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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