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Dictation Bridge and CPR Call Blocker are featured in this episode. Also Jason Castonguay will go over keyboard short cuts in the mac environment.

Bespecular, AIPoly and Third Eye are featured in this episode of Main Menu.

This week, you will first hear from Scott Smith as he demonstrates the use of the Sonos Controller iOS app. Afterward, Randy and I join him and you will get to hear more about the Sonos line of products, among many other topics of tech conversation including amateur radio, other Bluetooth speakers, iOS apps, and Android. Lastly, Randy and I demo the ZCast app on which we briefly touched in our visit with Scott Smith. It is an iOS app that provides an easy way for a person to podcast right from her/his iOS device. It uses Twitter to engage listeners as well as invite participants to join the conversation. You can use the app to also browse and listen to live programs or see a list of upcoming shows.

This show is all about time. First, we talk with Marco Miltenburg, the developer of the TimeBuzz app for Apple Watch, and what lead him to create the app. We get a brief demo of how the app works, also. Next, I reflect on the old technology for keeping track of time and how it brought us to where we are today. I also give a brief overview of the Tissot Touch Silen-T Tactile Watch. Randy comes in, afterward, with a demo on the Autochron, a clock that works similarly to the TimeBuzz app. Finally, we end with some chat about apps that have gotten our attention or that have been updated. We give you info on joining the TeamTalk Beta team for iOS.

We continue with part 2 of our conversation with Lisa Salinger. And we talk about a program known as key strokes.

Twitter and windows 10 as well as a demo of Google Chrome Cast are featured in this episode of Main Menu.

64 ounce games and Bluetooth keyboards are featured in this episode of Main Menu.

The Amazon Echo and the IOS companion app are featured on this episode of Main Menu.

This is part 2 of the windows 10 presentation by Randy Rusnak, Jason Castonguay, Jeff Bishop, Michael Lauf and Bill Sparks.

Windows 10 discussion part 1

This week, we were contacted by Lynette Tatum. She, along with Michael Doise, have created an app called MLWordTips. Did you ever want a plethora of useful tips and tricks for using Microsoft word right there on your phone? We had a delightful conversation with her as she informed us of how she got the idea to develop this app and describes what it offers. Next, we hear from our very own ACB Radio Main Menu Team member, Shannon Reece. She demonstrates the use of an iOS app which she uses to monitor the progress of her daughter in school. It is quite thorough and, well, all I can say is that I'm glad they didn't have this app around when I was in school. Heheheheheheh. Lastly, Randy and I come back and have some conversation to help round out some of the tangents off on which we went in that first interview. Thank you for your interest and enjoy the program!

This week on Main Menu, we invite Mike Calvo to speak with us about what has been happening at Serotek. You'll hear his thoughts on what has been developing with regard to how operating systems provide access to screen readers as well as what changes are coming to Serotek and how they plan to redefine how the user and their screen reader come together. Afterward, Randy and I will talk about our memories of the early days of System Access and, in the process, I slipped and went back a bit further than I realized. We furthermore touch on some ideas we have up our sleeves for future episodes.

On Main Menu this week, we are interviewing Eric Bridges, the newly-appointed Executive Director of ACB. He sheds a lot of great info including his background, his work out of college along with his affiliation with what is now ACBS, and the job opportunity which eventually led to his new position with ACB. You'll also hear about his accomplishments with regards to the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, the Pedestrian Safety and Enhancement Act, and Prescription Drug Labeling Act. There is more to his story, but you'll have to listen to find out the finer details. He has a lot going on, so it was a pleasure and honor to have him as our guest. Next, there's a new app about to hit the iOS App Store. Android users, I know how frustrating it may feel to be second on the list, but I assure you this app is coming to Android soon. We speak with Stephanie Cowper of BeSpecular, the company behind this so-named app. Given the competitive field in which this app hopes to captivate, you may feel th

It is all about Android on this episode of Main Menu! Whether you are just getting started in the Android world or an advanced android user this show is for you! Listen as Randy and Jayson talk with Nimer Jaber about the ins and outs of the android platform.

Listen as we introduce a new Main Menu team! Also Randy Rusnak interviews Judy Dixon about new changes in the bard moble app.

This episode features the tech talk presentation on Jaws 17. Thanks to the folks at http://accessible.org for allowing us to air this presentation.

Hi Everyone, On MainMenu this week, it is all about what is soon to be new with the release of Jaws For Windows version 17. By the end of the month, it will be here! And wow, is this month already flying by! We are half way through. Can you believe it? Will you be ready for this new release? This week, we are pleased to bring you a presentation by Freedom Scientific, Director of Training, Dan Clark, who will once again, be with us, giving us a demonstration of the new features of this release. Many thanks to Dan for another excellent presentation on MainMenu! For Jaws users of version 16, there is an update which was released on October 14th, Jaws version 16.0.4463, available using the downloads link on the main webpage at www.freedomscientific.com.

On MainMenu this week we bring you several short demonstrations of features in iOS 9.0 presented by MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge. Presentations include: 1. Demonstration of the new text selection feature in iOS 9.0. 2. Demonstration of the VoiceOver practice area with selection of handwriting, and Braille screen writing enabled on the roter. 3. Setting the preference for the VoiceOver VO keys on a bluetooth keyboard. 4. A tutorial on setting the "Hey Siri" feature on your device. 5. A day in the use of "Hey Siri" on the iPhone 6S. Our second feature for this week will be a presentation by Greg Stilson Manager for Braille and GPS products at Humanware of writing and reading Unified English Braille UEB on the Apex note taker. This new feature was just added in Apex firmware release 9.5 this summer. Do not forget that we will be having a very special presentation next week with Dan Clark from Freedom Scientific introducing us to all the new features in Jaws for Windows version 17. This will be

The feature presentation on MainMenu this week is David Wilkinson from Hims Inc. with an overview of the new features in the recently released version 8.5 version of the Braille Sense firmware. Features include the ability to give a PowerPoint presentation including showing the slides on a projector to the people in the group right from your Braille Sense, downloading content from NLS Bard, and much more. In addition we will update you on the latest software releases in the tech world this week.

This week, on Main Menu: Apple Picking With Larry and David Woodbridge! Yes, fall is a great time to go Apple picking, and this week on MainMenu acbradio.org Director Larry Turnbull and MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge set down to fill us in on all the latest hardware and software from Apple. By the time you have finished hearing all the latest from Apple we are sure you will have a much better idea which Apples you may want to pick this fall. (A few of the team particularly like those Macintosh Apples! Lol Yum!)