Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, April 5, 2007

A slow news week follows all the CSUN excitement.

1)  this is a link to the manual for theVoiceOver screen reader for the Mac, with files available as pdf or mp3 files.
http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/manual.html

2)  the current beta version of Skype offers what is generally agreed is better sound quality than previous versions.  the JAWS scripts for Skype work with this and earlier versions, and can be had here;
http://www.dlee.org/skype/



3)  Jamal Mazrui has revived and expanded a former project, the Homer Script Library, now a set of JAWS scripts to bring added functionality to WordPad, NoteTab and the JFW Script Manager.
http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/kitsetup.exe



4)  Assistive Technology  Center in Sacramento is looking for a technology trainer and salesperson.
http://www.atechcenter.net


5)  Gw Micro has placed an article, Understanding Window-Eyes Mobile, into its KnowledgeBase.
http://gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1067


6)  Jonathan Mosen writes of a site that allows users of Pac Mate and other Pocket pc devices play music and videos stored on their home computer while they're away.
http://www.orb.com.



7) Navigating and Using Audible.com With Ease is the title of the Accessible World training to take place on gmt Tuesday 10 April at 00:00.  Woody Anna Dresner from National Braille press will be presenting.
http://www.accessibleworld.org


8)  those interested in old-time radio sound bytes can get many hher:
http://www.otr.com


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