In this week’s episode, Ricky Enger is joined by Lisa Salinger and special guest Alena Roberts of the Tripple-click Home Podcast. After the news, Jamie Pauls talks with Kevin Reeves about his … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for January, 2014

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for January, 2014 Replay the Accessible Event archive of the show About Our Presenters Erin Edgar is a lawyer currently working for Legal Aid, which is a non-profit lawfirm that assists low-income clients … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 186: Popcorn, Peanuts, Crackerjack

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 186: Popcorn, Peanuts, Crackerjack Join us for another guycast as Jamie, Buddy and Joe discuss the top news stories of the week. Topics covered in this episode include: A T Talk HIMS Releases E-bot Portable Video … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 185: Get a Job, Hippie

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 185: Get a Job, Hippie! Welcome to this week’s edition of the SeroTalk Podcast where Jamie, Ricky and Joe discuss the top news stories of the week. In addition to the news, Jamie visits with the … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 184: Jumping At Shadows

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 184: Jumping At Shadows Join us for this week’s edition of the SeroTalk Podcast where Jamie, Ricky and Joe discuss the top news stories of the week. After the news, Jamie talks with Jeremy Curry of … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 180: Full of Schmidt

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 180: Full of Schmidt Welcome to this week’s edition of the SeroTalk Podcast. Once again, Jamie, Ricky and Joe pontificate about the news of the week. Then, Jamie sits down with Mike Calvo, director of the … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 179: Don’t Auto-Tune Birds

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 179: Don’t Auto-Tune Birds! Welcome to this week’s edition of the SeroTalk Podcast. After Jamie, Ricky and Joe discuss the top news stories of the week, Joe interviews Justin of Solo-DX about their new MovieReading app … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for October, 2013

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for October, 2013 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 176: A Format and a Good Cry

Listen to Serotalk Podcast 176: A Format and a Good Cry Welcome to this froggy edition of the podcast where show host Jamie Pauls fights with a scratchy throat but prevails nonetheless. Ricky and Joe lend their support as the … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 175: Blame Thy Marketing Company

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 175: Blame Thy Marketing Company Welcome to this very spooky edition of the SeroTalk Podcast. Will Jamie, Ricky and Joe be able to pick their way through this week’s maze of stories? Is the mailbag finally … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 174: There’s Gold in Them Thar App Stores

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 174: There’s Gold in Them Thar App Stores Jamie, Ricky and Joe have a lot to discuss in this week’s SeroTalk podcast. Topics covered include: Blind Bargains: President Obama Declares October 15 Blind Americans Equality Day … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 172: The Sarah Tech

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 172: The Sarah Tech In this podcast, Serotek’s own Matt Campbell drops by for his regular visit to the show. Did you know there was a pattern to his appearances? You’ll have to listen to the … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 170: Dial-Up or Bust

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 170: Dial-Up or Bust In this week’s episode, Joe tries to run and hide from all the Apple frenzy, but Jamie and Ricky talk him into sharing his thoughts. Believe it or not, Apple news isn’t … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 169: Space Gray Is the New Black

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 169: Space Gray Is the New Black This week, Jamie, Ricky and Joe return to their familiar places on the podcast. Topics discussed in this week’s episode include: Extra Extra, Read all About it: the NLS … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 168: Hush Your Mouth

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 168: Hush Your Mouth Since Ricky steadfastly refused to rejoin the podcast until we could demonstrate to her that the mailbag had returned, Jamie, Buddy and Joe were forced to forge ahead like the good soldiers … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 166: Safari Plus Windows Equals Bad

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 166: Safari Plus Windows Equals Bad Who uses technology and who doesn’t? How many song lyrics can we quote in one podcast? SeroTalk Podcast 166 is once again jam packed with lots of good information with … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 165: It’s Going to Sound Good in Your Mouth

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 165: It’s Going to Sound Good In Your Mouth Join Jamie, Ricky and Joe as they discuss the news of the week. Stories covered in this podcast include: Blind Bargains: Survey on the Accessibility of Exercise … 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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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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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 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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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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