Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of September 12

During the first hour of Main Menu, Neal Ewers demonstrates the Zoom H2 digital audio recorder and Rick Harmon presents the SkRead utility for automatically announcing various Skype events.

During the second hour of Main Menu Live, join our panel of blind bloggers as we discuss participation in the blogosphere from an accessibility perspective. Nickie Coby will talk about Live Journal, Jeff Bishop will inform us all about Community Server and Darrell Shandrow will cover Blogger. If you have been reading blogs for quite some time and would like to learn more about how you, too, can become part of the action, this is your time to ask the experts!

Here is how to participate in the show:

• The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333.


• You may email your questions to: mainmenu@acbradio.org


• You may also interact with the show via MSN (Windows Live) Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID to add is: mainmenu@acbradio.org


• Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is: main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com. Come join an already lively group of users.


• Would you like to subscribe to podcast feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:
  
  
  
  • Main Menu -http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu
  
  
  • Main Menu Live -http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive
  
  

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal (GMT) on Wednesday mornings on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel.

Jeff Bishop and Darrell Shandrow

The Main Menu Production Team

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of September 5

This week, we cap off the celebration of ACB Radio Interactive's seventh birthday with an inside look at Internet radio broadcasting!

During the first hour of Main Menu, Darrell Shandrow explains the operation of the Station Playlist Studio Internet broadcasting software and provides a demonstration of the package in action.

During the second hour of Main Menu Live, join our panel of ACB Radio Interactive staff as we discuss everything that goes into broadcasting a complete live show. We will also be glad to take your questions regarding ACB Radio Interactive and Internet radio broadcasting through our usual MSN (Windows Live) Messenger and telephone channels.

Here is how to participate in the show:

• The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333.


• You may email your questions to: mainmenu@acbradio.org


• You may also interact with the show via MSN (Windows Live) Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID to add is: mainmenu@acbradio.org


• Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is: main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com. Come join an already lively group of users.


• Would you like to subscribe to podcast feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:
  
  
  
  • Main Menu -http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu
  
  
  • Main Menu Live -http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive
  
  

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal (GMT) on Wednesday mornings on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel.

Jeff Bishop and Darrell Shandrow

The Main Menu Production Team

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of August 15

Main Menu and Main Menu Live return!

This week on Main Menu and Main Menu Live, we focus on Humanware's Victor Reader Stream.  In the first hour, we hear an in-depth review of the Victor Reader Stream.  In the second hour we bring on Gerry Chevalier from Humanware live to talk to all of us about the Victor Reader Stream. This will give you an opportunity to find out the latest information all about this new portable device.

Here is how to participate on the show.

• The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333.


• You can email your questions to: mainmenu@acbradio.org


• You may also interact with the show via MSN Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID to add is: mainmenu@acbradio.org


• Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is: main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com. Come join an already lively group of users.


• Would you like to subscribe to podcast feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:
  
  
  
  • Main Menu - http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu
  
  
  • Main Menu Live - http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive
  
  

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal/GMT on Wednesday mornings on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel. To listen to the show, just click this link: http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14

Jeff Bishop and Darrell Shandrow

The Main Menu Production Team

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of May 15

This week on Main Menu, Rick Harmon from the Blind Geek Zone web site reviews the use of gadgets and Ready Boost on Windows Vista with JAWS for Windows Public Beta 2. Darrell and Karen Shandrow from the Blind Access Journal demonstrate the use of Serotek's Remote Incident Manager, a potentially revolutionary new technology that allows blind technicians to gain access to and remotely administer Windows computers belonging to end-users even when no screen reader has been installed.

During the second hour of Main Menu Live, we bring on Mike Calvo, CEO of Serotek, to talk with us all about FreedomBox, Remote Access Manager, Remote Incident Manager and System Access. Mike will also be taking your questions about his innovative technology. This is a show you most certainly do not want to miss!

The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333. You can email your questions to mainmenu@acbradio.org. You may also interact with the show via MSN Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID to add is mainmenu@acbradio.org.

Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com. Come join an already lively group of users.

Would you like to subscribe to podcast feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:

• Main Menu - http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu


• Main Menu Live - http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday mornings on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel. To listen to the show, just click this link: http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14

Jeff Bishop and Darrell Shandrow

The Main Menu Production Team

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of March 14th

Hello Everyone,

Before we get into this weeks announcement, we want to remind you of the times for Main Menu and Main Menu Live (due to the Daylight Saving Time changes here in the United States this week). Main Menu starts at 1 universal on Wednesday mornings, 9:00 Eastern and 6:00 Pacific on Tuesday evenings and is two hours in length.

This week we bring you someone who has tended to be very popular when he comes on, that being LARRY SKUTCHAN from the American Printing House for the Blind. Here are the items we will cover:

• Icon Braille+


• Book Port II


• Book Wizard Producer


• The Verbal View series of tutorials


• Money Talks Update

Due to the popularity and new times for Main Menu we will actually be starting the show with Main Menu Live and Larry has agreed to stay with us as long as he can in the second hour.

We will take the first 20 to 30 minutes of the first hour to discuss with Larry the new features and products that APH is announcing. After that, we will open the phones for you to call in and ask any questions you have. The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333. You can also email your questions to mainmenu@acbradio.org. You can also interact with the show via MSN Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID to add is mainmenu@acbradio.org.

Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining
the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com. Come join an already lively group of users.

Would you like to subscribe to podcast feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:

• Main Menu: http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu


• Main Menu Live: http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel. Don't forget that this will be a 2 hour show.

Jeff Bishop

Main Menu Producer

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of March 7th, 2007

Hello Everyone,

This week on Main Menu we hear all about a brand-new free open source screen reader called NonVisual Desktop Access. During the first hour on Main Menu we hear from the developer of NonVisual Desktop Access, Michael Curran. He gives us a demonstration of NVDA.

During the second hour on Main Menu Live we bring Michael Curran on to talk with us further all about his screen reader. Have you ever wanted to find out what makes a screen reader work? What are the future plans for NVDA? We learn all of this and more on Main Menu Live.

We will open the phone lines at the top of the hour to allow you to call in and ask any questions you have for our guest. The number to call into the
show is 866-400-5333. You can email your questions to mainmenu@acbradio.org. You can also interact with the show via MSN Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID to add is mainmenu@acbradio.org.

Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining
the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com. Come join an already lively group of users.

Would you like to subscribe to podcast feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:

• Main Menu: http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu


• Main Menu Live: http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive

Coming up on Main Menu Live on March 14th we will have Larry SKUTCHAN from the American Printing House for the Blind. One of the things he will discuss is the new Bookport II. Get the word out on this one, it is sure to be a big show.

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel. Don't forget that this will be a 2 hour show.

Jeff Bishop

Main Menu Producer

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of February 28, 2007

Hello Everyone,

Have you ever wanted to push the keyboard away from your desk and simply use your voice to control your computer?  Wouldn't it be nice to be like a
doctor and simply dictate your email messages, letters and other work using your voice?  The possibilities are here.  This week on Main Menu we talk all about the new release of J-Say Professional Version 5.0 from T&T Consultancy.

Brian Hartgen joins us in the first hour and gives us a demonstration of some of the new features of J-Say Professional 5.0. In the second hour of Main Menu Live we bring on Terry Clasper from T&T
Consultancy and Sue Martin from the Veterans Administration.  Terry is one of the developers of J-Say Professional and Sue is a trainer and user of
J-Say Professional.  We will talk to them more about J-Say Professional. One of the things we want to explore is whether or not they will support the
new Vista speech recognition features.  Most importantly though, you will be able to talk to our guests on Main Menu Live.

We will open the phone lines at the top of the hour to allow you to call in and ask any questions you have for our guests.  The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333.  You can also email your questions to mainmenu@acbradio.org.

Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live?  You can do this by joining the Main Menu Friends email list.  The address to subscribe is: main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com. Come join an already lively group of users.

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB
Radio Main Stream channel.  Don't forget that this will be a 2 hour show.

Jeff Bishop

Main Menu Producer

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of February 21, 2007

Hello Everyone,

This week we discuss all things Olympus. In the first hour on Main Menu we will hear from Neal Ewers all about the Olympus DS-50 digital voice
recorder. This new recorder has talking menus and he explores this new recorder from Olympus in depth.

During the second hour on Main Menu Live we bring together a panel of experts for you to interact with. We will have Neal Ewers, Randy Knapp and
Don Barrett. All of us have the Olympus DS-50 digital voice recorder and we will be discussing it during that hour. If you have questions about it or
any recording questions, give us a call. In addition, Don, Randy and Neal are all musicians. We will talk about music keyboards a bit and Randy will
share a story about working with a very famous blind musician in his music studio.

If you have any questions for any of our guests this week, then please get them to us. They can be mailed to
mainmenu@acbradio.org. If you would prefer to call into the show and ask your question then simply call 866-400-5333 when the show starts. We will have open lines during the
second hour of the show.

On next weeks show (February 28th) we will cover J-Say Professional Version 5.0.

Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB Radio Main
Stream channel. Don't forget that this will be a 2 hour show.

Jeff Bishop

Main Menu Producer

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of February 14th, 2007 - it's radio time baby!

This week we bring you a majority of content related to all things radio.

In the first pre-recorded hour of Main Menu we here from Steve Bauer all about a HD radio from Radio Shack. Next we hear from Darrell Shandrow all about a Talking Timer. To complete the first hour we bring you the first part of a presentation from Sky Taylor all about tIRC (MIRC with special scripts that interface with JAWS, Window-Eyes, Eloquence and other speech technologies).

During the second hour we come on live with Darrell Shandrow (a co-producer for Main Menu Live) and Bill Dettering from Applian, the makers of Replay-AV, Replay-Converter, Replay-Music and more. Think of Replay-AV as TiVo for audio. We will talk with Bill all about the new features found in
Replay-AV version 8.0 and the very inexpensive Replay-Converter product as well. One of the features of Replay-AV is the supporting of TV tuner cards. We will ask Bill to describe that interface to us.

During the second hour we will also hear from Jamie Pauls from Access Watch all about American Printing House's Money Talks product.

The most important part of the second hour is you, the listener and contributor. The phone lines will be open for you to call in and chat with our guest on all of Applian's products. Get your questions ready!

If you have any questions for any of our guests this week, then please get them to us. They can be mailed to mainmenu@acbradio.org. If you would prefer to call into the show and ask your question then simply call 866-400-5333 when the show starts. We will have open lines during the second hour of the show.

On next weeks show (February 21st) we will cover all things Olympus DS-50. Neal Ewers, Don Barrett and Randy Knapp join the Main Menu production team on Main Menu Live to talk all things digital from digital voice recorders to keyboards. Get your questions ready as everyone on that show has an Olympus DS-50 or access to one and we can answer all of your questions.

Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel. Don't forget that this will be a 2 hour show. To listen to the show, just click this link
http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14

Jeff Bishop

Main Menu Producer

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the Week of February 7th, 2007 - It's K1000 Version 11 Week

This week we bring you another two hour show. In the first hour we bring you a pre-recorded presentation from Dean Martineau and Stephen Baum from the Sound Computing Magazine produced by Dean Martineau. Dean interviews Stephen Baum from Kurzweil Educational Systems all about Version 11 of K1000.

During the second hour we come on live with Darrell Shandrow (a co-producer for Main Menu Live), Paul Henrichsen from Kurzweil Educational Systems and Jamie Pauls from Access Watch. We will talk all things K1000, Access Watch and more. We will bring you some Vista updates from the prior week as well. The most important part of the second hour is you, the listener and contributor. The phone lines will be open for you to call in and chat with our guests on any topic. We will try and keep the topics centered around K1000 and the Access Watch web site, but any technical topic or question is perfectly acceptable. Get your questions ready!

If you have any questions for any of our guests this week, then please get them to us. They can be mailed to mainmenu@acbradio.org. If you would prefer to call into the show and ask your question then simply call 866-400-5333 when the show starts. We will have open lines during the second hour of the show.

The on demand and podcast archives will be available after the last airing of Main Menu Live on the Main Stream channel. Refer to the On Demand archives for the download or subscribe to the Main Menu Podcast feed. You may also want to join the ACB Radio Main Stream Replay Podcast feed.

Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel. Don't forget that this will be a 2 hour show.

Jeff Bishop

Main Menu Producer

Coming up on Main Menu Live for the week of January 31st, 2007 - it's VISTA time!

This is it folks! The week that Microsoft and many in the world have been waiting for! It is Windows Vista launch week and we cover it this week in a very special 3 hour edition of Main Menu Live! As a very dear friend said, VISTA may stand for "Visual, information, spoken to all". Come and find out if this is indeed the case with the first two screen reader companies to publicly support Vista and Microsoft Corporation as we present all things Windows Vista! Darrell Shandrow (a co-host for Main Menu Live) and myself will be bringing you this very special Main Menu Live. Our guests will include:

• Daniel Hubbell from Microsoft's Accessibility Technology Group will be joining us to tell us all about Vista.


• Jamie Pauls from Access Watch brings us another mini product review of Rhapsody 4.0 as we prepare for one of our guests to bring them on live.


• We may be hearing from Dolphin all about Hal for Vista. This is still in progress and if we can not bring it to you this week we will have it on an upcoming edition of Main Menu Live.


• Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell from Serotek will be joining us to talk all about System Access and Windows Vista. Serotek has already announced support for Windows Vista and we ask Mike and Matt all about the experience of using Vista with System Access. In addition, we will talk all about ScriptSure with System Access.


• This past week at ATIA, GW Micro announced that they will be shipping a public beta of Window-Eyes 6.1 for Windows Vista and other operating systems. We bring Doug Geoffray on Main Menu Live to talk to us all about Windows Vista. What will Window-Eyes users expect to see with this new operating system?

As you can see, it will be a jam packed show full of great news. Should you go out and buy Windows Vista? Wait a day or so and listen to this very special Main Menu Live before making your decision.

If you have any questions for any of our guests this week, then please get them to us. They can be mailed to mainmenu@acbradio.org. If you would prefer to call into the show and ask your question then simply call 866-400-5333 when the show starts. We will have open lines during the entire 3 hour show.

The on demand and podcast archives will be immediately available after the last airing of Main Menu Live on the Main Stream channel. Refer to the On Demand archives for the download or add this link to your PodCatcher to subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed: http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=mainmenu. You may also want to join the ACB Radio Main Stream replay podcast feed
which is: http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=replay. Keep in mind that this weeks show will be a bit larger download for those of you that receive it with a podcatching client due to its length.

Please let everyone know about this weeks show. This is sure to be one not to miss. This new operating system will affect everyone eventually, you can count on that.

Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel. Don't forget that this will be a 3 hour show.

Jeff Bishop

Main Menu Producer

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of January 24th

This week begins a new era for Main Menu.  We begin our interactive portion during the second hour of Main Menu starting this week.  First of all, what
is coming up in the first hour:

• We first hear from Stephen Guerra from Independent Living Aids to talk to us all about the Dora the Explorer Interactive Talking Crayons.  This is a very innovative product to assist parents in engaging with their young children who may be blind or who may have low vision.


• We next hear from Marc Mulcahy with a very in-depth review of the Icon from Levelstar.


• During the second hour we open the phones and bring Marc and Stephen on to Main Menu Live to talk with all of you.  You will be able to call in and ask either of our guests questions.  In addition, we will have three panel experts on the show with us to answer any technical questions you may have. Randy Knapp will talk about serial ATA external drives and Don Barrett will discuss with us some interesting things about File Dir and TextPal among others from Jamal.  Both gentlemen have very technical expertise in the assistive technology industry and in computer technology as well.


• During Main Menu Live, we will also be presenting the Access Watch Review of the week.  This will be a 1 or two minute segment each week with a short review from the Access Watch web site.  This week we hear all about Windows One Care Live from Microsoft.

Coming up on January 31st on Main Menu we talk all about Windows Vista in a very special live edition of Main Menu. We will have Daniel Hubbell from the Microsoft Accessibility Technology Group, Mike Calvo from Serotek and Doug Geoffray from GW Micro coming on Main Menu that week.  Get your questions ready and call in and ask away.  This is going to be a fun one for sure!

Main Menu can be heard on Tuesday evening at 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel.
 

Jeff Bishop

Main Menu Producer