Presented by Chrissie Cochrane
Produced by Chrissie Cochrane
Airs Tuesdays at 17:00 UTC, repeated on Fridays at 14:00 UTC, Saturday at05:00 UTC and Sundays at 09:00 UTC
A show about technology and how blind people use it.
On this week's Innovations, Paul Merrell gives us his first impressions of Open Book 9.0 from
Freedom Scientific.
We then have part 2 of our tutorial by Raul Gallegos, this time looking at sorting columns when looking at your messages.
We follow that with a review of the new folding Bluetooth keyboard - the i-connex from
Freedom Input
After that Neal Ewers shows us the versatility of the Olympus DM520 recorder with different microphones.
We round the program off with another look at Tyros 3 instrumentation, this time harmonicas and accordions.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's T3 pages
On this week's Innovations, Chrissie cochrane looks at the new Freeview
talking set-top box from Goodmans, the Smarttalk.
Then Raul Gallegos starts with Part 1 of a tutorial on the email client
Thunderbird, and we conclude with another look at the Tyros 3
instrumentation, this times vibraphones, xylophones, drums, percussion and the silly noise department.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's T3 pages
On this week's Innovations, Hank Smith tells US listeners how to watch UK
tv, complete with audio description of those programs that have it and many
do, through the
UKTV2C
Then Terry Hadley talks about using libraries in Windows 7.
We end the program with another look at Tyros 3 instrumentation; this time
bases, electric, acoustic and synthetic.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's T3 pages
On this week's Innovations, John Hess concludes his talk on recording for
podcasts and looks at mixing speech with music.
We then look at more of the instrumentation on the Tyros 3: this time it's
guitars with a mandolin thrown in for good measure.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's T3 pages
On this week's Innovations, John Hess continues his workshop on podcasting.
From high tech, we move to very low tech and talk about a device for
ensuring wasps don't build nests in your house or garden available from
Amazon.co.uk
Finally, Chrissie continues her series on the Tyros 3 instrumentation, this time with clarinets, flutes and bassoons and some other interesting sounds.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's T3 pages
On this week's Innovations, Jorgen Hansson shows us how to put a midi file on the Tyros 3's hard disk, then play the file in the Tyros 3 sequencer.
We next have part 1 of a workshop given by John Hess on how to podcast.
Following that Kelly Sapergia reviews the new software pack from Humanware for the Victor Reader Stream
http://www.humanware.com
Finally Chrissie Cochrane looks at saxophones on the Tyros 3.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's T3 pages
On this week's Innovations, Mike Arrigo concludes his look at the new Ipod
Touch using IOS4.
Lynn White then tells us how to access podcasts using ITunes, using the Innovations podcast for the demo.
Finally Chrissie Cochrane brings us more Tyros 3 instruments, this time solo brass and a few synth sounds.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's T3 pages
On this week's show, Chrissie Cochrane brings us part 2 of the review of the Yamaha SPX 90.
We follow that with Part 1 of Mike Arrigo's look at the new Ipod Touch running Apple's IOS 4 operating system.
The final item is more Tyros 3 instrumentation. This week Chrissie looks at brass and synth sounds.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's T3 pages
On this week's Innovations, Steve Bauer talks to Chris Cooke from Dice Eloectronics about a new HD radio they've brought out in the US that's accessible to the visually impaired, called the Vision Free available from
www.diceelectronics.com
I next look at a piece of old but good technology, the Yahama SPX90 effects box. After this, Shawn Klein tells us more of the history of Dosvox.
We end the program with a further look at the Tyros 3 instrumentation: this time it's choirs various.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's T3 pages
On this week's Innovations we have part 2 of the discussion on the IPhone 4, after which Darren Duff demonstrates a USB portable charger called the Proporta.
We then hear about Skype 2.0 for the IPhone.
Finally Chrissie demonstrates the wide range of strings on the Tyros 3.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's T3 pages.
On this week's Innovations, we have three major items and one shorter one.
Firstly we hear from Michael Lauf, Ricki Inger and Mike Calvo discussing the new Apple IPhone 4 and the new Ios4.
Next I talk a little about a company that wishes to improve how we hear sound, - with their release of two new sets of earbud headphones.
Then we hear from Patrick Turnage who tells us about the IDMate Summet abailable in the USA from
En-Vision America
or, in the UK, from
Force Ten Company
Finally, it's Part 3 of my look at the Tyros 3 instrumentation. This time we look at organs, and there are plenty to choose from.
For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's Yamaha T3 pages.
On this week's Innovations, Carlos Melimedo gives us a demo of the Blackbury 8520 smartphone using the Oratio screen reader software from Humanware.
After that we have a light-hearted look at the Vuvuzela - low tech at its best.
We follow that with Antonio Gararas giving us a brief look at the new NLS player.
Finally there's the second part of my series looking at the instrumentation
on the Tyros 3. For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person, visit
Wally's Yamaha T3 pages.
On this week's program, Troy Cline of the Goddard Space Flight Center Sun-Earth Day team takes us on an audio-described tour of the space shuttle middeck.
Next we have a report from United Nations Radio on a new development in laser cane technology.
Following that, Shawn Klein tells us about the first Brazillian screenreader Dosvox.
Chrissie cochrane then starts a series about the instruments available on the Yamaha Tyros 3. For additional help and information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person visit Wally's Yamaha T3 pages
Finally, with a little time in hand, we look at the AM band in the twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul.
This week's Innovations is a radio review special, with 4 radios being reviewed.
Firstly, Tim Hindle reviews the Speechmaster Radio by Cobolt Systems,
available in the UK and Europe from
Cobolt Speechmaster
and in the USA from
Blind Mice Mart
then, Michael Lauf reviews three radios, two of which are also HD and one which is a portable. They are:
On this week's Innovations, Jorgen Hansson gives us a listen to Mobilespeak in Swedish, Mike Lauf of the Serotalk Podcast talks with Peter Bosley, Justin Romac and Scott Recowski, who compare the PC with the Mac.
Finally we scan the fm band in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul and look at what's there, both in fm and hd.
In this edition, Michael Lauf from Serotalk talks with Kevin Reeves and Corey Ballard about watching tv on the pc and Mac. This is followed by Chrissie Cochrane who gives the final talk on Winamp which summarizes what's already been said in the previous six editions and talks about the Gen Metadata plugin, one of the plugin's available for broadcasters.
In this week's program, Kelly Sapergia reviews Entombed a new dungeon game and chrissie looks at the SQR crossfade plugin for Winamp
On this week's program, we hear from Jorgen Hansson who tells us Tyros 3 users how to import .wav files onto the instrument's hard disk. Further information about using the Tyros 3 as a visually impaired person can be found at Wally's T3 pages We then hear once again from Michael Lauff of Serotalk about three relatively inexpensive scanning and reading packages. Finally in my discourse on Winamp, I look at the playlist editor.
In this edition of Innovations, installing Skype Talking, the do's and don'ts of email and part 4 of Chrissie's look at Winamp.
In this week's edition, Hrvoje Katic from Zagrebe tells us all about the latest version of Skype Talking. Next, Stuart Lawler presents a feature about the Plextor Pocket DAISY player/recorder. Then, Chrissie continues her look at Winamp. This week part one of a look at the preferences menu. Finally, Stuart Lawler then talks about the recent passing of Torsten > Brand. Torsten was well known for his innovative work in the development of Talks and Zooms, software which provides speech output and magnification for users of mobile phones which supported the software.
In this edition of Innovations, we hear from Amy Philipi about Slacker Radio. then we have an interview with Jeff Bishop and Jamie Pauls about what's new in Window-Eyes 7.2. plus scripts for various programs. Finally Chrissie brings you Part 2 of her beginners' Guide to Winamp.
Geoff demonstrates the new timezone selection feature on the Global Voice schedule page. Chrissie commences a tutorial on Winamp. Geoff then returns with a follow-up interview about the Wayfinder Access petition.
First up this week, Steve Cutway reviews the Audio 655 USB Stereo PC Headset from Plantronics. Next, Geoff Shang speaks with Jamie Teh of NV Access about NVDA 2010.1 which has just been released. Finally, thanks to Blind Cool Tech, Christopher Millsap demonstrates accessibility features present in Android 2.0 phones.
First up this week, Geoff explains what File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is and how to use it, and briefly demonstrates the Filezilla FTP Client. Next, Chrissie shows us how musicians can get their music played on Amazing Radio through AmazingTunes.com. And CJ demonstrates EasyCleaner.
First, Geoff interviews Dave Williams of Dolphin Computer Access about version 11.5 of their screen access products. Next, CJ demonstrates the Hamilton Beach talking microwave. And finally Edwin demonstrates the Moodio service for listening to INternet radio on your mobile phone.
First up this week, Kelly shows us what's new in the latest firmware release for the VictorReader Stream from HumanWare. Next, Geoff speaks with Stavros Papastavrou from Vision Scientific about their VisionHunt range of mobile phone software products. Naama and DJ Cuckoo then show us some of the new features of Qwitter version 4 (currently still in beta), and then Chrissie presents the final part of her Lets Talk Radio series.
This week Chrissie demonstrates the self-voicing website BlindForum.org.uk, Julia interviews Michael Lauf of Serotek about the System Access Mobile Network, we give you the first clue in our Treasure Hunt contest, and Chrissie returns with part 7 of her Lets Talk Radio series.
Last month, Wayfinder announced that they have discontinued development of a number of their products, including Wayfinder Access. Geoff speaks with Neil Barnfather of TalkNav about the situation and the online petition which has been set up to try and get some questions answered about the future of Wayfinder Access for its users.
Also on the program, Julia reviews the Prepology 12-piece Magnetic Measuring Cup and Spoon Set, Naama interviews Geoff about the Email attacks that have been occuring on blindness-related Email lists, and Chrissie presents part 6 of her series entitled Lets Talk Radio.
This week's program features two presentations from Blind Cool Tech. The first presentation talks about listening to books on the iPod, and the second looks at tweeting from the iPhone and other iPhone apps. Finally, Chrissie presents part 4 of her Lets Talk Radio series.
This week, Kelly demonstrates the JSonar script for JFW, for use with Cakewalk Sonar. And Chrissie presents part 3 of her series on radio.
First up this week, CJ demonstrates the Voice Control Alarm Clock from Moshi Lifestyle. Next ,we hear a demonstration of Guide from Software Express. Finally, Chrissie presents part 2 of her series on radio.
This week, Geoff reviews Monopoly from RS Games, and Chrissie begins a series on radio.
Julia starts this week's show, talking about crock pots. Next, Geoff reviews and demonstrates Battery Extender from Ravensoft, software to help conserve battery usage on Symbian S60 phones. Finally, Julia returns to talk about carrying cases for netbooks and CDs.
We start things out with the iBill talking banknote identifier from Orbit Research, an accurate and afordable bill identifier for the US. We move on to look at a really cool computer game, Q9 from Blastbay Studios , and we round things off with a segment on the autoharp and miking it.
This week, Chrissie revisits some of the many highlights of the 2009 series of Innovations.
First, Geoff provides a couple of updates to answers given in last week's show. Next, Chrissie interviews Caroline Ragot of Code Factory about Mobile Speak version 4, due out early next year. Finally, Geoff returns with a look at TweetS60 by Ravensoft.
This week, Geoff and Chrissie attempt to answer your technical questions.
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First up this week, Wally demonstrates the Intel Reader, a new device for reading printed material.
Next, Chrissie interviews Dave Williams from Dolphin about EasyReader 5.10 and its adoption by New College Worcester.
Following this is an interview with Brian Hartgen about the latest releases from T and T Consultancy, as well as his own projects, including his JFW scripts for Stationplaylist Studio.
Finally, Geoff talks briefly about card readers.
This week, Kelly shows us how we can enjoy content from Serotek's System Access Mobile Network on the VictorReader Stream, and we hear the second part of Geoff's interview about the BrailleNote Apex.
This week on Innovations, we have the first of a 2 part interview with Matthew Janusauskas from HumanWare about the new BrailleNote Apex. In this part, we concentrate on the hardware and some of the software, and how it differs from previous models.
We also have part 2 of the podcast from The Maccessibility Network about Pro Tools.
We hear a bit about the new BrailleNote Apex from HumanWare, with more to come in upcoming weeks. We learn all about Dropbox, and we hear the first of a twop-part interview with Slau Halatyn about accessibility improvements in Pro Tools for the Mac, thanks to The Maccessibility Network.
First, Wally introduces us to the Burnside P230 desktop mobile phone from the RNIB. Next, Kelly demonstrates the HumanWare Companion software for managing your VictorReader Stream. And Julia interviews Toni Fraser once again, this time about her new book Exploring Outlook 2007 with JAWS.
We start off with a review of a new product from the RNIB called the PenFriend Audio Labeller, which is on major sale in the States until next week.
We go on to hear about a relatively new product from Serotek called Accessible Event - how to make web workshops or presentations accessible.
We finish off with part 3 of our interview with Eric Damery from Freedom Scientific about JAWS 11. In this part we ask Eric the difficult questions, such as why the product is so pricy, how does it compare with the free screen readers out there, quality of FS's tech support and the philosophy behind Freedom Scientific and how he sees the future of JAWS.
We start off witha review of the Rival Vacuum Sealer that will help you keep your foods fresh, we move on to a segment about a great service for Ebooks, and then we move on to part 2 out of 3 of Geoff Shang's talk with Eric Damery from Freedom Scientific about JAWS 11. This week Eric focuses on some more very interesting features of JAWS 11, including support for aria, ITunes and the new Windows Live messenger.
We round things up with another part of our Recorded Audio series.
Naama hosts this week's show, due to Chrissie being on holidays.
We start with an update to last week's segment from Julia on the Hamilton Beach Grill.
Next, Steve Bauer tells about HearTheBill, a project to make the text of the health reform bill HR 3200 accessible.
This is followed by an item about the CL Blue Hook from Geemarc Telecom, which allows you to hear your mobile phone through a hearing aid, via bluetooth.
We then hear the first of a three-part interview with Eric Dammery of Freedom Scientific, about the recently released JAWS 11 public beta. This week, Eric introduces JAWS 11 and demonstrates the much talked-about Research It feature.
Finally, we conclude this week's program with part 4 of Chrissie's series on the history of recorded sound.
This week we begin with a quick look at the new features in the JAWS 11 public beta.
Next, Julia demonstrates her Hamilton Beach Contact Grill with Removable Plates.
Geoff and Johanna take a look at Best Profiles from SmartphoneWare, profile management software for Symbian 60 phones.
Kelly shows us how to perform text searches on the VictorReader Stream, and Chrissie continues her look at the history of recorded sound.
We begin with two short announcements. The first is about a new publication called Internet Explorer 8 with Jaws, Window-Eyes, and System Access by Anna Dresner, and the second is about the inclusion of audio described programs on the BBC Iplayer (possibly UK only).
Next, Julia interviews Toni Fraser about her new book Exploring Word 2007 with JAWS, and Lynn demonstrates JDVoiceMail.
We then hear a presentation from Matthew Horsepool on using sustain pedals with MIDI instruments, and Chrissie brings us part 2 of her series on recorded audio.
We start off with a tiny segment referring back to the Cobolt Colour detector from last week, thanks to a loyal listener who wrote in.
We move on to discuss the Optacon. Steve Bauer gives a wonderful talk, explaining functionality and features, and it is very clear why it is still so popular.
We move on to an extensive review by Jorgen Hansson of the Edirol R09HR - an amazing high-end recorder.
We round things up with the first in a series of short and fascinating segments from Chrissie about the history of audio.
This week on Innovations we will first have a short talk on the Nokia e71. This phone is now being offered by a number of companies (including AT&T), and its qwerty keyboard can be a challenge.
We move on to an interview with Dennis Lembree, maker of AccessibleTwitter.com, and we round things up with a review of a colour identifier from Cobolt Systems.
We begin with an interview with Kimberly Wenger from Virginia Tech about their Blind Driver Challenge. We then discuss and launch The Global Voice' Program Gallery. We then hear a demonstration of Fideliphone preview 7, and finally Chrissie shows us her database of radio databases.
We start off with an interview with a representative from Quantum technology and a little scoop about Braille displays and Linux. We move on to look at some gadgets for the kitchen which were purchased from the RNIB store. We review the Jaws tandem feature and get a demonstration of how it works, we look at cool accessibility to maps with ViewPlus Technologies and we round off with a feature about and a demonstration of Qwitter, an accessible, open source client for twitter.
Mobile phones are so much more than phones these days. There is so much choice of phones and of accessibility software - what should we look for? How do we make an informed choice? What should we do to taim the phone in order to make the installation and use of said software easier? Also, what is new and exciting in Talks version 4? Geoff discusses these topics and more on our feature segment in Innovations this week. We also hear what is new from Cobolt Systems, and we will get a sneak peek at a new and exciting dual printer from ViewPlus.
In this weeks show, what is new in Dolphin's world? Also, a feature on Spyware Doctor and Malware Bytes. We then go to Austria and find out about modular braille displays, and round up with a presentation from Dancing Dots.
This week, Geoff Shang talks briefly about a text-only Twitter client called TTYtter, and we hear a podcast from Shane Jackson about the new Apple Iphone 3GS.
We start with an interview with a representative from Braille without Boarders in India who are working on a wonderful project to make accessibility technology more affordable. We go on to hear what is new at Code Factory, and round things up with highlights from a presentation on the BookSense from GW Micro.
We start off with a demonstration of a new mainstream talking GPS unit called The Kapten from Kapsys, we have an extensive segment from Kelly Sapergia on Twitter, we look at the Braille Sense and round up with a device that helps navigate shopping malls and cinemas.
Naama Erez hosts this show containing interviews from SightCity.
We hear about the new COBRA screen reader from Baum, the new Trekker Breaze from HumanWare, we hear about a laptop for the blind from Eurobraille, and hear from Vistac about their canes, light detector, colour identifier and acoustic orientator.
We start with some reflections about the new iPhone 3GS from Apple. We then hear an extensive interview and presentation on Solona, and the final part of the Yamaha Tyros3 demo.
We start with two more interviews from Site City this week, the first with Rehan Electronics and the second with Quantum Technology. We conclude with part 3 of our demonstration of the Yamaha Tyros3.
This week we continue our interviews from SightCity. We speak with Dolphin about version 11 of their screen reading and magnification software, , we speak with Acapela Group about their speech synthesis products , we hear about a new set-top box which brings accessibility to blind TV viewers in Germany, and we round up with part 2 of the Tyros3 demo.
We continue our series of interviews from SightCity. We speak with CareTec about 3 new products - a way-finding device with in-built light detector, a scientific calculator and a portable DAISy player. We also speak with HumanWare about their newest print magnification products. And we begin a 4-part series of demonstrations looking at the Yamaha Tyros3.
We begin our series of interviews from the SightCity adaptive technology exhibition held in Frankfurt, Germany. We begin with an interview with Sensotec, primarily about their OCR system called The Reporter. We also speak with Metec AG about a multi-line graphical Braille display currently under development. And we conclude Lynn White's series on StationPlaylist.
We start out with a review and demonstration by Geoff Shang of Mundu Radio, an Internet radio application for your mobile phone. and we conclude with part 2 of Lynn White's tutorial on StationPlaylist.
On the first edition of Innovations, we discuss and demonstrate the Webradio from Solutions Radio. We also begina 3-part series with Lynn White on StationPlaylist Studio and StationPlaylist Creator.
We wish to thank Solutions Radio and StationPlaylist for their support of The Global Voice.