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This week, Erin Edgar of Tech Access Weekly tells us about ninite.com , a service that allows one to easily install and update their favorite freeware and shareware programs. Next, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to quickly shut down a mac using VoiceOver. After that, we visit with Quentin C, creator of The Play Room, an online gaming platform for the blind. We then take a look a...

This week David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to access the menu bar, dock, and desktop with VoiceOver on a Mac. Next, Mary Emerson demonstrates Windows Live Mail with shortcuts and ribbons. Finally, Chase Crispin shows us how to create notes on the BookPort Plus.

This week, we visit with John Martin about a new set of free Jaws scripts he is developing for iTunes. We also talk with him about the progress of his Jaws scripts for Rhapsody. Finally, Mike Arrigo concludes his look at free accessibility solutions for Android Phones

This week David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to run the quick start tutorial for VoiceOver on a Mac. Next, Tyler Juranek tells us about the latest developments of Techy Tidbits. Finally, Mike Arrigo continues his series on the latest developments in accessibility for Android phones.

This week David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to make the function keys work with VoiceOver on a Mac. Next, Mike Arrigo begins a series on the latest developments in accessibility for Android phones.

On this weeks show, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to change VoiceOver voice synthesizer settings on the Mac. Then, Shaun Williams and Kevin Andrews of the Technology Wizard podcast brig us a discussion and demonstration of the differences between the third and fourth-generation iPod Touch.

After this week's Tech update from Chase Crispin, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to explore the keyboard on a Mac using VoiceOver. Finally, Darrell Shandrow shares his thoughts on CSUN 2011. Darrell and show host Jamie Pauls also talk about the current debate over mainstream vs. specialized technology for the blind.

This week, Paul Henrichsen concludes his review of MyMovies Pro for Apple's iDevices. Then, Blind Bargains brings us information from ATIA concerning offerings from Benetech and Handy Tech North America.

After this week's Tech Update from Chase Crispin, we visit with Doug Geoffray of GW Micro about the eminent release of Window-Eyes 7.5. Finally, Paul Henrichsen begins a review of MyMovies Pro for the iPhone and other iDevices.

Many of you have asked us for a series of short tutorials on using the Mac with VoiceOver. When we became aware of a series of instructional podcasts from Vision Australia on this very topic, we quickly realized that we needed to share them with our Main Menu listeners. After this week's Tech Update from Chase Crispin, I visit with David Woodbridge about Vision Australia's podcasts and about using...

THIS week, we bring you part 2 of our look at Window-Eyes 7.5 courtesy of GW Micro. Next, Chase Crispin reviews the Snowball microphone. Finally, J. J. Meddaugh of Blind Bargains brings us another interview from this year's ATIA conference. In this interview, Doug Hacker, VP of Business Development at AI Squared demonstrates ZoomReader, an OCR app for IOS devices.

This week, David Tanner brings us part 2 of his look at Open Book 9 from Freedom Scientific.

This week we bring you part one of our look at Window-Eyes 7.5 courtesy of GW Micro. We will look at part two of this presentation in two weeks.

This week, we bring you two weeks' worth of Tech updates from Chase Crispin. Also, Mary Emerson shows us SARA, Camera Edition, Freedom Scientific's stand-alone scan and read appliance. Finally, we bring you the first in a series of interviews from this year's ATIA conference courtesy of Blind Bargains. In our first installment, J.J. Meddaugh talks with the president of Enabling Technologies about...

On this week's show, David Tanner brings us part 1 of a thorough review of Open Book 9 from Freedom Scientific.

This week we begin with a Tech update from Chase Crispin. Next, Aaron Linson provides a review of the Kindle 3. Finally, Kevin Chao demonstrates the Apple TV using VoiceOver.

This week, we visit with Christopher Toth about Hope, an accessible interface for the Pandora music service. Next, we rebroadcast episode four of the VoiceOver On podcast which takes a look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of the newest generation of the Apple TV with VoiceOver Access. After that, Chase Crispin demonstrates how to enter addresses on the Trekker Breeze from HumanWare. Finally, Ma...

This week, after our weekly Tech Update feature courtesy of Chase Crispin,</1> we visit with John Martyn who has written a set of Jaws scripts for Rhapsody, the popular online music subscription service. The scripts bring access to the Rhapsody application that has been almost impossible up to this point. After the interview, we take the scripts for a short test drive. Main Menu airs...

We have covered a lot of stories on Main Menu over the past year, and so it seemed appropriate to highlight some of them. That's exactly what we do on this week's show, but first we bring you holiday greetings from ACB president Mitch Pomerantz and then we give you a short tech update from Chase Crispin. Main Menu airs on Fridays at 9 PM Eastern or Saturdays at 2 UTC. Call the Main Menu comment li...

When Dr. Robert Carter and Larry Skutchan sit down and have a conversation about accessible technology, you know the conversation will be both entertaining and informative. On this week's show, we bring you a rebroadcast of a recent Tech Doctor podcast where Robert and Larry discuss the past, present, and future of accessible technology. Sit back, enjoy, and learn!

This week, we visit with Pratik Patel about The Center for Access and Innovation in Technology (CAIT,) a new nonprofit organization that will, among other things, develop technology products and services that are affordable. Next, Matt Vollbrecht demonstrates the newest generation of the Apple TV with VoiceOver support.

This week, we have two tech updates from Chase Crispin. Next, we bring you the premier episode of a new podcast, VoiceOver On, where we learn about the new features found in IOS 4.1. After that, Kevin Chao demonstrates Digit-Eyes, a bar code scanning app for IOS devices. Then, Stephen Guerra demonstrates the Moshi clock radio available from Independent Living Aids. Finally, we visit with Ricky Eng...

This week we begin by talking with Darrell Shandrow about AppleVis, a site where users of iDevices can post reviews of apps in terms of their accessibility with VoiceOver. Next, Kevin Chao reviews Noogle Noggles and oMoby, two apps for the iPhone that allow the user to take a picture of various items such as household products and money and provides a description of the item.

This week we bring you another Techy Tidbit from Tyler Juranek. Next we continue our comparison of several GPS applications for the iPhone courtesy of Mike Arrigo.

This week we bring you a Techy Tidbit from Tyler Juranek, a Tech Update from Chase Crispin, and then we devote the remainder of the show to the iPhone. First, Kevin Chao gives us an excellent demonstration of touch-typing on the iPhone. Next, Mike Arrigo begins a comparison of several GPS applications for the iPhone.