[SaoMai] Fw: Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, July 2, 2009 - Volume 215
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Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 215
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Subject: Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, July 2, 2009 - Volume 215
Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 215
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Greetings!
1) The iPhone, accessible out of the box, has been generating lots of talk and
information. Mark Taylor, on his Candle Shore blog, has converted chapters from
the User's Guide into various accessible formats. To find them, choose the
Documentation link from his blog page, which has considerable recent coverage
concerning the phone.
http://mark.candleshoreblog.com/
2) Of particular interest from his blog is his very thorough review of the
phone:
http://mark.candleshoreblog.com/2009/06/30/review-not-every-apple-iphone-is-a-golden-delicious/
3) Part of the allure of the iPhone is the existence of thousands of apps to
make the phone do all sorts of things. Apple only guarantees that the apps that
ship with the phone will work with speech, but others do with no effort. Holly
Anderson has compiled a list of the apps which have been found to work with
VoiceOver
http://www.lioncourt.com/voiceover-compatible-iphone-applications/
4) The June 25 Serotek Tech Chat Discussed the New iPhone 3G S
http://serotalk.com/2009/06/26/june-25-live-tech-chat-discussing-the-new-iphone-3g-s/
5) Who knows if this initiative will work, but Marcus Engel
http://marcusengel.blogspot.com/2009/06/pardon-my-geekiness.html
suggests that we write to Apple to encourage them to arrange so that NLS books
can be played on the iPhone. It would be cool, so if you want to do it, write to
accessibility@xxxxxxxxx
6) There are at least two mailing lists for blind users of the iPhone to share
experience, learning and frustration. To join aiphone, send a blank message to
aiphone-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
or to join viphone send a blank message to
viphone-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
7) Still talking about mobile phones, for those interested in the very usable
Talks screen reader for Nokia phones, you can download a Seminar on using the
Talks object viewer to stop things from being spoken and how to make things
speak that didn't initially. Also covered N86 with other phones.
http://3p.blindsea.com/casts/Talks4-00-3.mp3
http://3p.blindsea.com/casts/chat-talk-about-software-for-phones-20080426.mp3
8) And Humanware and Code Factory are planning to release Orator, a screen
reader that will work on some upcoming Blackberry phone models. In anticipation
of this event, a user intends to create a web site and mailing list for
discussion and advocacy concerning accessible Blackberry use. If you want to be
informed of developments, e-mail
carlos@xxxxxxxxxxx
9) Leaving phones for this week, Window-Eyes version 7.1 is available, with
support for Windows 7, support for 64-bit versions of Windows Vista, Windows
Server 2008, and Windows 7, enhanced Braille functionality, new scripting
features for end users and script authors, and more.
http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/Latest_Features
10) Jamal Mazrui announces that the accessible Twitter interface McTwit version
2.0 is now available. McTwit offers nearly comprehensive access to Twitter
capabilities, which are provided, not through a generic web browser interface,
but through a dedicated Windows dialog that is
completely accessible.
http://EmpowermentZone.com/mtsetup.exe
11) WinZoom is a screen magnifier which costs less than some others and claims
to provide the same or higher quality.
http://www.getwinzoom.com/
12)Kathy Ann Murtha announces a 4-week, $80 An Immersion into Windows Vista -
The Training, including downloadable lessons, a textbook and chat/lecture.
Class starts 8 July and meets four Wednesdays starting at 23:00 GMT.
http:/www.ewebcart.com/1637/cart?add=1&item_id=187
13) Fred's Head leads us to the downloadable Dictionary for Parents of Students
with Disabilities.
http://www.usd.edu/cd/publications/dictionary.cfm
14) Thanks to them, we also learn about alice.com, a shopping/reminder site
where you can be reminded when you need to buy popular household items and then
have them delivered at good prices with free shipping.
http://www.alice.com/
15) This Gizmo article is called How Windows 7 and Vista 64 Support 32 bit
Applications
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmosbest/~3/NTMyj0Rey7s/how-windows7-vista64-support-32bit-applications.htm
16) The official podcast of Freedom Scientific, FSCast is ready for June, 2009.
http://podcast.freedomscientific.com/FSCast/episodes/fscast031-june2009.mp3
17) An e-mail list has been created to facilitate discussion about specific
issues faced by Visually Impaired Leaders and Managers, As well as about
general leadership and management topics. To subscribe to this group, send
email to
vilam-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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