[Trainer-talk] new tech products

Thu Nov 12 18:14:54 UTC 2009

Hi,

Here is some new access tech stuff that has come out and will be out soon. 

Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 234

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Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 234
The Week's News in Adaptive Technology

Distributed by Flying Blind, LLC
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Povidi Announces the Availability of the SoundPost Orientation System For North American Customers

On November 3rd Povidi NZ LTD announced the availability of the SoundPost Orientation System for customers who live in North America. SoundPost is the
first orientation solution of its kind offering vision impaired customers an unparalleled means of safely identifying a desired location while traveling
throughout their community. SoundPost consists of a hand controller that the user holds to locate strategically placed base stations which can be mounted
to doorways, light posts, ambiguous bus stops, etc.

For additional information, or to purchase a SoundPost Hand Controller (US$175), Base Station (US$195), or a Kit which includes 1 Hand Controller and 2
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Greetings,

1) Firefox 3.6 will have a host of new accessibility features.
http://tinyurl.com/ylzzsty 

2) Here is he archive from July's CWDO's webinar session on mobile devices, cell phones and the basics of what you should know as a person with a disability
when looking to get a mobile device - with a Canadian flavor:
http://www.ideal-group.org/cwdo/090626/ 

3) The people at the NFB's National Technology Center have gathered with an additional participant to produce a podcast entitled Comparison of the Mac and
Pc User Experience.
http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Audio/OS_Windows-Mac.mp3 

4) Tweetymail is an e-mail interface to Twitter which some find to be very useful:
http://tweetymail.com/ 

5) The November, 2009 issue of the Braille Monitor contains an article entitled Tactile access to the iPhone is here.
http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0910/bm091005.htm 

6) The National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH has written guidelines for content providers who would like to create accessible iTunes U media via
captions, subtitles and audio descriptions.
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/wgbh.org.2010579900 

7) Humanware announces that its new notetaker, the much smaller and thinner BrailleNote Apex, will ship in December.
http://hcamarketing.cmail3.com/t/y/l/ujykhr/yhjdjtlyr/t 

8) Two opportunities are coming up to listen to information about the Apex. First, on GMT Saturday, 14 November at 02:00, Marlaina will interview Humanware
staff on ACB Radio.
http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream
Next, this device will be the topic for Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 17 November at 01:00 GMT.
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2 

9) Humanware has also announced that it has allied with Intel, and is one of the distributors for, the new Intel Reader, a portable device for scanning
and reading documents.
http://hcamarketing.cmail1.com/t/y/l/ujoul/yhjdjtlyr/y 

10) Not everybody within or without the blind community who has analyzed the Intel Reader thinks it is a step forward or a particularly good deal, as this
post from the Serotek blog articulates:
http://blog.serotek.com/2009/11/what-i-think-about-intel-reader.html 

11) Safari makes computer-related books available electronically for a subscription. this is a link to an accessible version of their site for subscribers:
http://www.safaribooksonline.com/access 

12) Here is a review, not concerning accessibility, of Sony's sound editor Sound Forge Pro 10.
http://tinyurl.com/yb63enq 

13) Build Your Own Website! is the topic for the next quarterly accessibility seminar at the Lighthouse for the Blind in San Francisco, on Friday, 4 December
at 21:00 GMT. To gain access to the online or phone conference broadcasts of the session, e-mail
info at lighthouse-sf.org 

14) The Carroll Center announces a new course available from CarrollTech, ZoomText for Beginners.
http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/a7f6f6fd4312a3c62dc98cb4c83fdffb?pa=342416301 

15) Accessibleelectronics.com is selling an off-the-shelf MP3 player, modified using the Rockbox riemware to make it accessible and add to its original
features. the expandable 8GB player sells for $79.99.
http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/Specials.html 

16) You can now get a case for the BookSense players.
https://www.gwmicro.com/Catalog/BookSense/?moreInfo=7200-328 

17) Independent Living Aids is the first US dealer for the Capten voice-activated GPS device, which costs $475 and also plays fm radio and holds 1 gig of
MP3 files.
http://www.independentliving.com/prodinfo.asp?number=240460&utm_source=streamsend&utm_medium=email&utm_content=7159611&utm_campaign=ila%20-%20Introducing%20the%20World%27s%20First%20Voice%20Controlled%20GPS%20System

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