[ktvt] Fw: top tech tidbits for Thursday, May 4, 2006

"Vy Pham" <missyguide@xxxxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 4 May 2006 19:10:14 -0400

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Top Tech tidbits for Thursday, May 4, 2006
1) Version 10.04 of the Kurzweil 1000 scanning and reading package is out,
correcting bugs and adding minor features
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/products_k1000.asp
2) the web page that contains blindness-related eBay searches has been
updated with even more links to possible searches.
http://www.bestmidi.com/ebay.php
3) robert Leblond and the Assistive Technology Center of Sacramento have
announced the new AdvantEdge Reader, which combines the SmallTalk Ultra from
Gw Micro with a portable scanner to make a portable reading system for the
blind. More information is available via e-mail from sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4) brian Hartgen has started the JAWS and Pac Mate blog to provide news
items and web links regarding these two products.
http://bhjaws.livejournal.com/
5) While reading through the blog, I found that Brian has released scripts
for JFW 7.0 that considerably enhance the place marker feature of JAWS.
Read about them and download from the link on the blog.
6) A regulation has been proposed that would prohibit US Medicare
recipients from ever receiving assistance from Medicare to pay for low
vision aids of any sort. Comments are now being accepted on this proposal.
for more information and to learn how to comment, email mrichert@xxxxxxx
7) there is now a second set of JAWS scripts for Apple's iTunes. this set
is free, and has somewhat less functionality than the for-fee ones from
brian Hartgen. http://zufelt.ca/jaws/itunes.aspx
8) A new mailing list for those wanting to develop audio games is
available. http://lists.agdev.org/
9) Debbie Scales, long-time provider of support to JFW users, has developed
JAWS scripts for the Juice podcast receiver to make the scheduler easier to
use. http://www.jfwlite.com/JuiceA.zip
10) Catherine Thomas is conducting a survey of users of the Optacon reading
aid to attempt to advocate for the device's continued existence in the
future. You can obtain a copy of the short survey by e-mail
braille@xxxxxxxxx
11) Users of the Vipconduite chat system now have a new chagt client they
can use, the VIP Communicator. http://www.vipconduit.com/
12) Information about the GRAB project, a research project designed to make
3d graphical environments accessible to the blind, can be found at
http://www.grab-eu.com/
13) The creators of the Skype voice chat service have launched Skypecasts,
free public 100-person online conferences. http://skypecasts.skype.com/
Jonathan Mosen has reviewed the beta version of this feature, and finds it
mostly quite accessible. http://www.mosenexplosion.com/
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