Accessible World

Mobile Phone enthusiast, Mark Taylor, will take the stage to discuss the
hottest new comer to the accessible wireless device arena, Apple's iPhone
3GS.

With over 20 years in the information systems field, including serving as
the Manager of New Technology at the University of California, Los Angeles,
and as a professional technology BLOGGER, Mark will compare and contrast the
basic features of iPhone 3GS with conventional mobile phones solutions and,
in so doing, will describe what kind of learning curve new iPhone 3GS owners

Do you long to enter the world of accessible cell phones, or to change to a different phone or provider, but find yourself mystified by the ever-changing array of choices and the scant available information? Whether you're an uncertain beginner or a current user of an accessible phone who wonders how you might improve your situation, the Tek Talk panel on July 27 will make your next move clearer by giving you up-to-date informationabout the various accessible phone options and sharing a wealth of experience concerning different phones.

On Monday July 20th, JoAnn Becker will present an introduction to Facebook, one of the world's largest social networks. She will discuss the myriad ways in which people are using this social utility to communicate with one another. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with people. They can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to inform friends about themselves.

During the July 13, 2009 installment of the Accessible World Tek Talk Room, Bernard Maldonado, Founder of Solona.net, the Free Captcha Solution Service for visually impaired people, talks about all aspects of Captcha. While this tool limits spam registrations, and spam blog posts, it also affects the way visually impaired people surf the internet. Some sites offer usable audio captchas; most sites do not. In any case, people with both visual and hearing difficulties are affected even more.

In September 2008, Apple released a talking iPod Nano. This was followed up in March by the release of a talking iPod Shuffle. You may wonder how accessible these players really are, or you may have one and wonder how to get the most out of it. Anna Dresner's new book, Using the Accessible iPod (available from National Braille Press at www.nbp.org ), answers these questions and helps both new and experienced users get the most out of these exciting players.

On Monday, June 29, Larry Lewis, President, Flying Blind LLC, will take the Tek Talk audience on a virtual tour of Mobile Geo, the world's first accessible GPS solution developed for Windows Mobile, and Windows Smartphone devices. This software, developed by Code Factory, can be installed on a number of off-the-shelf Windows Mobile devices. Mobile Geo gives the user the ability to: *Determine a specific location; *explore surroundings; *create and save specific routes from a point of origin to a desired location.

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 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'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'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.