Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 185
The Week's News in Adaptive Technology

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1) This Fred's Head Companion post lists a lot of sites where you can receive help with homework online:
http://www.fredshead.info/2006/09/homework-helping-sites-on-net.html

2) They also tell us about two sites which collect stories for children. The first might bring back memories to some adults too,
since Kiddie Records Weekly is a growing archive of older children's' story records.
http://www.kiddierecords.com/
You can also check out the podcast of stories from the Denver Public Library for children in grades K-4:
http://podcast.denverlibrary.org/

3) The November issue of AccessWorld, the free bi-monthly technology publication from American Foundation for the Blind, is now available, including a review of the KNFB Mobile Reader, a review of the latest version of VoiceOver for the Mac, and more.
http://www.afb.org/accessworld

4) Speaking of the KNFB Mobile Reader, its price, and the price of the equivalent software package for the learning disabled, have dropped significantly, with the software now costing $995. This program runs on the Nokia N82 phone, which itself costs around $500, bringing the price of a portable reading device down to below $1,500.
http://www.knfbreader.com/products-mobile.php

5) Tenacity is a company making a product called AccessaPhone which purports to make work phones (not mobile phones) accessible to users with visual and learning disabilities.
http://www.tenacitycorp.com/

6) Serotek has launched SeroTalk, a weekly blog and podcast to be produced by Michael Lauf highlighting the company's solutions to life through technology.
http://www.serotalk.com/

7) Braille Writing: Past and Present will be the topic for Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 25 November at 01:00.
http://www.accessibleworld.org

8) Interested users can now test ESET NOD32 Antivirus v4 beta, a product which is now quite well regarded and which includes many new features, among them a non-traphical mode for screen reader users.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=225558

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