The Accessible World seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them.

Recent Additions

Accessible World Tek Talk Presents BookSense, June 22, 2009 by Raul A. Gallegos


84:59 minutes (29.18 MB)

BookSense enriches your life by giving you access to books, music and
information to educate, inform and entertain you. Two models are offered
– BookSense and BookSense XT. Both models play DAISY content, Audio
Files and Digital Books such as National Library Service (NLS). They
include a Secure Digital (SD) Memory card slot and built-in recorder.
Wherever you go, enjoy listening to your favorite books and music.

Features of the BookSense which will be demonstrated follow.

DATE AND TIME
Press the button on the front and hear the day of the week, date

Accessible World PresentsFuturehappeningsat NLS, June 15 by Judy Dixon, Consumer Relations Officer


61:18 minutes (21.05 MB)

Accessible World Tek Talk is very pleased to present Judy Dixon, Consumer Relations Officer, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically handicapped.

Judy Dixon will demonstrate and discuss the new NLS Digital Talking Book player that will be arriving in libraries later this summer.

Judy will also speak to us about accessing and using Web Braille as well as the NLS Downloadable services. If time permits, she will discuss any future programs contemplated by NLS.

Contact information for Judith M. Dixon: Consumer Relations officer,

Accessible World presents Eye-Pal by Louis Herrera


73:42 minutes (21.09 MB)

Accessible World's Tek Talk is pleased to present Louis Herrera and the Eye-PAL, and Eye-PAL SOLO. The EYE-PAL is a stand-alone, computer driven scanner. It is a one-pound portable USB device. The foldable stand, designed specifically for the blind, holds a digital camera over the printed material to be scanned. The camera is always at the exact distance needed to create a clear image. There is no need to adjust the camera. Louis will describe how Eye-Pal's patented motion detector can scan 20 pages per minute.

Accessible World presents Twitter on Tek Talk by Rich Cavallaro

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58:27 minutes (20.07 MB)

Accessible World's Tek Talk Training for Monday June first, 2009 is all about Twitter. With the ever-growing popularity of social networking, Accessible World is delighted to have Rich Cavallaro a student from Hofstra University, as our guest on Tek Talk. He will guide us through the many features of this ever-growing social networking site. Rich will discuss how to set up an account, how to follow people, how to send the different types of messages, ways to tweet and more.

Accessible World Presents Cash managere Financial May 18 by Tek Talk


57:30 minutes (52.65 MB)

Accessible World's Tek Talk Training for Monday May 18th 2009 introduces the latest easy to use financial software. Accomplish CashManager Financial Software is designed by accountants for small to medium size businesses.

CashManager Home is the new simplified version that is ideal for managing your home accounts.
During Tek Talks presentation you will learn how to do the following:
" Entering Transactions
" Creating and Editing Budgets
" Reconciling to your bank statement
" Creating reports
" Creating new companies