[nfbwatlk] FW: Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, February 26, 2009 - Volume 197

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From: Dean Martineau [mailto:enews at flying-blind.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of
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Subject: Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, February 26, 2009 - Volume 197

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Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 197
The Week's News in Adaptive Technology

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Greetings! 

1) The latest Serotek tech chat is entitled "Digital Servants - Using Our
computers and Devices to Be Independent," a the notes provide lots of links
for online shopping and web page tracking.
http://serotalk.com/2009/02/20/digital-servants-using-our-computers-and-devi
ces-to-be-independent/
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2) Email2phone is a service striving to reach out to the blind community.
They provide a system where people can read and send e-mail by phone.
http://www.email2phone.net
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3) Sendero Group, makers of GPS systems for the Braille Note family, are
considering developing a "pay as you go' plan so that people can acquire
these systems less painfully. If you might take advantage of such a system,
contact Sendero Group:
http://www.senderogroup.com/index.htm
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4) Dolphin Systems has released version 10.02 of their product line of
screen readers and screen magnifiers. This upgrade features a number of
improvements to access to various programs.
http://www.yourdolphin.com/newsitem.asp?id=309
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5) drbongo and ald0 announce the new, version 1.3, release of Vinux - Linux
for the Visually Impaired
http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/latest_release_announcement-1.3.txt
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6) LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired offers an Accessible Cell
Phone Seminar on Tuesday, 24 March, with panel presentations from
17:00-19:00 GMT. People throughout the world can take part via telephone
conference call or online. To do either, write for instructions to
info at lighthouse-sf.org 

7) Code Factory Releases V2.1 of Mobile Speak Smartphone and Mobile Speak
Pocket, with support for more than 15 new phones, support for the new
BookShare library format and other new features.
http://www.codefactory.es/descargas/family_1/product_3/Whats_new_pocketpc.ht
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8) Easy YouTube lets you have control over videos on YouTube using the
keyboard and it works well with screen readers. the link is
http://icant.co.uk/easy-youtube
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9) The creators of Gizmo's Best Ever Freeware have unearthed a list of free
programs that enhance Microsoft Office 2007.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmosbest/~3/EMfplKLRctM/free-software-offic
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10) Greg Stillson and Dave Wilson representing humanware will demonstrate
KeySoft 8, the newest upgrade for the BrailleNote family of devices on Tek
Talk on GMT Tuesday 3 March at 0100.
http://www.accessibleworld.org
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11) Jeff Weiss has written a Window-Eyes script called Mission Impossible.
Its main purpose is a learning opportunity; those wishing to learn to script
Window-Eyes can look at the source, which is liberally comented.
http://www.gwmicro.com/Script_Central/
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12) Magnifh OutLoud is a simple screen magnifier that also has some ability
to read text.
http://www.turningpointtechnology.com/Vision/CG/Magnify%20OutLoud.htm
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13) This Fred's Head Companion post discusses Disposable ways to
communicate, meaning temporary e-mail addresses and phone numbers you can
use when you don't want people to use your real address or number.
http://www.fredshead.info/2009/02/disposable-ways-to-communicate.html
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