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Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 310
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Dear Zach,

1) Recent additions to the gizmo site include Best Free Email 
Client
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-email-client.htm
How to Fix Problems Using the Windows 7 Troubleshooting System 
Tool
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-fix-problems-using-wi
ndows-7-troubleshooting-system-tool.htm

2) The Google Chrome operating system is now available on the 
Chromebook, a tiny computer that gives access to Google's online 
apps.  this computer and that system can be made to speak using 
the Speakit screen reader.  More about it on Serotek Podcast 70, 
item 8 below.  Learn about that program from this Fred's Head 
post:
http://www.fredshead.info/2011/06/google-chrome-talks-with-speaki
t.html

3) AppAdvice regularly gives suggestions for the best iPhone apps 
in different categories.  They recently came out with a list of 
the best apps for the visually impaired.  the list has some 
glaring omissions, but is interesting and would get a person off 
to a good start with apps.
http://appadvice.com/applists/show/apps-for-the-visually-impaired

4) Freedom Scientific will now be distributing the Plextalk 
Pocket, the DAISY player and recorder made in Japan, on which the 
Book Port Plus is based.  they will charge $275 for the player 
until October 31.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/news/pressroom/2011/plextalk-poc
ket-announced.asp

5) Dar.fm, which stands for Digital audio Recorder, has garnered 
good reviews from one accessibility-conscious reviewer and one 
mainstream reviewer that I know of.  It gives you 2GB of space to 
store recordings of any streaming service available.  It's like 
TIVo for radio, letting you record anything available and play it 
back when you want.
http://dar.fm/

6) On the opposite side of the accessibility spectrum, I am 
unable to verify this from here in Costa Rica, but one user 
reports that the Netflix site is now inaccessible to blind users.  
No indication as to whether this is true when using all screen 
readers, but if it is true it is a backward step that might call 
for some feedback to the organization.
http://www.netflix.com/

7) Serotek Tech Chat 107 is entitled Video Game News and Reviews 
for Disabled Gamers
http://serotalk.com/2011/06/23/tech-chat-107-video-game-news-and-
reviews-for-disabled-gamers-2/

8.  SeroTalk Podcast 70: Sell a Kidney, provides the usual rage 
of news and views for the fortnight.
http://serotalk.com/2011/06/23/serotalk-podcast-70-sell-a-kidney/

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