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Main Menu 12 Apr 2013

12 Apr 2013

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Features on MainMenu this week include David Woodbridge from visionaustralia.org brings us a number of demonstrations including a demo of the Meteor V...

Main Menu 05 Apr 2013

05 Apr 2013

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Features on MainMenu this week include A new Jaws 14 update is released this week. We bring you the details first on MainMenu! David Tanner takes you ...

Main Menu 29 Mar 2013

29 Mar 2013

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Features on MainMenu this week include David Tanner interviewing representatives from Bookshare about the latest developments with the services at Boo...

Main Menu 22 Mar 2013

22 Mar 2013

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This week Main Menu contains a wide variety of content. First, Steve Bauer presents an interview about a new product called Scan stand which allows yo...

Main Menu 15 Mar 2013

15 Mar 2013

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MainMenu Features For March 15 2013 David Woodbridge starts us off with information and demonstration of the Solo DX Audio Description Tracks, what it...

Main Menu 08 Mar 2013

08 Mar 2013

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We have packed MainMenu with so much information this week you will have to listen to it all to really be informed. Rich Cavalaro introduces us to the...

Main Menu 01 Mar 2013

01 Mar 2013

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Windows 8 - Google Chrome and more highlightS thisShow on MainMenu. David Woodbridge from www.visionaustralia.org demonstrates use of the on screen ke...

Main Menu 22 Feb 2013

22 Feb 2013

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We have packed this week with lots of goodies!!! MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin interviews folks at the Bookshare booth at ATIA and they di...

Main Menu 15 Feb 2013

15 Feb 2013

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Windows 8 accessability and a notetaker app from AFB highlight MainMenu this week! MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin starts us out with an int...

Main Menu 08 Feb 2013

08 Feb 2013

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It's a week for highlighting the newest in the area of assistive technologies for the blind this week on MainMenu. Executive producer Chase Crispin st...

Main Menu 01 Feb 2013

01 Feb 2013

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This week David Woodbridge starts us off with a tour of his favorite apps for use at home and work on his MacBook Pro. You will learn what some of the...

Main Menu 25 Jan 2013

25 Jan 2013

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Windows 8 or Apple we have you covered this week on MainMenu!!! David Tanner starts us out with the third installment in our Windows 8 tutorial with a...

Main Menu 18 Jan 2013

18 Jan 2013

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Mary Emerson reviews Oehm Electronics DTV Radio. David Woodbridge shows us about syncing media in the Ford Focus. David Tanner reviews and demos some ...

Main Menu 11 Jan 2013

11 Jan 2013

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This week on MainMenu, it is all about BARD. The BARD webpage has undergone a huge change with addition of many more features, new ways of doing thing...

Main Menu 04 Jan 2013

04 Jan 2013

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Happy New Year! Have you resolved to listen to MainMenu every week this year? We hope so! MainMenu rings in 2013 with 3 new segments of interest to ma...

Main Menu 28 Dec 2012

28 Dec 2012

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It is a MainMenu special this week! MainMenu Host David Tanner and MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin co-host this special 2 hour review of the...

Main Menu 21 Dec 2012

21 Dec 2012

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This week on MainMenu we bring you holiday greetings from Main Menu staff and listeners. MainMenu staff member Tim Cummings interviews Stephen Clower ...

Main Menu 14 Dec 2012

14 Dec 2012

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This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin brings us a tech update with information on three ...

Main Menu 07 Dec 2012

07 Dec 2012

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This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Host: David Tanner brings us our third presentation on Windows 8 with a look at the...

Main Menu 30 Nov 2012

30 Nov 2012

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This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin interviews John Martyn of DoItBlind.com about a nu...

Main Menu 23 Nov 2012

23 Nov 2012

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This week on Main Menu, David Tanner speaks with Eric Damery, vice president of software at Freedom Scientific about the newest from Freedom Scientifi...

Main Menu 16 Nov 2012

16 Nov 2012

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This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: David Tanner interviews Harry Brown and we learn about the latest developments in the exciti...

Main Menu 09 Nov 2012

09 Nov 2012

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This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: Chase Crispin, Executive Producer for MainMenu interviews Larry Skutchan about the latest te...

Main Menu 02 Nov 2012

02 Nov 2012

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This week on MainMenu we bring you features that include: MainMenu staff member Rich Cavallaro brings us an interview and demonstrationof the RockBox ...

Main Menu 26 Oct 2012

26 Oct 2012

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This week has been a very exciting week of new technology announcements and new releases in the technology and assistive technology field. And MainMen...

Main Menu 19 Oct 2012

19 Oct 2012

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This week on MainMenu MainMenu staff member Mary Emerson introduces us to Flexable Web, a new feature in Jaws for Windows version 14. MainMenu Executi...

Main Menu 12 Oct 2012

12 Oct 2012

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This week on MainMenu Mary Emerson introduces us to the Braille Sense U2 Qwerty from Hims, Inc. David Woodbridge demonstrates using the Notification p...

Main Menu 05 Oct 2012

05 Oct 2012

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This week on MainMenu Mary Emerson introduces us to the first public beta of Jaws For Windows version 14. David Woodbridge tells about changes in the ...

Main Menu 28 Sep 2012

28 Sep 2012

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MainMenu celebrates the 10th anniversary of Bookshare with an interview with Jimm Fruchterman and other members of the Bookshare staff. We talk about ...

Main Menu 21 Sep 2012

21 Sep 2012

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MainMenu goes Apple this week!!! With the release of the iPhone 5 and the iOS6 operating system for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. We checkout the acce...

Main Menu 14 Sep 2012

14 Sep 2012

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This week's show features a great group of informative segments you won't want to miss. Paul Warner brings us OBI 2.0 part III. DAISY book creation so...

Main Menu 07 Sep 2012

07 Sep 2012

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This week's show features a great group of informative segments you won't want to miss. Paul Warner brings us the second part of his review of OBI 2.0...

Main Menu 31 Aug 2012

31 Aug 2012

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This week, we begin by airing the first part of a podcast from Paul Warner of VICT Consultancy about the accessible OBI 2.0 software for creating DAIS...

Main Menu 24 Aug 2012

24 Aug 2012

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David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to the Accessibility Panel in Mountain Lion. Jamey Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network at the...

Main Menu 17 Aug 2012

17 Aug 2012

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David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to a new release of Fleksy a way of inputting information into your iOS device and shows us many ...

Main Menu 10 Aug 2012

10 Aug 2012

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David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to Fleksy, a new way of inputting information into your iOS device Shane Davidson introduces us t...

Main Menu 03 Aug 2012

03 Aug 2012

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No it isn't the Olympics, but this week MainMenu goes around the world to bring you the latest information on accessible technologies for the blind an...

Main Menu 27 Jul 2012

27 Jul 2012

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Just hours ago, Apple released their new operating system, Mac OS10.8, known as Mountain Lion. Main Menu is pleased to be one of the first to cover th...

Main Menu 20 Jul 2012

20 Jul 2012

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Executive Producer Chase Crispin starts off this week's show with a tech update. David Tanner interviews Stephen Baum from Kurzweil Educational System...

Main Menu 06 Jul 2012

06 Jul 2012

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Executive Producer Chase Crispin starts off this week's show with a tech update. David Tanner interviews Dan Wirich from GW Micro about their support ...

Main Menu 29 Jun 2012

29 Jun 2012

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This week's show starts with David Woodbridge from Vision Australia giving us an overview of Voice Over navigation Options on the Mac. Then MainMenu s...

Main Menu 22 Jun 2012

22 Jun 2012

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This week's show starts with Executive Producer Chase Crispin presenting his weekly technology Update. Bill McCann from Dancing Dots introduces us to ...

Main Menu 15 Jun 2012

15 Jun 2012

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This week's show starts with Executive Producer Chase Crispin presenting his weekly technology Update. MainMenu host David Tanner interviews Michael c...

Main Menu 08 Jun 2012

08 Jun 2012

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On this week's Main Menu after Chase Crispin's weekly Tech Update, Chase visits with Jamie Pauls, content director for Serotek and host of the SeroTal...

Main Menu 01 Jun 2012

01 Jun 2012

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This week's show starts with Executive Producer Chase Crispin interviewing Jenny Axler from Hims, Inc. about the Braille Sense U2 notetaker and the ne...

Main Menu 25 May 2012

25 May 2012

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This week's show starts with a Tech Update with MainMenu Executive Producer Chase Crispin. Rick Harmon introduces us to the Four Square app for IOS de...

Main Menu 18 May 2012

18 May 2012

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This week's show starts with David Woodbridge presenting a MainMenu exclusive presentation of navagating the Easy Chirp Website to access Twitter. Our...

Main Menu 11 May 2012

11 May 2012

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This week's show starts with a Tech Update with Chase Crispin. We hear a review of how to setup and use the personal hotspot on your iPhone curtesy of...

Main Menu 04 May 2012

04 May 2012

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This week's show starts with an interview with Harry Brown. Harry will bring us up -to-date on the latest developments in progress toward the automate...

Main Menu 27 Apr 2012

27 Apr 2012

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This week's show starts with a technology update from Chase Crispin, and then Jeremy Curry from GW Micro brings us a demonstration of two talking CCTV...

Main Menu 20 Apr 2012

20 Apr 2012

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This week's show starts with our notetaker coverage and we hear the second part of the panel discussion about the five notetakers we have been coverin...

Main Menu 13 Apr 2012

13 Apr 2012

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While David Tanner was away, Chase Crispin filled in as the host of Main Menu for this week's show. This week, we begin by airing the first half of a ...

Main Menu 06 Apr 2012

06 Apr 2012

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On this week's Main Menu, we begin by hearing our final segment in the Battle of the Note Takers series. This week, each presenter will discuss connec...

Main Menu 30 Mar 2012

30 Mar 2012

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This week's show starts with our notetaker coverage and we find out about how our notetakers do at functions of stopwatch and countdown timer. Neal Ew...

Main Menu 23 Mar 2012

23 Mar 2012

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This week's show starts with our notetaker coverage and we find out about how our 5 notetakers do at surfing the web. David Tanner interviews Michael ...

Main Menu 16 Mar 2012

16 Mar 2012

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This week's show starts with our notetaker coverage and we find out about how our 5 notetakers do at managing files on each unit. Neal Ewers brings us...

Main Menu 09 Mar 2012

09 Mar 2012

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This week's show starts with our notetaker coverage and we find out about how our 5 notetakers do at keeping track of your contacts and organizing tha...

Main Menu 02 Mar 2012

02 Mar 2012

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This week's show starts with our notetaker coverage and we find out about how our 5 notetakers do at keeping your calendar appointments, to do lists, ...

Main Menu 24 Feb 2012

24 Feb 2012

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This week's show features An interview with Rickie Enger from Serotek about the latest release of Accessible Event, and more details of the easy purch...

Main Menu 17 Feb 2012

17 Feb 2012

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This week's show features our weekly tech update by Chase Crispin, Lino Moralis completes his review of iTunes with NVDA and shows us how to do a play...

Main Menu 10 Feb 2012

10 Feb 2012

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Ernest McCullough reviews a website with many Jaws Help Guides, Rich Cavallaro tells us about the newest release of firmware for the Braille Sense and...

Main Menu 03 Feb 2012

03 Feb 2012

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Chase Crispin starts us off with a very full Tech Update, then David Woodbridge shows us how to use VoiceOver with Text Edit on our Apple Mac, Mary Em...

Main Menu 27 Jan 2012

27 Jan 2012

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David Woodbridge continues his tutorials on the Mac with a demo of how to install and use the Looktell Money Reader, Chase Crispin brings a review of ...

Main Menu 20 Jan 2012

20 Jan 2012

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Chase Crispin starts out the show with his weekly tech update, David Woodbridge continues his tutorials on the Mac with a demo of how to add audio tra...

Main Menu 13 Jan 2012

13 Jan 2012

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David Woodbridge continues his tutorials on the Mac with a demo of how to copy a Daisy CD to his Victor Reader Stream, Mary Emerson introduces us to t...

Main Menu 06 Jan 2012

06 Jan 2012

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We start off this week's program with the announcement of a contest in January to increase followers to the MainMenu Twitter page, and the MainMenu Fr...

Main Menu 30 Dec 2011

30 Dec 2011

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MainMenu for December 30/31 features David Tanner and Chase Crispin co-hosting a highlights review of what happened on MainMenu during 2011. We'll als...

Main Menu 23 Dec 2011

23 Dec 2011

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We start this week's program with holiday greetings from Mitch Pomeratz, President of ACB, followed by a weekly Tech Update from Chase Crispin, follow...

Main Menu 16 Dec 2011

16 Dec 2011

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We start this week's program with a Tech Update from Chase Crispin, followed by the completion of David Tanner's interview with Eric Damery from Freed...

Main Menu 09 Dec 2011

09 Dec 2011

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David Tanner visits with Eric Damery - Vice President and Product Manager for Freedom Scientific about Jaws 13 and a new update to Jaws being released...

Main Menu 02 Dec 2011

02 Dec 2011

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This week after our weekly Tech Update from Chase Crispin, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia brings us a follow up segment on using Siri with Voi...

Main Menu 18 Nov 2011

18 Nov 2011

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This week, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia shows us how to transfer books to the Read2Go IOS app for reading DAISY books using iTunes on Window...

Main Menu 11 Nov 2011

11 Nov 2011

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This week, David Woodbridge tells us all about the Read2Go app from Bookshare for reading DAISY books on IOS devices. Then, Tim Cumings reviews the Om...

Main Menu 04 Nov 2011

04 Nov 2011

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This week, Chase Crispin brings us a Tech Update, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to use the calculator with VoiceOver in Apple OS 1...

Main Menu 28 Oct 2011

28 Oct 2011

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This week after a Tech Update from Chase Crispin, we hear brief intros from several members of the Main Menu Team. After that, David Woodbridge, a new...

Main Menu 21 Oct 2011

21 Oct 2011

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Main Menu is in transition. What does that mean for you the listener? Find out on this week's show. Also, Robert Carter tells us about Jam Box, a spea...

Main Menu 14 Oct 2011

14 Oct 2011

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This week, we visit with David Woodbridge from Vision Australia about IOS 5 and the iPhone 4S. If you are interested in hearing demos of the most inte...

Main Menu 07 Oct 2011

07 Oct 2011

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On this week's edition of Main Menu, after our weekly Tech Update from Chase Crispin, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to use the M...

Main Menu 30 Sep 2011

30 Sep 2011

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On this week's edition of Main Menu, after our weekly Tech Update from Chase Crispin, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to use an iPod...

Main Menu 23 Sep 2011

23 Sep 2011

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After this week's Tech Update from Chase Crispin, Shane Davidson begins a series on the popular blogging platform WordPress. Next, Mary Emerson tells...

Main Menu 16 Sep 2011

16 Sep 2011

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This week, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia demonstrates inserting, opening, closing, and ejecting a USB stick or CD using a Mac. Then, Chase Cri...

Main Menu 09 Sep 2011

09 Sep 2011

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This week, Chase Crispin shows us how to switch sound cards while using Jaws 10.0 and above. Then, Tiffany Black demonstrates VIP Mud for GMA Games.

Main Menu 02 Sep 2011

02 Sep 2011

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This week, Christopher Gray of Bay Area Digital concludes his look at the Cobra screen reader.

Main Menu 26 Aug 2011

26 Aug 2011

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After this week's Tech Update from Chase Crispin, Christopher Gray of Bay Area Digital begins a two-part discussion of Cobra, a screen reader from B...

Main Menu 19 Aug 2011

19 Aug 2011

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Have you ever dreamed of the day when blind people might be able to drive cars but thought that idea was nothing more than a daydream? What if some da...

Main Menu 12 Aug 2011

12 Aug 2011

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This week after a very brief Tech Update, Tim Cumings, Jamie Pauls, and Chase Crispin talk about note takers. What are the options available to us tod...

Main Menu 05 Aug 2011

05 Aug 2011

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This week, Mary Emerson tells us about SkyDrive and SD Explorer, a service from Microsoft that is similar to Drop Box. Then, Darrell Shandrow of Blind...

Main Menu 29 Jul 2011

29 Jul 2011

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This week on Main Menu, we begin with a Tech Update. Next, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia shows us how to rename and create folders on the Mac...

Main Menu 22 Jul 2011

22 Jul 2011

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After this week's Tech update from Chase Crispin, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia joins us to discuss and demonstrate the new accessibility featu...

Main Menu 08 Jul 2011

08 Jul 2011

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After this week's Tech update from Chase Crispin, David Tanner concludes his look at DocuScan Plus from Serotek. Then, Chase Crispin visits with Ricky...

Main Menu 01 Jul 2011

01 Jul 2011

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This week we have two tech updates from Chase Crispin. Next, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to add sort and remove items from the ...

Main Menu 24 Jun 2011

24 Jun 2011

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This week, we catch up with Chase Crispin from Los Angeles, California where he is participating in this year's national Braille Challenge competition...

Main Menu 17 Jun 2011

17 Jun 2011

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This week, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to make the Mac easier to use with VoiceOver, and Roger Wilson-Hinds wraps up his look at...

Main Menu 10 Jun 2011

10 Jun 2011

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This week, we begin with our regular Tech Update feature. Next, we visit with Kwasi Mensah of Ananse Productions about Stem Stumper, a game for iOS de...

Main Menu 03 Jun 2011

03 Jun 2011

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This week, Brian Hartgen and Sue Martin conclude their look at J-Tools version 4. Then, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia tells us about VoiceOver ...

Main Menu 27 May 2011

27 May 2011

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This week we begin with a Techy Tidbit review from Tyler Juranek covering some key features of the most recent Braille Sense firmware upgrade. Next, D...

Main Menu 20 May 2011

20 May 2011

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This week we begin with a Tech Update courtesy of Chase Crispin. Next, Jenny Axler of HIMS discusses The Braille Sense On Hand and other products avai...

Main Menu 13 May 2011

13 May 2011

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What's in a name? On this week's edition of Main Menu after Chase Crispin's weekly Tech Update, we visit with Doug Sprei--media relations director wit...

Main Menu 07 May 2011

07 May 2011

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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 ...

Main Menu 29 Apr 2011

29 Apr 2011

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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 demo...