[ktvt] Fw: Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, October 19, 2006

"Vy Pham" <missyguide@xxxxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 20 Oct 2006 06:55:41 -0400

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October 20, 2006 12:09 AM Subject: Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, October
19, 2006

Top tech tidbits for Thursday, October 19, 2006
1) HumanWare announces the release of Trekker version 3.0, the gps system
for the blind, featuring more maps and maps with broader coverage,
turn-by-turn instructions when in a vehicle, and other enhancements.
http://humanware.ca/web/en/NewsGetFile.asp?file=20061018.html
2) Here is a link to download an audio tutorial on how to create 'maps" for
the Supernova screen reader/screen magnifier combo.
http://www.tbrn.net/arfy/mapping%20supernova.ogg
3) window-Eyes version 6 public Beta is now available.
http://gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Beta/ It is the subject of this week's
installment of ACBRadio's Main Menu.
4) One mailing list user re commends Greg Epley's Weather Gale, a program
for keeping track of weather forecasts and conditions.
http://www.thinkzo.com/products/WeatherGALE.htm
5) You can hear an australian Rules football match in London this Saturday
at 12:e0 GMT via BBC Radio London.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/10/12/live_commentaries_fe
ature.shtml
6) I seem to recall this article from before, but here's a good compendium
of information about how best to use Google, courteous of the Fred's Head
Companion.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FredsHeadCompanion/~3/38592746/getting-more-o
ut-of-google.html
7) From the same source, we learn that the Georgia Tech Center for
Assistive Technology and Environmental Access has launched a Wiki, a
grassroots-created encyclopedia, on assistive technology. the site
presently contains 54 articles. http://atwiki.assistivetech.net/ATWiki_Home
8) And also, we learn of a page with instructions for finding old computer
games which may be playable by folks with lo vision, and for making the
games playable on modern operating systems.
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/articles/Windows/Free_Old_Games_for_Your_New_PC/
9) chris Judd presents a free online training on Coping With the Many
Challenges of Online Shopping this GMT Tuesday 24 October at 00:00 as part
of the Accessible world series. http://www.accessibleworld.org
10) Enhancements and fixes continue to come thick and fast with the
accessible text editor TextPal, which has now attained version 1.9.
http://www.empowermentzone.com/palsetup.exe
11) with the release this week of Internet Explorer version 7, window-Eyes
users of version 6 are safe to upgrade to it, but JAWS users are advised to
wait for version 8 sometime in November. In preparation, here is a Fred's
Head Companion article on Internet Explorer keyboard use.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FredsHeadCompanion/~3/37879853/keyboard-lover
s-guide-to-internet.html
the rest of this issue consists of repeats of several items from last week
which were printed incorrectly. Most of the errors were caused by a change
in software which had unforeseen consequences.
11) Among many useful technology-related items emanating from Fred's Head
Companion this week, here's a post with a lot of information about caring
for, using and copying cd's and dvd's
http://fredsheadcompanion.blogspot.com/2006/10/cds-and-dvds.html
12) blindmoviebuffs is a mailing list for discussing movies and sharing
audio described movies. to join, send a blank message to
blindmoviebuffs-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
13) this installment of Fred's Head Companion diswcusses a way to use the
Notepad program for logging and organizing.
http://fredsheadcompanion.blogspot.com/2006/10/notepad-accessible-way-to-org
anize.html
14) this edition tells how to prevent your computer from being taken over by
malware and what to do if it is.
http://fredsheadcompanion.blogspot.com/2006/10/has-your-computer-been-turned
-into.html
15) and we never weary of listings of sites for online books.
http://fredsheadcompanion.blogspot.com/2006/10/project-gutenberg-and-other-o
nline.html
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