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Features on MainMenu this week include Mary Emerson starts a review of the new version 8 firmware for Braille Sense U2 and Braille Sense Plus. She will show us what has changed and tell us about many of the new features in version 8.0. Thanks to GW Micro we are airing the first half of a two part review of Windows 8 and how it works with Window-Eyes 8.0. And, we find out that Window-Eyes 8.2 was j...

Features on MainMenu this week include Chase Crispin reviews the Braille Sonar app for iOS. This comprehensive reference for contracted Braille symbols can be a real friend when you can not remember the right contraction or the contraction you are seeing is not one that you know. David Tanner interviews Anna McClure from Envision America about the latest in barcode readers and the perscription rea...

Features on MainMenu this week include David Woodbridge from visionaustralia.org brings us a number of demonstrations including a demo of the Meteor Vibrating Watch, a demonstration of downloading Daisy books into the PlexTalk Daisy player from your computer, using the multitasking features on the iPad, and auto connecting to a variety of computer services. And, David Tanner does a short presentat...

Features on MainMenu this week include A new Jaws 14 update is released this week. We bring you the details first on MainMenu! David Tanner takes you on a review and demonstration of the Windows Mail client built into the Windows 8 start screen. We look at how to read, create and access all the menus in this easy to use and very accessible simple email client for Windows 8. And, David Woodbridge s...

Features on MainMenu this week include David Tanner interviewing representatives from Bookshare about the latest developments with the services at Bookshare, and they discuss the new web based book player and personal bookshelf. David Woodbridge from www.visionaustralia.org demonstrates the self voicing Silver Dollar game for Mac. Tim Cummings demos the Fox-L Speaker. And, David Woodbridge from ww...

This week Main Menu contains a wide variety of content. First, Steve Bauer presents an interview about a new product called Scan stand which allows you to place your iPhone or Android phone in a stand that will allow you to get the best pictures possible for OCR and object recognition. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia brings us two demonstrations of Android Accessibility. First, David introd...

MainMenu Features For March 15 2013 David Woodbridge starts us off with information and demonstration of the Solo DX Audio Description Tracks, what it is and where you can get it. Darrell Shandrow and Allison Hilliker from Blind Access Journal bring us an Interview with Judy Dickson from NLS about the BARD app for your iPhone, iTouch or iPad. And, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia brings us a...

We have packed MainMenu with so much information this week you will have to listen to it all to really be informed. Rich Cavalaro introduces us to the new Victor Stream Second Generation and demonstrates the new features. David Woodbridge from www.visionaustralia.org demonstrates using the call back feature in iOS for your iPhone. Chase Crispin interviews a representative from Duxbury and they tal...

Windows 8 - Google Chrome and more highlightS thisShow on MainMenu. David Woodbridge from www.visionaustralia.org demonstrates use of the on screen keyboard on the Microsoft Surface RT with Narrator. David Tanner - MainMenu Host - interviews Nancy Merical from Digital Mericals LLC about the latest release of Digit-Eyes for IOS. Chase Crispin - Executive Producer of MainMenu - interviews Eric Damer...

We have packed this week with lots of goodies!!! MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin interviews folks at the Bookshare booth at ATIA and they discuss the new features on the Bookshare website. Additional coverage will be done on this subject in a future MainMenu program. Mary Emerson demonstrates use of Tax Act for accessibility when preparing your taxes this year. David Woodbridge demonstra...

Windows 8 accessability and a notetaker app from AFB highlight MainMenu this week! MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin starts us out with an interview with Dan Hubbell of Microsoft about all the new accessibility features in Windows 8 including a completely new Narrator. MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge comes to us complements of www.visionaustralia.org with a exciting demonstration an...

It's a week for highlighting the newest in the area of assistive technologies for the blind this week on MainMenu. Executive producer Chase Crispin starts off the show with a interview with Michael Tindell from Humanware about the new Victor Stream. David Woodbridge from www.visionaustralia.org follows with a review and demonstration of the new iOS app Brailletouch. And, finally, Chase returns wit...

This week David Woodbridge starts us off with a tour of his favorite apps for use at home and work on his MacBook Pro. You will learn what some of the top accessible apps are for Mac, and why Apple expert David Woodbridge considers them some of his favorites. Then David comes back complements of www.visionaustralia.org and takes on an exciting tour and demonstration of the AQ portable, wireless, e...

Windows 8 or Apple we have you covered this week on MainMenu!!! David Tanner starts us out with the third installment in our Windows 8 tutorial with a discussion and demonstration of features of File Explorer. Create new folders, copy and paste files, look at file and folder properties and more. Dan Eickmeier reviews and demonstrates Clam X AV - anti Virous software for your Mac. Its free and it r...

Mary Emerson reviews Oehm Electronics DTV Radio. David Woodbridge shows us about syncing media in the Ford Focus. David Tanner reviews and demos some of the tutorial lessons in the Vo Starter app for IOS. You may want to add this app to your iOS device. And, David Woodbridge from www.visionaustralia.org demonstrates using ReadHear Pro to read Daisy books on your Mac.

This week on MainMenu, it is all about BARD. The BARD webpage has undergone a huge change with addition of many more features, new ways of doing things you could do on BARD have changed, and much more. MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin takes us on a review and demonstration of the new and greatly improved download webpage of the National Library Services for the Blind and Print Disabled. H...

Happy New Year! Have you resolved to listen to MainMenu every week this year? We hope so! MainMenu rings in 2013 with 3 new segments of interest to many who have requested reviews of Tiny Tunes and Text Detective. Cullen Gallagher brings us a review and demonstration of the new Tiny Tunes Talking MP3 Player. He shows us a lot of the great features in this little player, and a few features that nee...

It is a MainMenu special this week! MainMenu Host David Tanner and MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin co-host this special 2 hour review of the highlights of MainMenu for 2012, and talk about some of the plans for 2013. We look again at our coverage of the features of some of the most popular notetakers, coverage of new operating systems released this year for Windows, Mac, and iOS devices...

This week on MainMenu we bring you holiday greetings from Main Menu staff and listeners. MainMenu staff member Tim Cummings interviews Stephen Clower from GW Micro about the just released Window-Eyes 8.0 and all of its new features. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia Shows us how to purchase, download and run a new app all from the IOS app store on your iPhone or other IOS device. And, David a...

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin brings us a tech update with information on three assistive technology packages that had upgrades to their software during the past week. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia reviews and demonstrates the new iTunes version 11 for Apple Mac. He covers the new features, and shows us around most of t...

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Host: David Tanner brings us our third presentation on Windows 8 with a look at the Windows8 Narrator screen reader built into Windows 8. We take a look at the new more extensive set of settings available, a much richer list of reading commands, and even a way to add keyboard commands of your own to what is already provided in Narr...

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin interviews John Martyn of DoItBlind.com about a number of new scripts for Jaws for Windows that will make many favorite software packages much more accessible to blind users. MainMenu Host: David Tanner brings us our second presentation on Windows 8 with a look at the WWindows Charms and a bit of a...

This week on Main Menu, David Tanner speaks with Eric Damery, vice president of software at Freedom Scientific about the newest from Freedom Scientific including version 14 of the JAWS for Windows screen reader and version 12 of the Magic Screen Magnification software. Next, Mary Emerson gives us a brief demo of the Miniguide mobility aid. Finally, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia demonstrat...

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: David Tanner interviews Harry Brown and we learn about the latest developments in the exciting field of the driverless vehicle. Yes, it really is coming, and it is already being driven on the highways in three states in the U. S. Then David Woodbridge from Vision Australia, and MainMenu staff member, introduces us to the 7th generation of t...

This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: Chase Crispin, Executive Producer for MainMenu interviews Larry Skutchan about the latest tech products from American Printing House for the Blind. Then MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge from Vision Australia brings us two features: The first introduces to new features in the September 2012 release of software for Apple TV. and the sec...