[infoshare] Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, issue #174, August 28, 2008

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  • Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:33:29 -0400

Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, issue #174, August 28, 2008
1) The first public beta version of JAWS version 10 is available. Anyone who 
is licensed to use version 9 of the program can run it without limitations,
and everybody else can use it in 40-minute mode. This version appears to 
feature an innovative way of dealing with "forms mode" on the web, some 
proprietary
software synthesizers that are much more responsive than those previously 
available, support for Microsoft Office Access 2007, and other improvements.
You can read about it and a download it here:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS-public-beta.asp

2) Send me RSS is a site that lets you have RSS feeds sent to your e-mail so 
that you can receive notifications of new content in a familiar way. Feeds
can also be sent to your phone.
http://www.sendmerss.com

3) The Friends of Bookshare will offer a seminar on transferring Bookshare 
books to the Victor Reader Stream, on GMT Saturday, 6 September, at 00:00.
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e

4 The Lighthouse International Technology Expo will take place in New York 
all day on Friday, 19 September.
http://lighthouse.org/aboutus/lighthouse-events/lite-2008

5) EASI has scheduled a number of free webinars over the next several 
months. You can see the list here:
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

6) Beta versions of the forthcoming releases of the Braille Sense and Voice 
Sense products are available, featuring access to Audible and enhancements 
to
the GPS option.
http://www.gwmicro.com/sensebeta/public

7) Fred's Head Companion features some interesting compendia of information 
this week. This post contains several sources for vintage recordings:
http://www.fredshead.info/2008/08/theres-tinfoil-in-thomas-edisons-attic.html

8) This one offers many places where you can download free old-time radio 
programs and newsreels:
http://www.fredshead.info/2006/10/old-time-radio-shows-and-newsreels.html

9) this one offers possible sources for software for blind preschoolers:
http://www.fredshead.info/2005/11/accessible-software-for-preschoolers.html

10) This one offers brief listings of the shorthand used in Internet chat 
and instant messaging, as well as ways to get more complete listings:
http://www.fredshead.info/2006/03/do-you-know-your-chat-lingo.html

11) And this one is an updated and enhanced amalgamation of several earlier 
posts, and is entitled Finding, Researching and Downloading Books, 
Dictionaries
and Encyclopedias on the Net
http://www.fredshead.info/2006/12/finding-researching-and-downloading.html

12) Kathy Ann Murtha has reduced the prices of her textbooks considerably 
for those who download them. Now her adaptive technology textbooks can be 
had
for between US $30 and $50.
http://www.accesstechnologyinstitute.com/catalog/courses/textbooks.html

Dean Martineau provides adaptive technology training by phone, online and in 
person, with flexible arrangements, and at affordable prices.

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