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Read this Volume of Top Tech Tidbits on the web at: http://www.flying-blind.com/tidbits2013/10312013/index.html This Week's Featured Advertisement: One Never-Been-Used Focus 14 Blue Wireless Braille Display for $1,100.00 USD This week Flying Blind, LLC has acquired a Focus 14 Braille Display that was purchased earlier this year, but has not been used, and is in need of a good home with a versatile, AdapTech Braille user. Shipping with all accessories, and with over a year remaining on its manufacturer warranty, this device is a fantastic companion for the iPhone, iPad, or PC user wishing to have a portable, powerful Braille companion that connects to Bluetooth or USB devices. It's a great, low-cost option for PC users using JAWS, and an equally powerful wireless alternative for the smartphone user on the go! Price includes shipping within the Continental United States, providing a savings of approximately $230.00 USD off of its retail price. This unit will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. To be the first to secure this unit please use the Buy Now link included below. For more information, or to order this product offline, email [email protected] or call +1 (216) 381-8107 today. Buy Now - One Focus 14 Blue Wireless Braille Display for $1,100.00 USD http://www.flying-blind.com/store/refurbished-sale-items/focus-14-blue-wireless-braille-display.html On behalf of all of us here at Flying Blind, LLC, we would like to wish all of our readers a ghoulishly Happy Halloween! 1) Cloud HQ may be a partial solution if you struggle with accessibility of Google Drive and Google Docs. It allows you to sync Google Drive with Dropbox, and Google Docs documents are converted to Word documents: https://www.cloudhq.net/dropbox 2) JAWS 15 has been released, with its considerable support for Windows 8.1, some improved web access, more streamlined Braille support, and more: http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/jaws-whats-new.asp 3) Jonathan Mosen's blog always features well-considered perspectives and resulting comments. Recent articles include "There's No Such Thing as a 'Blind Ghetto Product'": http://mosen.org/index.php/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-blind-ghetto-product/ "A Matter of Respect. Why I always write 'Braille' with an uppercase B": http://mosen.org/index.php/a-matter-of-respect-why-i-always-write-braille-with-an-uppercase-b/ "Vienna Waits for You. Great RSS Reader for Mac": http://mosen.org/index.php/vienna-waits-for-you-great-rss-reader-for-mac/ 4) While we're talking about Jonathan, his book on iOS7 is still available through his site as previously announced, but is now also available from National Braille Press in DAISY, hardcopy braille, and .BRF format: http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/IOS7-EYE.html 5) A Twitter user recommended "Startpage Search Engine" for its clarity and privacy settings: https://www.startpage.com/ 6) This is "A Review of Five iOS Navigation Apps" looking at accessibility for blind users: http://www.incobs.de/tests-english/items/ios-navigation-apps.html 7) And on that topic, here is a review of BlindSquare, one of the apps mentioned in the above post: http://markusboettner.net/ 8) A lot of people may be able to benefit from the "Getting Started Kit for People New to Vision Loss" from VisionAware: http://www.visionaware.org/section.aspx?FolderID=7&SectionID=135&TopicID=550 9) Easy Chirp is a cross-platform, accessible Twitter client that has been unavailable for a while, but is now back: http://accessibleinsights.info/blog/2013/10/29/easy-chirp-returns-with-new-sporty-features-and-more-power-under-the-hood/ 10) Meanwhile, development continues on the accessible Twitter client Chicken Nugget: http://q-continuum.net/chicken_nugget/readme.html#changelog 11) From HowToGeek, we learn "How to Use Windows' Advanced Search Features: Everything You Need to Know": http://www.howtogeek.com/173703/how-to-use-windows-advanced-search-features-everything-you-need-to-know/ And "Ransomware: Why This New Malware is So Dangerous and How to Protect Yourself": http://www.howtogeek.com/174343/ransomware-why-this-new-malware-is-so-dangerous-and-how-to-protect-yourself/ 12) Hadley hosts a quarterly iFocus seminar series with training on iOS devices. iOS7-related training videos from the series are now posted to their YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/hadleyschool 13) The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is collecting information about the preferences of blind users who browse the Web on mobile devices. They've created a short survey (15 questions) that can be completed in 10 to 15 minutes, and will be available until 22 November: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7RCD9SR 14) This is a bit over a year old, and many of the sites mentioned may well not be accessible, but "The Big List of 100 Tools, Tips and Tricks to Wwork More Eefficiently Online", from the Buffer Blog, could nonetheless be an interesting article to explore: http://blog.bufferapp.com/the-big-list-of-100-tools-tips-and-tricks-to-work-more-efficiently-online 15) Here is an OS X Mavericks feature list: http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html 16) Serotek finally offers the ability to download its software: http://www.serotek.com/downloads 17) Here are "4 Free Text-to-Speech Apps for Windows": http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?sc=168 18) And from the same source, here are "9 Free Windows Apps for Low Vision Users": http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?sc=195 19) We'll wrap up with this week's audio content: Hear from the new President of Freedom Scientific on this month's FSCast: http://www.freedomscientific.com/FSCast/default.asp The SPN team has been busy, with Triple Click Home #23: http://tripleclickhome.com/2013/10/29/triple-click-home-episode-23-earth-to-itunes/ And That Android Show #21: http://thatandroidshow.com/2013/10/28/that-android-show-episode-21-flowers-rainbows-and-puppies/ This is a quick Audioboo on how to make some apps accessible with iOS: http://audioboo.fm/boos/1686044-the-way-to-get-teamspeak-and-other-qt-things-to-work-with-voiceover Eyes on Success focuses on the iOS app Digit-Eyes: http://www.eyesonsuccess.net/eos_1344_podcast.mp3 AppleVis offers us: Recording Audio Output from your Mac and your Voice Simultaneously: http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/recording-audio-output-your-mac-and-your-voice-simultaneously A Demonstration of Some of the English TTS Voices Available to VoiceOver users in OS X Mavericks: http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/demonstration-some-english-tts-voices-available-voiceover-users-os-x-mavericks AppleVis Extra #17: Fleksy - Happy Typing with Bill Rappos: http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/applevis-extra-17-fleksy-happy-typing-bill-rappos And Stretch Your Audio with AudioStretch: http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/stretch-your-audio-audiostretch Finally, from BgZ come: Sega Game Gear Review: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/sega-game-gear-review/ Star Conquest Part 3 Space Combat for Cadets: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/star-conquest-part-3-space-combat-for-cadets/ And Sleep Timer Use on the Talking MP3 Players: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/sleep-timer-use-on-the-talking-mp3-players/ *************************************** Are you on Facebook? 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