Monthly Archives: August 2008

Technology podcast 73: a review of a web site

Well folks, In spite of the holiday, the Jared Rimer network will release a 16 minute podcast on technology. This is Podcast 73 of the series. Kelly Sapergia gives us a demo of two screen readers using the Reel World … Continue reading

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JFW version 10 beta 1 is now available!

Hi all, I just got a voice mail from Kelly Sapergia letting me know that beta 1 of JFW is available. To take advantage of this, go to the JFW podcast on this page, and go to the release notes. … Continue reading

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Technology podcast 72: August 24, 2008: JFW version 10 observations and more

Hi all, Podcast 72 is now available for your convenience! Its over an hour long, and we talk about JFW version 10′s new features. I want to stress that beta 1 is not available as of yet, please check the … Continue reading

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JFW beta 10 information of interest

Hi All, Thanks to Kelly Sapergia we learn about JFW version 10 beta 1. You may read the release notes or you may listen to the Freedom Scientifix Podcast in which they talk about the latest in their product.

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Braille Sense and Voice Sense Public Beta 1 Now Available

Introducing Sense Firmware Public Beta 1 Available for immediate release is a new firmware update to our popular Sense notetakers; Braille Sense Plus, Voice Sense, and Braille Sense (Original). This public beta release introduces many enhancements, bug fixes, and new … Continue reading

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final post

Hi. Ok. Here is the final post before I head out. Here are this weeks updates. On the windows front silverlite 1 had a security update, also spywareblaster had updates and spybot. For those that use the t timer thing … Continue reading

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IBM and GW Micro Join Steering Committee for Accessibility Interoperability Alliance Expanded Committee Drives Association s Strategic Mission

WAKEFIELD, Mass. — August 4, 2008 — The Accessibility Interoperability Alliance (AIA), a coalition of leading information and assistive technology companies dedicated to enabling developers to more easily create accessible software, hardware and Web products, welcomes the addition of two … Continue reading

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Technology podcast 71 is finally here: August 16, 2008

I will definitely give Shaun Everess something to listen to as I release Podcast 71 of the technology podcast series. get your 49mb file here. We talk about beta testing we talk about E-mail edocate, and a whole lot more. … Continue reading

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Article: Lotus ‘Safe & Sound’ system makes hybrid,electric vehicles audible

From the blind access journal We find this interesting article entitled Lotus ‘Safe & Sound’ system makes hybrid,electric vehicles audible which is a very interesting read. I haven’t read the article that Blind Access links too, but the post itself … Continue reading

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Word Press 2.6.1

WordPress 2.6.1 is now installed for optimal security.

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