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AnnouncementsBelow you will see the most recent 10 site announcements. Coming Up On MainMenu For February 3 2012Chase 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 Emerson takes us on a tour of the sounds options in Windows 7, and Lino Morales brings us the second part of his NVDA review. Be ready to be informed whether you use an Apple, Windows or some other technology; there is something for you on MainMenu this week! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by David Tanner on 2012-02-03 at 03:13:57. Coming Up On MainMenu For January 27 2012David 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 using the basic features of www.bookshare.org, and Leon Morallis introduces us to the basics of using the NVDA screen reader with iTunes. You don't want to miss this week's show!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by David Tanner on 2012-01-27 at 05:17:13. Coming Up On MainMenu for January 20 2012Chase 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 tracks in iTunes, we tell you all about the contest going on on MainMenu during January, Shane Davidson continues his review of Word Press, and we hear a review of Speak On a software with built-in speech for playing internet radio - podcasts and many other audio features. You don't want to miss this week's show!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by David Tanner on 2012-01-20 at 04:42:03. Coming Up On MainMenu for January 13 - 14 2012David 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 the basics of using Audible.com, and Rick Harmond shows us around Tweet List an IOS Twitter client for your iPhone, iPad, or iTouch. You don't want to miss this week's show!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by David Tanner on 2012-01-12 at 05:33:41. Coming Up On MainMenu For January 6th 2012We 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 Friends mailinglist, Chace Crispin follows with his weekly tech update, David Woodbridge shows us how to use the dictionary on the Mac, and David Tanner brings us part two of a two part review of System Access and the System Access Mobile Network. Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by David Tanner on 2012-01-06 at 02:13:14. You Could Be A Winner!!!We are starting a small contest in January 2012. We are approaching 600 followers on our Twitter page and we have a small specially designed 2 cd set of the NVDA screen reader that includes all the latest installation files, the OCR plugin, the latest improvements for Microsoft Office 2010 with NVDA, and a great collection of tutorials and podcasts on the use of NVDA on one disk, and a cd that will run NVDA whenever you place it in your cd/dvd drive on a Windows computer. We are also approaching 150 members of the MainMenu Friends mailinglist. For the 150th person who signs up for the MainMenu Friends mailinglist on our webpage we will also send them a copy of this two disk set as our thanks for being the 150th person to sign-up for the mailinglist. So, sign-up now for Twitter and the Friends mailinglist and maybe we will be contacting you to send you your thank you gift. The MainMenu Staff Posted by David Tanner on 2012-01-01 at 03:50:57. Coming Up On MainMenu For December 30/31 2011MainMenu for December 30/31 features David Tanner and Chase Crispin co-hosting a highlights review of what happened on MainMenu during 2011. We'll also be announcing a little contest for January too.So, don't miss this one for sure!!! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by David Tanner on 2011-12-28 at 03:30:40. Coming Up On MainMenu For December 23rd 2011We start this week's program with holiday greetings from Mitch Pomeratz, President of ACB, followed by a weekly Tech Update from Chase Crispin, followed by David Woodbridge demonstrating how to easily read files in folders on the doc in Apple Lion with VoiceOver, and David Tanner begins a two part review of System Access and the System Access Mobile Network.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by David Tanner on 2011-12-23 at 12:56:03. Would you like to join the Main Menu team?Greetings Main Menu listeners, supporters, and friends,In order to continue to make Main Menu a better show covering all types of technology usable by the blind and visually impaired and to produce weekly unique and exciting content, we are seeking to expand the Main Menu team. The Main Menu team is the team behind each and every Main Menu show that you here on ACB Radio on a weekly basis. The team is responsible for conducting interviews, recording segments, editing outside content, advising the host and producer about future shows, contacting companies about their latest innovations, and so much more. A member of the Main Menu team has a wide variety of opportunities to influence one of the most popular assistive technology shows on the internet today. Do you feel that you are skilled in audio production, technology instruction, and have good ideas for the show? Would you be willing to work with others and create an even better show? If so, you are eligible to apply to join the Main Menu team. We have created an extensive application to judge people's areas of expertise. If you are interested in filling out this application to join the team, please email us at: mainmenu@acbradio.org and we will send you an application. The application will arrive in Microsoft Office Word 2003 .doc format. If you are unable to read this format and must have it in another format, please let us know in your initial email requesting this form. When the form is entirely filled out, please save it and email it back to us at the above email address as an attachment. Please note: Requests for the application may not be received if sent directly to a Main Menu staff member or via the mailing list. To successfully receive and submit an application, you must email: mainmenu@acbradio.org ACB Radio and the Main Menu team reserve the right to not accept an applicant to the team. We will accept whom we think will help us fulfill our mission to other blind and visually impaired people the most. We have a very large listener base and we want to keep a small team, so not everyone will be accepted. If you feel that you know someone else or another list of people who would like to apply for this position, please feel free to forward this message to them and to spread the word of Main Menu as you see appropriate. On behalf of the entire Main Menu team, we thank you for your continued interest and support in our program. We look forward to working with you. Sincerely, Chase Crispin Executive Producer, ACB Radio Main Menu http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/ chase@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-12-21 at 02:23:45. Coming Up On MainMenu For December 16thWe 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 Freedom Scientific about Jaws For Windows version 13. Chase Crispin gives us a preview of what will be coming up on MainMenu for our two holiday shows on December 24th and December 31st. David Woodbridge demonstrates using keyboard shortcuts with IOS5 on his iPhone, and David Tanner winds up this week's program with a demonstration of the O'Moby app for IOS devices including iPhone and iPad. Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by David Tanner on 2011-12-15 at 06:29:28. Coming up on Main Menu for December 9th, 2011This week, 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 on December 9th. This interview is followed by John Gunn discussing and demonstrating dragging and dropping files on an Apple Mac using Apple Lion 10.7 with VoiceOver and compares the process to doing the same thing in Windows. This review did not make it into last week's show, so it will air this week. Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.orgPosted by Chase Crispin on 2011-12-09 at 04:07:19. Coming Up On MainMenu For December 9 2011David Tanner visits with Eric Damery - Vice President and Product Manager for Freedom Scientific about Jaws 13 and a new update to Jaws being released on December 9th. This interview is followed by John Gunn discussing and demonstrating dragging and dropping files on an Apple Mac using Apple Lion 10.7 with VoiceOver and compares the process to doing the same thing in Windows.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by David Tanner on 2011-12-08 at 07:40:48. Coming up on Main Menu for December 2nd, 2011This week after our weekly Tech Update, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia brings us a follow up segment on using Siri with Voice Over on the iPhone 4s. Then, Shane Davidson interviews GW Micro about the release of Window Eyes 7.5.2 and the company's future plans for that screen reader. Next, John Gunn shows us how to drag and drop files accessibly in Mac OS 10.7 Lion. Finally, we hear from Handy Tech North America about the accessible Cash Manager software.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-12-02 at 03:35:33. Coming up on Main Menu for November 18th, 2011This week, David Woodbridge from Vision Australia shows us how to transfer books to the Read2Go IOS app for reading DAISY books using iTunes on Windows. Then, Shane Davidson tells us about a new accessible Twitter client called TwitMonger. Finally, Lisa Brooks, a Main Menu listener, tells us about Text Grabber, and OCR application for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-11-16 at 04:17:28. Coming up on Main Menu for November 11th, 2011This week, David Woodbridge tells us all about the Read2Go app from Bookshare for reading DAISY books on IOS devices. Then, Tim Cumings reviews the Omnitronics EPF15A Pop Filter. Following that, Chase Crispin reviews the Twitter app for IOS devices. We complete the show with a review of a 3rd IOS app, this one for reading the Accessworld magazine from AFB.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-11-11 at 03:59:03. Coming up on Main Menu for November 4th, 2011Coming up on Main Menu for November 4th , 2011 Chase Crispin brings us this week's Tech Update, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to use the calculator with VoiceOver in Apple OS 10.7 Lion, Tim Cummings reviews the Cad C-195 Microphone, and Chase Crispin shows us the various uses of Wi-fi on the Book Port Plus.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-11-03 at 01:52:44. Coming Up On MainMenu For The Week Of November 4th 2011Coming up on MainMenu for November 4th 2011 Chase Crispin brings us this week's Tech Update, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to use the calendar with VoiceOver in Apple OSX 10.7 Lion for Mac, Tim Cummings reviews the Cad C-195 Microphone, and Chase Crispin shows us the verious uses of Wi-fi on the Book Port Plus.MainMenu first airs on www.acbradio.org/mainstream on Friday at 9:00 PM Eastern, 6:00 PM Pacific. And, is available to download or stream 24 hours after the last airing of the show from the MainMenu webpage at www.mainmenu.acbradio.org. Posted by on 2011-11-03 at 01:50:37. Coming up on Main Menu for October 28th, 2011This 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 member of the Main Menu team, demonstrates the Siri voice command system in the iPhone 4s. Finally, David Tanner concludes his look at Dolphin Guide. This is the first show of Main Menu's new series with David Tanner as host and Chase Crispin as executive producer.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-10-28 at 02:34:21. Very Important Main Menu coming up for October 21st, 2011Main Menu is in a state of transition. What does that mean for you thelistener? Find out on this week's show. If you want an oppertunity to influence the show, this is also a show you will not want to miss. Besides this discussion, Robert Carter tells us about Jam Box, a speaker for iOS devices and David Tanner introduces us to the Dolphin Guide product to allow complete access to popular functions of a computer in one simple self-voicing application. Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-10-21 at 02:31:54. Coming up on Main Menu for October 14th, 2011This 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 interesting features of IOS 5, you will not want to miss this show. Though David has not seen an iPhone 4S in person yet, we also discuss what's new in the new iPhone, especially the benefits and drawbacks of the Siri voice command system that makes it's debut in the iPhone 4s.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-10-13 at 03:20:00. Coming up on Main Menu for October 7th, 2011On 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 Mac app store with VoiceOver. Next, Chase continues his Drop Box series with a look at using the service on the iOS platform. Finally, Chase talks to us about Bootcamping a Mac which provides one way of using Windows on a Mac.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-10-07 at 02:50:32. Coming up on Main Menu for September 30th, 2011On 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 Nano or Shuffle as a USB stick. Next, we hear a demonstration of Code Factory's TVSpeak which allows one to watch TV from a computer. After that, we learn about iMap Weather Radio for iOS devices. Finally, Code Factory demonstrates Mobile Accessibility for Android devices.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-09-29 at 02:58:24. Coming up on main Menu for September 21st, 2011After this week's Tech Update from Chase Crispin, Shane Davidson begins a series on the popular blogging platform WordPress. Next, Mary Emerson tells us about Distance Learning via The Teaching Company. Finally, Chase Crispin tells us about Barcode Scanning with BCScan and DirectionsForMe.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-09-22 at 02:38:52. Coming up on Main Menu for September 16th, 2011This week, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia demonstrates inserting, opening, closing, and ejecting a USB stick or CD using a Mac. Then, Chase Crispin provides a thorough review of Drop Box on Windows. If you would like a review of Drop Box on other platforms, please e-mail mainmenu@acbradio.org and let us know.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-09-15 at 02:42:30. Coming Up on Main Menu for September 9th, 2011This 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 can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-09-09 at 02:53:22. Coming up on Main Menu for September 2nd, 2011This week, Christopher Gray of Bay Area Digital concludes his look at the Cobra screen reader.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-09-02 at 01:13:14. Coming up on Main Menu for August 26th, 2011After 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 Baum that may not be familiar to many of our listeners.Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-08-27 at 18:49:00. Driverless Cars and More on This Week's Main MenuHave 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 day nobody blind or sighted drove a car? Suppose the car could drive itself?On this week's edition of Main Menu, Harry Brown visits with Jamie Pauls for a second time to give us an update on the status of automated vehicle technology and to dream about the future. You don't want to miss Harry's insights into the subject. After that, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia demonstrates how to delete or copy nonsequential files using VoiceOver on the Mac. Finally, Chase Crispin demonstrates Linux Distro Chooser, a website that will help you pick the right Linux distribution. Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending an email to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-08-17 at 00:36:25. Note Takers vs. Mainstream Technology and More on Main Menu for August 12th, 2011This 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 today? What problems are there with the current devices out there? Can the market continue to support this many specialized note takers? What can and can't we do with the mainstream devices that are out there currently? Why are specialized devices still needed in today's market? Where do we see specialized devices and accessible mainstream devices going in the future? In this 51 minute segment, all these questions and more will be discussed in detail.This week Chase Crispin will be filling in as host and producer of Main Menu while Jamie Pauls is on vacation. Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9 PM eastern time. It airs through out Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream Subscribe to the Main Menu Podcast Feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter At: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu Staff by sending an email to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-08-10 at 22:20:23. Coming Up on Main Menu for August 5th, 2011This 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 Access Journal demonstrates Viz Wiz, a remote assistance app for iOS devices such as the iPhone.Main Menu airs on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a mailing list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu Staff by sending an email to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-08-05 at 01:41:21. Coming up on Main Menu for July 29th, 2011This 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 using Voice Over. Then, Juan Alicea demonstrates Song Quiz, a game for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. After that, we hear from Gerry Chevalier from Humanware who tells us about the Victor Reader Stratus, a CD based DAISY player soon to be released. Finally, we here from Blind Bargains about the Insignia talking clock radio.Main Menu is first heard on Fridays at 9 PM eastern, 6 PM pacific, Saturday morning at 1 UTC, and airs through out Saturday on ACB Radio mainstream. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a mailing list where you can interact with the Main Menu staff and other Main Menu listeners by sending an email to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-07-27 at 16:55:55. Coming up on Main Menu for July 22nd, 2011After this week's Tech update from Chase Crispin, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia joins us to discuss and demonstrate the new accessibility features of Apple's new Lion operating system for the Mac. Then, we hear the poem "Man From Snowy River" as read by the various new voices available in Lion.Main Menu airs on Fridays at 8:00 pm Eastern time. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a mailing list where you can interact with the Main Menu Staff and other Main Menu listeners by sending an email to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-07-20 at 21:26:09. No Main Menu This WeekWe would like to let you know that because of the 50th annual convention of the American Council of the Blind coverage airing on ACB Radio Mainstream, there will not be a Main Menu show this week. There is live convention coverage on Friday evening and throughout Saturday, which is when Main Menu normally airs. We will be back next week on Friday the 22nd with a brand new Main Menu. If you have any questions about this or any other matters related to the show, always feel free to contact us at:mainmenu@acbradio.org We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause you. Regards, Chase Crispin Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-07-13 at 19:53:47. Coming up on Main Menu for July 8th, 2011After this week's Tech update from Chase Crispin, David Tanner concludes hislook at DocuScan Plus from Serotek. Then, Chase Crispin visits with Ricky Enger about all of the company's cross-platform applications and what we can expect from Serotek in the future. Please note that there will not be a show next week because of the convention coverage on ACB Radio Mainstream on Friday and Saturday. Main Menu airs on Fridays at 8:00 pm Eastern time. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu/ Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-07-07 at 17:14:41. Coming up on Main Menu for Friday, July 1st, 2011This week we have two tech updates from Chase Crispin. Next, DavidWoodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to add sort and remove items from the dock using a Mac. Then, we visit with Doug Geoffray about the release of Window-Eyes 7.5.1.0. Following that, Jess Smith shows us how to use VoiceOver hot spots. Finally, David Tanner begins a two-part series on DocuScan Plus, Serotech's OCR product for the Mac and Windows. Main Menu airs on Fridays at 8:00 pm Eastern time. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending an email to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-06-29 at 22:05:04. Coming up on Main Menu for Friday, June 24th, 2011This week, we catch up with Chase Crispin from Los Angeles, California where he is participating in this year's National Braille Challenge competition.Next, Jamie Pauls talks with Paul Bendun of Somethin' Else Audio about Papa Sangre and The Nightjar, two mainstream audio-based games for iOS devices. Finally, David Tanner sits down with Eric Damery of Freedom Scientific to talk about the latest offerings from the company. Main Menu airs on Fridays at 8:00 pm Eastern time. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu/ Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and Main Menu staff by sending an email to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-06-22 at 18:41:27. Coming Up on Main Menu for the week of June 17th, 2011This week, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows as how to make the Mac easier to use with VoiceOver, and Roger Wilson-Hinds wraps up his look at Thunder. In this week's main feature, we visit with contemporary Christian artist Ginny Owens. We talk about her career and her love of technology.She gives us a glimpse into how technology impacts her life both personally and professionally. Main Menu airs on Fridays at 8:00 pm Eastern time. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Subscribe to a mailing list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners as well as the Main Menu staff by sending an email to: mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org Follow Main Menu on Twitter by using @mainmenu or at this link. http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-06-16 at 02:57:12. Coming up on Main Menu for June 10th, 2011This 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 devices. Finally, Roger Wilson-Hinds demonstrates using Thunder with Webbie on the Internet.Main Menu airs on Fridays at 8:00 pm Eastern time. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners by sending an email to mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org. Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-06-09 at 03:34:49. Coming Up on Main Menu for the Week of June 3rd, 2011This week, Brian Hartgen and Sue Martin conclude their look at J-Tools version 4. Then, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia tells us about VoiceOver QuickNav on the Mac.Main Menu airs on Fridays at 8:00 pm Eastern time. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Subscribe to a mailing list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners by sending a blank email to mm-friends-subscribe@acbradio.org. Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-06-02 at 03:07:08. What would you like to hear on Main Menu?What would you like to here on Main menu? Is there a device, game, or piece of software that you really want to here about or are curious about? If it is something that you can not demo or talk about for Main Menu but you would still like to here it, there is a database right here on the Main Menu website where you can enter any ideas you have for a future Main Menu show. To access this database, go to mainmenu.acbradio.org and create an account. If you already have an account, please log in. Creating an account is absolutely free and takes only a few seconds. Once you create your account, please log in. One of the links on the page is "segment ideas." click on this link. You will see all the ideas currently in the database. If you want to hear one of those ideas in a future show, please click "suggest idea." If your idea is not already in the database, fill at the form that says add an idea. We will evaluate your idea and see if it is a good idea. If it is, we will accept it and it will show up on the website and hopefully be aired on Main Menu in the near future.If you see an idea that you know about and would be interested in producing that segment for us, please email mainmenu@acbradio.org and say that you would like to cover this topic. We will get back to you as soon as we can. Thank you for your continued interest and support in Main Menu! Posted by Chase Crispin on 2011-05-31 at 15:00:30. Refreshabraille 18, IOS Devices, and ravel One Cruis on this week'sMain MenThis week, Chase Crispin concludes his series on the Refreshabraille 18 from The American Printing House for the Blind. Next, Dean Martineau shows us how to rearrange apps on the home screen of IOS devices such as the iPod Touch, the iPhone, and the iPad. Finally, we learn about Travel One cruises courtesy of the Serotalk blog and podcast from the 2010 ACB convention. Main Menu once again has a comment line that you can call at (206) 339-0954. Your comments may be played on the air.Posted by Jamie Pauls on 2010-08-25 at 15:07:58. Shane Jackson on this week's Main MenuThis week, we devote the entire show to an interview with Shane Jackson of the Blind World Blog and Podcast. Shane talks to us about his job as an Apple Specialist, his thoughts on the iPhone, the soon-to-be-released iPad, and much more. Anyone who is a fan of The Blind World Blog and Podcast will enjoy this interview. It is classic Shane!Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that’s Fridays at 8:00 Eastern time in the U.S. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Call the Main Menu comment line at (206) 338-7823 Follow Main Menu on Twitter by visiting www.twitter.com/mainmenu Posted by Jamie Pauls on 2010-01-29 at 02:56:39. Coming up on Main Menu for January16, 2010This week Mike Calvo and Ricky Enger talk to us about Serotek's new Build A Bundle subscription options. Next, Rick Harmon gives us the details of Windows 7. For those of you who have noticed a problem with the Main Menu RSS feed, it is now working properly again. Thanks to Larry Turnbull and Shane Ditmar for fixing the problem.Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that’s Fridays at 8:00 Eastern time in the U.S. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Call the Main Menu comment line at (206) 338-7823 Follow Main Menu on Twitter by visiting www.twitter.com/mainmenu Posted by Jamie Pauls on 2010-01-15 at 03:08:53. Coming up on Main Menu for January 9, 2010This week's edition of Main Menu begins with a new segment. TGIF or Tech Goods In Five is produced by Shane Ditmar of blind-geek.net and a member of the Main Menu team. On our Christmas show, we aired a demo of the iBill, a new talking bank note identifier from Orbit Research. This demo was presented courtesy of Ron Graham. This week we decided to take a closer look at the product, so we visited with Brian of Orbit Research and asked some of the questions you have been asking. Next we turn to gaming. We visit with Philip Bennefall of Blast Bay Studios about a new side-scrolling action adventure game entitled Q9. Jamie Pauls then gives a short demo of the game. Finally, we round out this week's show with discussion of a Monopoly game from RS Games that is quickly taking the blind community by storm. Mike Forzano, one of the game developers, talks to us about this new Monopoly game.Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that’s Fridays at 8:00 Eastern time in the U.S. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Call the Main Menu comment line at (206) 338-7823 Follow Main Menu on Twitter by visiting www.twitter.com/mainmenu Posted by Jamie Pauls on 2010-01-07 at 17:35:25. Coming up on Main Menu for the week of January 2, 2010Main Menu begins 2010 with a bang! We first hear a greeting from ACB president Mitch Pomerantz. Next, your host is joined by J.J. Meddaugh of Blind Bargains and Rick Harmon of The Blind Geek Zone to discuss the top news stories of 2009 as published on Blind Bargains. The number one story of the year will be posted on the site just hours before the panel discussion airs on Main Menu. Finally, the three of us predict what stories will rank in the top ten list for 2010. Take notes and see how close we are!Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that’s Fridays at 8:00 Eastern time in the U.S. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Call the Main Menu comment line at (206) 338-7823 Posted by Jamie Pauls on 2009-12-29 at 04:32:09. The Main Menu site was created by Shane Dittmar for ACB Radio. All rights reserved. |
