Tag Archives: Apple

On The Apple Watch, New Macbook and First Generation Devices

Spring is upon us and with the weather improving some are engaged with the recently released accessible Apple Watch. Some say it will flop, some have already immortalized it as a smashing success, and the rest of us are taking … Continue reading

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SPN Feedback Special 6

Listen to SPN Feedback Special 6 The SPN team has a lot to be proud of–hundreds of hours of content, some great interviews–but most of all, we value you, our listeners. We take this special opportunity to recognize the love … 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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High Contrast Episode 26: Muscle Memory

Listen to High Contrast Episode 26: Muscle Memory The team takes a look at the new Apple Mac OS, another check in with Rodney on how he likes his new iPhone 6 Plus then a trip into the world of … 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 214: FaceBucks

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 214: FaceBucks 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 Ready Player One written by Ernest Cline … 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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High Contrast Episode 25: It’s All About Byron

Listen to High Contrast Episode 25: It’s All About Byron The new iPhones are out and Rodney has the biggest one there is with the 6 Plus. We get an idea of how much he likes it, there is some … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 212: Throw Darts At a Bug

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 212: Throw Darts At a Bug Join Jamie, Ricky and Joe for this week’s edition of the podcast where they sip Apple juice and talk about all things iOS 8. If you’re tired of hearing about … 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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Apple iOS Announcement Livestreamed with Accessibility Commentary

Join today’s Apple iOS Announcement Livestreamed with Accessibility Commentary live on Accessible Event When Apple launched the original iPhone, there wasn’t anything quite like it. iOS transformed the way that consumers interacted with cell phones, and the App Store unleashed … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 209: Go Terabyte Or Go Home

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 209: Go Terabyte Or Go Home You missed us, right? You know you did! Never fear; the familiar trio of Jamie, Ricky and Joe are back together to bring you the top news stories of the … 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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SeroSpectives presents our ACB NFB 2014 Convention Wrap-Up Special

Listen to SeroSpectives: ACB NFB 2014 Convention Wrap-Up Special Join Lisa Salinger and her special guests Chancey Fleet, Jeff Bishop, Joe Steinkamp and Jamie Pauls as they share their observations of this year’s ACB and NFB conventions. You can also … 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 204: 34 Benjamins

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 204: 34 Benjamins Join Jamie, Ricky and Buddy for this week’s episode of the podcast as they discuss the top news stories of the week. After the news, Jamie talks with Joshua Loya and Mario Schapp … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 203: There Is a Storm Coming

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 203: There Is a Storm Coming Welcome to this week’s episode of the SeroTalk Podcast. The news of the week, your feedback, a book recommendation and an interview with author Shelly Brisbin about her new book … 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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SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for May 2014

Listen to SeroSpectives: This Month in Tech for May, 2014 Replay the Accessible Event archive of This Month in Tech for May Jeff Bishop is an IT Accessibility Analyst at the University of Arizona. He describes himself as a “Developer, … Continue reading

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SeroTalk Podcast 201: Magical Weapon

Listen to SeroTalk Podcast 201: Magical Weapon 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 as they manage … 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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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