Top Tech tidbits for Thursday, May 3, 2007

1)  The US National Library Service for the Blind and physically Handicapped is preparing to begin issuing digital talking books next year.  You can listen to a speech by engineer Neil Bernstein about the project.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/friends.asp?id=keynote


2) ACBRadio will launch its fourth radio stream, ACBRadio World, on 7 May.  The channel will feature broadcasts in languages other than English and also music programming of a more international character. 
http://www.acbradio.org
You can reach this and all other channels of the station more easily with its new tuner, version 6.5, which lets you tune in with one key, without visiting the web page.
http://www.acbradio.org/tuner
You can find a tutorial for using the tuner by pressing F8 from within the tuner or by using the help menu.
An accessibility review of the tuner is now available on AccessWatch
http://www.accesswatch.info



3)  the National Federation of the blind is in the midst of a lawsuit against Target stores because of the lack of accessability of their web site.  they are looking for
people who like to search the web for products before visiting the store; people who would like to be able to find out what is at Target and at what price; people who shop at Target and have found their site inaccessible for such actions as coupons or pharmacy refills.  If you can fit any of these criteria, e-mail
msc@browngold.com. 



4)  Code Factory is inviting teams of three blind or visually-impaired folks to work together to create the best ring tone.  Each member of the winning team can choose a free license for either of their screen reader products.
http://www.codefactory.es/TeamCreativity_Competition/



5)  Accessible World tried to hold a comparison between the Braille Note and Pac Mate on 30 April but only the Pac Mate portion could air, so the Braille Note portion will air on GMT 8 May at 00:00.
http://www.accessibleworld.org



this may be the shortest Tidbits on record!

An individually-mailed text version of Tidbits is available to those who want it or have difficulty receiving the usual html version.  Write to me to request it.

Visit the Tidbits page at www.topdotenterprises.com/tidbits.htm where you can subscribe to the rss feed and grab back issues.  All that welcome information for future issues can come to me at dean@topdotenterprises.com.