Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday, January 29, 2015 – Volume 494

The Week’s News in Access Technology

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News

1A.) J-Say Major Update

The J-Say package for hands-free computer use with JAWS is about to get a major update next week, with lower prices and considerable improvement. Read about it here:
http://www.hartgen.org/node/285

1B.) A podcast discussing the new features is here

http://www.hartgen.org/laircastfiles/laircast04.mp3

2.) Window-Eyes 9 Certification Program

The Window-Eyes Certification Program, which lets you demonstrate your competence in the program is now available for version 9. It still costs $99 to obtain this certification, but as of 27 February, this price will soar to $149:
http://www.mailing-sender.net/3d1n3e5kd8at654/40b/1124ta19.html

HowToGeek weighs in with two enticing articles:

3A.) “Go Wireless and Never Connect a Cable to Your iPhone Again”

http://www.howtogeek.com/207752/go-wireless-and-never-connect-a-cable-to-your-iphone-again/

3B.) How to Quickly Batch Rename Files

And “How to Quickly Batch Rename Files on Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux”:
http://www.howtogeek.com/207503/how-to-quickly-batch-rename-files-on-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux/

4.) Online Convert

Online Convert purports to allow us to convert audio, images, videos and documents to many formats for free:
http://www.online-convert.com/

5.) CAVI Enrollment Deadline

The enrollment deadline for the interesting assortment of courses from CAVI is 1 February:
http://wiki.cucat.org/index.php?n=Main.CaviSchedule

6A.) Notetaker Mailing List on Freelists

Two new mailing lists could interest some. Both are on Freelists, so you write to the indicated address and put subscribe into the subject field. The first is for discussion, sale or purchase of notetakers new or old:
notetakerinfo-request@freelists.org

6B.) The other is for the deaf-blind

bhi-l-request@freelists.org

7.) Working from Home, Part One

Eyes on Success starts a two-part series on working from home and tele-communiting with program 1505:
http://eyesonsuccess.net

8.) The University of Michigan seeks an experienced screen reader specialist

http://umjobs.org/job_detail/105673/screen_reader_specialist_intermediate

9.) The Return of SPN

SPN is rebuilding its podcast network, planning to do more blogging, and restructuring and updating content on the SAMNet network:
http://serotalk.com/2015/01/28/the-return-of-spn/

10.) Feedly Power Search

Feedly has Introduced a Power Search To Help its Pro Users Better Find Stories On The Web:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/01/27/feedly-introduces-power-search-help-pro-users-better-find-stories-web/

11.) This List Has 100 Places To Find Trustworthy Health Information

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/01/this-list-has-100-places-to-find-trustworthy-health-information/

12.) Central Manuals

Find and download user manuals for any device out there at Central Manuals. All for free:
http://lifehacker.com/central-manuals-lets-you-find-and-download-user-manuals-1681233160

13.) TED Talks Playlists

The people that bring us the wealth of TED Talks have done us the service of grouping some of their material into thematic playlists:
http://www.ted.com/playlists#

14A.) Accessible WordPress Sites

Here are two posts concerning the accessibility of WordPress. How easy is it to create an accessible WordPress site?
https://www.accessiq.org/news/news/2015/01/wordpress-cms-accessibility-guide

14B.) And here are some packages for easier maintenance of a WordPress site

http://www.customerservant.com/wordpress-maintenance-packages/

15.) Checking Spelling and Grammar in Office 2013

Here are updated instructions for checking spelling and grammar in Office 2013, including keyboard shortcuts:
http://bit.ly/1LjxEZk

Moving on to some Apple-related material in conclusion:

16.) The KNFBReader app is at half price, $49.99, for an unspecified time

http://www.applevis.com/apps/deals/ios-apps-dropped-price/knfbreader-currently-reduced-9999-4999

17.) 14 Top Tips to Speed Up iOS

MacWorld UK says that if your iPhone is slow, here are 14 Top tips to speed up iOS 6, iOS 7 & iOS 8:
http://bit.ly/1tvnjnb

18.) Using the iPhone as a Telescope

Thanks to the CNIB blog, we learn about using the iPhone as a telescope:
http://bit.ly/1Bz0MGk

19.) Tek Talk on the Most Important Changes in iOS 8

Get a perspective on the three most important changes for blind persons found in iOS 8 on Tek Talk on GMT Tuesday, 3 February at 01:00:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2

20.) Podcast with the Creator of Be My Eyes

This is a podcast with the creator of the Be My Eyes App:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23152298/Insights%202015-01-22.mp3

21.) Mac for the Blind Apple Certified

The latest Tech Doctor podcast is called “Mac For The Blind Apple Certified”:
http://www.dr-carter.com

And finally, we have some AppleVis podcasts:

22A.) Fixed In Yosemite 10.10.2: Playback Of Audio Messages When Using VoiceOver

http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/fixed-yosemite-10102-playback-audio-messages-when-using-voiceover

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