Accessible World

What was cool at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show from the perspective of a blind
user?
Mike May will talk about his 5 days of exploration around the millions of square
feet in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Mike has attended CES since 1984. For several
years, he produced an audio summary report for Playback Magazine, which are archived
at
http://www.SenderoGroup.com/products/mikeproducts.htm
For the first time, Mike will share his CES findings in real-time with others interested
in tools and gadgets. Some are very accessible, some are not. All are easier to explain

Do you have a hard time picturing how a blind person can use the iPhone, the first-ever
accessible touch-screen device?
Do you wonder how the iPhone can enhance the quality of your life and with navigation?
Dean Martineau will give an overview of the use of this popular device, then elaborate
on its productivity and navigation features, as well as its wonders as a portable
world-ranging radio receiver.

Greetings! I would like you to know what the purpose of this web site is, and a little about the people who make it a great site. Since I started this contraption, I guess I'll tell you a little about myself. I am a business-man originally from Mount Morris, Michigan. For the last few years I have been the CEO of Talking Communities. Before this I was involved in several adventures including working at a Center for the Blind, land development, teaching people how to own their own business, several years working with the homeless in Mesa, Arizona, and buying and selling real-estate.

Monday December 14th, 2009
,Tek Talk presents Larry Lewis, President Flying Blind LLC and Darryl Sherwood, founder
of Povidi NZ LTD who will demonstrate the SoundPost Orientation System. SoundPost
picks up where other GPS and Mobility aids leave off by providing a fundamental level
of orientation to a variety of objects throughout one's environment. Consisting of
a base station and a hand controller, SoundPost enables users to independently and
efficiently navigate to doorways, staircases escalators, etc, traveling across complex

Tek Talk is very proud to feature Brian R. Albriton, Senior Reader Advisor Coordinator, Braille Institute Library to demonstrate and discuss both the basic and the advanced NLS players.
Brian will talk about how to download from the BARD web site into your player. He will answer all questions about the players. He will talk about using thumb drives, flash drive and the blank cartridges.
Brian Albriton
Email: brian@braillelibrary.org

On Monday, November 23 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time, Larry Lewis, President, Flying Blind LLC www.flying-blind.com will be demonstrating netECHO, an accessible, phone-based web application that enables individuals who are vision impaired to perform a number of tasks using the world wide web.

HumanWare Launches the BrailleNote Apex
HumanWare has just launched the newest member of the BrailleNote family, the BrailleNote Apex, the thinnest and lightest of note takers. Powerful, but slim at just 2 cm (0.78?) and weighing only 812 grams (1.8 lbs), the BrailleNote Apex is designed for on the go portability and high functionality. The advanced technology features the acclaimed KeySoft Version 9, a comprehensive suite of productivity applications with feature-rich content.

Accessible World cordially invites you to our second part of Stocking Stuffers on November 9. This is an opportunity for you to shop for all of the holidays you celebrate.
In part II, we feature Bob Crane, the President of Ccrane who will talk to us about his innovative products for sale. His contact information is as follows:
Phone 1-800-522-8863
Web Site: www.ccrane.com

Michael McCarty, Social Network Coordinator, American Printing House for the Blind will then speak to us about their many products for the holidays and year round for that matter.

Accessible World is pleased to welcome you to the first part of our two part-series of Stocking Stuffers for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza.

We shall be presenting several vendors who will be discussing gift ideas for the holidays.

We shall start our 2009 Stocking Stuffers program with a presentation by Diane Croft, Vice President of Publishing, National Braille Press. She will commence her presentation at 8:00 PM EST to be concluded at 9:00 PM. We shall allow time for questions from our worldwide audience.
Contact information:
Email: orders@nbp.org
Web Site: www.nbp.org.

Tek Talk is very honored to present Mr. Stephen Baum, Vice President of Engineering of Kurzweil Educational Systems.
Mr. Baum will be talking about the latest release of Kurzweil 1000, version 12, which is scheduled to ship on October 22 nd.
He will assume that everyone knows about Kurzweil 1000, and launch into a discussion of the new features. These include:
Updated OCR Engines.
Full Text Translation.
Access to Recorded Pronunciations for each Word found in the Dictionary.
Enhanced Functionality for Low Vision Users.
PDF Improvements.
A New User Wizard.
A Separate OCR Utility.