1) David Dailes has written another of his comprehensive software guides for screen reader users, this one for the popular free mail program known in most places as Gmail and in the UK as GoogleMail.
http://vip.chowo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/jaws/Google-Mail-Basic-HTML-Guide.html

2) Gw Micro announces that a new camera designed for reading handwriting is now available for the Portable SenseView
cctv, and can be had at the introductory price of $99.00
http://www.gwmicro.com

3) Staying with Gw Micro, the topic for this week's Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday 23 October at 00:00o will be The Voice Sense: Now A Unique Mobility Tool!
http://www.accessibleworld.org

4)
EASI's fee-based course for November will be Barrier-Free E-Learning, and participants get a bonus book on the subject.
http://easi.cc/workshops/bfel.htm

5) EASI also offers a free two-part webinar, DIGITAL BOOKS & PLAYERS, AN UPDATE, Thursday, 15 and 29 November at 18:00 GMT.
http://easi.cc/clinic.htm

6) Microsoft has now created a free directory-assistance number, (800) call-411 (225-5411. It is the service they have offered via TellMe for some time. Some people seem to prefer it over goog-411, some don't.

7) The Assistive Technology Center is now selling recordings of its online instructional seminars for $50 apiece. They have recorded trainings of Microsoft Office 2003, computer maintenance, window-Eyes basic and Internet Bootcamp and plan to add more titles.
<http://www.atechcenter.net

8) Here is an introduction into how blind folks use cell phones, good for novice and experienced users alike and for sharing with the curious.
http://www.blindbargains.com/tips/cellphones.php

9) A new mailing list has been formed to discuss the Victor Reader Stream digital player. It is called victorstreamuk, and while everybody is welcome to join, it will be particularly inviting to those in the UK and elsewhere who might find the US-centered discussion on the existing mailing list unhelpful. To join, send a blank message to
victorstreamuk-subscribe@googlegroups.com

10) Josh has formed two mailing lists on Google Groups. one is books4blind, and the other, blindconsolegamers.
In both cases. to subscribe, add -subscribe@googlegroups.com to the name and send a blank message to that address.

11) The sound editor Goldwave has always been pretty accessible, but now the author has added several accessibility features and an accessibility section to the manual. For instance, it is now possible to read the recording volume level with any screen reader.
http://www.goldwave.com

12) You can now listen to the latest installment of virtually any podcast over the phone. The service has a large directory of numbers, one number per podcast, and if your favorite podcast isn't on the list, you can add it and then call to listen. BlindCoolTech has been added.
http://www.PodLinez.com

13) Beginning at 05:45 GMT on Monday, 22 October, and continuing for the next five days, you can listen to the proceeds of the European Blind Union general Assembly and of the Equality and Diversity Forum that proceeds it, via ACBRadio world. Coverage should start about the same time each day, run live for about ten hours per day, then repeat until the next day's coverage begins.
http://www.acbradio.org

14) Mobile Speak announces a public beta of version 2 of Mobile Speak for Smartphones, and also of Mobile Magnifier for windows Smartphones. The new version offers a user-centered licensing scheme so that users can change phones and keep their license; improve braille support, support for many more devices and over 50 enhancements.
http://www.codefactory.es/mobile_speak_smartphone/mss_downloads.htm

15) the radio program on the UltraCane which was announced last week will now be heard on 25 October at 10:15 GMT
http://www.insightradio.co.uk <http://www.insightradio.co.uk>

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