Top Tech Tidbits - Volume 238
The Week's News in Access Technology

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Greetings,

1) You can follow progress with NFB Newsline on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/NFB_NEWSLINE

2) The November, 2009 issue of AccessWorld is available, featuring A laundry appliance accessibility update, Lighting Up Your World: A Closer Look at Illuminated Magnifiers, a comparison of the Book Sense and the Plextalk Pocket, and more.
http://www.afb.org/aw/main.asp

3) Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 15 December at 01:00 will feature a discussion of the Sound post, a device to augment GPS and give us more information about our immediate environment.
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2

4) Freedom Scientific is seeking private beta testers for the MAGic screen magnifier.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/forms/Contact_Us.asp?ID=MAGic-beta-testers

5) Window-Eyes Script Central features a new Lunar Lander game and a script for Windows Vista to always place the Windows Explorer focus on the list of file names in a folder.
http://www.gwmicro.com/sc

6) A new mailing list has been established to discuss virtualization, how to use it with assistive technologies, and any problems or queries with virtual machines in general from a blindness prospective. To join, send a blank message to
b-v-m-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

7) the Mobile and Handheld Technology Accessibility Forum has recently been established on LinkedIn.
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2484780

8) Michael Hingson offers reduced prices on the KNFB Mobile Reader through the end of the year. Write for information
info@michaelhingson.com

9) Amazon will, they say, add audio menus and larger fonts to its Kindle Reader next year. No word if one will be able to know, in advance, if a particular title will allow audio playback or if that option has been blocked by the publisher.
http://www.readingrights.org

10) T. R. Fraser has lowered the price of all three of her computer manual ebooks, JAWS with Word 2007, Outlook 2007 or Vista to under $12 apiece
http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=4554432

11) According to Fred's Head, TimeMe is a free web-based timer and large display stopwatch for your browser.
http://www.timeme.com/timer-stopwatch.htm

12) SeroTalk Podcast 29 discusses controling Your computer with Your Voice and ooTunes Radio for the iPhone
http://serotalk.com/2009/12/07/serotalk-podcast-29-controling-your-computer-with-your-voice-and-ootunes-radio-for-the-iphone/

13) The December, 2009 Braille Monitor has an article entitled Update on Freedom Scientific v. GW Micro Patent Lawsuit
http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0911/bm091107.htm
and one entitled Revisiting the Mac Using OS X and VoiceOver
http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm09/bm0911/bm091105.htm

14) J-Tools 3.0 is now available, making this product compatible with JAWS version 11.
http://www.tandt.at

15) Last time, we directed you to a British dealer of Talks to get its upgrade. In the US, Beyond Sight, Vision Q and Handy Tech are all dealers.
http://www.handytech.us

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