Skype Talking is a cool application I came across. It can work with your screen reader to read skype events such as chats and users status changes. This program was created for NVDA but works with directly JAWS System Access and Window-eyes. This is nice because you don’t need to have updated scripts this program will just work. There is also a SAPI 5 mode where it does not interface with your screen readers API. You can press alt-control-shift-e to read your last event or alt-control-shift-M to read the last chat.
You can download it from
http://skypetalking.googlecode.com/files/SkypeTalking0.6.1_setup.exe
I received my iBill money identification system. If you have seen a Bluetooth GPS receiver it is about that size. AS a matter of fact, when I unboxed it that’s exactly what I thought it was.
On the right side you will find the opening where you slide the short end of the bill in. Pressing a button located on either end of the device will scan the money.
My orientation is to have the opening on the right and slide the bill in that way. To get into the settings I press and hold the button on the bottom, then the one on the top. Keep pressing the button on the top while still holding the other button. There are 5 settings. A Vibrate mode, a tone mode that is signified by a low tone and a high pitched tone right after, then 3 volume settings.
When the setting is set to vibrate the device identifies money by a different vibration depending on the denomination. The tone setting works in the same way. Selecting any of the volume settings will announce the denomination with a clear female voice. If the device incounters an error the word error is also announced.
At the time of this writing the iBill is $99.00 USD and can be purchased from
Orbit Research
www.orbitresearch.com
I have found a program for keeping track of your tasks. 90% of the program is accessible. The only part that is not accessible is the calendar view. The program is called reminder xpert and can be downloaded from
http://www.imptec.com
The other programs on the site are also accessible too.
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If you use Becky! internet mail from www.rimarts.co.jp you can find some plugins for the program at the following URL:
www.skwire.net/~apps/becky/plugins. The annoying thing about this page is there are no discriptions.
This week, we devote the entire show to an interview with Shane Jackson of the Blind World Blog and Podcast. Shane talks to us about his job as an Apple Specialist, his thoughts on the iPhone, the soon-to-be-released iPad, and much more. Anyone who is a fan of The Blind World Blog and Podcast will enjoy this interview. It is classic Shane!
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Dolphin Computer Access are pleased to announce the launch and immediate availability of Dolphin Guide in Swedish.
To learn more about Dolphin Guide visit the Swedish Dolphin web pages or the English Dolphin Guide product pages. Alternatively you might like to try a free 30 day demonstration.
Dolphin Guide is exclusively sold by Polar Print.
Honestly, the latest version of Windows Live Mail is completely accessible with Window-Eyes with a little bit of work. Quite often, a little bit of work means the application is deemed inaccessible. But that's an argument for another day. For now:
http://www.gwmicro.com/scripts/Windows_Live_Mail
Microsoft has done quite a bit of work to make Windows Live Mail much more user friendly than initial versions. While the application is completely accessible out of the box with Window-Eyes, some tweaking makes the whole experience much nicer, hence the script package.
Enjoy!
On this week's program, Rick Harmon continues his discussion of Windows 7. If you would like to join a mailing list of other blind Windows 7 users, send a blank message to:
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Eloquence with Window-Eyes 7.X is now lightning fast. Check it out:
GW Micro is very excited to announce the release of a new Eloquence performance patch for Window-Eyes 7.0 and greater.
When Window-Eyes 7.0 switched from the SAPI version of Eloquence to the dedicated Eloquence driver, an unfortunate side effect of occasional stuttering and unresponsiveness began to occur.
Now, after listening to, and working directly with Window-Eyes customers, we are able to provide a much needed boost to the Eloquence synthesizer.
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This week Mike Calvo and Ricky Enger talk to us about Serotek's new Build A Bundle subscription options. Next, Rick Harmon gives us the details of Windows 7. For those of you who have noticed a problem with the Main Menu RSS feed, it is now working properly again. Thanks to Larry Turnbull and Shane Ditmar for fixing the problem.
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