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On this week's show, Mary Emerson reviews the Olympus DM 4 digital voice recorder.

This week, Darrell Shandrow continues his ACB 2010 coverage by interviewing two staff members of BookShare. Then, Chase Crispin demonstrates how to connect the Refreshabraille 18 from The American Printing House for the Blind with an Icon and a Braille Plus.

On this week's show, Darrell Shandrow concludes his interview with Nancy Miracle of Digital Miracles about Digit-Eyes, a bar-code-scanning app for the iPhone. Next, we hear an interview from Serotek's coverage of the ACB 2010 convention. In this interview, we hear about some great deals from Independent Living Aids. Finally, Chase Crispin begins a series on the RefreshaBraille 18 Braille display from The American Printing House for the Blind.

This week we hear another Techie Tidbit from Tyler Juranek. Next, Darrell Shandrow begins a two-part interview with Nancy Miracle of Digital Miracles about Digit-Eyes, a bar-code-scanning app for the iPhone designed especially for the blind. Conducted at the 2010 ACB national convention, this interview covers many topics including some general background information about bar codes, a demonstration of the proper use of Digit-Eyes, information about how to focus the iPhone for taking good pictures, tips on how to insert labels properly into printers, and a sneak peek at upcoming products from Digital Miracles. We also hear a fascinating story about how a mainstream developer became aware of the need for products designed for the blind.

This week we hear another Techie Tidbit from Tyler Juranek. Next, Steve Bauer and Chris Cook discuss and demonstrate an accessible HD radio from Dice Electronics. Finally, we conclude our portion of Rick Harmon's look at Qwitter version 4.

This week we hear another Techie Tidbit from Tyler Juranek. Then Stephen Clower gives us an in-depth demonstration of Miranda, a popular multi-protocol chat client for Windows. We will continue our discussion of Qwitter with Rick Harmon on a future show.

This week we hear another Techie Tidbit from Tyler Juranek. Next, we conclude our look at accessing DVR from Dish Network. Finally, Rick Harmon begins a series discussing version 4 of the popular Twitter client Qwitter.

On this week's edition of Main Menu, high school student Tyler Juranek continues a series of short reviews he calls "Techie Tidbits." Next, we visit with Grant Hewson and Penny Gardner about Accomplish Cash Manager, finance management software for both business and home use. Finally, Matt Roberts continues his demonstration on accessing DVR from Dish Network using a Windows PC and the iPhone. Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that's Fridays at 9:00 Eastern in the U.S. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php

On this week's edition of Main Menu, high school student Tyler Juranek begins a series of short reviews he calls "Techie Tidbits." This week he tells us about Drop Box. Next, we visit with Gerry Chevalier about the newest release of HumanWare's Victor Reader Stream and HumanWare companion products. After that, we talk with Jerry Munden, Vice President of Prodigy about their line of talking diabetes products. Finally, Matt Roberts brings us part one of a demonstration on accessing DVR from Dish Network using a Windows PC and the iPhone.

This week we begin our show with a brief discussion of the new free upgrade and additional $49 SoftPack for the Victor Reader Stream. Next, we conclude our look at the Book Transfer software from American Printing House for the Blind that accompanies the Book Port Plus. Finally, Matt Vollbrecht winds up his discussion of the iPad.

On this week's show, we begin a two-part introduction to the iPad presented by Matt Volbrecht. This is from a series of five podcasts on the subject and we will link to the entire series from the Main Menu shows page. Matt does an excellent job of providing an overview of the iPad as well as some hands-on examples of using the product. Anyone interested in touch-screen devices from Apple and the iPad in particular should listen to this presentation. Next week we will continue our exploration of Book Transfer from The American Printing House for the Blind after concluding Matt's presentation, but this week we felt that the iPad deserved the limelight all by itself. Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that's Fridays at 9:00 Eastern in the U.S. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php

This week we replay an interview from Blind Bargains with Michel Pepin of HumanWare about Oratio for Blackberry devices. Although we played an interview from Serotalk several months ago, and although the Blind Bargains interview was done in mid-February, there are many questions regarding the software and supported devices which were answered in this interview. After the interview, we begin a short series on the Book Transfer software from APH that is used in conjunction with the Book Port Plus. Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that's Fridays at 9:00 Eastern in the U.S.

This week we wrap up our in-depth comparison of the iPhone and the iPad courtesy of the Tech Doctor podcast. Next, Chris Millsap gives us a first look at Android Accessibility by way of Blind Cool Tech. Finally, we hear more highlights of CSUN 2010 thanks to Blind Bargains.

This week we begin an in-depth comparison of the iPhone and the iPad courtesy of the Tech Doctor podcast. We try to answer the question "Does size matter?"

On this week's show, Raul Gallegos begins a series on using Thunderbird, an e-mail client that continues to increase in popularity. Next, Main Menu staff member Tim Cumings reviews the Rode VideoMic. Finally, Juan Carlos Alicea gives us a quick review of the T-Mobile Dash running Mobile Speak version 4.

On this week's show Chrissie Cochrane, Jeff Bishop, and Jamie Pauls join forces to talk about Window-Eyes scripting. After that, we hear more highlights from CSUN 2010 courtesy of Blind Bargains.

On this week's show we visit with David Greenwood of GMA Games about a new game currently in public beta entitled Time of Conflict. David tells us about the current game as well as the history of the company. Next we bring you more highlights of CSUN 2010 from Blind Bargains. Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that’s Fridays at 9:00 Eastern in the U.S. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter by visiting www.twitter.com/mainmenu

Welcome to the first Main Menu show for April, 2010. This week, Chase Crispin concludes his demonstration of the Book Port Plus. Next, we begin bringing you highlights of CSUN 2010 courtesy of Blind Bargains. J.J. Meddaugh interviews James Gashel who demonstrates the forthcoming Blio Reader and discusses the newest version of the KNFB Reader. For anyone familiar with the original interview presented on blindbargains.com, the strong language present in the book being demonstrated has been removed for the Main Menu broadcast. Our sincere thanks to Blind Bargains for allowing us to use content from their CSUN coverage. You may hear more of their coverage over the next few weeks. Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that’s Fridays at 9:00 Eastern in the U.S. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow Main Menu on Twitter by visiting www.twitter.com/mainmenu

This week Chase Crispin brings us part one of a two-part demonstration of the Book Port Plus from APH. Chase gives us a physical description of the unit, shows us how to navigate in audio and text files, and takes us through the menus.

This week we begin our show with a short technology roundup. Next, we present highlights of a podcast produced by Rick Harmon of The Blind Geek Zone