Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 330
The Week's News in Access Technology

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Greetings,

1) Yours truly has finally put his toe into the world of social networking and has joined Twitter, accessing via the_Qube. Come follow me, @deantopdot. You out in the tidosphere will benefit from this development because of the information I glean from prolific tweeters like @jmosen and @ranger1138.

2) One such is this article: The Complete Guide to iTunes Books, Podcasts + iTunes U:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/the-complete-guide-to-itunes-audiobooks-podcasts-itunes-u/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

3) And check out Accessibility for Web Writers, a 14-part series:
http://www.4syllables.com.au/category/articles/

4) This article is entitled How to download YouTube videos, and other curious things:
http://t.co/M6nRvVoH

5) The University of Chicago Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary, a pocket dictionary originally available only in a 27' pamphlet paper edition, is now available for electronic download through Web Braille to registered borrowers. It joins Dictionary of eye terminology, Elson's pocket music dictionary and Dictionary of braille music signs as downloadable items with "dictionary" in the title.
http://loc.gov/nls

6) Thanks to Fred's Head, we discover the Accessible iPad Blog which discusses the accessibility of this device for a variety of people.
http://accessibleipad.blogspot.com/

7) There may be openings to beta-test JAWS scripts for Peachtree Complete Accounting.
http://www.scriptsforjaws.com

8) Get the most up-to-date information about available accessible games on Tek Talk on GMt Tuesday, 13 December at 01:00:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2

9) New free and paid webinars are now posted on the Freedom Scientific training page:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/elearn

10) Firmware 4.47 for the Milestone digital recorder/players from Bones offers many new file formats, including Bookshare, and some enhanced navigation features.
http://www.bones.ch/bones/pages/eng/support/support.html

11) Sarah Alawami has created some Youtube videos about using WordPress: Part 1: Setting up WordPress:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90MVig5PiDE
Part 2 Installing Plug-ins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdJpnmgbaaY
Part 3 Editing PHP or some of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSlWShar1r4

12) Executive Products has created cases for the Brailliant 32, the Focus 40 Blue and the iPhone.
http://www.executiveproductsinc.com/

13) Here are a couple nuggets from the Gizmo site: Best Free Spell-Checker:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-spell-checker.htm
How to Access Advanced Settings and Information for Your Chrome or Firefox Browser:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-access-advanced-settings-and-information-your-chrome-or-firefox-browser.htm

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