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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 199: When Mailbags Attack

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 199: When Mailbags Attack To help remake accessibility training as we know it, visit http://www.a11y.tv to view training subscription options and make your contribution to EZFire’s A11YTV funding campaign. Welcome to episode 199 of the SeroTalk … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 198: Guide Cats for the Blind

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 198: Guide Cats for the Blind To help remake accessibility training as we know it, visit http://www.a11y.tv to view training subscription options and make your contribution to EZFire’s A11YTV funding campaign. Join Jamie, Ricky and Joe … Continue reading

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Learn All About A11Y TV

To help remake accessibility training as we know it, visit http://www.a11y.tv to view training subscription options and make your contribution to EZFire’s A11YTV funding campaign. You can also Listen to an audio advertisement for A11Y TV produced by the SeroTalk … 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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High Contrast Episode 20: Screen Dump

Listen to High Contrast Episode 20: Screen Dump This month Rodney, Maurie, Byron and joe talk television and movies. A recently released NBC series has both Low Vision and Blind groups taking notice of the portrayal of its lead character … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 196: The Jamie Dilemma

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 196: The Jamie Dilemma Welcome to 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 visits with Hope Paulos of Fedora … 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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SPN Special: Maximizing Potential with Mainstream and Assistive Technologies

Listen to our SPN Special: Maximizing Potential with Mainstream and Assistive Technologies In this CSUN 2014 presentation, Joe Steinkamp, Ricky Enger and Dave Wilkinson demonstrate cloud-based solutions, mainstream tablets, PC’s and iDevices along with assistive technology from HIMS, Inc. and … Continue reading

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CSUN 2014 HIMS Special – Notetaker or iPad: Is It The Wrong Question?

Listen to our HIMS special: Notetaker or iPad: Is It The Wrong Question? In this CSUN 2014 presentation by HIMS Inc., Dave Wilkinson explores the comparative efficiency of completing educational tasks using iPads and Braille displays and Braille notetakers. The … Continue reading

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CSUN 2014 SPN Special 4

Listen to our CSUN 2014 SPN Special 4 Welcome to another round of interviews from the convention floor at CSUN 2014. Our thanks to HIMS Inc. for sponsoring this year’s coverage. Please visit the Websites of the companies represented in … Continue reading

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CSUN 2014 SPN Special 3

Listen to our CSUN 2014 SPN Special 3 Welcome to another round of interviews from the convention floor at CSUN 2014. Our thanks to HIMS Inc. for sponsoring this year’s coverage. Please visit the Websites of the companies represented in … Continue reading

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CSUN 2014 SPN Special 2

Listen to our CSUN 2014 SPN Special 2 Welcome to another round of interviews from the convention floor at CSUN 2014. Our thanks to HIMS Inc. for sponsoring this year’s coverage. Please visit the Websites of the companies represented in … Continue reading

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CSUN 2014 HIMS Special: Redefining Magnification

Listen to our CSUN 2014 HIMS Special: Redefining Magnification HIMS Inc.–sponsor of this year’s SPN CSUN coverage–redefines magnification with their presentation on E-bot, a revolutionary new low-vision product. We trust that you will enjoy the presentation. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.serotalk.com/podcasts/csun14/RedefiningMagnification.mp3 Podcast: Play in … 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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CSUN 2014 SPN Special 1

Listen to CSUN 2014 SPN Special 1 Ricky and Joe hit the ground running just as soon as they arrived at this year’s CSUN convention. This year’s CSUN coverage is sponsored by HIMS Inc. We trust that you will enjoy … Continue reading

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SPN Pre-CSUN 2014 Special

Listen to our SPN Pre-CSUN 2014 Special Welcome to our first SPN special from CSUN 2014. Joe and Ricky were both so excited about this year’s CSUN coverage, that they got started a bit early. They sat down with representatives … 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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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for February, 2014

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for February, 2014 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 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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Join Us This Thursday for SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for February, 2014

Join SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for February, 2014 airing this Thursday at 9 PM Eastern February may be the shortest month of the year, but it certainly was not short on news. Come join us as we take a … Continue reading

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High Contrast Episode 19: These Are Falling Pants

Listen to High Contrast Episode 19: These Are Falling Pants Winter is just about over, thank goodness, but the crew thought that they would pass along some of their tips and low tech ways of walking around in the snow … 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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Spn Special: 2013 Outtakes

Listen to sPN Special: 2013 Outtakes What do zombies, counting, feeding pigs, time travel and chainsaws have in common? These are all things featured in the SeroTalk Podcast Network’s 2013 outtakes. In recording over 100 hours of audio, there are … 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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SPN Special: An Interview with Jim Kutsch

Listen to our SPN special: An Interview with Jim Kutsch Our very first SPN special of 2014 featured Buddy Brannan’s trip to New Yourk along with our friends at HIMS Inc. to take part in the dedication of the first … 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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Happening this Thursday – SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for January, 2014

As we look back at all the tech news that happened in January, we look forward to a bit of romance with this couples’ edition of SeroSpectives. Don’t Miss it! Join us live on Accessible Event this Thursday beginning at … Continue reading

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High Contrast Episode 18: Whirlpools With Sue and Maurie

Listen to High Contrast Episode 18: Whirlpools With Sue and Maurie Welcome to a very special episode of “High Contrast” featuring Maurie’s interview with Sue martin. Sue’s recently released book, “out of the Whirlpool”, tells several amazing stories about vision … 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 183: Audio Selfie

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 183: Audio Selfie Welcome to this week’s edition of the SeroTalk podcast where Jamie, Ricky and Joe discuss the top news stories of the week. Topics covered in this episode include: News in A T SeroSpectives: … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Year in Tech for 2013

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Year in Tech for 2013 About Our Presenters Erin Edgar is a lawyer currently working for Legal Aid, which is a non-profit lawfirm that assists low-income clients with various issues. She and her husband, Rodney, co-host … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 182: You Never Know What Llamas May Enjoy

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 182: You never know what lamas may enjoy What did Jamie get for Christmas? What dark secret do we reveal about Joe? Those questions are answered and more as Jamie, Ricky and Buddy discuss the top … Continue reading

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The 125th Rose Parade with Audio Description is Now Available

Listen to the 125th Rose Parade with audio description Each year, we at Serotek look forward to bringing you the Tournament of Roses Parade witgh audio description courtesy of the Los Angeles Radio Reading Service. Judging from your reactions, you … Continue reading

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SPN Goes to the UN

Listen to our SPN special: SPN Goes to the UN Recently, Serotek’s own Buddy Brannan had the opportunity to join HIMS Inc. in New York City where they took part in the dedication of the very first UN Accessibility Center. … Continue reading

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Why Not Join the Parade?

Serotek is pleased to bring you coverage of the 125th Rose Parade with audio description courtesy of the Los Angeles Radio Reading Service beginning Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11 AM Eastern. You can listen via SPN Radio or right … Continue reading

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Kindle Fire HDX: Usable By the Blind At Last?

Kindle Fire HDX: Usable By the Blind At Last? By Buddy Brannan Anyone who has been following the Serotek blog, SeroTalk, or even just me, will know that Amazon has taken a fair bit of heat over the Kindle and … Continue reading

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SPN Feedback Special 4

Listen to SPN Feedback Special 4 What would the SeroTalk Podcast Network be without our faithful listeners? We don’t even like to think about such things. Once again, we are pleased to showcase some of the feedback we have received … Continue reading

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Serotek Presents Our Holiday 2013 Review Special

Listen to Serotek’s Holiday 2013 Review Special As the clock races toward Christmas day, are you still frantically racking your brain to figure out what to buy for that special person in your life? Once again, the Serotek team comes … Continue reading

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High Contrast Episode 17: Gift or Regift?

Listen to High Contrast Episode 17: Gift Or Regift? It’s the Holidays once again and this time we do two shows in one so we could cover it all. Maurie joins Rodney and Joe in the first half of the … Continue reading

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Serotek Presents Our 2013 Christmas Concert

Listen to Serotek’s 2013 Christmas concert Are you exhausted after running from one Christmas party to another? Have you shopped until you are truly about to drop? Why not grab a cup of your favorite hot beverage, sit in your … Continue reading

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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for November, 2013

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for November, 2013 Replay the Accessible Event archive of the show About Our Presenters Jeff Bishop describes himself as a “Developer, technologist, Window-Eyes scripter, Broadcaster and family oriented guy” and is probably best … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 181: I Want to Pet a Dinosaur

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 181: I Want to Pet a Dinosaur The holidays are upon us and there is lots of excitement in the air. Along with the top news stories of the week, Jamie, Ricky and Joe have a … 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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