Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, September 6, 2012 - Volume 369 The Week's News in Adaptive Technology
A Flying Blind, LLC Publication http://www.flying-blind.com/ Read this Volume of Top Tech Tidbits on the web at: http://www.flying-blind.com/tidbits2012/09062012/index.html This Week's Featured Advertisement: One Gently Used Seika USB 40 Cell Braille Display for $1,450.00 USD!!! The world's most inexpensive 40 cell Braille display just got a whole lot cheaper! Flying Blind, LLC has a gently used Seika 40 cell Braille display with USB connectivity that it is selling for $1,450.00, approximately $850.00 USD off its suggested list price! This unit is in fantastic shape and will meet all of your desktop needs. Price includes shipping within the continental United States, and this unit will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information email [email protected] or call +1 (216) 381-8107 today. Top Tech Tidbits: 1) Have a listen to this hilarious and thought-provoking podcast from VICT Consultancy: BrailleNote Battery Scandal: http://www.vict-consultancy.co.uk/media/BBS_Podcast.MP3 2) And VICT Consultancy has produced vTurbo for NVDA, a £2.99 (around $5.00) program which adds six capabilities to NVDA: Application specific settings, Voice profiles, Enhanced say-all mode, Read just text, Fast speech dictionary entry, and Smart Numlock function. http://www.vict-consultancy.co.uk/content/vTurbo_for_NVDA.html 3) The Maccessibillity web site has been streamlined, eliminating outdated content and making the current content easier to locate. http://maccessibility.net/2012/09/03/the-new-maccessibility-is-here/ 4) It's that time of year again, when Freedom Scientific fills us in on the year's coming release of JAWS, this time, JAWS 14, on FSCast. http://www.freedomscientific.com/FSCast/episodes/fscast069-august2012.asp 5) The latest Tech Doctor podcast features Anne Robertson who teaches the Mac in France. http://www.dr-carter.com/ 6) The September, 2012 issue of AccessWorld features a review of the STEP textbook rental program, reviews of books on the iPhone from National Braille Press, a review of the new free screen reader for Blackberry, reviews of two pairs of glasses which purport to alert travelers to objects through vibration, and more. http://www.afb.org/accessworld 7) Learn about the new Quest from Envision America on Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 11 September at 00:00. http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2 8) Lisa Salinger is starting a $50, six-week iPhone and iPod Basics class with the first session scheduled for 16:30 GMT on Saturday, 22 September. Another series may run on Tuesday nights stateside, on Wednesdays at 01:00 GMT. Prepayment is required. To learn more, write to: [email protected] *************************************** Visit the 2012 Tidbits Archive at http://www.flying-blind.com/tidbits2012.html where you can grab back issues. All that welcome information for future issues can be directed to our editor, Dean Martineau, at [email protected]. *************************************** Privacy Policy: http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp Flying Blind, LLC | 955 Pembrook Road | Cleveland Heights | OH | 44121 -- "Life is like a piano. White keys are happy moments & Black keys are sad moments. But remember both keys are played together to give sweet music." "Focus on your abilities, not your disability." Follow me on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starhoze Warm Regards, Have a nice day Hozefa... Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
