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12/30/2006 Neal Ewers
discusses using different external mikes with the recorder, how to save your presets even though when you format the card they are lost, and a somewhat limited but hopefully informative discussion of the menus. 46.0 MB
12/29/2006 Neal Ewers
demonstrates this high end digital recorder and comments about performance and accessibility. 70.5 MB
12/28/2006 Chela Robles
intruduces herself and has her time with coin operated laundry duty. 87.9 MB
12/21/2006 Paul Hopkins
listens to music and readings from places as diverse as China, Korea, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Holland and
France.in this recording from his church, CLC. 54.1 MB
12/21/2006 Tim Noonan
reviews the Australian RoadShow Entertainment release of BBC's
DVD box set of Doctor Who Series 2, a cooly accessible DVD Christmas present. 11.6 MB
12/21/2006 Eric Davis
reviews the Quisinart Grind and Brew coffee maker. 5.8 MB
12/21/2006 Luke Hewitt
reviews this audio war game from VIP Game Zone. 40.5 MB
12/20/2006 William Taylor
and Zoe continue their cooking series with burritos. 55.5 MB
12/19/2006 Millisa Rowe
tutors in the use of this personal data assistant from Freedom Scientific. 31.2 MB
12/18/2006 Ivan Fegundez
reviews this game from gmagames.com. 30.0 MB
12/12/2006 Tiffany Black
instructs and demonstrates the art of making shower gel from scratch. 8.3 MB
12/11/2006 Larry Skutchan
recalls what he forgot in the last cast about google, discusses the list guidelines, and introduces a new, very powerful mobile manager from levelstar called the Icon. 43.6 MB
12/10/2006 Paul Hopkins
concludes this warming tour of the summer sounds in the United Kingdom. 35.7 MB
12/9/2006 Sky Taylor
describes and demonstrates a 1904 gramophone. 2.3 MB
12/8/2006 Mike Calvo
reviews this espresso maker that you can get for free when you buy the coffee from www.bennoti.com. 11.8 MB
12/7/2006 Paul Hopkins
and his wife, Sally, create a bit of warmpth as they remember their Sounds of the Summer in the UK. They visit the Malvern Hills and St Annes Well; hear small tropical Birds in Birmingham's Botanical Gardens and experience the bustle of London as well as being surrounded by the wonderful sounds of the sea. 40.0 MB
12/6/2006 Chris Grabowski
reviews this talking watch. 1.8 MB
12/5/2006 Stan Hendrix
responds to a call dduring violent spring storms in a firetruck, and you get to ride along. 20.5 MB
12/4/2006 Jack Strenshaw
explains what guitars are and what they can do. 16.4 MB
12/3/2006 Luke Hewitt
introduces himself and reviews Bg hearts by Spoonbill software. 27.8 MB
12/2/2006 Don Coco
compares and contrasts four police scanners and provides valuable tips and background for getting started using a scanner. 18.9 MB
12/1/2006 Larry Skutchan
gripes about traffic, realizes the need to look at this year's commercial portable media players as possible Christmas gifts, and shares the discovery of a pretty cool search engine that uses experts to look up answers at chacha.com. He also marvels over the great presentations at www.accessibleworld.org. 32.6 MB
11/30/2006 Maria Louis
and her fiancee, Andre Louis, walk to their local chip shop and to the bank in London. She doesn't think chip shops exist in the States, but they're sort of a blend between a convenience store and a fast food restaurant. There is lots of traffic, both motorized and pedestrian, and they explore Portobello Road, the site of one of London's most famous street markets. 41.3 MB
11/29/2006 Chris Peterson
attends the first reunion of graduates for Guide Dogs of the Blind held in San Fransisco. 46.6 MB
11/28/2006 Mary Emerson
discusses the diverse topic of whole grains. 41.6 MB
11/27/2006 Robert Antunez
and his daughter take a walk to the donut shop. 16.3 MB
11/23/2006 Clement Chou
demonstrates the use of this phone along with the Talks software to make it accessible. 30.2 MB
11/22/2006 Darren Duff
instructs on the use of this free anti virus software. 22.8 MB
11/21/2006 Pete Mikochik
gets back to the basics. When Pete says he built his recording studio himself, he means he actually built the building. here he gives a simple
lesson on how a blind guy cuts wood. contact pete at
www.OnIsland.com . 2.1 MB
11/20/2006 Tiffany Black
describes making your own lip balm from scratch. 13.8 MB
11/19/2006 Larry Skutchan
attends a celebration of the anniversary of the beginning of the National Library Service (NLS) held in the museum at American Printing House for the Blind (APH). 42 narrators reread the first book recorded at APH for NLS in a marathon session from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Mike Hudson, the director, explains the celebration and provides some fascinating history about APH and NLS. 6.1 MB
11/18/2006 Petro Giannakopoulos
demonstrates the use of ATI's Multi-media center to play and record TV. 13.2 MB
11/17/2006 Url Harrison
installs Dell's version of this popular Bluetooth wireless keyboard for mobile devices. 16.1 MB
11/16/2006 John Gunn
continues this informative series about the Mac and its built-in accessibility, Voice Over. 36.6 MB
11/15/2006 Ace
explains what IRC does, demonstrates its functionality, and provides examples of recent accessibility advancements with IRC clients. 13.9 MB
11/14/2006 Ken Reed
tours his living space. 9.4 MB
11/14/2006 Larry Skutchan
catches up with what has been going on with him, describes a problem with the mic jack on the R-09, his trip to Nebraska, and the pedestrian safety index. 11.6 MB
11/13/2006 Mary Emerson
empasises the importance of accomadating individual cultural differences among people both in our business and personal lives. 8.3 MB
11/13/2006 Mark Lee
tours his living space. 14.4 MB
11/6/2006 Eric Foreman
demonstrates this device that lets you broadcast your cable signal over your home network and access your TV via the net. 73.6 MB
11/5/2006 Rick Harmon
continues his informative series on this inexpensive, powerful audio editer. 23.1 MB
10/31/2006 Neal Ewers
tells A childhood story about how he dealt with the death of his grand father. 13.4 MB
10/30/2006 Mary Emerson
talks, in basic terms, about digestion. She promises not to get gross. 20.7 MB
10/29/2006 Jamie Pauls
demonstrates this Tmobile smart phone running Mobile Speak Smart Phone Edition for accessibility. 13.5 MB
10/27/2006 Rick Harmon
provides additional information about this FTP client. 6.9 MB
10/24/2006 Jason Rufo
interviews the people at Boston station WGBH who pioneered and mastered the art and science of unobtrusively interjecting description into movies and shows so blind people can participate in the action and enjoy the nuances of a film. 48.1 MB
10/23/2006 Chris Gilland
reviews and teaches the use of this archiving software that is quite accessible. 32.6 MB
10/22/2006 Raajan
introduces himself as a 40-year-old from India. 12.6 MB
10/21/2006 Rick Harmon
demonstrates this ftp client. 28.7 MB
10/20/2006 Gordon Kent
demonstrates this wireless remote controller for audio software running on your PC. 13.9 MB
10/19/2006 Will Kitto
introduces himself. 15.7 MB
10/19/2006 Chris Judd
provides additional information about his tutorials. 7.5 MB
10/18/2006 Mary Emerson
describes her experiences with this new cookware. 21.9 MB
10/10/2006 Lisa Sullivan
attends college online and shares her experience as a blind student. 14.6 MB
10/9/2006 John Gunn
introduces Voice Over, the built-in screen reader on the Mac, and demonstrates its use and some commands in part 1 of this series. 19.8 MB
10/7/2006 Larry Skutchan
talks more about the talking microwave oven from Hamilton Beach that Rick reviewed a couple of weeks back. 36.2 MB
10/6/2006 Hans Last
tours his living space. 31.3 MB
10/5/2006 Kathryn Jedynak
travels from Toronto to Poland. 21.3 MB
9/21/2006 Rick Harmon
is back with part 4 of the goldwave series. He goes over batch file conversion, file merging and useing cue points in files. 55.8 MB
9/19/2006 Rick Harmon
demonstrates his media center using a ATI all in wonder video card and ATI multimedia center to record a tv show and then uses MyDVD to demonstrated recording a DVD from the captured video. 33.0 MB
9/19/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Bill Freeman go through the process of setting up Windows XP with Narrator, but they end up needing a little sighted help from Mike McDonald. 16.2 MB
9/18/2006 Rick Harmon
demonstrates this Hamilton Beach talking microwave available from Walmart. 16.9 MB
9/18/2006 Monty Icenogle
reflects on 911 and thanks BCT for the unique community podcast. 14.6 MB
9/15/2006 Neal Ewers
movingly remembers his friend, Richard, and the victums of 911. 8.0 MB
9/14/2006 Larry Skutchan
discusses the National Instructional Materials Access Center and the meeting in Dallas. 34.7 MB
9/12/2006 Lisette Wesseling
describes the Ed opr09c belt case and microphone stand accessory for the Edyrol R09. 17.9 MB
9/11/2006 Joseph Machise
gets prepped for this procedure and receives a biopsy to help find the cause of his throat irritation. 60.0 MB
9/10/2006 Earl Harrison
demonstrates this off-the-shelf PDA cell phone combo with Mobile Speak Pocket screen reader. 42.8 MB
9/9/2006 Sam Brittan
demonstrates this CD ROM burning software that runs on the Mac and is quite accessible and powerful. 31.64 MB
9/6/2006 Caroline Ford
rides this rotating boat lift, a one of a kind designed to join two main canals, in the small town of Falkirk in the center of Scotland. 33.7 MB
9/4/2006 Rick Harmon
demonstrates the process of sending a file to blindcooltech via the FTP site. 15.7 MB
9/4/2006 Darren Duff
makes a real southern tradition, sweet tea. 42.2 MB
8/28/2006 Raul Gallegos
and his kids have some fun at the playground. 8.7 MB
8/28/2006 Rick Harmon
expresses his appreciation for all the valuable knowledge each of you shares and explains how he was inspired. 18.2 MB
8/26/2006 Larry Skutchan
explains why you haven't heard from him in over a month, catches you up on what's going on in his life, visits the farmer's market, and waxes on the virtues of vinegar. 50.6 MB
8/25/2006 Paul Hopkins
interviews Roger Wilson-Hinds about his company, screenreader.net and the screen reader that is free to any blind person in the world. They also discuss the low vision and web access products. 32.8 MB
8/24/2006 Hap Holly
interviews Avery Finn, Education Coordinator, for this organization that places used HAM radio gear into the hands of handicapped users. See www.handiham.org. 5.1 MB
8/23/2006 Buddy Liverman
interviews the former principal of the Governer Moorehead School for the Blind in North Carolina. Mr. Calaway was the principal from 1964 to 1983 and discusses the history and formation of the school for the blind. 13.5 MB
8/22/2006 Kathryn Jedynak
introduces herself. 5.1 MB
8/15/2006 Mike Busboom
rides the train back from a research conference to Vienna. 30.5 MB
8/11/2006 Jerry Hallatyn
explains why you should be concerned with recent developments in the accessibility of the popular sound editing software Pro Tools and urges you to sign a petition at www.protoolspetition.org. 9.5 MB
8/10/2006 Sam Brittan
demonstrates this phone hardware from www.sipura.com that lets you use voice over IP without a provider. 39.3 MB
8/8/2006 Tim Kilgore
demonstrates the fine art of changing diapers. 5.1 MB
8/8/2006 Darren Duff
updates us about his situation and his digital recorder. 36.9 MB
7/26/2006 Paul Hopkins
interviews Ray Piggott at the 2006 Site Village. 22.8 MB
7/23/2006 Shane Jackson
interviews Dave Williams of Dolphin Access about their line of screen readers and access technology. 14.9 MB
7/22/2006 David Hindmarch
reviews this flash recorder and highlights its accessible features. 13.6 MB
7/22/2006 Samual Wilkins
reviews this racing game from www.playinginthedark.net. 14.8 MB
7/20/2006 Rory Hoffman
tours his living space. 65.2 MB
7/20/2006 Paul Nugent
continues his discussion on reincarnation. 23.0 MB
7/18/2006 Jean Parker
captures the essence of the oncoming and celabration of the monsoon as the 2006 season begins in Pune, India. It is finally cool, and everyone is glad. 15.7 MB
7/17/2006 Patrick Perdue
welcomes you to the south personified at this twice-monthly car and bike show in Greensboro. 92.1 MB
7/15/2006 Larry Skutchan
discusses how some DVDs can have talking menus, captioning, and descriptions including the pioneering work done by WGBH in Boston. There is also a guest appearance from Fred Otto on his way home from the library. 41.1 MB
7/14/2006 Jeff Armstrong
cruises lake Superior for dinner. 42.6 MB
7/14/2006 Kristian Whawell
demonstrates a technique for backing up your email messages in Outlook Express. 9.1 MB
7/13/2006 Neal Ewers
reviews this newly released minidisk recorder from Sony. 52.9 MB
7/13/2006 Tiffany Black
makes a new kind of shampoo and some conditioner in this episode from her Blind Crafts podcast. 30.7 MB
7/13/2006 Chris Judd
introduces several tutorials that he sells. There are tutorials for Ebay, Pay Pal, Accessible Games, and Accessible web sites. 4.6 MB
7/13/2006 Riz Khan
describes and gives instructions on accessing a new forum. 20.1 MB
7/13/2006 Tim Cumings
explains how to use markers to help while selecting and deleting in this audio editing software. 2.5 MB
7/12/2006 Samual Wilkins
reviews this talking clock. 5.2 MB
7/12/2006 Mary Emerson
leads this discussion of all things trekky. 33.5 MB
7/12/2006 Marissa Manzino
demonstrates a simple way to make omlets in the microwave. 24.8 MB
7/12/2006 Mary Emerson
continues this series on setting up a PC for optimal use with assistive technology. 34.3 MB
7/12/2006 Shane and Abby Jackson
ride a water taxi in Jacksonville. 28.2 MB
7/12/2006 Lisa Salinger
describes a dog toy that makes noise and a different kind of harness for guide dogs. 3.8 MB
7/11/2006 Lynnette Tatum
and Maria take a walk down famous Fifth Avenue in Manhatten. 48.7 MB
7/11/2006 Buddy Liverman
goes tubing in Lake Norman at Camp Dogwood behind a 375 HP speed boat. 12.7 MB
7/11/2006 William Tayler
pops firecrackers, overloads electrical components until they pop, and makes a variety of other objects pop in this recording that spans over 20 years of capturing popping sounds. Some strong language. 90.1 MB
7/11/2006 Quyen Le
sets up a home wireless network. 28.3 MB
7/11/2006 Tim Cumings
moderates a chat about this digital audio editing software. 43.5 MB
7/11/2006 Lisa Salinger
describes a cap that restricts a dog's vision and helps calm him in high stress situations. She also describes a technique for trimming nails. 3.5 MB
7/10/2006 Samual Wilkins
reviews this accessible game from GMA Games. 14.2 MB
7/10/2006 Will and Denise James
gamble on this cruise from Jacksonville. 110.1 MB
7/10/2006 John Schucker
Reviews the Pirate Memory Game from Klango Games. The other site he mentions for a list of accessible games is at:
www.pcsgames.net/game-co.htm. 19.7 MB
7/10/2006 Mika Pyyhkala
attends the assistive technology vender showcase at the ACB convention where 18 experts inform you about what is new with their product line in this recording from an episode of the DC Night Out podcast. 63.0 MB
7/10/2006 Jesse Hernnandez
reviews this Skype call center device from Action Tech. 6.3 MB
7/10/2006 Jared Rimer
updates us on what is new since he last reviewed this voice over internet call program. 8.8 MB
7/10/2006 Michelle Prior
participates in a parade on this small island off the coast of Washington. 19.9 MB
7/9/2006 Will and Denise James
take their guide dogs for a trip to the mall in Augusta. 83.9 MB
7/9/2006 Tim Kilgore
introduces himself as a 31 year old going to school for networking. 13.8 MB
7/9/2006 Heiko Folkerts
Reviews and demonstrates this ultra small mobility aid from GDP Research. 11.0 MB
7/9/2006 Mary Emerson
continues this informative series about setting up a PC for optimal performance with access technology. 48.0 MB
7/8/2006 Paul Nugent
introduces himself and describes the experiences he had that made him begin thinking about reincarnation. 16.6 MB
7/8/2006 Amy Morrison
introduces herself and her animals. 19.5 MB
7/8/2006 Will and Denise James
tour the hotel in Jacksonville on their first day at the annual convention of the American Council of the Blind. 90.7 MB
7/7/2006 Alan Paganelli
This recording was made at Morrell Park in Henderson Nevada about 90 feet from where they were being shot off. Truly an in your face fireworks show. 14.1 MB
7/7/2006 Alan Paganelli
This fireworks show was across the street from the Las Vegas 51s base ball stadium on July 3 2006. We were less than 300 feet from where they were shooting them. It is the first track of 2 recordings in an album I called fireworks in your face. 8.7 MB
7/7/2006 Grant Hardy
calls yahoo.com customer assistance to setup
an account. If a blind person calls this customer service number, they can bypass the Captcha image. 1-866-458-8701. 13.3 MB
7/6/2006 Quyen Le
takes a tram to the top of Grousse mountain while on a trip to Vancouver with her family, rides a sky train, and more in these clips from that vacation. 47.5 MB
7/6/2006 Pam Quinn
and her son, John, join Mark and Annette to enjoy these fireworks in Montecello, Iowa. 15.2 MB
7/6/2006 Tim Cumings
shows you how to preview an edit in this popular sound editing software from www.goldwave.com. 4.1 MB
7/5/2006 Chris Grabowski
and his wife Marla enjoy the fireworks from their house. 23.5 MB
7/5/2006 Tim Garfield
enjoys the fireworks in Miami. 36.4 MB
7/5/2006 Larry Skutchan
sets off some fireworks at home with Joe and Shelly. 22.5 MB
7/5/2006 Dennis Yakovlev
introduces himself and tours his living space in Moscow, Russia. 23.8 MB
7/5/2006 Jim Fettgather
enjoys the fireworks display in this community just north of Kansas City. 3.5 MB
7/4/2006 Quyen Li
rides the ferry across Vancouver bay. 14.0 MB
7/4/2006 Lynnette Tatum
takes you step by step through the process of creating an episode of the Malynne's Slice of Life podcast. 36.0 MB
7/4/2006 Tim Cumings
demonstrates three very good yet very different microphones for less than $100. 5.6 MB
7/3/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Joe Adams assemble a new barbecue grill. 34.3 MB
7/3/2006 Kai Xiong
glimpses into the future where independence applies to accessibility and pays tribute to our nation's birthday. Allie sings a beautiful version of the Star Spangled Banner. 12.3 MB
7/3/2006 Larry Skutchan
responds to a question about the status of NLS's Digital Talking Book program. 21.9 MB
7/3/2006 Mary Emerson
announces that the Star Trek chat will be on July 9. 1.5 MB
7/3/2006 Sam Britton
discusses this alternative to Skype that lets you make phone calls via your PC. 65.3 MB
7/3/2006 Jamie Pauls
demonstrates this music service. 9.6 MB
7/2/2006 Marvin Rush
demonstrates a simple an unique technique for making an omlet. 13.6 MB
7/2/2006 Sarah Alawami
responds to Neal's podcast on the dangers of the silent operation of the Toyota Prius to pedestrians. 3.7 MB
7/2/2006 Eric Troup
discusses his first impressions of the Edirol R09. 26.4 MB
7/1/2006 Quyen Le
celabrates Canada Day with fireworks and a chat about her new guide dog and other topics. 12.8 MB
7/1/2006 Krister Ekstrom
goes to the local food store in Malmar Sweden using the small Church-Audio mics and the Edirol R09 in this stunning recording. Get a real feel for a slice of Swedish culture. Krister asks your opinion about translations of the Swedish spoken in this and future sound seeing tours. 21.8 MB
6/30/2006 Rob Meredith
discusses the features, enhancements, and bug fixes in version 3.5 of this accessible audio editing software from American Printing House for the Blind. 16.3 MB
6/30/2006 Shane Christenson
can't sleep, so he grabs breakfast at IHOP. 17.5 MB
6/30/2006 Carrie Shaefer
and her college choir perform their final concert. 41.5 MB
6/30/2006 Jessie Lorenz
attends the 2004 Paralympics as part of the U. S. woman's goalball team.
Listen to this year's goalball finals from Spartenburg SC at www.sports.pressakey.net 23.1 MB
6/30/2006 Eric Troup
listens to the fireworks from Disney Land which is about ten minutes from his house. 26.0 MB
6/29/2006 Hamish Mackenzie
demonstrates this alternative to Juice and Winamp from www.webbie.org.uk that lets you preview episodes of podcasts before deciding to download them. 11.3 MB
6/29/2006 Hope Pavenmire
and Megan Kelly tour American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville and learn about the history of education for blind people. 71.1 MB
6/28/2006 Caroline Ford
and her mom and sister tour Edinburgh in an open top bus. 55.4 MB
6/28/2006 Harrison Tu
demonstrates this spelling test program he wrote for the Braille Light 20. 5.8 MB
6/28/2006 David Dunphy
interviews this political talk show host who revived the Performing Arts Division of the National Federation Of The Blind. Their web site is http://padnfb.starcitynet.com
On this interview, Dennis talks about how the division got started, talks about how people can become involved and possibly meet the members at the up coming convention in Dallas Texas, and he concludes by talking about some of his own personal projects.
This is episode 6 in David's Anything Goes podcast. 28.1 MB
6/27/2006 Larry Skutchan
describes the Linksys CIT 200 cordless phone for Skype. Listener comments conclude this episode. 53.2 MB
6/27/2006 Lynnette Tatum
describes this unique device that employs a camera and an array of vibrating pins to create a tactile image of printed text. 25.6 MB
6/27/2006 Tim Cumings
interviews Michael Lang in another great conversation about all things digital audio. 27.1 MB
6/27/2006 Alex
takes the Los Angeles bus and subway system to a friend's house. 46.8 MB
6/27/2006 Jessie Lorenz
interviews her retiring guide dog, Amanda in this episode from the Too Sexy for Your Ignorance podcast. 1.7 MB
6/26/2006 Sky Taylor
reviews this action game. 9.8 MB
6/26/2006 Mary Emerson
wonders if anyone would be interested in a Star Trek Chat. 7.4 MB
7/12/2006 Mary Emerson
leads this discussion of all thinks trekky. 7.4 MB
6/26/2006 Eric Troup
performs a spontaneous piece that he wants to preserve. He is also looking for a name for this piece. 5.6 MB
6/26/2006 Barbara Henning
describes the process and business of piano tuning. 72.2 MB
6/26/2006 Will James
and his wife, Denise, spice up some hamburger meat and grill on the backyard grill. 43.8 MB
6/25/2006 Rick Harmon
demonstrates the fireworks in Akron and encourages others to record. 7.3 MB
6/25/2006 Ricky Enger
and her three year old son, Kyle, make brownies. 25.0 MB
6/25/2006 Alex
travels through some pretty intense traffic in Los Angeles to grab a pack of smokes at the corner liquor store. 14.8 MB
6/25/2006 Marrisa Manzino
reviews this atomic clock with a natural human sounding voice. She says, "I purchased it a while back, and thought I'd introduce people to it, it's so great. What's more, the voice is lifelike, and doesn't sound like a machine. I forgot to mention it in the podcast, but this clock also has a snooze button. Just so you know it also says the date, time, and has three alarm sounds beep, coocoo and rooster." 17.4 MB
6/25/2006 Sam Britton
interviews this developer who writes software for the Macintosh. 33.0 MB
6/25/2006 Ray Foret
makes some uncomfortable realizations about himself and his situation. 38.6 MB
6/25/2006 Raul Gallegos
and his children, Tristan and Eponine, tour their living space. 11.0 MB
6/25/2006 Krister Ekstrom
compares the Church-audio BM99M stealth size binaurals with the older OKM mics on the Edirol R09. While the comparison is totally non-scientific, Krister does have a couple of questions. 21.7 MB
6/24/2006 Alex
tours his living space.
6/24/2006 Barbara Henning
plays the violin in this outstanding recording of Sunday evening service at Holy Spirit Catholic church in Louisville. 74.8 MB
6/23/2006 Arlene Hebert
reviews and demonstrates this accessible convenient device to measure one's blood sugar. 5.6 MB
6/23/2006 Megan Kelly
reviews this bar code scanner that lets you assign recorded voice tags to items you wish to identify. 7.2 MB
6/23/2006 Rory Hoffman
describes his life and career as a musician. He includes musical recordings, including one of him playing the drums and singing at age 5 and a selection from his 2003 album, Nashville Nights. 60.8 MB
6/22/2006 Larry Skutchan
gets a haircut in a place where the wait is usually not too long or too boring. Josh Miller's barber shop is a different kind of place, but the cuts are good. Some strong language. 64.1 MB
6/22/2006 Sarah Alawami
introduces herself and asks for some ideas about techniques for matching colors and tagging clothes. 2.4 MB
6/22/2006 Sky Tayler
explains and demonstrates these multi user dungeon type games. 11.2 MB
6/22/2006 Larry Skutchan
tries to contain his excitement over Skype but is having trouble.
6/22/2006 Darren Duff
strolls around the leasure path at the Seeing Eye for a little exersize and relaxation. 17.2 MB
6/22/2006 Rick Harmon
configures a home network and discusses file and printer sharing. 44.8 MB
6/22/2006 Ray Foret
explains the mental and physical reasons for ditching those aweful leather encasements and traveling the natural way, barefooted, where practical. 24.8 MB
6/21/2006 Sarah Alawami
tours her space with better equipment. 5.9 MB
6/21/2006 Riz Khan
turns on his tape recorder to play a pre-recorded message, drops the recorder into a tub of water, and observes how long it takes for the unit to stop playing. 4.4 MB
6/21/2006 Darren Duff
uses this global positioning system running on his Pacmate while at a training at The Seeing Eye in Morristown, NJ. 94.1 MB
6/20/2006 Kristian Whawell
reviews this USB headset. 14.3 MB
6/20/2006 Lynnette Tatum
and Maria present a snapshot that really represents the slice of life from this episode of their MaLynne's Slice of Life podcast. 32.0 MB
6/20/2006 Rob Meredith
summarizes the technical aspects of the Edirol R09 and compares it with the R1. He concludes with a wish list for the next recorder from Edirol. 40.1 MB
6/20/2006 Hope Povenmire
recounts her train trip to New York in this episode from her Audio Mirror podcast. 50.3 MB
6/20/2006 Don Ball
captures the grandure of this event that pays tribute to a lost art held in Spivey Corners, NC on this excellent recording. You will be amazed, but we think Don should have grabbed the pink sun glasses for his mic mounting! 144.0 MB
6/19/2006 David Dunphy
teaches you how to install and use this free DSP plugin for Winamp from www.oddsock.org that lets you stream and archive your own internet show in aac+ format. 18.2 MB
6/19/2006 Sarah Alawami
experiments with the new Olympus ws320M. 18.1 MB
6/19/2006 Kristian Whawell
got up early and caught the chirping birds as they began their dawn chorus. 43.5 MB
6/17/2006 Quyen Le
reviews and demonstrates this color identifier and light probe from www.brytech.com. She compares and contrasts it with the Colorino and tests it on a variety of items including clothes, her hair, and her skin. 19.1 MB
6/17/2006 David Dunphy
interviews Jessica Silva as she recounts going to Hollywood in competition for American Idle. She also sings the first verse of a new song on which she is currently working and would appreciate feedback. This is episode 5 in David's Anything Goes podcast. 21.2 MB
6/16/2006 Kristian Whawell
demonstrates the coomber 6031 real time CD and cassette recorder system. This is a great way to be able to record cds for making reasonable sounding pod casts, to restore aging cassette tapes to a more stable medium, that being CDs. the machine offers several recording choices that suit different situations, such as long conserts where an 80 minute cd is not long enough, in this case it allows you to have 2 cds in the drives to allow for seamless constant recording, when one cd is through, the machine switches drives and continues on with no break in the recording. The other drive that was previously used can then be ejected and the disk changed if required for when the other one runs out. connection
options include 2 microphone inputs, offering recording choices of mono with one
mic in, dual mono when 2 are connected, or stereo operation. It also offers automatic level control as well as manualy settable levels, as well as twin CD recorders and tape recorder facilities, other connection ports include line in on phono plugs, line out on phono plugs, 6 head phone jacks on quarter inch jacks as well as the 2 microphone inputs on quarter inch jacks. recording options include cd to tape, tape to cd, cd copying, recording of microphone and line in sources at the same time for pod casting, plus features to manage large recordings or create 2 copies of a recording at the same time. 54.7 MB
6/16/2006 Sarah Alawami
thinks more about podcasts and requests suggestions and help for a project. 4.7 MB
6/16/2006 Larry Skutchan
congratulates Jonathan Mosen on his new Speaking Of Skype tutorial and the presentation he gave at Talking Communities on Monday the 12th. 47.5 MB
6/16/2006 Mario Eiland
demonstrates this phone that uses text-to-speech to announce caller ID information like the caller's name. 11.4 MB
6/16/2006 Sky Taylor
revises his career profile and lets us know he his a 15 year-old student in BC who likes to do the normal things--swimming, computers, etc. 8.2 MB
6/15/2006 Neal Ewers
shares this stunning recording of all the squeaks, groans, and other noises made by a very heavy train going rather slowly. 20.8 MB
6/15/2006 Sam Britton
tours his broadcast studio. 76.5 MB
6/15/2006 Larry Skutchan
discusses the responsibilities one must accept before considering the use of a guide dog.
This episode includes special listener comments with a guest appearance from Kai Xiong and a train from Neal Ewers.. 63.0 MB
6/15/2006 Jessie Lorenz
pays tribute to Amanda, a little black lab, for her years of service and bossyness. Jessie goes to Seeing Eye in October 2006 for a new dog, and she and her boyfriend decided to try to keep Amanda. 12.0 MB
6/14/2006 Petro T. Giannakopoulos
demonstrates this software that converts audio. 31.0 MB
6/14/2006 Andre Louis
checks out the Church-Audio mics with the Church-Audio preamp on his Sony minidisc recorder. Andre says stay away from the Sony's built-in preamp. 12.9 MB
6/14/2006 Jeff Armstrong
demonstrates using this popular media player software to catch and consume podcasts. 18.6 MB
6/13/2006 Tiffany Black
demonstrates this accessible software used to create your own web page without having to know html. 80.1 MB
6/13/2006 Sarah Alawami
records a rain and thunder storm. 34.0 MB
6/13/2006 Lynnette Tatum
presents a variety of interesting soundscapes from several sources. 20.3 MB
6/12/2006 Barry Scheur
shows you how to use this file aggregation service at www.easynews.com. 59.8 MB
6/12/2006 Shannon Reece
and her daughter, Eilish, demonstrate this educational, accessible, game of Fridge Phonics from www.leapfrog.com. 6.4 MB
6/12/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Marley swing on the monkey swing, mix concrete for another square on the sidewalk, and grill some killer Cajun sausage. 98.9 MB
6/11/2006 Damien sadler]
reviews DecTalk Demo Maker, a program he made from
http://x-sight.brandoncole.net, which saves the user the job of writing complicated DecTalk sequences out manually in Notepad, especially when it comes to slides, tones and commands. 17.3 MB
6/11/2006 Stuart Lawler
reviews this versatile keyboard and recommends it for a number of uses. See Stuart's page at www.stuartlawler.com. 12.1 MB
6/11/2006 Paul Hopkins
interviews Mohit Gupta, an 18 year old lad who
is spending two months with Paul in the UK. Mohit is from Delhi in India. Meri zindigi Mera Dash Ma is the title Mohit chose for this Podcast and translates from Hindi to English as My Life in my Country. Mohit talks about his life; Food; languages; his visual impairment and shares some of his favourite music. 48.7 MB
6/10/2006 Donna Slater
and her family visit the small village of Stavely in the UK where they ride on small trains from a private collection. These run on tracks with a 7.5 inch width. 62.8 MB
6/10/2006 Paul Hopkins
and Sally make a cup of tea; talk about a fantastic company called
Whittard of Chelsea and then make a mug of coffee using a cafetier.
Paul couldn't find any suitable music in his huge collection so, decided to compose his own especially for this Podcast.
Whittard can be found at:
6/10/2006 William Taylor
and Zoe prepare roast chicken nachos in this second of what we hope will be a long continuing series. 33.9 MB
6/10/2006 Jim Gatteys
smokes a brisket and describes the process. Unfortunately, he can't share the resulting meat with us, because it sounds so wonderful, you can almost taste it. 10.7 MB
6/9/2006 Adelle LeJeune
walks you through all the menus in the Edirol R09 digital recorder. 16.7 MB
6/9/2006 Donna Slater
and her daughter, Bethany, talk with Bethany's grandma, 93, about the days of yesteryear. 41.3 MB
6/9/2006 Timathy Wynn
demonstrates this accessible game of Bopit that runs on your PC. 2.3 MB
6/9/2006 Larry Skutchan
tries to remember to provide credit to all those that have helped with Blind Cool Tech, considers the R09 to be very easy to use, and wonders about the best possible design for the Blind Cool Tech web site. 38.4 MB
6/8/2006 sarah Alawami
shares a fun piece from her high school's youth orchestra's last performance from a few years back. 6.2 MB
6/8/2006 Brian Peterson
demonstrates this accessible side scroller game. 40.6 MB
6/8/2006 David Law
attends an Access Committee meeting in Denver which focuses upon audible traffic signals and their overall need to become standard implementations of present and a future standard for all American cities. 12.3 MB
6/8/2006 Caroline Ford
describes various aspects of her career including braille proof reader and software application developer. 22.4 MB
6/7/2006 Larry Skutchan
has some fun with the Edirol R09's automatic gain control with some loud dog barks and some wind chimes. 12.1 MB
6/7/2006 Larry Skutchan
describes the steps you need to publish your own podcast. He begins with the content and the media and finishes up the discussion with a description of many of the popular methods for getting that content syndicated. This is the 2nd part of a presentation for Talking Communities on June 19, 2006 at 8:00 PM EDT. 35.3 MB
6/7/2006 Larry Skutchan
along with Keith Creasy and Michael McDonald, discuss techniques for dealing with the visual aspects of modern application development. They also discuss various programming environments. 18.8 MB
6/7/2006 Larry Skutchan
discusses what makes a podcast a podcast, different types of podcasts, where to find them, and how to try them out before installing any software. He then takes you through the process of installing a podcatching program and describes the process of finding feeds, subscribing to feeds, deleting feeds, and setting the schedule. This is part of a presentation for www.talkingcommunities.com on June 19, 2006 at 8:00 PM EDT. 31.4 MB
6/7/2006 Mary Emerson
goes through the process of setting up a PC from start to finish. Sometimes, configuration for proper operation with the screen reader can take days. 22.8 MB
6/7/2006 Michael C
reviews and demonstrates this legendary microphone. 9.0 MB
6/6/2006 sarah Alawami
teaches you how to use this software that catches podcasts. 7.4 MB
6/6/2006 Lynette Tatum
and Maria and Hope discuss AVG anti virus software, autoFill in Excel, and ABC, a program to convert Outlook Express messages to other formats like text or html. 47.1 MB
6/5/2006 Harrison Tu
reviews and demonstrates Jim's Minature Golf accessible game. 9.5 MB
6/5/2006 Sam Britton
introduces himself, describes his studio, and provides a suggestion for correcting the humm in the JK Audio phone patch. 41.3 MB
6/5/2006 Antonio Gararas
demonstrates this talking bar code reader. 15.1 MB
6/5/2006 sarah Alawami
updates her tutorials on scripting Skype. 74.9 MB
6/3/2006 William Taylor
and his girlfriend, Zoe, (mainly Zoe) cooks a beef curry and takes you step by step through the process. This is fun, and we hope to hear more cooking casts from Will and Zoe. 51.1 MB
6/3/2006 Neal Ewers
takes this recorder through its paces with various microphones, with and without the automatic gain control and bass rolloff, and compares recordings to those of the M-Audio Microtrack and the Edirol R01. 82.7 MB
6/2/2006 Larry Skutchan
recounts the great time in New York City, has a little trouble with a cab, meets Jerry, Lynnette, Marie, Megan, Hope, and Dave at a Delly on 55th street. He then discusses a presentation on June 19 at Talking Communities about podcasting. The first portion is How to Listen to a Podcast. Listener feedback rounds out this issue. 56.0 MB
6/2/2006 Rick Harmon
demonstrates the process of putting ring tones on this phone. 25.8 MB
6/2/2006 Doug Strobel
tours his living space in Maryland. 34.8 MB
6/2/2006 Riz Khan
demonstrates, in true British style, the commoners way to brew and enjoy a good cup of tea. Who needs flavors with tea like this? 8.3 MB
6/1/2006 Jim Fidler
provides additional information about the Edirol R09, the exciting new quality digital recorder. The menus do not wrap, and they remember their place within each menu. Roland US may have gotten accessibility right on this machine. 17.8 MB
6/1/2006 Tony Broome
discusses his calling for a career in the ministry, Christian radio, and finally to his current position as pastor of senior ministries.
28.5 MB
6/1/2006 Kristian Whawell
gets a new puppy. 47.9 MB
6/1/2006 Doug Oliver
demonstrates this $12 microphone from Radio Shack. It sounds quite good. 1.3 MB
5/31/2006 Jim Fidler
demonstrates the new Edirol R09 digital recorder with its built-in mics.
5/31/2006 Doug Strobel
introduces himself as a 17-year old student with interests in computers, ham radio, and theater. He discusses a play he wrote and hopes to podcast its performance. 5.1 MB
5/31/2006 Harrison Tu
reviews the Braille Lite M20, a portable note taker from www.freedomscientific.com. 24.7 MB
5/31/2006 Monica Willyard
presents a system she uses that allows her to access almost every file she needs in a matter of seconds, even if she doesn't remember the exact file name.
5/30/2006 Chris Grabowski
and Marla demolish a computer. 7.9 MB
5/30/2006 Cindy Greenwell
tours the U. S. Coast Guard Station at Fort Pierce, FL. 4.3 MB
5/30/2006 Chris Judd
and Chasity review another accessible game from Kitchens Inc, the game of Life. 11.0 MB
5/28/2006 Randy Formennti
cleans the bird bath, takes a refreshing drink, then demonstrates cleaning the litter box. You'll feel the spray from the hose, taste refreshment in the cool drink, and then, there's the litter--its like digging for gold! This is an outstanding recording from the Kitty Litter Studios. 8.5 MB
5/23/2006 Tony Broome
updates his antispyware comments with information about this new accessible antispyware program that is currently free from www.arovox.com. 19.7 MB
5/23/2006 Keith Watson
describes his career as a circuit designer, his eye condition, and his intention to record some sound seeing tours of roller coaster rides. 19.4 MB
5/23/2006 Ray Foret
checks out his new inline phone patch and demonstrates its capabilities. 39.7 MB
5/22/2006 Claire Bland
describes and demonstrates this washing machine that has braille on the front panel. 19.8 MB
5/21/2006 Scott Howell
discusses the fact that he is successfully running the daily build of the Rockbox firmware on the iPod Video (30 gb model.) Rockbox, of course, contains a speech output interface component, so the installation of this firmware makes the iPod accessible to blind users. Rockbox works with several generations of the iPod including the Nano and Video, but it will not work on the Shuffle. 17.9 MB
5/21/2006 Petro Giannakopoulos
demonstrates copying a DVD with this software. 16.9 MB
5/21/2006 Scott Howell
tours his living space in Maryland. 64.7 MB
5/20/2006 Quyen Le
and her boyfriend, Stephen, walk to the mall. Quyen uses the Trekker GPS while Stephen observes and comments. 47.3 MB
5/20/2006 Petro Giannakopoulos
shows how to play mp3s and streaming audio with this media player software. 7.3 MB
5/20/2006 Andre Louis
and his friends ride several trains on the London "underground" on their way to purchase a new phone. 95.6 MB
5/20/2006 Tiffany Black
makes a couple of bottles of body mist. She uses ingredients and containers from www.soap.com and www.soapcrafters.com. 9.4 MB
5/20/2006 sarah Alawami
teaches the installation and configuration of this DSP encoder for WinAmp that lets you publish several streams of audio from www.spacialaudio.com. 4.4 MB
5/20/2006 Angie Matney
demonstrates this portible scanning system that lets you read a variety of material with a device you can carry with you at all times. Based on a digital camera and a PDA, the Kurzweil/National Federation of the Blind Reader employs optical character recognition and intelligence to "straighten" images that may be flawed by, for example, the curve in the open pages of a book. 18.7 MB
5/19/2006 Larry Skutchan
discusses some of the interesting uses one can put to a cell phone with a camera. In addition to light and color detection, optical character recognition, bar code scanning, and seeing with sound all come immediately to mind. 38.1 MB
5/19/2006 David
Since there has been quite a lot of talk about setting up a shoutcast server for broadcasting, I thought it might be appropriate to do a tutorial on how to use a broadcasting plugin for Winamp that allows for one to connect to a shoutcast server. So I did a tutorial on how to set up and configure the DSP Encoders Plugin For Winamp, available from
I did the tutorial for my podcast, but figured BCT listeners would benefit as well. 36.7 MB
5/19/2006 sarah Alawami
reflects about the fact that podcasting-'s audio nature is more appealing to blind people than web blogs are. 7.0 MB
5/18/2006 Larry Skutchan
demonstrates techniques for safely and effectivly crossing various intersections while using his guide dog, answers the question about bluetooth radios, discusses the value of hyperthreading technology for speech users, and outlines the steps necessary to submit a podcast to Blind Cool Tech. 41.8 MB
5/18/2006 Jason Castonguay
demonstrates popping popcorn--not in the microwave--but the good old fashioned way, on the stove. 13.4 MB
5/18/2006 Chris Grabowski
and his wife Marla, along with her dad, walk along the beach at night while on vacation at Myrtle Beach. 20.8 MB
5/18/2006 Petro Giannakopoulos
demonstrates this media player from www.videolan.org that lets you play DVDs on your computer. 3.2 MB
5/18/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Joe tour the "man's store" where you can get any kind of tool imaginable. Unfortunately, the giant store was closing, so the tour is brief. They then eat pizza in a 1962 Lincoln Continental. 68.8 MB
5/17/2006 Larry Skutchan
begins a discussion on settings you need to change in the default configuration of Windows XP to make it function better with a screen reader. 36.7 MB
5/17/2006 Jay Pellis
discusses his move to a new dorm near the music school, orientation and mobility, musical instruments and studeo gear, and the Pacmate. 33.8 MB
5/17/2006 Sarah Alawami
teaches installation, configuration, and use of Shoutcast, a program that lets you run an internet radio station. Part 1 in a multi-part series. 23.7 MB
5/16/2006 Petro Giannakopoulos
shows how to use the OEM version of Nero Express 6.6 with JAWS 7 to burn a CD. 6.4 MB
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5/16/2006 Rick Harmon
describes a strange problem he has where his computer spontaneously reboots and hopes someone has some direction he may go. He also demonstrates how using a PC without the hyperthreading technology slows down JAWS when the system is under a significant load. 18.5 MB
5/16/2006 Lynnette Tatum
and Maria recound the most comical experiences they shared since becoming roommates. 36.0 MB
5/15/2006 Nick G
demonstrates this model train of the R21 Redbird, a New York City subway train. 30.7 MB
5/15/2006 Mary Emerson
describes this reading device for blind users that employs a camera to present an image of individual letters on a vibrating array of pins that one reads with the finger. Mary presents background, perspective, and information about how to get these devices, which are no longer manufactured, repaired. 33.1 MB
5/15/2006 Petro Giannakopoulos
demonstrates this free audio recording software that also records Skype calls from www.applian.com/freecorder. 8.2 MB
5/14/2006 Larry Skutchan
demonstrates how a blind person works with concrete while pouring a sidewalk. 61.2 MB
5/14/2006 Lino Moralis
describes how police scanners work in general and demonstrates the kinds of things to which you may listen. 33.4 MB
5/14/2006 Chris Gilland
demonstrates Anapod Explorer from www.redchairsoftware.com
Anapod is a utility that allows a user to transfer data to an IPod much like you would with the standard windows explorer with only very suttle differences. 30.4 MB
5/13/2006 Paul Hopkins
and his dad and wife, Sally, go on a day out to the Severn Valley Country Park. They walk about four miles and make some fantastic recordings along the way including steam trains going along the Severn Valley Railway. Links to information on the River Severn and the Severn Valley Railway can be found at Paul's website: www.vipodcasting.com. 46.6 MB
5/13/2006 Patrick Perdue
tours his living space. 70.7 MB
5/13/2006 Michelle Prior
tours her living space. 14.3 MB
5/12/2006 Larry Skutchan
asks everyone interested in participating in the list to move back to the freelists.org list, discusses talking to one's guide dog, wonders what is going on with Web Braille, updates you on the neighbor, and plays listener comments. 86.9 MB
5/12/2006 Megan Kelly
and Hope travel to New York City for a marvelous weekend. 18.2 MB
5/12/2006 Megan Kelly
tours her space. 21.9 MB
5/12/2006 Mary Emerson
cooks a simple meal of brown rice and vegetables. 24.3 MB
5/11/2006 Carrie Schaffer
discusses the new features in this version of the firmware for this Digital Talking Book player from Humanware. 11.5 MB
5/11/2006 Chris Grabowski
records the rain over the ocean from the balcony of his hotel. 3.0 MB
5/11/2006 Jay Pellis
introduces himself, discusses his interest in music, and talks about some reviews he has planned. 8.4 MB
5/11/2006 Caroline Ford
takes a walking tour through the heart of Oxford, England, the home of the famous university. 38.9 MB
5/11/2006 Mary Emerson
plays about a dozen selections from albums she downloaded from www.magnatune.com.
She had so much fun hearing this wonderful music that she had to share it. If you prefer something more modern, you can skip this podcast; it includes ancient and medieval music, some baroque, some Renaissance, and one by Rachmaninov, sung by a fantastic
choir. Lots of eastern European music. 57.2 MB
5/11/2006 Carrie Schaffer.
tours her space. 6.3 MB
5/11/2006 Shane Jackson
demonstrates this software that makes the Nokia cell phone accessible. 51.6 MB
5/11/2006 Paul Hopkins
goes on a day out to Weston-Super-Mare, one of the many stranger sounding place names in the UK. Starting with a brief history of Weston read by Charles, one of ATTs Naturally
Sounding Voices; a chat and a mooch by the sea; a ride on an open top bus and finishing up in Weston town itself with its cafes; gift shops and much more.
5/10/2006 Jalen Howsare
interviews her teacher. 5.0 MB
5/10/2006 Dallas Winters
and Kendra Gaskill, two 2nd grade students, interview their teacher. 1.6 MB
5/10/2006 Patrick Perdue
loves noise and shares these examples of two thunder storms. 11.9 MB
5/10/2006 Cindy Greenwell
tours her space. 3.9 MB
5/10/2006 Mathew Bullis
demonstrates these electronic bagpipes. 13.6 MB
5/10/2006 Chris Grabowski
and Marla visit the ocean. 5.5 MB
5/10/2006 Haroon Probst
and his friend, Marina, make soup and chat. 23.0 MB
5/10/2006 Krister Ekstrom
reviews this free, accessible version of tabletop tennis. 16.2 MB
5/9/2006 Neal Ewers
compares recordings made with the internal mics on several Olympus digital recorders. 10.3 MB
5/9/2006 Ray Foret
demonstrates the art of deep frying with hot dogs and french fries. 36.6 MB
5/9/2006 Patrick Perdue
gets bored and decides to see what happens if you put a normal stereo micorphone under water. 8.8 MB
5/9/2006 Richard Wells
describes and plays bagpipes. 12.7 MB
5/9/2006 Tony Broome
discusses the fact that most antispyware is inaccessible. 19.1 MB
5/9/2006 Joshua Tubbs
demonstrates this online role-playing game. 3.9 MB
5/8/2006 Neal Ewers
and his friend, Mary, demonstrate the sounds a hybrid car makes both from within and without. 64.1 MB
5/8/2006 Lynnette Tatum
and Maria discuss the events of September 11 and then move on to their interaction with children from two schools.
55.3 MB
5/8/2006 Joni Colver
describes her career as a medical transcriber. 35.3 MB
5/7/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Joe go to the infield at Churchhill Downs for the 132 running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, but they didn't get to see much of the race. 81.0 MB
5/7/2006 Mary Emerson
demonstrates this mobility aid that provides its feedback with vibrations. 31.2 MB
5/7/2006 Clement Chou
introduces himself as a 13-year old student in Van Couver, BC with interests in languages, music, and instruments. 14.8 MB
5/7/2006 Brian Peterson
demonstrates this online role playing game. 88.1 MB
5/7/2006 Krister Ekstrom
tours his space in Sweden. 19.8 MB
5/7/2006 Jean Parker
tours her space and focuses on what is different in India. 27.4 MB
5/7/2006 Dick Wamser
continues the tour of his space in the community area. 15.0 MB
5/7/2006 Jessie Lorenz
tours her space in Berkeley, CA. She says, "We are a blind couple living in California. We share our
space with two dog guides, a cat and a 1975 Spider." 10.7 MB
5/7/2006 Dick Wamser
tours his space. 19.7 MB
5/7/2006 Graham Hardy
demonstrates this accessible scientific calculator based on the TI-36. 14.4 MB
5/7/2006 Stephen Guerra
interviews the host of the Digital Media Cast Experiment podcast in this episode from the Beep Baseball podcast. 36.2 MB
5/7/2006 Angie Matney
comments on the guide dog discussion and shares a moving essay she wrote. 5.1 MB
5/6/2006 Juan Sosa
demonstrates the recently released version (1.7) of this software that backs up information from Outlook Express. See www.softheap.com/oebackup.html. 22.0 MB
5/6/2006 Sean Terry
demonstrates this device that is both a metronome and an instrument tuner.
25.1 MB
5/6/2006 Tiffany Black
has a really cool day and makes hand lotion after ordering from www.soapcrafters.com. 9.0 MB
5/5/2006 Hope Povenmire
continues her trip to New York.
5/5/2006 Jim Gammon
shares this great recording of steam trains. 13.9 MB
5/5/2006 Edward Alonzo
captures this storm at his home in Piggott Arkansas. 16.5 MB
5/5/2006 Rick Harmon
tours his space. 13.8 MB
5/5/2006 Lynn Reaper
tours her space. 36.0 MB
5/5/2006 Ray Foret
tours his space. 52.3 MB
5/5/2006 Krister Ekstrom
concludes this informative series on protecting your identity and securing email. 44.3 MB
5/5/2006 Larry Skutchan
demonstrates the K Sonar, an ultra-sonic travel aid. 39.3 MB
5/5/2006 Chasity Judd
shares her thoughts about several guide dog issues. 12.3 MB
5/4/2006 Rick Harmon
describes how to make these candles. 24.3 MB
5/3/2006 Chris Judd
reviews this portable note-taker. 17.4 MB
5/2/2006 Gary O'Donoghue
goes on a walk with the wayfinder gps software running on a talks enabled phone. 24.7 MB
5/2/2006 Maria Rios
demonstrates cooking a quick, tastey meal. 19.1 MB
5/2/2006 Chasity Judd
discusses epilepsy and describes how the and her husband educated themselves. 14.3 MB
5/1/2006 Ray Foret
puts the Church-Audio mics through their paces. 45.9 MB
5/1/2006 Clement Chou
describes and demonstrates this file sharing software. 12.6 MB
4/30/2006 Tiffany Black
gets in a crazy mood and takes a look at the inside of a music box. She also announces her new podcast, Blind Crafts. 7.3 MB
4/30/2006 Chris Judd
demonstrates this accessible game of baseball. 13.3 MB
4/30/2006 Chasity Judd
and her husband, Chris, demonstrate the accessible game of Concentration. 8.6 MB
4/30/2006 Robert Riddle
demonstrates this internet relay chat program. 17.4 MB
4/30/2006 Chasity Judd
introduces herself, then she and her husband demonstrate another accessible game. 10.4 MB
4/30/2006 Tony Broome
introduces himself and reviews this scanning option for Freedom Box. 24.4 MB
4/30/2006 Chris Judd
and his wife, Chasity, demonstrate and play accessible Monopoly. 9.4 MB
4/30/2006 Sarah Alawami
tours her space. 8.0 MB
4/30/2006 Joseli Walter
and her boyfriend tour their space. 14.3 MB
4/30/2006 Paul Hopkins
and his wife, two people who know practically nothing about gardening, take a relaxing Summer afternoon (2005) at The Gardeners Weekend in Kings Heath Park in Birmingham UK. Brass Bands; a French Market; craft stalls; donkey rides and even a few tips from experts about gardening, make for a great Soundseeing Tour.
4/30/2006 Paul Hopkins
describes his life and career in this gripping story. See Paul's podcast at www.vipodcasting.com. 58.0 MB
4/30/2006 Robert Carter
reviews this tablet PC, the smallest in the world, from www.gwmicro.com and describes accessibility, convenience, connections, and more. 43.8 MB
4/30/2006 Riz Khan
realizes there are a lot of blind people playing with or interested in playing with the Play Station 2 gaming system. 15.8 MB
4/29/2006 Kenneth Reed
and his wife look at a hybrid car at the Toyota dealership. 21.6 MB
4/29/2006 Rick Harmon
continues with part 3 of this series on using this inexpensive, powerful audio editor. 33.5 MB
4/29/2006 Pam Quinn
tours her space. 19.6 MB
4/28/2006 Mary Emerson
shows us her Howard Miller chime clock and describes chime software from www.libertys.com/clocksnd.htm. 19.7 MB
4/28/2006 Jeff Armstrong
tours his space. 39.3 MB
4/28/2006 Barbara Henning
joins Larry for a guide dog walk through Crescent Hill with Laurna and Jake. She treats us to a song, too. 92.2 MB
4/28/2006 Larry Skutchan
discusses the problems with hearing the new hybrid cars, the death of traditional radio, and the list. 35.9 MB
4/27/2006 Kristian Whawell
demonstrates this scanning/reading system from the early 90's. 29.1 MB
4/27/2006 phil vlasak
captured this hail storm in Temperance, MI on April 22, 2006 with the Olympus DM20. 7.3 MB
4/27/2006 Jamie Pauls
and his wife, Stacey, weather this hail storm with some prayer and hope. The tornado sirans are blowing in this great recording with the built-in mics on the Olympus DS-2. 22.5 MB
4/26/2006 Tiffany Black
tours her space. 17.3 MB
4/26/2006 Andre Louis
and his girlfriend, Maria, tour their space. (Derrick is there, too.) 16.9 MB
4/26/2006 Larry Skutchan
responds to the comment line on petting guide dogs. 41.0 MB
4/26/2006 Neal Ewers
asks for suggestions about lists that can withstand some of the annoyances experienced by the previous lists and explains what he and Larry think about the future of the list. 6.4 MB
4/25/2006 Chris Grabowski
and his wife, Marla, tour their space. 14.9 MB
4/25/2006 Missy Hoppe
tours her space. 38.9 MB
4/25/2006 Kristian Whawell
tours his space. 58.6 MB
4/25/2006 Darren Duff
and his wife, Kim, tour their space. 32.4 MB
4/24/2006 Riz Khan
walks to the ATM, grabs some cash, and heads home. 10.5 MB
4/24/2006 Tiffany Black
demonstrates the process of making powdered bubble bath from scratch. 9.8 MB
4/24/2006 Chris Grabowski
takes a business trip on a train. 33.0 MB
4/24/2006 Neal Ewers
captures some beautiful recordings of real trains to hold us over for the model train cast. 17.3 MB
4/20/2006 Pam Quinn
records this Iowa thunder storm. 12.3 MB
4/20/2006 Larry Skutchan
describes himself as one of the luckiest people on earth, because he has a cool job that he looks forward to going to every day. 29.1 MB
4/20/2006 Brandon Armstrong
explains how to configure your gmail account so you may use Outlook to retreive your mail. 0.8 MB
4/20/2006 sarah Alawami
grabs the mail in a wind storm and records rain on New Year's day. 5.8 MB
4/19/2006 Nick G
discusses various binaural microphones. 9.2 MB
4/19/2006 Richard Wells
describes the harmonica and demonstrates techniques. 31.8 MB
4/19/2006 Quyen Le
introduces herself and describes her background. 22.8 MB
4/18/2006 Doug Oliver
shows how to rip a CD using WinAmp. 8.9 MB
4/18/2006 Larry Skutchan
explains how most guide dogs never need a correction. 37.6 MB
4/18/2006 Mary Emerson
tours her living space. 42.2 MB
4/18/2006 Marissa Manzino
sings this original song and plays the guitar. 6.5 MB
4/17/2006 Larry Skutchan
records this thunder storm on Easter night in Louisville. 135.5 MB
4/17/2006 Larry Skutchan
tours his living space. 20.6 MB
4/17/2006 Riz Khan
tours his living space. 25.8 MB
4/17/2006 Lynnette Tatum
and Maria tour their living space. 13.9 MB
4/17/2006 Shane Christianson
reviews this popular digital recorder as a music player. 9.2 MB
4/17/2006 Chris Grabowski
demonstrates version 3.5 of this Global Positioning System (GPS) software from www.senderogroup.com. 16.1 MB
4/16/2006 Mary Emerson
continues this popular series of creating pictures with a braille writer with this picture of the Easter Bunny holding an Easter egg. 16.4 MB
4/16/2006 Neal Ewers
was recording an ordinary thunder storm and captured this incredible hail storm. 7.0 MB
4/16/2006 Lynnette Tatum
rambles about technology, and Merna Votta demonstrates Freedom Box. 44.2 MB
4/16/2006 Don Barrett
describes a handy function in Excel to let you know on which day of the week a date falls. 1.6 MB
4/15/2006 Stephen Guerra
promotes this accessible digital audio player/recorder from www.independentliving.com. 15.3 MB
4/15/2006 Lynnette Tatum
and Maria recount the evolution of media on which audio was distributed and marvel that now, with the Playaway from www.playawayaudio.com, you get the player with the media. 16.9 MB
4/14/2006 sarah Alawami
sings this beautiful Easter piece. 1.3 MB
4/14/2006 Larry Skutchan
describes the different kinds of Personal Data Assistants (PDA) available to blind users. 34.6 MB
4/14/2006 Paul Hopkins
and his brothers take their dad on a boat trip up Loch Ness in search of the Loch Ness Monster. Are the claims of sightings of the monster
fact or fiction? Does the monster really exist? I don't know! Bu
The captain of the boat has some pretty expensive Sonar equipment and some compelling and interesting explanations and personal experiences to share wit Us. Listen carefully and hear the convictions of some on the boat that ‘there must be something out there’ and the scepticism of others (mainly my brothers
That there certainly is not! 43.6 MB
4/14/2006 Quyen Le
demonstrates this inexpensive, accurate, accessible talking scale from www.maxiaids.com. 12.9 MB
4/13/2006 Quyen Le
demonstrates this completely accessible global positioning system (GPS) commercial hardware with specialized software to make a very portable setup. 50.8 MB
4/13/2006 Hope Povenmire
makes the weekend of her life with a surprise visit to friends in New York. 38.4 MB
4/12/2006 Rick Harmon
adds more to his cast about this CD-ROM burning software from www.smbs.net/download/Singe.exe. 4.9 MB
4/12/2006 Brandon Armstrong
and his college band practice. 17.2 MB
4/11/2006 Larry Skutchan
aplauds Google's efforts to address accessibility with the visual verification and future technologies by announcing a job opening for an engineer to address these issues and promote accessibility within the company. See http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/answer.py?answer=37456 . 35.5 MB
4/11/2006 Lynette Tatum
provides a brief overview of some of the things you can do in Microsoft Excell 2002. 36.9 MB
4/11/2006 Krister Ekstrom
continues this series about protecting your privacy in email. 53.2 MB
4/10/2006 Frank Ibarra
demonstrates that scripting is easy and powerful for JAWS. 32.5 MB
4/10/2006 Brandon Armstrong
presents the second part of this civil war reenactment. 4.1 MB
4/9/2006 Larry Skutchan
emphasizes the need to make companies aware that the visual verification process is locking out blind people. Larry shows how the www.annualcreditreport.com web site set up as a result of the FACT act is a case in point. User feedback and a promo for the chat room round out this issue. 27.1 MB
4/9/2006 Missy Hoppe
discusses and demonstrates this creen reader application that runs on Nokia cell phones running the Symbian operating system. 29.9 MB
4/8/2006 Tiffany Black
demonstrates the process of and provides tips for making bath fissies from scratch. 20.1 MB
4/8/2006 Sarah Alawami
provides 11 lessons on using Skype 2.0 with JAWS. 44.1 MB
4/7/2006 Rick Harmon
continues this informative series about this inexpensive, powerful audio editing software. 12.3 MB
4/7/2006 Doug Oliver
demonstrates these instant messenger programs with speech. 4.6 MB
4/6/2006 Larry Skutchan
tries out the new Church-Audio mics while discussing the steps to make a podcast and plays User feedback from the comment line. 58.5 MB
4/6/2006 Jamie Pauls
describes this free or low cost and very accessible aggregator software used to read RSS feeds. See www.sharpreader.net for a download. This is the kind of software you need if you keep up with a lot of different web pages. Most companies will update their rss feed with content that is new, that way, you don't have to go visit each web site to be able to keep up with what is going on. 6.6 MB
4/5/2006 Darren Duff
demonstrates and discusses this global positioning system (GPS) software and hardware. 50.6 MB
4/5/2006 Chris Grabowski
desscribes and demonstrates this portible clock from www.speaktomecatalog.com. 2.9 MB
4/5/2006 Jim Fettgather
demonstrates this fairly inexpensive keyboard, talks about its accessibility, and shows how Studio Recorder helps with the mix. 3.8 MB
4/4/2006 Paul Hopkins
and his wife visit the city of Lichfield,
about 20 miles north of Birmingham England. They walk through the medieval city as well as hear the choir rehearsing in the cathedral (parts of the cathedral have stood for 800 years). This audio gives you an idea of the majisty and Ambience of this remarkable place. More information about Lichfield Cathedral can be found at: www.lichfield-cathedral.org. 45.8 MB
4/4/2006 Larry Skutchan
takes the opportunity to try out the new Church-audio microphones to respond to a suggestion to make a sound seeing tour of the house, unfortunately, he only got to the back yard. 19.4 MB
4/4/2006 Jared Rimer
demonstrates this voice over internet protocol (VOIP) software that is an alternative to Skype. 45.9 MB
4/4/2006 Kenneth Reed
discusses making a portible drive from on old hard disk and an enclosure. 4.3 MB
4/4/2006 Chris Grabowski
shows how this CD-ROM burning software can work with Window-eyes. 3.7 MB
4/3/2006 Larry Skutchan
gets a demonstration at the Soneil booth (from Lynnette) of this small pocket-sized computer with a braille keyboard and 20 cell display from www.soneilves.com/. 5.5 MB
4/3/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Rodger take a quick cruise through the exhibit halls at both hotels during the CSUN 2006 conference. 65.1 MB
4/3/2006 Mary Emerson
demonstrates the tricky process of working with the Juice podcatcher scheduler. 25.3 MB
4/3/2006 Missy Hoppe
introduces herself, describes her education and jobs at Prime Star, and mentions some of her current activities. 29.3 MB
4/3/2006 Chris Grabowski
and his wife, Marla, use a GPS system to find a new restaurant. 23.4 MB
4/2/2006 larry
invites you to join him for a different kind of walk to work. This time he has booth duty at the 2006 CSUN conference and chats with Sue Martin. 14.6 MB
4/2/2006 Chris Grabowski
demonstrates this self-voicing, beginners software for word processing, address book, CD player, and schedular from www.marvelsoft.com.. 33.0 MB
4/2/2006 Michael Hanson
reviews this software that lets you record in WMA, MP3, and many other formats from www.alivemedia.net. 12.2 MB
4/2/2006 Mary Emerson
answers additional questions about the DVD copier podcast. 2.0 MB
4/2/2006 Kenneth Reed
describes the Behrenger UBB1002 mixer. 2.3 MB
4/2/2006 Brandon Armstrong
attends a civil war reenactment. 7.6 MB
4/1/2006 Larry Skutchan
discusses the need to create a new list and explains why the old one will remain open. 33.4 MB
4/1/2006 Kenneth Reed
describes his education, early jobs, and work at NASA (including some cool projects in which he was involved) along with musical interests. 16.1 MB
4/1/2006 Chetan Bakhru
reviews this flexible, usable mp3 player from Philips. 54.3 MB
3/31/2006 Kevin Reeves
describes his career as a creative professional, talks about his new album, demonstrates some of his current projects, and talks about the vocational rehab process and careers in general. Unfortunately, he doesn't treat us to any of his music, but he promises you can buy the album as a digital download. See his site at www.kevinreeves.net. 38.0 MB
3/31/2006 Curtis Delzer
and his wife, Karen, discuss this completely accessible thermostat that accepts spoken word commands and responds with speech feedback. 21.9 MB
3/31/2006 Rick Harmon
reviews this CD-ROM burning software that a friend, Donald Gicker, wrote for him. The program requires no installaition. 16.1 MB
3/31/2006 Michael Babcock
prepares for his transition from high school to college and has questions and comments. 3.5 MB
3/30/2006 Paul Hopkins
and his wife relax with a recent holiday to Devon on the SouthWest coast of England. Hear the
roaring sea as they experience some bad weather, contrasted with the calm and sunshine. Enjoy the accents and the atmosphere of this lovely part of the UK. Music from Soundoctrine at music4ipods.com.
3/30/2006 Chetan Bakhru
reviews this comprehensive hard disk monitoring and recovery program. 79.4 MB
3/29/2006 Larry Skutchan
asks about clicker training and mentle communication, reveals a new moderated list, and attempts to sum up the CSUN conference as a whole. 37.8 MB
3/29/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Steve Landau of Touch Graphics check out the Talking Tactile Tablet at the CSUN conference. 25.3 MB
3/29/2006 Neal Ewers
reviews and demonstrates this high quality recorder in this first episode in a three part series. 37.4 MB
3/28/2006 Riz Khan
reviews this inexpensive, usable mp3 player. 34.2 MB
3/28/2006 Tiffany Black
explains making soap and bath solts as a blind person. 12.9 MB
3/28/2006 Larry Skutchan
gets the audio-enabled tour of the Icon at Level Star's booth. 17.2 MB
3/28/2006 Larry Skutchan
is joined by Marc, Mike, and Matt (they left Mom at home) from Level Star to discuss the Icon, a new Linux based PDA introduced at CSUN. 29.3 MB
3/27/2006 Mary Emerson
is joined in the chat room for a discussion on Hollistic methods. 33.5 MB
3/27/2006 John Gardner
of ViewPlus Technologies is joined by Neal Soiffer of Design Science and Masakazu Suzuki of Kyushu University in this panel discussion entitled Emerging Computer Technologies for Accessible Math. This panel presents technologies and software that make mathematical documents accessible to people with print disabilities and explores The state-of-the-are for reading, writing, and manipulating math on a computer. 42.2 MB
3/27/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Janina Sajka of www.capitalaccessibility.com discuss the Owasys 22 C talking cell phone, Janina's career, and chat over breakfast at the CSUN conference. 53.2 MB
3/27/2006 Jeramiah Rogers
discusses how technology effects our lives. 12.7 MB
3/27/2006 Robert Carter
discusses the new chat room, background and practicle uses of Blue Tooth technology, and strategies for speeding up audio content such as podcasts. 16.6 MB
3/27/2006 Andreas Hub
from the University of Stuttgart presents an improved prototype for the interactive localization and recorgnition of objects for the blind by matching stereo images, orientation, and 3-d model information in this session from CSUN 2006. 32.6 MB
3/27/2006 Debee Norling
and others discuss clicker training in this recorded session on the chat. 23.2 MB
3/25/2006 Sam Bushman
introduces himself and explains the benefits of the GW Micro OQO partnership to provide the Small-Talk in this special edition of his radio show Tech Watch at www.techwatchradio.com.. 7.8 MB
3/24/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Clarence Whaley from GW Micro talk about Small Talk Ultra, a new palm-sized PC running XP and Window-eyes, touch on traveling independentally, talk about Clarences carreer, and generally chat at breakfast at CSUN 2006. 40.8 MB
3/24/2006 Larry Skutchan
explores topics about a blind person traveling, comments on the stress on guide dogs as Jake acts doofy, and evaluates what small part of the activities he could observe the first day at the massive assistive technology conference, CSUN 2006. 20.5 MB
3/23/2006 Larry Skutchan
provides some sound seeing of the area where presentations are made and attends a session on the accessibility of the GNOME desktop and Java presented by Peter Korn. 79.1 MB
3/23/2006 Krister Ekstrom
explains what privacy and protection in email means and shows some software to help. 18.2 MB
3/23/2006 Larry Skutchan
explores new areas of the hotel that he hadn't seen in previous years. 23.9 MB
3/23/2006 Neal Ewers
compares three low-cost microphones with phantom power. 20.3 MB
3/23/2006 Ed Potter
interviews Michael Moody of the National Library Service (NLS). 51.5 MB
3/22/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Rodger go to the Hilton where Larry Meets Kim Sharph and listens to Harry Murphy's keynote.
49.5 MB
3/22/2006 Paul Hopkins
interviews the chief of the Cherrokee nation in this trip he made to the US as part of a Rotery exchange from Birmingham England to Birmingham Alabama back in 1996.
3/22/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Jake attempt to independently navigate the airport and get seated on a very crowded plane. 62.0 MB
3/21/2006 Andre Louis
and his dad drive through London and do errands. They get canned air at a computer shop, buy tea from a nice Chinese lady, and pickup some food. Check out how you can hear the ceiling as the escalator rises. Also, check out Andre's music at www.andrelouis.com. 73.2 MB
3/21/2006 Debee Norling
Begins this new series with a demonstration of cleaning up all the gunk on three of the computers in her office. This gives you a flavor for how screwed up they can get if you do not perform maintainance regularly. 59.9 MB
3/21/2006 Matt Roberts
demonstrates this money identifier from www.brytech.com. 9.4 MB
3/20/2006 Larry Skutchan
discusses security, identity, and other traps you must be aware of when using the internet. 49.0 MB
3/20/2006 Larry Skutchan
walks you through the new features in version 2.2. 19.1 MB
3/20/2006 Chris Skarstad
reviews this game from www.lighttechinteractive.com. 17.7 MB
3/19/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Liz join Joann Weeter from the Louisville Metro Historic Preservation Society for a walking tour of the Clifton neighborhood in which American Printing House for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Blind are located. Sponsored by the Callahan Museum at APH. 136.4 MB
3/19/2006 Merrill Louise
reviews and demonstrates this portable DVD player. 21.1 MB
3/19/2006 Kristian Whawell
describes and demonstrates this versital keyboard from Yamaha. 80 MB
3/18/2006 Andre Louis
and his stepdad visit his Mom and brand new baby sister in hospital in England. Check out the driver on the right side of the car. 58.1 MB
3/18/2006 Larry Skutchan
explains a little more about what he knows about the ftp "attack," plays voice mail from Tracy Sun on accessible sound editing software, and talks about old cars. 39.3 MB
3/18/2006 Matt Roberts
explains the operation of this versital digital audio recorder. 15.7 MB
3/17/2006 Neal Ewers
provides this recording straight from the Milestone 311 as a demonstration of the discussion in his technical review of this product. 0.6 MB
3/17/2006 Neal Ewers
explains and demonstrates various technical aspects of this digital recorder designed for the blind. 23.8 MB
3/17/2006 Mary Emerson
reviews and demonstrates this stand-alone copier that can also be connected to your PC. 21.5 MB
3/17/2006 Larry Skutchan
laments that there has to be bad on the Internet and explains what he thinks is happening with the ftp site, advises about effective means of selecting passwords, and pleads for more career profiles. 35.3 MB
3/17/2006 Riz Khan
continues this series about mainstreaming gaming by blind users with Mortal Kombat Desception. 21.5 MB
3/16/2006 Rox'E Homstad
continues her discussion and answers questions about this posative training technique. 4.7 MB
3/16/2006 Mary Emerson
continues her braille writer picture series with a large shamrock with four smaller shamrocks in the corners of the page. 12.5 MB
3/16/2006 Michael Cappelle
reviews and demonstrates this traditional headset.
3/16/2006 Larry Skutchan
describes finding what he thinks is a relative in the Czech Republic via Skype, asks for anyone else going to CSUN to drop him a line, shares a clip from the Real People podcast at www.realpeople.libsyn.com, and discusses the new chat room.
3/15/2006 Matt Roberts
reviews and demonstrates this digital recorder designed especially for blind users. It is available from www.independentliving.com. 13.7 MB
3/15/2006 Clement Chou
Starts this mainstream gaming as a blind user series with background and demonstration of Mortal Kombat 1. 54.9 MB
3/15/2006 Rick Harmon
describes this inexpensive sound editing program. 45.5 MB
3/15/2006 Larry Skutchan
describes the changes underway to the technical aspects of the podcast, discusses the new spam that appears to come from the IRS, sniping on Ebay, clicker training and guide dogs, and wonders about antique clocks.
3/15/2006 Debee Norling
demonstrates the capabilities of the Church Audio binaural microphones. 21.4 MB
3/14/2006 Rox'E Homstad
describes the process of training one's own guide and service dog. She answers questions and provides information on equipment. 14.6 MB
3/14/2006 Mary Emerson
continues her informative discussion of whole food supplements. 26.9 MB
3/14/2006 Chetan Bakhru,
introduces himself and reviews this software from www.magic2003.net that encrypts removable storage drives. 19.5 MB
3/14/2006 Krister Ekstrom
and his friend, Helaina, go for a walk to a Chinese restaurant in his home town of Malmar Sweden. 24.1 MB
3/14/2006 Chris Grabowski
demonstrates this comprehensive caller ID software from www.imptec.com . 8.0 MB
3/13/2006 Larry Skutchan
marvels over the Crocs and really thanks some folks who stepped up to the plate. 30.8 MB
3/13/2006 Hope Povenmire
and friends from the list chat about some interesting topics. 7.4 MB
3/13/2006 Kristian Whawell
shows how a blind person can change computer components. 34.2 MB
3/13/2006 Rick Harmon
installs Nero Burning ROM 7 using Window-eyes 5.5 and finds it more accessible than JAWS was with the same task. 13.2 MB
3/12/2006 Cylene Lasdell
recites this poem by Bruce Sullivan about the festivities in Trinidad. 1.7 MB
3/12/2006 Kristian Whawell
describes this speech quality digital recorder. 16.4 MB
3/12/2006 Larry Skutchan
shows some hidden accessibility features in Media Center 2005. 19.2 MB
3/12/2006 Scott Howell
continues this informative series about accessibility on the Mac with a deeper look at Voice Over, the built-in accessibility tool. 30.7 MB
3/12/2006 Kristian Whawell
reviews this mic/headphone combination and concludes it is great to use with Skype. 15.5 MB
3/11/2006 Larry Skutchan
demonstrates the system he uses to publish the cast and create the web site. 14.1 MB
3/11/2006 Rick Harmon
compares Nero Burning ROM 7 to 6.6 in terms of accessibility with JAWS. 28.7 MB
3/11/2006 Darren Duff
demonstrates this chat software. 27.5 MB
3/11/2006 Larry Skutchan
thanks his parents and congratulates them on their 50 wedding anniversary. 39.4 MB
3/11/2006 Jerry Gilbert
takes his labradoodle, Charlie, which Jerry is training himself, for a walk through a few obsticles.. 19.7 MB
3/10/2006 Ray Foret
describes the process of installing this unique very thin scanner that gets its power from the USB. 23.6 MB
3/10/2006 Debee Norling
discusses this quality microphone preamp from www.church-audio.ca. 13.2 MB
3/10/2006 Pam Quinn
Uses the Olympus DS-2 to record her son John (15) in competition at this event. 6.7 MB
3/9/2006 Haroon Probst
crushes a glass in the garbage dispose all. 3.3 MB
3/9/2006 Pam Quinn
takes dog Joseph gambling. 36.7 MB
3/9/2006 Haroon Probst
places a light bulb into a jar of water and microwaves. Do not try this at home. 2.5 MB
3/8/2006 Larry Skutchan
demonstrates the quality of a Skype call (which reveals the mystery guest on the talent show,) discusses organizing the web site, enjoys his crocs, asks about a bag, and starts to discuss blind dating services. 47.1 MB
3/8/2006 Merrill Louise
explains how she posts her podcasts using Libsyn.com. 6.4 MB
3/8/2006 Mathew Bullis
explains and instructs on playing the jews harp and mouthbow. 19.8 MB
3/8/2006 Jack Fox
talks about his career as a narrator for the National Library Service and as a local media personality. 41.6 MB
3/7/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Joe continue the sad tale of the new laptop. 15.6 MB
3/7/2006 Debee Norling
continues her series about this new dog training technique by attending a lecture on the subject. 73.7 MB
3/7/2006 Larry Skutchan
talks more about this digital recorder. 18.5 MB
3/6/2006 Megan Kelly
demonstrates the process of setting up and adding entries to an accessible blog account at www.livejournal.com. 31.2 MB
3/6/2006 Lisa Salinger
describes some of the consideration that needs to go into the decision to train your own guide dog and explains some of the techniques she uses. 18.5 MB
3/6/2006 Neal Ewers
adds to his last cast on the Kurzweil keyboard. 5.8 MB
3/5/2006 Neal Ewers
continues his exploration of the Kurzweil keyboard. 59.7 MB
3/5/2006 Scott Howell
introduces the talking Mac and demonstrates some of the built-in functionality. 60.8 MB
3/5/2006 Kristian Whawell
demonstrates this free view box
with audio description features and voice feedback on channels that you switch to. 26.8 MB
3/5/2006 Caroline Ford
demonstrates the sound of the female voice that comes with the Sonus 1XT digital radio.Kristian Whawell did a
review of this radio in January, but he had already changed the voice on his, so this provides a comparison.
radio to the male alternative. 3.4 MB
3/4/2006 Rick Harmon
concludes this series on Nero Burning ROM software with a discussion of the advanced features. 21.7 MB
3/4/2006 Debee Norling
describes this mp3 player that actually works under water. 14.2 MB
3/4/2006 Larry Skutchan
complains about ourmedia.org, laments the complications of strictly ffollowing the copyright laws, pleads you to sign the visual word verification google petition at www.blindwebaccess.com, talks about podcasting and blogging, and continues to wish for rss feeds with real content. 26.8 MB
3/4/2006 Pam Quinn
describes using a poodle as a guide dog. 21.8 MB
3/3/2006 Neal Ewers
presents the long awaited BlindCoolTech talent show . 89.3 MB
3/2/2006 Rick Harmon
Continues the series describing Nero Burning ROM 6.6 software with JAWS. In episode three, he demonstrates copying CDs and ripping CDs. 17.0 MB
3/2/2006 Synthia Greenwell
and her grandma shop for various items for Synthia's new apartment. They start by looking for a lamp at Target. 7.0 MB
3/1/2006 Robert Carter
demonstrates this unique method of obtaining the time quietly with a watch that actually vibrates the hour and minute as your finger touches that part of the dial. 6.5 MB
3/1/2006 Debee Norling
Continues this dog training series with a live recording of her and Boston demonstrating the techniques. 17.8 MB
3/1/2006 Kristian Whawell
reviews two more games from www.soundsupport.net. 13.1 MB
3/1/2006 Rick Harmon
walks you through creating a data CD, an audio CD, and an mp3 CD with Nero Burning ROM 6.6 and JAWS. 32.4 MB
2/28/2006 Neal Ewers
requests those of you who have submitted pieces for the talent show without background information, to contact him. 4.4 MB
2/28/2006 Larry Skutchan
shows how to copy protected files that you download from your library onto a supported mp3 player.
2/27/2006 Mary Emerson
demonstrates using Internet Explorer and JAWS to shop at Safeway online and have the order delivered.
2/27/2006 Lynnette Tatum
explains techniques for handeling large volumes of email, especially moving a lists messages to its own folder in Outlook.
2/27/2006 Rick Harmon
demonstrates Nero Burning ROM 6.6 in this first episode in a four part series. 24.7 MB
2/25/2006 Gary ODonoghue
reviews and demonstrates the Nagra Ares P II high-end digital recorder. 21.1 MB
2/25/2006 Debee Norling
discusses this new method of dog training in part 1 of this series. 18.7 MB
2/24/2006 Merrill Louise
discusses how music is packaged. 16.3 MB
2/24/2006 Shane Jackson
plays some beautiful music with this instrument. 49.9 MB
2/23/2006 Neal Ewers
introduces Sound Forge 8.0 with Jaws. 36.1 MB
2/23/2006 Larry Skutchan
discusses the idea of training your own guide dog and concludes that it is not embarked upon without careful consideration. 33.4 MB
2/23/2006 Rich Cavallaro
reviews this software that extracts the audio content from a DVD. 11.1 MB
2/22/2006 Darrell Shandrow
laments how inaccessibility to software cost him his job. This is serious. 5.8 MB
2/22/2006 Jamie Pauls
marvels at the advances in speech synthesizer technology over the past few decades. 6.3 MB
2/22/2006 Mary Emerson
describes and demonstrates the Sony ECM-DS70P t-microphone. 5.1 MB
2/21/2006 Larry Skutchan
wonders why noone has written an off-screen model for the Linux GUI. 32.1 MB
2/21/2006 Joseli Walter
transfers ringtones to the Motorola I-205. 23.0 MB
2/20/2006 Larry Skutchan
shows how heat can make a difference. 16.9 mb.
2/19/2006 Randy Formennti
demonstrates this system for lifting a disabled person up or down a flight of stairs. 5.8 MB
2/18/2006 Larry Skutchan
and Joe call Dell about a laptop that arrived defective. 33.3 MB
2/17/2006 Larry Skutchan
Talks about the Frequently Asked Questions section of the web site and begins a talk about Linux. 39.2 MB
2/17/2006 Chris Judd
reviews another accessible game from www.kitchensinc.net">. 11.8 MB
2/17/2006 Neal Ewers
urges anyone who submits items for the talent show to drop him an email stating that you are the copyright owner or that the material is in the public domain. 2.4 MB
2/16/2006 Larry Skutchan
discusses guide dog accessories, weight loss, exercise, and more while on the walk home. 25.8 MB
2/16/2006 Rob Meredith
describes the new features in version 3.0 of this accessible digital audio editing software. 21.5 MB
2/15/2006 Larry Skutchan
talks about our new pick for the portable digital recording device, the Olympus ws320m. He also announces that Neal Ewers has accepted the position as the bct mail list moderator. 31.0 MB
2/15/2006 Mary Emerson
explains how you can showcase your talent for an upcoming BlindCoolTech talent show. Send your recordings to ftp://ftp.ravenswood.org. 5.7 MB
2/15/2006 Shane Jackson
describes this phone running the Talks software from www.nuance.com and discusses the differences among the ways to access cell phones. 31.9 MB
2/15/2006 Matthew Bullis
plays some beautiful music on this under appreciated instrument in this excellent recording and discusses its construction, history, and pricing. 22.4 MB
2/14/2006 Donna Slater
and her children, Bethony and Alex, play a game where butterflies blow out an elephant's trunk. You'll laugh as you join in the fun. 7.5 MB
2/14/2006 Kim Duff
and her husband, Darren, tell their story. They discuss how they met and got to know each other, how they debated on the practicality of two blind people being married and taking care of a house, and conclude that their love and relationship is God's will. 36.4 MB
2/13/2006 Shane Jackson
reviews this very accessible Bible software from www.theophilos.sk. 50.0 MB
2/12/2006 Larry Skutchan
answers listener feedback and plays some songs from Marcus Quinzer. Rick Harmon explains how to turn on auto update for SpyBot. 45.9 MB
2/11/2006 Donna Slater
walks to the nursery and interacts with the other parents and workers. 34.4 MB
2/11/2006 Jerry Hallatyn
cautions us to be skeptical when evaluating any claim as he responds to the Aura cast. 4.4 MB
2/11/2006 Donna Slater
reviews the Cobolt Systems talking bathroom scale. 3.2 MB
2/11/2006 Mary Emerson
continues her braille card series with a beautiful snowman. 14.3 MB
2/10/2006 Don Ball
visits New Orleans for the ABBA tournament. He visits
the Fudgery at the River Walk Mall where the proprietor sings as he orders fudge, and then he takes an 80 minute walk up and down Bourbon
Street and discusses the sites. Recorded in May 2005. 73.0 MB
2/9/2006 Bill Mind
plays his two conga drums in a large kitchen. He set the Microtrack levels as low as possible, but the binaural in-ear mics were, of course, quite close to the drums, and the recording distorted quite a bit. If you hear the distortion as an affect, the sound of the drums, the sound of the room, and the affect of distortion can work together in interesting ways. 32.6 MB
2/8/2006 Don Ball
shares a session he had with Maryanne Simpson, a certified
diabetes trainer on how to use insulin. She covers many aspects of
diabetes including use of the lancette device, using a glocometer to test sugar, use of the lantus pin and how to use a vile of insulin. She also discusses eating and health aspects of diabetes. Recorded May 2005. 23.4 MB
2/8/2006 Dan Graham
What is the aura? Is it real? What does it mean? Dan
explores these and other aspects of the human aura. 10.7 MB
2/8/2006 Larry Skutchan
briefly demonstrates and provides first impressions of this innovative combination of a screen reader from Code Factory and a PDA. We're using the Dell Axim 51. 13.7 MB
2/7/2006 Mary Emerson
creates another beautiful braille card, this one with three large hearts. Grab your braille writer and follow along. 21.6 MB
2/6/2006 Chris Grabowski
demonstrates the reactions of each of the main three screen readers--HAL, Window-eyes, and JAWS--to the same set of actions. 23.8 MB
2/5/2006 Shawn Thiel
demonstrates the use of adware and spyware removal tools with Jaws for Windows and provides Window-eyes keystrokes
as known. 28.4 MB
2/4/2006 Darrel Shandrow
urges anyone who cares about access to sign a petition asking google to make their visual word verification procedure accessible. 6.4 MB
2/4/2006 Riz Khan
describes the maintenance procedures for healthy and care-free computing. 11.9 MB
2/3/2006 Lynnette Tatum
describes a new audio books source from www.audiobooks.com. 34.5 MB
2/2/2006 Joe Quinn
demonstrates this training tool for listening to audio with cassette or Digital Talking Book from www.rfbd.org. 49.5 MB
2/1/2006 Darren Duff
demonstrates the process of sending new ringtones to his Nokia cell phone. 25.5 MB
1/31/2006 Chris Judd
demonstrates this accessible game of Football from www.kitchensinc.net just in time for the superbowl.
17.3 MB
1/30/2006 Lynnette Tatum
demonstrates the authoring features of the tablet. 43.1 MB
1/29/2006 Scott Howell
demonstrates this Internet Explorer plug-in that helps make Math ML accessible. 33.4 MB
1/28/2006 Chris Grabowski
and Marla compare Window-Eyes and Jaws. 3.8 MB
1/27/2006 Lisa Hall
describes a proclamation from the San Antonio Mayor's office. 4.1 MB
1/26/2006 Hope Povenmire
shares information about hosting your podcast on Libsyn. 13.6 MB
1/26/2006 Rick Harmon
shares information about his eye conditions and careers in the computer field. 8.9 MB
1/25/2006 Donna Slater
demonstrates this phonics learning tool that is accessible. 5.2 MB
1/24/2006 Hope Povenmire
shares some great songs and playing.
1/23/2006 Larry Skutchan
tools through the exhibit hall at the 2006 ATIA conference.
38.7 MB
1/23/2006 Mary Emerson
demonstrates a simple, accessible means of batch converting audio files from one format to another.
14.9 MB
1/22/2006 Darren Duff
Shares his wedding. 34.5 MB
1/21/2006 Lynne Reaper
demonstrates some great audio games from www.l-works.net.
1/20/2006 Rick Harmon
demonstrates this 3-in-1 device that identifies money, detects color, and records.
10.3 MB
1/19/2006 Kristian Whawell
demonstrates the accessible Rockbox firmware on the Iriver h340 mp3 recorder/player and describes the process of patching the firmware including some great accessibility tips for the patch software. 23.3 MB
1/19/2006 John Gardner
tells about the Triangle accessible math processer program and describes the line of graphics embossers carried by View Plus. 15.9 MB
1/18/2006 Paul Schroeder
describes his career at American Foundation for the Blind.
18.6 MB
1/18/2006 Ann Marie Cook
from Recordings for the Blind lets us know to go digital.
2.9 MB
1/18/2006 Chris Judd
demonstrates this portable dictionary device. 8.5 MB
1/17/2006 Julia Myers
explains the National Instructional Materials Access Center. 16.7 MB
1/16/2006 Mary Emerson
and friends share music.
45.3 MB
1/16/2006 Lynnette Tatum
and Maria share some life and music. 32.4 MB
1/15/2006 Donna Slater
lets us join her family for a trip to this animal park in England.
70.2 MB
1/15/2006 Kristian Whawell
in this review I discuss the iriver H340 hard disk based mp3 player/recorder
and actually use it for the review to give you a feel for how it handles
audio at the recording stage! my yamaha tyros keyboard gets pressed in to
service to show you the dinamic range it has for recording, the bass sounds
come over realy strong! watch your bass speakers! 38.1 MB
1/15/2006 Sindy Greenwell
describes and demonstrates this popular mp3 player. 6.2 MB
1/14/2006 Darren Duff
Demonstrates the Cobolt Talking Color Detector on numerous objects including laundry, carpet, and his dog. 17.8 MB
1/13/2006 Kristian Whawell
Gives a tour of his accordian.
26.0 MB
1/12/2006 Mary Emerson
provides background on taxes and explains accessible ways to file. 17.2 MB
1/11/2006 Kristian WhaWell
describes and demonstrates this accessible microwave oven.
16.2 MB
1/10/2006 Dan Graham
describes the art and joy of making one's own espresso. Then he demonstrates the equipment.
14.8 MB
1/9/2006 Larry Skutchan
and grandaughter Marley, 2.5, do laundry.
34.5 MB
1/9/2006 Larry Skutchan
demonstrates downloadable audio and etext books from the public library. Accessibility and ease of use are discussed and demonstrated.
28.6 MB
1/9/2006 Matt Campbell
demonstrates the soon-to-be-released Freedom Box System Access 2.0 with the Skype phone system.
4.4 MB
1/8/2006 Mary Emerson
describes her experience with holistic medicine, the use of herbs and supplemental foods. 30.2 MB
1/7/2006 Meagan Kelly
reviews the Sony ICD ST10 digital recorder.
6.7 MB
1/6/2006 Kristian Whawell
Khristian demonstrates this incredible digital radio made to be accessible from the manufacturer.
55.3 MB
1/4/2006 Larry Skutchan
Larry discusses some cool new options for borrowing ebooks and dropping digital rights management at some institutions. 27.4 MB
1/4/2006 Larry Skutchan
Larry discusses alternative heating options.
36.4 MB
1/4/2006 Jim Fettgather
Join Jim for New Year's eve in Chicago. 7.1 MB
1/4/2006 Jamie Pauls
Jamie describes the career of music therapy.
10.7 MB
1/3/2006 Darren Duff
Darren describes and demonstrates the newest of these great, accessible Bopit toys, the Bopit Blast.
20.9 MB
1/2/2006 Marc Mulcahy
Marc describes and demonstrates this screenless, talking cell phone from www.capitalaccessibility.com. 18.9 MB
Copyright
Dog Accessories
Studio Recorder 3
Our New Pick
Talent Show
Talking Nokia 6682
Autoharp Demo
Elefun Game
Valentine
Theophilos
Feedback 06 Feb 12
Nursery
Aura Feedback
Bathroom Scales
Snowman Braille Card
New Orleans
Drum Meditation
Insulin Training
Aura
Mobile Speak Pocket
Valentine Braille Card
Screen Readers Compared
Spyware
Google Petition
PC Maintenance
Pay Per Listen
Audio Training Tool
Ringtones
Football
Talking Tactile Tablet, Part 2-The Authoring Tool
Eteach
WindowEyes And JAWS
Braille Proclamation
Libsyn Tip
Rick Harmon Bio
Leapfrog Fridge
Music From Hope
ATIA Exhibits
Audio Conversion
Wedding
Audio Games
Voice It All USA
Rockbox On The Iriver
John Gardner Interview
Paul Schroeder Interview
Ann Marie Cook Interview
Language Master
NIMAC
Music
All About The Music
Animal Park
Iriver H340
Creative Muvo
Talking Color Detector
Accordian
Income Taxes
LG Talking Microwave
Espresso
Laundry
Net Library
System Access Skype
Holistic Health
Sony Recorder
Sonus 1XT
Ebooks
Burn Wood
Chicago Trip
Music Therapy
Bopit Blast
Owasys 22C