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Blind Cool Tech is a podcast that brings some fun and variety into your mp3 player. The show provides interviews, brings you along on sound seeing tours, and discusses life and cool technology that blind people can use.
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Zoom H1 Recorder Review

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:00
9/8/2010 Neal Ewers compares the recording electronics with the H2, and presents what sounds like identical recordings on this $99 recorder with the same electronics as the Zoom H2. 39.1 MB
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A Tapping Tour

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 17:00
9/2/2010 Joseph Lee discusses touch screens and how blind users can use them. He specifically describes the Mobilespeak screen reader with a Windows based cell phone. 19.9 MB
Categories: My Favorite Tweets, Tips

DM4 Demo

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 17:00
9/1/2010 Earl Harrison explores the features, functions, and benefits of this new digital recorder from Olympus that includes text-to-speech and the ability to play Daisy content. 20.1 MB
Categories: My Favorite Tweets, Tips

Aurifi

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 17:00
8/31/2010 Bryan Smart reviews this unique game for the iPhone that uses audio as its exclusive interface. He turns off Voiceover as he shows how the game uses all the phone's sensors to control play and provide feedback with sounds. 41.1 MB
Categories: My Favorite Tweets, Tips

HTC Ozone With Talks

Sat, 08/28/2010 - 17:00
8/29/2010 Richard McKinly reviews this powerful cell phone running Windows and Talks screen reader. 55.2 MB
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Nerf Lazer Tag

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 17:00
8/27/2010 Shaun Williams reviews this talking lazer tag set from Hasbro. 20.0 MB
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Inside A Hard Drive

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 17:00
8/26/2010 Ashley Cox takes apart a hard drive and describes what's inside. 17.0 MB
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Some iPhone Games

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 17:00
8/25/2010 Raul Gallegos spends a restless evening playing three accessible iPhone games. Moxie is a wordbuilding game, Beep Beep is a Simon Says style game, and Zany Touch is a Bop It type game. 44.8 MB
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Arrange Home Screen

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 17:00
8/21/2010 Dean Martineau explains organizing, arranging, and managing home screens on the iDevices, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. 21.9 MB
Categories: My Favorite Tweets, Tips

iTunes With A Screen Reader

Thu, 08/19/2010 - 17:00
8/20/2010 Michael Hansen explains how to use the Windows version of iTunes with a screen reader. He uses JAWS, but he uses no specific screen reader commands, so it should work the same for any screen reader. 55.4 MB
Categories: My Favorite Tweets, Tips

Windows 7 Unattended Install

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 17:00
8/19/2010 Ashley Cox walks through the steps required to create a Windows 7 unattended installation using the Windows Automated Installation Kit downloadable from the Microsoft Download Center. The additional files Ashley discusses are on his tutorial web page. 29.2 MB
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Amadeus Pro Ring Tones

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 17:00
8/18/2010 Eric Karon demonstrates creating and editing sound files to make ring tones for the iPhone using this free audio editing software and a Mac. 17.4 MB
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Thunderbird Tutorial

Sun, 08/15/2010 - 17:00
8/16/2010 Raul Gallegos teaches a method of using this email program for Windows 7 that works well for him. 35.4 MB
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More DVS

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 17:00
8/12/2010 Hank Smith describes a new service from UK TV 2 C that provides audio described TV and movies from the UK to US residents. Since there are many more shows described in the UK, the selection is good. 18.4 MB
Categories: My Favorite Tweets, Tips