Monthly Archives: September 2008

GW Micro featured by the Indy Star News

This was posted to the GW Micro lists on Saturday September 27th, 2008. I hope you enjoy. The following story can be found at: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080927/BUSINESS10/809270400/1110/BUSINESS10 Assistive technology can help improve lives As a technology columnist, I often get caught up … Continue reading

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GW Micro announces beta 2 of the sense products

Introducing Sense Firmware Public Beta 2 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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Technology podcast 76 is now available!

Hi all, Technology podcast 76 is now available where we have a wide variety of topics. We include something from Shane Jackson as well in regards to the Ipod Nanno and the Mac. We hope you enjoy. I enjoyed doing … Continue reading

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Truth or fiction sends out a virus alert about a scam

Hi all, This may be very important for everyone. Usually I don’t post many of these from truth or fiction as most relate to topics not related to computers or technology in general, but this one is, and so be … Continue reading

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Window-Eyes 7.0 is available from GW Micro!

GW Micro is proud to announce the official release of Window-Eyes 7.0. The maturity of Window-Eyes has reached unprecedented levels in this latest version. The addition of scripting support provides users with the tools to enhance the accessibility and usability … Continue reading

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GW Micro Price Change announcement

Effective Immediately – Price Reduction for the Portable SenseView and Portable SenseView Duo! Due to improvements, the prices of the Portable SenseView P430 and the Portable SenseView Duo M430 have lowered. The new price of the Portable SenseView model P430 … Continue reading

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Windows Vista and NVDA with the UAC

Shaun Everess sent me this blog post which from the sound of it, makes it so that the UAC is accessible. This was posted to the NVDA E-mail list to which he sent me this. I know Window-Eyes reads UAC … Continue reading

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google, and what would you do with out things

Hi. Firstly I searched the net, and aparently some user somewhere has tried google brouser and even though its got limited keyboard support there is no basic accessability features, and not all info needed is revealed to screenreader software, this … Continue reading

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Technology podcast 75: Articles of interest, Magnitune news, and more

Well folks technology podcast 75 is now here. We talk about a lot of different things. For example, I give some some Magnitune news as well as the only article on the Blind Access Journal that was dated September 14, … Continue reading

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Don’t Underestimate the Need for Security

Don’t Underestimate the Need for Security. is back. This time, Tony talks about the Internet for Beginner’s guide for about and links to an interview that he did with a white hacker. Its something worth looking at. What do you … Continue reading

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