[SaoMai] Fw: Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, September 25, 2008 - Volume 177
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Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 177
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Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 177
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1) Spoonbill Software has released its fourteenth free accessible self-voicing
game, BG Chess Challenge, which can be played at different skill levels and
with different levels of graphics. Chess instructions are also included.
http://www.spoonbillsoftware.com.au/blindgamers.htm
2) Window-Eyes 7 is officially released, with iTunes support enhanced browsing
features and a growing number of scripts written by dedicated script writers.
http://www.gwmicro.com/News_&_Events/Latest_News/?newsNo=101
3) The September edition of FSCast from Freedom Scientific discusses the
further progress of version 10 toward its intended release near the end of the
year. When Beta 2 appears, it will include support for iTunes and a new Tandem
feature allowing a skilled JAWS 10 user to control the computer of another JAWS
10 user for training or tech support purposes.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fscast
4) The Adept1, a new form of voice-enabled universal assistant for those who
have disabilities or are otherwise eyes or hands busy.
their website describes the device and offers a link to a demonstration and
further discussion via GoogleTech Talk.
a new form of voice-enabled universal assistant for those who have disabilities
or are otherwise eyes or hands busy.
http://www.amazability.com/
5) "Label It! Braille and Audio Strategies for Identifying Items at Home and
Work" is a National Braille Press book written by Judy Dixon, and she will
discuss the book and related subjects on Tek Talk for GMT Tuesday, 30 September.
http://www.accessibleworld.org
6) There has been considerable discussion about the accessibility improvements
on the Apple front. Mac users have had good access to most of iTunes features,
but their access has improved, and Windows users now have access through
Window-Eyes and apparently soon through JAWS, with a third-party package
supplementing JAWS access. Meanwhile, the newest iPod Nanno can speak menus and
song titles. Here is a podcast discussing these developments, mostly from the
Mac-user perspective:
http://www.shanejackson.net/Talking_iPod_Nano.mp3
Meanwhile, Brian Hartgen offers a podcast concerning Windows access to iTunes
and another one concerning a set of JAWS scripts they have written called
J-Tools to enhance word processing and Internet use for JAWS users. He plans to
do a podcast on the iPod Nanno in the upcoming week.
http://tandtconsultancy.wordpress.com
7) this Fred's Head Companion post is entitled Internet Resources for Teaching
Math to Visually Impaired Students.
http://www.fredshead.info/2005/11/internet-resources-for-teaching-math.html
8) They also tell us about a search engine that is human-indexed, hence a bit
slower than the usual Google but perhaps more satisfying to use? Note that when
I tried to access it, the Url failed, but perhaps that was only temporary.
http://www.oggleus.com/
9) Code Factory announces the release of Mobile Geo, its GPS program for
windows Mobile and Pocket Pc phones, developd in conjunction with Sendero
Group, the makers of the GPS solution for the BrailleNote family.
http://www.codefactory.es/MobileGeo
10) Biographies of six US presidents from the American Experience tv series are
available with audio description for free download through the now-accessible
iTunes U, and through their web site:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/
11) Apple Offers a VoiceOver Getting Started for Leopard Podcast
http://www.lioncourt.com/
12) Developers of the Microsoft Word Save as Daisy plug-in plan to release two
versions in the next four months. They are seeking a variety of beta testers.
If interested, choose the category "Project Microsoft Save as DAISY Beta" and
fill out the form here:
http://www.daisy.org/support/contactus.shtml
13) Accessibility reviews of Google Chrome version 0.2, Acefire version 1.0,
TeamTalk version 3.5, and Weather Underground have been addedd to the
AccessWatch database.
http://www.accesswatch.info
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