11/11/2009 Mike Arrigo highlights the built-in accessibility features of the 3rd generation iPod Touch and explains the differences between it and the iPhone. 21.7 MB

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11/6/2009 Michael Hansen recordsg the sounds of trains. His fascination shows as he provides background and facts about each of these stunning recordings. 37.3 MB

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11/5/2009 Aaron Spears discusses this new Nokia phone that runs optical character recognition (OCR) software like KNFB Reader and Text Scout. 54.6 MB

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11/5/2009 Corien Bennink narrates the Fox television series House and makes each episode available through her podcast. 64.0 MB

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11/4/2009 David Dubphy and Hope Polus demonstrate this technique for solving the CAPTIA challanges that are so frustrating to blind users. See www.solona.net. 31.9 MB

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10/27/2009 Matthew Bullis demonstrates this high end electronic guitar and shares tips on returning everything to factory settings. 16.6 MB

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10/26/2009 Richard McKinley demonstrates the Agenda Talking Calendar and discusses its benefits and drawbacks. 8.5 MB

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10/24/2009 Eric Damery and Dan Clark discuss various aspects of the new release of this industry leading screen reader from www.freedomscientific.com including the fact that it is available in time for the release of Windows 7, it ships with several high quality voices, and it includes a new feature called Research It. 17.9 MB

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10/23/2009 Mary Emerson uses a standard braille writer to create a picture of a jack-o-lantern. Follow along as she takes you step by step through the process. 17.9 MB

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10/21/2009 John Herzog and Jessie Kirchner demonstrate NVDA's improved support for internet explorer, including how it works with flash content. They also show enhancements to microsoft office, including spell check support in word 2007. Finally, Jessie shows us how she uses NVDA with FineReader to perform OCR. 30.3 MB

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10/20/2009 Christie Gilson travels to Spain over the summer and chronicals her adventures. 13.2 MB

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10/15/2009 Pat Ferguson outlines the details of packing, buttons, and use of these two digital audio recorders from Olympus. 17.5 MB

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10/13/2009 Matthew Bullis takes a look at this vintage MIDI instrument that lets you get those keyboard sounds by playing it like a guitar. This works great for those who can't play a keyboard, but know the guitar well. 17.3 MB

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10/12/2009 Ernie Segura explains why it is important to pay attention to your registry and demonstrates some tools that help with the tasks. 13.5 MB

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10/11/2009 Steve Bauer explains that it is understandable why our representatives sometimes don't read a bill before voting on it when you consider the complexity and scope of such legislation. This unique project at www.hearthebill.org features a colaberation of professional narrator talent from around the country to prepare an audio rendition of the currently proposed health care bill HR3200 and makes the files available to download as mp3s. This project can help simplify the complexity of such proposals by presenting it in a media that some can understand better. The project intends to keep the audio current as the bill evolves. 4.8 MB

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10/10/2009 Matt Vollbrecht shows how it is possible to perform most of the functions of the iPhone with its unique touch based screen reader, Voice Over. 35.8 MB

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10/9/2009 Scott Lawlor reviews this cell phone that comes out of the box pretty much accessible without adding a screen reader to it. 21.4 MB

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10/8/2009 Robert Carter demonstrates five Digital Talking Book players that have been authorized to play the content that one may now download from the National Library Service (NLS). 44.7 MB

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10/7/2009 Drew Weber reviews these high quality microphones from Sound Professionals. 29.3 MB

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10/6/2009 Mary Emerson explains how she was able to replace several programs, some with difficult to use interfaces, with this free virus and spyware package from Microsoft that is very easy to install and use. 12.9 MB

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9/18/2009 Jargen Hansson Continues his musical biography with some recordings from various performances. 26.4 MB

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9/17/2009 Bill Cox demonstrates a system he uses as a blind vending stand operator to independently create required reports. 47.9 MB

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9/10/2009 David Miles discovers this pen like device that lets you match labels with an audio recording, so you can economically identify items by affixing labels onto items for later identification and then playing back the recorded message with the pen. 24.1 MB

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9/8/2009 Duyahn Walker remembers and demonstrates this toy robot from his happy childhood. 49.5 MB

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9/8/2009 Jargen Hansson introduces himself and shares some of his music. 26.7 MB

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9/6/2009 Mike Arrigo discusses the new features in VoiceOver with the release of Snow Leopard. 21.7 MB

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9/5/2009 Matt Vollbrecht introduces himself as an assistive technologist and begins this series of podcasts with an overview of Apple's accessibility features in both the Mac and on the iPhone. 43.8 MB

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9/1/2009 Mike Arrigo indepentendly installs the Snow Leopard operating system using Voice Over, the Mac's built-in screen reader and discusses some of its enhancements. 21.4 MB

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8/31/2009 Carl de Campos takes a trip on this refirvished steam train. 33.4 MB

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8/18/2009 Seth Leblond announces that this is the first episode of a series of podcasts that highlights some of the more technical products carried at www.beyondsight.com. He describes this new notetaker with a built-in braille display from HIMS and discusses the similarities and differences of using a notetaker verses a laptop. 19.2 MB

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8/13/2009 Heiko Folkerts discusses the applicability of the new epub ebook format and its advantages over pdf, especially in complex books with tables and charts. He demonstrates an online epub reading service that is accessible and provides resources for obtaining books in epub format. 16.2 MB

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8/12/2009 Gary Pearse demonstrates this talking alarm clock that lets you attach a recorded message to each 24 hour alarm. This makes it especially useful to one who must take multiple medications per day. 7.3 MB

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8/11/2009 Dave Uhlman mixes an interview with Kitty Hevener with the audio from her trip to Discovery Cove in Florida to present a compelling piece on dolphins in this episode from his Hear and There Audio Magazine at www.hearandthere.net. 25.6 MB

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8/9/2009 Jay Williams aquires two new typewriters and describes the unique features of them. He also demonstrates his "live ringer" capabilities. 25.7 MB

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8/5/2009 Alberto Carreto demonstrates this software that retrieves and plays digital audio books from www.overdrive.com". 17.3 MB

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7/24/2009 Mike Arrigo shows how Voice Over on the Mac interacts with three commercially available programs that were not written by Apple to emphasize the universal access to a wide variety of applications. 18.4 MB

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7/21/2009 Darragh High answers the questions about using the touch screen, how the voice sounds, using the interface effectively, and more with Apple's accessible iPhone. 16.3 MB

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7/18/2009 Carl de Campos describes the layout and features of this portable, accessible mp3 and Digital Talking Book player. 49.0 MB

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7/16/2009 Scott White and Bob Watson demonstrate the features and benefits of this online news service at www.nfbnewslineonline.org that provide qualified blind users with unparellaled access to regional and local periodicals. 38.5 MB

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6/30/2009 Mike Arrigo overviews the kinds of cell phones available and what options exist for a blind user. He then demonstrates installing the Talks screen reader onto a Symbian based phone without the use of sighted assistance. 8.2 MB

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