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Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 307
The Week's News in Access Technology

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Greetings,

1) VisWiz is a new free iPhone app available in the US and Canada. It lets you get human assistance to perform a lot of visual tasks. Martin Courcelles has written a blog post on it for the CNIB blog.
http://blog.cnib.ca/archive/2011/05/31/vizwiz-augmenting-your-vision.aspx

2) On the same subject, Martin has two posts summarizing his favorite apps. Part 1
http://blog.cnib.ca/archive/2011/05/06/idevices-apps-roundup-part-1.aspx
and part 2
http://blog.cnib.ca/archive/2011/05/25/idevices-apps-roundup-part-2.aspx

3) And Seminars Hadley will present Everything i, a seminar designed to help clarify the differences among the iPhone, iPad and ipod. this will take place on Tuesday, 21 June at 15:00 GMT. the seminar will be archived. To register, visit
http://hadley.edu/seminar_detail.asp?sid=91

4) Learn about BlindTunes, a set of JAWS scripts to make iTunes more usable, on Tek Talk on GMT 7 Junbe at 00:00.
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2

5) The Main Menu team is soliciting input as to what you would like to hear on this weekly program. To offer some, e-mail
mainmenu@acbradio.org

6) Here are the latest gems from the gizmo site: Best Free Streaming Media Recorder
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-streaming-media-recorder.htm
New Microsoft Emergency Tool for Malware Infected Windows PCs
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/new-microsoft-emergency-tool-malware-infected-windows-pcs.htm
Seven Tips To Improve Your Security On Facebook
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/seven-tips-improve-your-security-facebook.htm

7) The JFW mailing list has moved to a new location. Here is the official site:
http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/jfw-the-jdh.com

8) SeroTalk Podcast 68 covers the usual wealth of tech news.
http://www.serotalk.com/2011/05/24/serotalk-podcast-68-bacon-and-caffeine-together-at-last/

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