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I didn’t have the time to setup my laptop for this session. So forgive my brief descriptions on this post as I’m trying to quote from memory. And that memory can be faulty for sure. Take a bit of this with some “possible” as opposed to “going to happen”. In either case we will see version 12 in September.The new version of K1000 is written for the .net framework. This allows the programming team

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The room for Computer Science was kind of small this year and we were up against some other fantastic Division meetings. And a lot of people who wished they could attend my talks were working registration or they were in the Exhibits. Still we had a good crowd and a good time nevertheless.Due to some technical difficulties my prepared speech of some 14 pages got condensed down to 20 minutes plus

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This is just my opinion but man is this layout confusing. And the setting is really dark. And they put the Independence Store, the Braille Literacy and the Assistive Technology all in one big echodrome. The inner isles are hard to navigate when four people decide to just stop and do nothing. They aren’t listening to a demo, they aren’t talking and they all brought half their houses with them in

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Yeah, I skipped June. Sorry about that folks. But enough about that, lets look at the results of who wanted to go where this summer.May’s Poll Question: Which Summer Convention Are You Going To Attend?ACB 2 (16%)NFB 1 (8%)Sight Village 1 (8%)The Nearest Sci Fi Or Comic Convention 0 (0%)Travel? I've Got The Internet Thank You Very Much! 8 (66%)Many of you chose to stay at home and

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What you see below are excerpts from my 12 pages of notes. These are just some highlights of the meeting and they are written in Live Blog form. I cleaned them up a tiny bit in order to make them readable and not in my short hand decoder ring needed style from my original document. Some information has deliberately not been posted as Freedom Scientific talked candidly about a few issues and I

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It has been a year since Stargate Atlantis left the airwaves. and it has been a year now since the last Stargate SG-1 movie landed on DVD. Plus, we are still a few months out from the debut of the third series of the franchise from gracing our screens on the Sci Fi Channel this fall. Some Stargate fans may be feeling a bit lost without their regularly scheduled weekly Gate travel. But there is a

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If you follow me on Twitter then you already know my stance on the Book Sense. But if you don't you may figure it out by following the link below to the official news about the Book Sense launch.http://www.gwmicro.com/News_&_Events/Latest_News/?newsNo=125

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Out of beta and now right up to your door for Convention season.. say hello to Window Eyes 7.1.***Greetings,GW Micro is proud to announce the release of Window-Eyes 7.1. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in the public beta cycle. Your feedback helps make Window-Eyes the best it can be.Window-Eyes 7.1 is packed with features, including support for Windows 7,

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It takes one odd link bait news story on Google feeds and one odd person to read it to ask this question of me recently “I saw like on Google or Digg or something that blogging isn’t as popular as like Twitter and stuff. So is that why you stopped writing on your blog?”. Thank goodness that person didn’t read the article about 90% of Twitter users quit within the first month. That may have been

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Patches usually come fast and furious right before CSUN, however, the same can be said in June as well. That is because we are two weeks away from the big U.S. national conventions for the Blind. So you can celebrate by downloading stuff while you grill your hot dogs and add ice cream to the apple pie while waiting for the fireworks to begin after the computer reboots!Zoom Text: the new patch

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If you have been wanting to have the phone that everyone talks about but you don’t have the ability to hear it.. well now here is your chance as Apple now has Voiceover included on the brand new iPhone 3Gs announced this morning at WWDC. Take a look at the link below to know more about how it works.http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.htmlAlso, to see all the Apple announcements,

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Microsoft has rewarded our long weekend by giving us a 348MB bundle of joy. Also known as Vista Service Pack 2. The Windows Super Site blog details how you can get the new update in both 32 and 64 bit flavors.http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/05/26/as-promised-windows-vista-and-server-2008-sp2-ships-in-may.aspx

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I have it on pretty reliable authority that this deal won’t be extended like the promotion was from last month. So if you have been wating.. this may be the deal for you.***Now through Memorial Day, Monday May 25 at Midnight Eastern U.S., save $200 off System Access Mobile. For just $299, normally $499, you get licenses for two computers, plus a third license for a U3-enabled USB key to take to

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***Dragon Dictation SolutionsThe Standard in Voice Recognition and Transcription ProcesingDragon NaturallySpeaking Demo 101Did you know: Most people speak over 120 words per minute but type less than 40 words per minute. What if you could create email, documents and fill in field reports simply by speaking? What if you could control your PC just by talking to it, starting programs, using menus,

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XPM Compatibility: I’m slow. Mark Taylor blogged what I’ve been meaning to blog or Tweet for a while. Steve Gibson, from GRC and the “Security Now” podcast, has a program called Securable which wasn’t intended to help you know if your computer can run XP Mode in 7, however, it does let you know if you can run XP Mode in 7 none the less. You may have to use your Virtual Cursors on some Screen

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The update contains some enhancements to support for Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7 and a lot for Access 2007. To learn more use the link below..http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/JAWS-whats-new.asp#Enhancements

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Dolphin Pen Gen 2: The new USB drive uses a partition to keep the bad things away from the Dolphin software. To learn more go to this link.http://yourdolphin.com/newsitem.asp?id=329Windows 7 Beta Support: This link will take you to the information page on v11 support for Windows 7.http://yourdolphin.com/newsitem.asp?id=331Easy To Learn: The Dolphin UI and a approach has been redesigned. The aim

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Kindle: I know a lot of people are on the bandwagon to make this device accessible. It is a messy situation from what I have read. Publishers don’t want to fall the way of the Recording Industry and Apple’s iTuens. And Amazon has Audible.com which means they have a good percentage of book sales in print and audio formats. And then the Publishers are just plain nuts and they want to keep the old

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This isn’t a rant. And it isn’t a complaint. I’m writing this so others don’t follow in my messy footsteps from years ago on something I did offline. And I am not addressing anyone in particular today in case someone thinks I’m throwing a big spotlight on this person or that person. I’m just trying to be a friendly Citizen of the Web!I’m reading a lot of what others have to say about Windows 7

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I know what you are thinking.. "Wow.. didn't they just release version 10?". Yep, but v11 isn't just an excuse for me to make a Spinal Tap joke like.. "This one goes to 11". No gentle reader. This version sports a new control panel, some new features in the Startup Wizzard and some other UI changes. Oh and some added functionality as well. Take a look at the Press Release and download a demo at

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I bet you can guess the answer to which answer won just by reading the question. April's Poll Question: Where Do You Get The Most News About Assistive Technology? Social Networks: Twitter, Facebook, Friend Feed, etc    3 (42%)   Surfing A Company's Website    2 (28%)   Email Lists    1 (14%)   Podcasts    1 (14%)   Word Of Mouth: Friends, CoWorkers, etc   0 (0%) No real surprise

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If you follow the feed you know already that I am up to my freaking neck with tons of Microsoft updates. And Microsoft info on upcoming updates. Oh and also a bit more on Technical Previews to even more updates that are coming two months sooner than I expected them to show up. Everywhere I turn I see a .exe or .msi or .zip. I’m hearing “20%.. 45%.. 70% completed” in my sleep. I don’t need to

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A good friend sent this to me knowing I was off to see "Star Trek" as I am a huge Simon Pegg fan. Love "Spaced" and recommend it highly for Geek entertainment. Anyway, I forget about MOPIX sometimes. Here is a PR letting everyone know that some hit movies are already described right out of the gate on the day of their release.***MOPIX UPDATE FROM WGBH- May 8FIVE WORDS: STAR TREK - CAPTIONED AND

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Microsoft has made available the new RC 7100 build of Windows 7 to the general masses. The RC build will be free to download until July and it will expire in June 2010. That date puts it past the official release date of Office 2010 by the way. So there is no hurry to download the RC.. but the servers went on line some hours ago and I'm doing it now. Therefore.. go download it at this link.http:/

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I’ve got too much going on with all the patches, updates and Win 7 RC at the moment. So forgive me for not being more verbose today. Vista RIP At 7 RTM? Vista could be gone from the public and the retail stores once 7 ships. This isn’t out of the realm of possibilities as Microsoft killed the original Xbox swiftly after the Xbox 360 hit the market.http://windowsitpro.com/windowspaulthurrott/

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