Vispero Connect

This month, we discuss how JAWS can help you to manage content on your MP3 player.

Technology author Anna Dresner joins us to discuss taking your music on the go and, in particular, working with Apple® iPods® and iTunes®.

We also feature a demonstration of J-Tunes from T and T Consultancy, which allows JAWS users to buy music from the iTunes store, listen to iTunes Radio, manage their iPods, create playlists and more.

Play Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (January - 2008)

This month, Jonathan Mosen speaks with Brad Davis about Freedom Scientific's low vision hardware, including the TOPAZ™, ONYX™, and OPAL™. They also will demonstrate the SARA™, the Scanning and Reading Appliance, which has features of interest to both blind and low vision users.

The PAC Mate Omni™ is now shipping. Ron Miller joins Jonathan to discuss how you can upgrade your existing PAC Mate to this latest technology.

Play Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (December - 2007)

This month, Jonathan Mosen demonstrates working with RSS and podcast feeds using Internet Explorer® 7 and JAWS® 9.0.

Then we speak with Mark Arnold of the US Blind Golf Association (http://www.blindgolf.com). Mark tells us about how blind golf is played and discusses his experiences as a JAWS and MAGic® user.

Play Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (November - 2007)

In this edition of FSCast, Jonathan Mosen speaks with Dusty Voorhees about two exciting software updates. OpenBook™ 8.0 scanning and reading software is so much more than an optical character recognition package. Find out about the many enhancements that make OpenBook a powerful way to convert printed documents or graphic-based text into an electronic text format using accurate optical character recognition and quality speech.

MAGic® 11.0 screen magnification software for low vision users is currently in public beta. Dusty tells us what's new.

One of the many benefits of the PAC Mate™ accessible Pocket PC is that its uses can be expanded with third-party, mainstream software right out of the box. Many users write scripts to make other off-the-shelf applications accessible. Louis Bryant of BrailleSoft has gone a step further by developing games and original utilities for PAC Mate.

Play Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (October - 2007)

In this month's FSCast, Jonathan Mosen talks with Eric Damery, as we unveil the many exciting new features in JAWS 9.0.

Play Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (September - 2007)

This month, Jonathan Mosen speaks with Glen Gordon, Freedom Scientific's Chief Technology officer. Glen tells us a little about himself, talks about writing the first versions of JAWS for Windows®, and examines some of today's technological challenges.

Play Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (August - 2007)

Jonathan Mosen demonstrates the PAC Mate™ Omni.

Play Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (July - 2007)

On this month's FSCast, Jonathan Mosen speaks with Eric Damery regarding the latest release of JAWS 8.0 and a few hints about what's coming in JAWS 9.0.

Jim Snowbarger (AKA the Snowman) talks about his range of scripts available for purchase on the Snowman Web site, as well as his free Hotspot Clicker utility that makes it easy to configure difficult applications.

Play Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (June - 2007)

This month, we speak with Dr. Lee Hamilton, President and CEO of Freedom Scientific. Lee has been with Freedom Scientific now for five years. In this interview, we find out a little about him and answer some commonly-asked questions.

Play Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (May - 2007)

This month on FSCast, we speak with Dan Clark of our Training Department. Learn about all of the training resources we produce to help you get the most out of your Freedom Scientific products, as well as training courses you can attend.

Doug Lee has written free JAWS scripts that make Skype™ more convenient to use with JAWS. With the free Skype software, computer users can talk to other Skype users. Skype also offers premium services letting you make telephone calls from your PC. Doug talks about the scripts for JAWS.

Play Blindness and Low Vision Product Podcast (MP3 audio) - (April - 2007)