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# In the first hour of Main Menu Live, we welcome David Kingsbury, an Assistive Technology Instructor at The Carroll Center for the Blind in Massachusetts, to discuss his new book entitled “The Windows Screen Reader Primer: All the Basics and More”. It is a free book, and we dive deep into its creation and content. In the second hour, we talk all about new Windows 11 Insider features, including al...

This month on Main Menu Live we turn our eyes to Windows 11 as well as a panel discussion during the second hour. In this evening's segment we catch up with Dan Clark, recently retired from Freedom Scientific/Vispero. Dan is a former dealer of assistive technology and long time JAWS trainer. We'll discuss his newly launched web site, "dSurf, the digital surf for accessibility," and the f...

# This month on Main Menu Live, it is JAWS upgrade time. Eric Damery from Vispero will reveal all that is new with JAWS 2022. In the second hour, we continue with an open forum and will highlight iOS 15, Windows 11, and updates from the Information Access Committee. Your questions are welcome.

# The Information Access Committee will talk about how the IRS can help you, followed by a presentation about audio games and other content from Wanderword.

# The Main Menu Live team will be discussing accessible fitness equipment. Getting up and getting moving is a theme throughout the year within ACB. In the first hour, Michael and Satauna come to talk with all of us about Peloton and Concept 2 devices. Peloton has some built-in accessibility features that make it easier for a blind cyclist to participate in their fitness classes. We will learn all...

Main Menu Live: Please join us for two hours of technology talk. In the first hour we will talk all things Club House. It is a platform that is changing the culture and shape of how ACB communicates. Come learn more about this platform and the plans for it moving forward. In the second hour we focus on the Information Access Committee and take your questions. We outline all of the activities at th...

Main Menu Live: On this month’s show in the first hour, the information access committee will let you know what’s coming up for the summer convention from the committee. Will bring you the latest assistive technology news and take your questions. In hour 2, we hear from Shane Lowe from the Supersense team. We learn all about Supersense and Super Lidar.

This month on Main Menu Live we have two fun-filled hours of great technology talk. In the first hour we bring Saqib Shaikh from Microsoft on to talk with us all about Seeing A I and their new World channel. The Seeing A I team describes this new channel this way: The new World channel, available on devices with a LiDAR scanner running iOS 14, enables you to explore an unfamiliar space in 3D, usin...

Next, Mike May and Jose join us from Goodmaps. Near by Explorer has been discontinued by APH and a new app is now on the scene for your use. Learn all about the new app and in-door navigation. Is the iPhone 12 something you should consider? Come and find out why it might be due to the new technology it has for us in the mapping space. This month we are honored to bring two companies on who are lea...

Episode Notes On this month's Main Menu Live, we bring some exciting speakers to you as we learn all about JAWS 2021 and Leasey. In the first hour, Eric Damery from Freedom Scientific joins us to talk about the brand-new release of JAWS 2021. Come learn more about what is new in this upcoming release of JAWS for Windows 2021 and to get your questions answered. In the second hour Brian Hartgen join...

Episode Notes Coming up this evening on Main Menu Live we have a number of things to talk with all of you about: Podcasts, Podcasts and more podcasts! Yes, we have exciting things to mention about this space and we will share more at the event! We think all of you will be very excited about the changes! It is all about looking back and looking forward! AIRA returns to Main Menu to bring us updates...

Main Menu Live is all about writing and publishing from an accessibility perspective! Please join the Main Menu Live team as we talk all about authoring in the digital age. We first welcome the Carroll Center's David Kingsbury who has written two books all about the web and formatting documents in Word. Which browser are you using today and which one should you use? Learn more from David's book "W...

Main Menu Live, which aired on Wednesday, June 24, is proud to present Larry Skutchan from the American Printing House for the Blind. Two new braille products are available, or will soon be, from APH, those being the Mantis Q40(tm) and the Chameleon 20(tm). How do these products fit in our lives? Whether you are a professional, a student or just needing a braille device for home and leisure, come...

We bring to you a special, two-hour Main Menu show this week! We are pleased to announce that ACB Radio's call-in technology program, Main Menu Live, has returned to ACB Radio Mainstream! Wednesday at 8:00 PM Eastern, we presented two hours with Vispero. Eric Damery joined us first giving us updates on all software products at Freedom Scientific. Next, Ryan and others joined us to talk about all t...

This week we continue with the month long birthday celebration of Main Menu. We'll hear the last hour, part 2, of the very first Main Menu show with Jonathan Mosen which was heard on April 10, 2000. Next week, we'll do a special 2 hour live Main Menu broadcast. Stay tuned for more information about that program. We'll also take your comments about Main Menu over the last 20 years. You can call in...

Main Menu 20th Anniversary Celebration - Week 2 This week we continue with the month long birthday celebration of Main Menu. We'll hear part one, of the very first Main Menu show with Jonathan Mosen which was heard on April 10, 2000. Next week, we'll hear part 2, as this was originally a 2 hour show. Remember that in week 4, we'll do a special 2 hour live Main Menu broadcast and your comments abou...

April 10 was literally Main Menu's 20th anniversary on ACB Radio. We salute this outstanding program with a month long celebration. On May 1st, Jonathan Mosen will join us to discuss his memories of Main Menu and ACB Radio. Jonathan was ACB Radio's first director and was responsible for the creation of Main Menu. On May 8 and 15, we'll play the first program in the series which was originally two...

CSUN 2020 Wrap-up - Part II Last week, Main Menu presented part 1 of a CSUN technology wrap-up This week, we finish up with part 2. We'll also visit with Peter Tucic, the Brand Ambassador of Humanware. he'll talk about the HW Buddy. John Gassman will talk about weekly technology webinars you can attend, and Jenine Stanley will talk about a very important survey that you should take.

From Larry G: I first attended CSUN beginning in the mid 1990's. but none was so different than the 2020 version which just ended. The Corona Virus was the main talking point at this technology conference and we'll discuss the virus, the conference and eventually get to some of the high points. There is so much to get to that it will spill in to another show which we creatively call CSUN Technolog...

Tune in, turn on, and learn about accessible television sets on this week's Main Menu Hello, Main Menu listeners. Friday night used to be the night when everyone would gather around the TV to watch their favorite shows. If you are looking for an accessible television set, gather your family around your computer to listen to Main Menu, featureing another collaboration between Main Menu and BITS. Th...

Well, I've been accused in the past about not excelling to my full potential. But in this particular case, I've done my job. You'll see this evening when you listen to Main menu hosted by John and Larry Gassman. Recently the ACB affiliate "BITS", joined the Main Menu team. You'll be hearing more from them as time goes on. This evening we look at the last of the Microsoft webinars thus far. It was...

In this episode, BITS takes the mic and Windows 10 does some narrating! We are so excited to have BITS join with the team to continue bringing you great episodes of Main Menu! Join the first bits/main menu collaboration this week as Richard Villa and Jeff Bishop discuss the features of and updates to narrator in Windows 10. You'll also hear a brief account of how BITS was formed and how you can be...

Get ready for a Main Menu Round Table! Hey there, Main Menu fans! We are back from our holiday break and wow, have we some things to share! And what better way to bring you the news than to gather around our shape-shifting table so you could hear from all of us. You'll hear about upcoming and exciting changes to the program along with the resurrection of something you may remember from Main Menu's...

Need some last-minute shopping ideas? IAC and Main Menu have got you covered! Shopping? Check. Accessibility? Check. Appliances and other electronics? Check. The Information Access Committee held a terrific webinar recently, covering all this and more. We on the Main Menu Team wanted to bring it to you in time for the holidays on a special edition of Main Menu.

Main Menu and Microsoft Accessibility get Productive with Share Point It's time for another Microsoft Accessibility webinar! This time we get productive with Sharepoint. Presented by: James Jackson and Eli Waalkes, Program Managers on the OneDrive & SharePoint team Learn about the latest Accessibility improvements for the OneDrive mobile apps and Document Libraries, and Lists in SharePoint Onl...