Accessible World

HumanWare Group Worldwide CEO Gilles Pepin and Pierre Hamel, Vice President
of R&D for HumanWare To Provide A Unique "Up Close" Look Into Company's
Operations and Vision For Its Future.
Many of you may have heard that the former president of HumanWare Canada has recently become the CEO of the HumanWare Group. Tech Talk has invited Gilles Pepin to join us and discuss HumanWare. Tech Talk participants will hear Gilles talk about his history in the Assistive Technology industry and how he developed his former company Visuaide best known for launching the Victor Reader in 1998.

What is it like to make a living writing about the wrongdoing of big corporations or our very government itself? How does a columnist go about verifying that facts he has found are true? How much time goes in to writing a column and does it vary and why? Where do ideas come from?

During this week's Books and Beyond Internet Talk show, sponsored by the
Accessible World, attention will be focused on one man's choice based not
only on need, but on a conviction that he had to do the best he could for
the two young children who call him daddy.

as Hostess Bonnie Blose talks with Glen Schulz, author of "unlawful Flight,
A Memoir", a dramatic, intriguing and real life story will unfold. You
will learn how he met the daily challenges, juggled child care, employment,
and personal relationships, how his, decision impacted family and friends,

Jenny goes through the email program on the Icon. She shows how to set up accounts and send and receive. We also discuss many other features in the email program.

Presenter: Woody Anna Dresner, National Braille Press.
Email: adresner@nbp.org
888-965-8965
http://www.nbp.org
Computer users worldwide are meeting the daily challenge of harnessing the
power of Google, the largest, most complete, and popular Internet search
engine available today. Attendees at this week's Accessible World Tek Talk
event WILL BE PROVIDED an introduction to using Google based on the book
"Get Going with Google", which was originally an audio tutorial created by
Jonathan Mosen that our presenter, Anna Dresner, later adapted to written

Hostess Bonnie Blose will interview Madeline Buzzard, a professional
narrator from the American Printing House for the Blind Recording Studio in
Louisville, Kentucky. This fascinating program will reveal just what is
involved in the narration process, skills required to make the printed page
become alive in audio format, whether NLS narrators can choose the books
they read, and, as an added bonus, the activities outside the recording
studio that fill this special narrator's daily life.

Presenters:: Walt Kramer Email: wokwest@charter.net and Ken Trebelhorn (lvti@charter.net
)While most people know that Kurzweil 1000 provides blind users access to
printed and electronic materials through its excellent optical character
recognition scanning program, few really know how to use the many other
extremely valuable tools within the software. During Monday's online Tek
Talk training event, sponsored by the Accessible World, Walt Kramer and Ken
Trebelhorn, assistive technology trainers working as independent contractors

LevelStar is pleased to announce that, our soon-to-be-released 1.1 software package
will include support for NLS digital talking books, as well as content from Audible.com.
for a preview of how these exciting new features are to be implemented
on the Icon and Braille +.
Contacts:
Jenny Axler
jaxler@levelstar.com
,Michael Jones
mjones@levelstar.com

Throughout a lifetime, every individual has the unique opportunity to make
choices that will ultimately determine the course of his/her life and how it
will impact others. During this week's live event of Books and Beyond, the
popular Internet talk show sponsored by the Accessible World, you will be
intrigued to learn how one man overcame a physical disability and much
prejudice to not only attain personal success in the education field but has
been successful in using all his talents and experiences to build a
meaningful network of support for others. As Hostess Bonnie Blose

Don Wardlow blind baseball color man was our guest in the Sports Talk Room. We shall also discuss Super Bowl 42. John Beaulieu will play an interview of John hannah, former patriot Tackle. he will discuss how he prepares for a big game.

comprehensive overview of the new Microsoft Office 2007 by Karen McCall, M.S. of Karlen Communications, a recognized trainer and consultant on digital environment accessibility. She will discuss many of the features of the software and provide valuable tips for setting up Outlook 2007 for anyone using adaptive technology and how to make the two programs work together better.
Contact: Karlen Communications, Ontario, Canada
Web: www.iprimus.ca/~martha/table.htm

Lisa Wingate, Inspirational Speaker, Magazine Columnist, and National
Bestselling Author, was our Guest On Books and Beyond and is internationally known for her novels
filled with love of family and the importance of memories handed down from
generation to generation. Author of nine novels, including the Tending Roses
series, she writes not only of the importance of family but the value of
place for each of us in the community in which we live. She believes we are
all called to add something good to the world, to inspire and uplift, and

Probably the most talked about topic among computer users of assistive devices is
the inaccessibility of many websites. Unfortunately, for most the talk is just that:
Talk. During the upcoming Accessible World Tek Talk online event, however, you will
have the privilege of meeting a technology expert who has done much more than talk
about the problem. He has developed core technology and led the development of InFocus(tm),
the industry's first commercial software for testing Web accessibility.
Tim Springer, co-founder of SSB Bart Group and the chief architect of the Accessibility

Jenny and Michael discuss a new feature coming to the Icon.
The next version will introduce file sharing on the Icon. We had a lot of
good discussion about this new feature.

Personally experiencing travel in far away places provides more in-depth awareness
and information about people, customs and places than can ever be learned elsewhere.
However, not everyone is fortunate enough to have opportunities to enhance their
lives in this way. Many must simply rely upon information shared by those who have
actually traveled and lived in other countries.
During the upcoming Books and Beyond Internet Talk Show, sponsored by the Accessible
World, the virtual audience will have an opportunity to listen to hostess Bonnie

A Unique "Up Close" Look Into HumanWare's Operations and Vision For Its
Future, Part 2, and An Update on VR Stream Version 1.2.
Those of you who joined us January 7 for the special Tech Talk featuring the
up close look at HumanWare with Gilles Pepin, CEO and Pierre Hamel Vice
President of Research and Development may remember that Pierre was unable to
complete his presentation due to Internet issues that disrupted the
Accessible World broadcast. Pierre has graciously accepted to repeat that
presentation for us February 18.

Rick Harmon, a recognized technology trainer, will discuss and demonstrate Callburner
and several other recording methods now available.
Contact Rick Harmon at his webpage and podcast feed at:
http://www.blind-geek-zone.net
or his web Blog at
http://blind-geek-zone.blogspot.com/
Email:
rickharmon@sbcglobal.net

hostess Bonnie Blose talks with Bob Koppenjan, self-defense expert and fitness trainer. Not only has Mr. Koppenjan earned distinction in the martial arts, has his name registered in the Japanese hall of records in Tokyo, is a recognized, highly qualified certified personal trainer, but is also the designer of the Out of Sight Program, an affordable health and fitness program for the blind.

Larry Lewis, President of Flying Blind LLC, will showcase the entire
line of wireless Braille displays manufactured by Baum Retek, a European-based manufacturer
with decades of experience developing products for persons who are vision impaired.
The virtual audience will be taken on a tour of the hardware of these displays and
will hear a demonstration of methods for efficiently using these displays to wirelessly
access a PC as well as Mobilespeak-equipped PDAs and Smartphones.
Additionally, Lewis will discuss how these displays have complimented his abilities

Safety Tips for Blind Individuals, Part 2

Accidents and acts of violence occur in all environments, and it is generally believed
that there is an abundance of information available to address such issues. That
is unless you are blind. Then, the availability of quality information is extremely
scarce. The upcoming Books and Beyond Internet talk show, sponsored by the Accessible
World, will focus on this issue and provide valuable information to help us prepare
for and act wisely when danger strikes, especially in the home and everyday life.

During this Tek Talk online event, Innovative Rehabilitation Technology, Inc. (IRTI) of Grass Valley, California will provide two related presentations: eClipseWriter 4.0 Scanning to DAISY and how eClipseReader and writer work together to provide instant
remote access to accessible media.
Attendees will first learn how eClipseWriter Professional 4.0, now powered by Abby
FineReader 8, integrates document scanning and DAISY book and Personal use. Then,
eClipseWriter's new scanning, word processing and automated Save to DAISY features

Have you ever wondered what knowledge and skills a manuscript editor must possess
to be successful? Do you know what steps are involved in getting writings published?
How does editing an anthology differ from editing one's own writing? These are just
a few questions hostess Bonnie Blose will ask her guest, Marilyn Brandt Smith, during
this week's Books and Beyond, an internet talk show sponsored by the Accessible World.
Ms. Smith, a former rehabilitation center director and mother of two adult blind
children, is a published writer of poetry and numerous articles. Recently, she has

Doug Geoffray, Co-Owner of GW Micro, will first demonstrate to the Accessible World Tek Talk audience
the many new features of 7.0. Then, he will devote the majority of the presentation
discussing and demonstrating the new and powerful scripting abilities. He will provide
a background of what scripting is, how it integrates into Window-Eyes and how it
will increase productivity for blind computer users.
Doug Geoffray
GW Micro Co-Owner, VP Product Development and Support
Email: doug@gwmicro.com
Web: http://www.gwmicro.com
Phone: 260-489-3671

hostess Bonnie Blose chats with writer Rose Madeline Mula about how she has
used her former corporate employment as an executive assistant, a public
relations specialist, and theater chain operations manager to hone her
technical writing skills and ultimately lead her to humor writing.
Anyone reading her book, "If These Are Laugh Line, I'm Having Way Too Much
Fun", a collection of 45 short humorous essays about the inevitability of
aging, the frustrations of dealing with voice mail menus, the generation
gap, challenges of the computer age, and almost everything else that annoys

During the upcoming Accessible World Tek Talk online event Larry Gassman and other
members of the Tek Talk planning committee will provide an overview of the products
and services displayed during the 23rd annual CSUN technology conference held March
10-15th 2008 in Los Angeles. A project of the California State University Northridge
Center on Disabilities, the conference is known as the longest-running and largest
annual university sponsored conference on technology and persons with disabilities
in the world.

LevelStar presents many of the new features and changes in
release 1.1 of the Icon/Braille+ software.

This week's Tek Talk event will feature the version for Maestro and Trekker, a small
yet powerful, fully accessible and easy to use handheld device with many solutions
such as Calendar, Contacts, wireless Email, Web browser, Media Player, Daisy player,
Voice notes, Text notes and a File Explorer.
Trekker GPS features many popular and innovative application such as: Where am I
information, GPS status, creation and search of Points of interest, Route creation,
virtual Browsing offline, free mode navigation and many more.
Sam Adler, Market Development Manager for HumanWare.

Longtime DFW radio personality and current host for Zig Ziglar's weekly Inspire Podcast
on ziglar.com, BLAKE LINDSAY will be the guest on this week's Books and Beyond, the
Internet Talk Show hosted by Bonnie Blose and sponsored by the Accessible World.
Throughout the show, blind and visually impaired individuals will identify and share
his trials and tribulations of developing habitation skills in a sighted world, his
passion for radio, his career in radio as a disc jockey, experiences making a win-win
partnership with employers who gambled hiring him, How he overcame the challenges

Dean Martineau will discuss and demonstrate Windows Vista Speech Recognition, a powerful feature of this operating system that has received less promotion than it deserves. He will discuss who can best benefit from this feature, some thoughts on how this approach to speech recognition compares with Dragon Naturally Speaking, then provide a tutorial on its use, both with System Access as the screen reader and using the J-Vist package from T & T Consultancy.

Attendees at this week’s Internet talk show Books and Beyond will learn how the business
needs of authors of all backgrounds, from academics to freelancers, are organized
and promoted by the Copyright Clearance Center under the directorship of Christopher
Kenneally. If you are an aspiring author, you definitely will want to join hostess
Bonnie Blose as she talks with Mr. Kenneally to learn how authors can find and make
the best impression on agents and editors.
Mr. Kenneally is also well known as host and moderator for an ongoing series of writing

Did you know there is now a portable device that recognizes flat and solid objects
through the eyes of a digital camera! Did you know there is a hand-held device that
is a real computer with Windows XP and 60GB Hard Disk, slightly bigger than a palm,
able to recognize objects in less than ten seconds? Did you know a device exists
that can read books, magazines and newspapers of any size and complexity up to two
complete pages at a time, text on boxes, bottles, cans, and medicines , as well as
texts found on TVs and LCD displays? Whatever the camera frames, the device reads

Life for this week's guest on Books and Beyond, the Internet Talk Show hosted by
Bonnie Blose, has been filled with many challenges. However, with determination and
singleness of purpose she has used them to build an award-winning career as a journalist,
columnist, editor, serious blogger, soon to be published novelist of "The Best Worst
Year", as well as and non-fiction author.
Candy Hammond's twice monthly column, "Pop Goes The Culture" in the Cape Cod Times
has earned her recognition as a pop culture expert and has led to appearances on

Chess has been defined many ways but most will agree that it is not merely an idle
amusement but essentially in its essence it is a game, in its form an art, and in
its execution a science. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the
course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits,
ready on all occasions. the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during
the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older games
of Indian and Persian Origin dating back somewhere before 600 A.D.. Today, while

This week's guest on the Internet talk show Books and Beyond, hosted by Bonnie Blose,
has achieved national and international recognition for outstanding leadership in
a number of areas affecting the lives of thousands of blind and visually impaired
individuals. Kim Charlson , herself totally blind, has consistently displayed outstanding
leadership capabilities. In pursuing her own education, she became one of the few
blind people in the United States to earn a master's degree in library and information
science. Then, following 16 years as the Service Management Librarian and Assistant

The next Accessible World Tek Talk online training event will explore the musical
world with Bill McCann, Founder and President of Dancing Dots, a United States, based
company with customers in more than 40 countries, that has been providing solutions
to challenges faced by blind musicians worldwide since 1992. He will demonstrate
the Goodfeel Braille Music Translator, any sighted musician with no knowledge of
Braille can scan and edit print notation and convert it to the equivalent braille
notation. The translator also enables Blind musicians to independently create print

Are you aware that 160,000 kids miss school everyday due to bullying and school violence that 950,000 students across the United States bring weapons to school every month, and that Schools now report over a quarter of a million students per month are being physically attacked during the school day? These statistics clearly indicate a problem of nearly epidemic proportion and one that needs meaningful solutions.

Determining the importance of computer games in education has resulted in significant
research throughout the world. While opinions of researchers vary, it is generally
believed that computer games are the most frequently used interactive media for children
and young adults and that computer games are already a phenomenon of greater cultural
importance to all ages than movies, or perhaps even sports.. The gaming industry
is believed by many to be the catalyst that is driving the propagation of new and
improved operating systems since statistics substantiate that more time is spent

This week’s Books and Beyond guest, Chuck Goldstone, is a man of many talents. He is an accomplished writer and nationally renowned speaker, author, educator, radio commentator, corporate administrator, consultant and trainer, the creator of Word-of-Mouth™ and is acknowledged nationally as the developer of innovative and highly effective new hire communication and orientation programs.

Are you blind or visually impaired? Do you take prescription medications? Do you
know someone else who does? Are you concerned about remembering your prescription
instructions and information? Are you bothered that you have to rely on others to
read your prescription information? Are you looking for a way to safely and independently
manage your medications? If you answered YES to any of these questions, ScripTalk
Station is for you!
During the upcoming Tek Talk online event sponsored by the Accessible World, you

You are invited to attend this week's Books and Beyond Internet Talk Show hosted by Bonnie Blose and sponsored by the Accessible World. Her guest, W. Bruce Cameron, is the author of the Internet column "The Cameron Column, and two humorous books, "8 Simple Rules for Marrying My Daughter" and "How To Remodel A Man". The discussion will include methods of writing and influences that affect those methods.

Contact: W. Bruce Cameron
Web: http://www.brucecameron.com

Are you trying to decide which MP3 player to buy, or would you like to know how to
use your MP3 player more effectively? If so, Anna Dresner's new book, A Pocketful
of Sound, available from National Braille Press can help. It compares and describes
a variety of mainstream and adaptive players and includes instructions for their
use.
The Accessible World is excited about having Anna Dresner as its presenter during
the upcoming regular Monday event. Anna will describe some key features of the book.
She will then demonstrate searching for and downloading music from Amazon.com's MP3

Throughout her varied career as a writer, editor, teacher, and performance artist, Books and Beyond guest feminist Terry Wolverton has consistently worked to document Gay and Lesbian history and increase the visibility of the community. This dedication to the feminist political movement caused much personal frustration initially in securing meaningful curriculum in a number of educational institutions in both the United States and Canada and then later in securing satisfactory employment in the performing arts.

A world renowned, Harvard-trained pathologist and scientist and professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, the home of the highest level bio-safety laboratory in the United States. Although Dr. Boor will explain in some detail his important research that affects the health and safety of millions on planet earth, the focus of the event will be his hobby as a poet and novelist.

"HumanWare is proud to present the most recent GPS Orientation tool: Trekker Breeze!
This new, all-in one device , easy and simple tool will assist you in your daily
travel, providing automatically most valuable information such as Where you are,
What's around and Where to go next. The Breeze will allow you to record your favorite
landmarks and routes, in the easiest manor. Only nine buttons to give you all the
security you need to enjoy outdoor travel in confidence. This device is small, smart
and it's operation is yet so simple!

This week's Books and Beyond guest, Rick Horowitz,is well known as an award-winning Syndicated Columnist and Writing Coach of satire and offbeat commentary on politics, news, lifestyles, and other topics of general interest. Though serving as a successful criminal defense attorney for a prestigious law firm and working as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill, his keen interest in good writing soon led him to leave the legal profession to pursue a full-time writing career.

Whether we're working or playing, at home or on the road, access to digital information
has become essential in our daily lives. Ricky Enger of Serotek Corporation will
join us to discuss and demonstrate software from Serotek enabling computer users
to access information anytime, anywhere.
We'll explore the concept of the Accessible Digital Lifestyle using several tools
from Serotek, including SAToGo, a free, web-based screen reader, the System Access
Mobile Network, and much, much more.

Contact: Ricky Enger, Marketing Representative, Serotek Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

for 28 years of the popular Playback cassette magazine and as the President and C.E.O.
of Playback Marketing, will be the special guest this week on Books and Beyond, the
Internet Talk Show hosted by Bonnie Blose.
Among many of his accomplishments, he served for many years as a speech and communications
professor. Additionally, during his work in radio and television, he composed and
narrated many commercials, the most famous being the first Mountain Dew commercial..
You will not want to miss his backward glance teaching speech communications years

Protecting one's identity and being scam smart are two important ingredients in today's living regardless of your age, gender, and/or affluence. This week's Books and Beyond guest, Steve Weisman, to be interviewed by host Bonnie Blose is a recognized legal expert in these areas. Mr. Weisman currently provides weekly legal commentaries on the nationally syndicated Doug Stephan Good Day Show and host of the syndicated radio show "A Touch of Grey that is broadcast throughout the country..

Just when we think we’ve heard about all the newest technology that provides independence
and employment opportunities to the blind and visually impaired, we learn about the
Tag-It Guide developed by Dr. ger and Lienert Informationsmanagement GbR of Marburg,
Germany.
This system, based on the RFID -technology (Radio frequency, allows identification
of objects that are provided with tags or transponders and displays information via
a computer, a PDA or some other small device. The tags are small self-adhesive labels

Former co-host of the Folk Connection with Marvin Rush on ACB Radio, this week’s Books and Beyond guest, Lori McCloud, will discuss with Host Bonnie Blose her current certification and internship in utilizing the healing qualities of music for the sick and terminally ill. Much of the interview and question period will be devoted to the 28-day sleep study in which she recently participated.

Tech Talk is pleased to welcome back Gerry Chevalier, Victor Reader Product Manager from HumanWare to update us on the latest news for the Stream. Gerry
will focus on the exciting new features and improvements in software version
2.0 the most comprehensive software upgrade yet released for the Stream.
Past Tech Talk presentations on the Stream have been very popular and an
excellent way to learn first hand from HumanWare about the advances to this
versatile DAISY, NISO, and MP3 player and voice recorder.

HumanWare Contact Info:
Australia: au.sales@humanware.com

On Books and Beyond this week, host Bonnie Blose will interview guest, Paul Harris,who has spent nearly thirty years in radio broadcasting serving as host of morning shows in Washington DC, New York City, Philadelphia, and Hartford before coming to St. Louis in 1999. His written work has appeared in the op-ed page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and hundreds of his columns and podcasts are available on the website, http://www.harrisOnline.com.