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David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to Fleksy, a new way of inputting information into your iOS device Shane Davidson introduces us to the Swamp Audio Game. And Jamey Pauls from the SeroTalk Podcast Network brings us an interview with a representative from Humanware at the 2012 ACB Convention. Main Menu can first be heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Visit the Main Menu website at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

No it isn't the Olympics, but this week MainMenu goes around the world to bring you the latest information on accessible technologies for the blind and visually impaired. We start with a tech update from Executive Producer Chase Crispin. Then, Host David Tanner interviews staff from Accomplish, developers of the Cash Manager accessible bookkeeping software from their headquarters in New Zealand. David Woodbridge from Vision Australia introduces us to the new dictation feature in Mountain Lion. Come along with us on our world wide trip to bring you the latest in fine accessible technologies you will want to try on your home or business computer. Main Menu can first be heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Visit the Main Menu website at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

Just hours ago, Apple released their new operating system, Mac OS10.8, known as Mountain Lion. Main Menu is pleased to be one of the first to cover this brand new operating system. On this week's Main Menu, Chase Crispin speaks with David Woodbridge about many new and exciting features in Mountain Lion. David then demonstrates some of the new changes in accessibility that you will find when you upgrade to Mountain Lion. We will bring you more demos of Mountain Lion functions in the coming weeks as well. This is an exciting show that you won't want to miss, especially if you are a Mac user who is going to upgrade, or who has just upgraded, to Mountain Lion. Main Menu can first be heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Visit the Main Menu website at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

Executive Producer Chase Crispin starts off this week's show with a tech update. David Tanner interviews Stephen Baum from Kurzweil Educational Systems and we find out about all the new features in the recently released version 13 of the Kurzweil1000 accessible OCR scanning software. It's all on MainMenu this week on ACBRadio Mainstream! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

Executive Producer Chase Crispin starts off this week's show with a tech update. David Tanner interviews Dan Wirich from GW Micro about their support for the software and hardware that allows students to actively participate in scientific experiments at school, college and in the professional world. Chase returns with a demonstration of the new Podcasts app from Apple. And, Chase finally introduces us to and demonstrates use of the new 2012 Convention Calendar for your IOS phone or Microsoft Outlook. Have the entire schedule in your hand. It's all on MainMenu this week on acbradio Mainstream! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

This week's show starts with David Woodbridge from Vision Australia giving us an overview of Voice Over navigation Options on the Mac. Then MainMenu staff member Mary Emerson brings us a review and demonstration of the Cloudmark DesktopOne Spam blocker It's all on MainMenu this week on ACB Radio Mainstream! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

This week's show starts with Executive Producer Chase Crispin presenting his weekly technology Update. Bill McCann from Dancing Dots introduces us to products from Dancing Dots and demonstrates their software package that allows a blind musician the ability to read and compose music on their Windows based computer with all the features and flexability of some of the best music composing software on the market. MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge from Vision Australia shows us the Light Detector app for your Apple iOS device that gives the blind person an excellent light probe on their device. MainMenu listeners in the Minneapolis/St Paul twin cities area who listen to MainMenu through Minnesota Radio Talkingbook will need the new digital receiver supplied by Minnesota Radio Talkingbook starting on June 25th in order to hear MainMenu from that service starting next week. If they do not have the new digital radio they should contact the Communications Center at Minnesota State Services for the Blind to request that a new digital radio be sent to them at (651) 642-0500. Meantime they can also access MainMenu through the MainMenu page at www.mainmenu.acbradio.org or through www.mnssb.org and take the link in the Communications Center to Radio Talkingbook, and finally login at the listen live link where they can find the latest MainMenu link for on demand listening! It's all on MainMenu this week on ACB Radio Mainstream! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

This week's show starts with Executive Producer Chase Crispin presenting his weekly technology Update. MainMenu host David Tanner interviews Michael curne from NVAccess about their latest release of the NVDA screen reader. And, MainMenu staff member David Woodbridge from Vision Australia shows us the Type2Phone app for the Mac that lets you use the Mac keyboard to type on your iPhone or iPad. It's all on MainMenu this week on ACB Radio Mainstream! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

On this week's Main Menu after Chase Crispin's weekly Tech Update, Chase visits with Jamie Pauls, content director for Serotek and host of the SeroTalk podcast and Joe Steinkamp, operations director at Serotek and executive producer of the SeroTalk podcast network about all of the podcasts available from SPN. Coverage of the summer national conventions is also discussed. Finally, David Woodbridge of Vision Australia shows us how to use the Remote Mic app for your iOS device that will let you use your iOS device as a microphone for your Mac. This is a show that you do not want to miss! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is made available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Visit the Main Menu website at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/ Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org

This week's show starts with Executive Producer Chase Crispin interviewing Jenny Axler from Hims, Inc. about the Braille Sense U2 notetaker and the new Braille Edge Braille display and basic notetaker. MainMenu staff member Mary Emerson continues our exclusive coverage of new products from Hims, Inc. with a demonstration of the Braille Edge Braille display and basic notetaker. It's all on MainMenu this week on acbradio's Mainstream! Main Menu can be first heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org