Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 19, 2012

Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 19, 2012 - Volume 349
The Week's News in Access Technology

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1) This Guardian article discusses accessibility problems with UK price-comparison sites.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/apr/17/price-comparison-sites-disabled-older-people-struggle

2) Here are YouTube videos describing the use of the Victor Reader Stream.
In Spanish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRmYcCJgYK4&feature=sharevideos
And in English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4GOx6l0BAM&feature=share

3) Screen Reader Demos, Research and Resources is a well-researched article by Alistair Duggin in which he lists a wealth of articles discussing aspects of screen reader use, most related to creating accessible content.
http://alistairduggin.co.uk/blog/screenreader-resources/

4) This Accessible YouTube Guide from Fred's Head offers resources that will be new to many for making the experience of uploading and watching YouTube videos better with a screen reader.
http://www.fredshead.info/2012/04/accessible-youtube-guide.html27s+Head+from+APH%29

5) And this Fred's Head post provides many resources for Braille Writer Repair
http://www.fredshead.info/2009/03/braille-writer-repair.html

6) Learn about the Braille Pen on Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 24 April at 00:00.
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2

7) Students and faculty at North Carolina State University hope you will take their Diagram accessibility survey.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/formResponse?formkey=dEVZLWRJaGdpVi1yTEVNSUppOXBmM3c6MQ&ifq

8) This is a collection of 2012 and 2011 IBM accessibility feature articles.
http://www-03.ibm.com/able/news/2011_features.html

9) From the TechKnowMore blog of RNIB comes a post entitled Useful iOS Music Applications for Blind and Partially Sighted Musicians
http://www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss/computersphones/updates/techknowmore/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=338a9817-aaef-4ff4-9063-9175534b70d0&ID=96

10) Free videos for a new iPad apps programming course at Carnegie Mellon University are now available.
http://www.kurzweilai.net/free-videos-for-new-ipad-apps-programming-course-at-cmu-now-available?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

11) Recent AppleVis podcasts include:

TWiT Live: An iOS App For Fans of This Week in Tech
http://www.applevis.com/podcasts/episodes/twit-live-ios-app-fans-week-tech
Vokul Revisited: Bigger and Better than Before
http://www.applevis.com/podcasts/episodes/vokul-revisited-bigger-and-better
Exploring the Advanced Features of List Recorder: Part 1 - Recording Items
http://www.applevis.com/podcasts/episodes/exploring-advanced-features-list-recorder-part-1-recording-items
Exploring the Advanced Features of List Recorder: Part 2 - Exporting and Importing Lists and Their Data
http://www.applevis.com/podcasts/episodes/exploring-advanced-features-list-recorder-part-2-exporting-and-importing-lists-and
Exploring the Advanced Features of List Recorder: Part 3 - Using Tilt Gestures to Operate the App
http://www.applevis.com/podcasts/episodes/exploring-advanced-features-list-recorder-part-3-using-tilt-gestures-operate-app

12) This post from OS X Daily Flash is called 11 Tips to Get the Absolute Best Battery Life on a Mac Laptop
http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/16/tips-battery-life-mac-laptop/

14) EASI will offer a free webinar on Saturday, 21 April at 18:00 GMT on Adaptech's Ongoing research, Knowledge transfer and Free and Inexpensive Adaptive Information and Communication technologies. http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

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