http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast An informal look at news and developments going on in the areas of technology and the internet with a focus on accessibility and disability An informal look at news and developments going on in the areas of technology and the internet with a focus on accessibility and disability AbilityNet AbilityNet podcast@abilitynet.co.uk en-gb 1 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:24:54 +0000 no nonadult Delay in service announcement Delay in service announcement.... Delay in service announcement Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:00:00 +0000 00:14 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=179 AbilityNet Contents for this episode include Kevin Chao reviews the Noogle Noggles and oMoby iPhone apps, Corey Ballard of the All With My iPhone podcast reviews the Remote and Text Expander iPhone apps, Shelly Brisben of the App Store Pundit podcast reviews the ISeeClearly iPhone magnification application and Aaron Edgar of the Tech Access Weekly podcast reviews the Dragon Dictation iPhone app. Contents for this episode include Kevin Chao reviews the Noogle Noggles and oMoby iPhone apps, Corey Ballard of the All With My iPhone podcast reviews the Remote and Text Expander..... Contents for this episode include Kevin Chao reviews the Noogle Noggles and oMoby iPhone apps, Corey Ballard of the All With My iPhone podcast reviews the Remote and Text Expander iPhone apps, Shelly Brisben of the App Store Pundit podcast reviews the ISeeClearly iPhone magnification application and Aaron Edgar of the Tech Access Weekly podcast reviews the Dragon Dictation iPhone app. Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:00:00 +0000 53:29 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=178 AbilityNet Contents for this episode include Robin Christopherson with an extract from his Future of Web Apps presentation in London in which he demonstrates Dragon Dictation on his iPhone, Roger Smith on the Ivona synthetic voices, and the Ivona Home Reader free download, Joe Chidzik talks about good use of colour on web pages and Alex Barker finishes off with an item on Prologuo2Go and Tap to Talk. Contents for this episode include Robin Christopherson with an extract from his Future of Web Apps presentation in London in which he demonstrates Dragon Dictation on his iPhone..... Contents for this episode include Robin Christopherson with an extract from his Future of Web Apps presentation in London in which he demonstrate Dragon Dictation on his iPhone, Roger Smith on the Ivona synthetic voices, and the Ivona Home Reader free download, Joe Chidzik talks about good use of colour on web pages and Alex Barker finishes off with an item on Prologuo2Go and Tap to Talk. Mon, 15 Nov 2010 09:00:00 +0000 31:30 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=177 AbilityNet Contents for this episode includes Curt Holst with an item on the N-Abled, RNIB and JISC accessibility toolbars, Jo Greenwell gives us info on the Home Access Programme and choosing your screen colours, Mark Taylor introduces Mobile Speak 4 for phones running Windows Phone 7 OS, Joe Chidzik tells us about an article on making maps accessible and a guide to Progressive enhancement and Alex Barker wraps up with info on switches for different uses/disabilities. Contents for this episode includes Curt Holst with an item on the N-Abled, RNIB and JISC accessibility toolbars..... Contents for this episode includes Curt Holst with an item on the N-Abled, RNIB and JISC accessibility toolbars, Jo Greenwell gives us info on the Home Access Programme and choosing your screen colours, Mark Taylor introduces Mobile Speak 4 for phones running Windows Phone 7 OS, Joe Chidzik tells us about an article on making maps accessible and a guide to Progressive enhancement and Alex Barker wraps up with info on switches for different uses/disabilities. Tue, 21 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0000 34:41 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=175 AbilityNet Contents for our July episode include blind user Matt Vollbrecht showing us VoiceOver on his new iPad, Jo Greenwell talks about slowkeys and the keyboard shortcut F3, Robin Christopherson demonstrates the accessible dictation app Quick Voice2Text Email on the iPhone, Joe Chidzik with his regular industry news roundup including the accessible media player from The Workshop and Alex Barker finishes with his regular slot including more shortcut keys in Windows. Contents for our July episode include blind user Matt Vollbrecht showing us VoiceOver on his new iPad..... Contents for our July episode include blind user Matt Vollbrecht showing us VoiceOver on his new iPad, Jo Greenwell talks about slowkeys and the keyboard shortcut F3, Robin Christopherson demonstrates the accessible dictation app Quick Voice2Text Email on the iPhone, Joe Chidzik with his regular industry news roundup including the accessible media player from The Workshop and Alex Barker finishes with his regular slot including more shortcut keys in Windows. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0000 34:10 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=172 AbilityNet Contents for our June episode include World famous author, Terry Pratchett, talks to Robin about using Dragon and Talking Point to dictate his novels, Jo Greenwell talks about autocorrect in Word, Sandi Wassmer, Managing Director of digital agency Copious, gives her first impressions of using an iPad with Zoom magnification, Joe Chidzik with his regular industry news roundup including the Helen toolbar for reporting inaccessible websites and a Google Chrome magnification extension and Alex Barker finishes with his regular slot including info on accessibility features built in to the Mac. Contents for our June episode include World famous author, Terry Pratchett, talks to Robin about using Dragon and Talking Point to dictate his novels..... Contents for our June episode include World famous author, Terry Pratchett, talks to Robin about using Dragon and Talking Point to dictate his novels, Jo Greenwell talks about autocorrect in Word, Sandi Wassmer, Managing Director of digital agency Copious, gives her first impressions of using an iPad with Zoom magnification, Joe Chidzik with his regular industry news roundup including the Helen toolbar for reporting inaccessible websites and a Google Chrome magnification extension and Alex Barker finishes with his regular slot including info on accessibility features built in to the Mac. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:00:00 +0000 47:04 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=168 AbilityNet Contents for our May episode include Jo Greenwell with info on the Ginger online spell-checker and the importance of line spacing, Mark Taylor provides a feature on the accessible iPhone bidirectional translater app 'Jibbigo', Joe Chidzik with his regular industry news roundup - including accessible Youtube controls and Google voice recognition in browsers, Jo Greenwell follows with an item on the death of BECTA and Alex Barker finishes with his regular slot including info on the eAccess conference and the new AAC section of our website. Contents for our May episode include Jo Greenwell with info on the Ginger online spell-checker and the importance of line spacing, Mark Taylor provides a feature..... Contents for our May episode include Jo Greenwell with info on the Ginger online spell-checker and the importance of line spacing, Mark Taylor provides a feature on the accessible iPhone bidirectional translater app 'Jibbigo', Joe Chidzik with his regular industry news roundup - including accessible Youtube controls and Google voice recognition in browsers, Jo Greenwell follows with an item on the death of BECTA and Alex Barker finishes with his regular slot including info on the eAccess conference and the new AAC section of our website. Mon, 01 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0000 27:58 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=167 AbilityNet Contents for our April episode include Jo Greenwell with a look at the iPad and AAC support project - including iPod Touches running Proloquo2Go software, Mark Healey talks about an accessible music player for the iPod or iPhone called Flux tunes, and the Lenovo X200 Tablet PC, Joe Chidzik has our usual industry news roundup including Twitter meta data tags and cognitive difficulties and web accessibility, Alex Barker covers our presence at Internet World and voice recognition and Dave Banes finishes off with remeniscences on his time with AbilityNet. Contents for our April episode include Jo Greenwell with a look at the iPad and AAC support project - including iPod Touches running Proloquo2Go software..... Contents for our April episode include Jo Greenwell with a look at the iPad and AAC support project - including iPod Touches running Proloquo2Go software, Mark Healey talks about an accessible music player for the iPod or iPhone called Flux tunes, and the Lenovo X200 Tablet PC, Joe Chidzik has our usual industry news roundup including Twitter meta data tags and cognitive difficulties and web accessibility, Alex Barker covers our presence at Internet World and voice recognition and Dave Banes finishes off with remeniscences on his time with AbilityNet. Mon, 03 May 2010 09:00:00 +0000 39:54 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=162 AbilityNet Contents for our March episode include Edited highlights from a speech given by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 22 March about an inclusive digital future, Mark Healy tells us about another couple of great bits of hardware - the Humanscale Switch Mouse and Slingbox, Joe Chidzik's regular web accessibility news roundup including text CAPTCHA and The Gleebox, Dave Banes with comments on his trip to the G3ICT conference in Brazil and Alex Barker with a hot tip or two. Contents for our March episode include Edited highlights from a speech given by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 22 March about an inclusive digital future..... Contents for our March episode include Edited highlights from a speech given by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 22 March about an inclusive digital future, Mark Healy tells us about another couple of great bits of hardware - the Humanscale Switch Mouse and Slingbox, Joe Chidzik's regular web accessibility news roundup including text CAPTCHA and The Gleebox, Dave Banes with comments on his trip to the G3ICT conference in Brazil and Alex Barker with a hot tip or two. Wed, 30 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 40:25 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=156 AbilityNet Contents for our February episode include Gregory Mumford with a look at the iPhone version of the Google search app, Robin Christopherson with an interview with blind journalist Maurizio Molinari, Joe Chidzik's regular web accessibility news roundup including Kindle US university ban, Google's automatic captioning tools and Microsoft's Project Natal and Alex Barker has some tips on customising your computer. Contents for our February episode include Gregory Mumford looks at the iPhone version of the Google search app, Robin Christopherson with an interview with blind journalist..... Contents for our February episode include Gregory Mumford with a look at the iPhone version of the Google search app, Robin Christopherson with an interview with blind journalist Maurizio Molinari, Joe Chidzik's regular web accessibility news roundup including Kindle US university ban, Google's automatic captioning tools and Microsoft's Project Natal and Alex Barker has some tips on customising your computer. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:58:00 +0000 36:30 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=156 AbilityNet Contents for our January episode include Jo Greenwell's regular tips and info, Robin Christopherson with an item on the free and accessible Google search app for Symbian phones, Joe Chidzik's regular web accessibility news roundup, Dave Banes with an item on what he's getting up to in sunny Dohar, Qatar and Alex Barker's usual dates for our diaries. Contents for our January episode include Jo Greenwell's regular tips and info, Robin Christopherson with an item on the free and accessible Google search app..... Contents for our January episode include Jo Greenwell's regular tips and info, Robin Christopherson with an item on the free and accessible Google search app for Symbian phones, Joe Chidzik's regular web accessibility news roundup, Dave Banes with an item on what he's getting up to in sunny Dohar, Qatar and Alex Barker's usual dates for our diaries. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:58:00 +0000 39:20 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=150 AbilityNet Contents for our December episode include Mike Gifford on the accessibility of Drupal CMS, Jo Greenwell's usual tips, Dave Banes with an item on their long-running access technology course run in Ireland, Joe Chidzik's regular web accessibility news roundup, Robin Christopherson with an item on the free and accessible 'Podcatcher' client and Alex Barker's usual dates for our diaries. Contents for our December episode include Mike Gifford on the accessibility of Drupal CMS, Jo Greenwell's usual tips, Dave Banes with an item on their long-running..... Contents for our December episode include Mike Gifford on the accessibility of Drupal CMS, Jo Greenwell's usual tips, Dave Banes with an item on their long-running access technology course run in Ireland, Joe Chidzik's regular web accessibility news roundup, Robin Christopherson with an item on the free and accessible 'Podcatcher' client and Alex Barker's usual dates for our diaries. Tue, 09 Dec 2009 13:58:00 +0000 51:09 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=149 AbilityNet Contents for our November episode include AbilityNet's AAC project, DSpeech and adjusting the mouse double-click, the best of the AbilityNet Youtube channel, web accessibility news roundup, AbilityNet's involvement in the Telecentres Europe project and dates for our diaries. Contents for our November episode include AbilityNet's AAC project, DSpeech and adjusting the mouse double-click, the best of the AbilityNet Youtube channel..... Contents for our November episode include AbilityNet's AAC project, DSpeech and adjusting the mouse double-click, the best of the AbilityNet Youtube channel, web accessibility news roundup, AbilityNet's involvement in the Telecentres Europe project and dates for our diaries. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:58:00 +0000 42:26 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=146 AbilityNet Contents for our October episode include an Item on AbilityNet's recent Accessibility2.0 'A Million Flowers Bloom' conference, a review of www.bubbl.us free mind-mapping tool and the capture screen facility in Windows, an item on the recent Access-IT Awards event, web accessibility news roundup, an introductory item to Twitter and events for your diary. Contents for our October episode include an Item on AbilityNet's recent Accessibility2.0 'A Million Flowers Bloom' conference, a review of www.bubbl.us free mind-mapping tool..... Contents for our October episode include an Item on AbilityNet's recent Accessibility2.0 'A Million Flowers Bloom' conference, a review of www.bubbl.us free mind-mapping tool and the capture screen facility in Windows, an item on the recent Access-IT Awards event, web accessibility news roundup, an introductory item to Twitter and events for your diary. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:58:00 +0000 42:12 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=141 AbilityNet Contents for our September episode include an Item on the free Firefox accessibility toolbar Accessibar, a review of the multiple speaker speech recognition software Multispeak, web accessibility news roundup, an item on the Big Mac single message communicator, and events for your diary. Contents for our September episode include an Item on the free Firefox accessibility toolbar Accessibar, a review of the multiple speaker speech recognition software..... Contents for our September episode include an Item on the free Firefox accessibility toolbar Accessibar, a review of the multiple speaker speech recognition software Multispeak, web accessibility news roundup, an item on the Big Mac single message communicator, and events for your diary. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:58:00 +0000 40:49 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=137 AbilityNet Contents for our July episode include an item on the Vizux heads-up display, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, item on AcceleGlove motion sensing dataglove, web accessibility news roundup, item on Asus EEE Touch Screen PC, events for your diary. Contents for our July episode include an item on the Vizux heads-up display, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use.... Contents for our July episode include an item on the Vizux heads-up display, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, item on AcceleGlove motion sensing dataglove, web accessibility news roundup, item on Asus EEE Touch Screen PC, events for your diary. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:58:00 +0000 36:56 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=132 AbilityNet Contents for our June episode include an item on interoperability and touchscreen gestures, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, item on DSpeech text to MP3 converter, web accessibility news roundup, item on iPhone 3G S accessibility features, events for your diary. Contents for our June episode include an item on interoperability and touchscreen gestures, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use.... Contents for our June episode include an item on interoperability and touchscreen gestures, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, item on DSpeech text to MP3 converter, web accessibility news roundup, item on iPhone 3G S accessibility features, events for your diary. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:58:00 +0000 43:23 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=127 AbilityNet Contents for our May episode include Amazon's Kindle ebook reader text to speech controversy, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, NVDA open source screen reader review, feedback from Digital Inclusion conference, events for your diary. Contents for our May episode include Amazon's Kindle ebook reader text to speech controversy, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use.... Contents for our May episode include Amazon's Kindle ebook reader text to speech controversy, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, NVDA open source screen reader review, feedback from Digital Inclusion conference, events for your diary. Mon, 18 May 2009 13:58:00 +0000 42:21 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=125 AbilityNet Contents for our March episode include Part 2 of interview on mobile phone accessibility research, Windows 7 features, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, news roundup from across the internet, events for your diary. Contents for our March episode include Part 2 of interview on mobile phone accessibility research, Windows 7 features, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use.... Contents for our March episode include Part 2 of interview on mobile phone accessibility research, Windows 7 features, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, news roundup from across the internet, events for your diary. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:58:00 +0000 32:57 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=123 AbilityNet Contents for our February episode include Accessible voting booths, a news roundup from across the internet, news from BETT – the education and technology show, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, an interview on mobile phone accessibility research and some events for your diary. Contents for our February episode include Accessible voting booths, a news roundup from across the internet, news from BETT – the education and technology show.... Contents for our February episode include Accessible voting booths, a news roundup from across the internet, news from BETT – the education and technology show, tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, an interview on mobile phone accessibility research and some events for your diary. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:58:00 +0000 43:57 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=119 AbilityNet Contents for our January episode include feedback from eInclusion conference in Vienna, a news roundup from across the internet, some tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, news about AbilityNet’s accessible toys for children with disabilities and some events for your diary. Contents for our January episode include feedback from eInclusion conference in Vienna, a news roundup from across the internet, some tips on how to customise your technology.... Contents for our January episode include feedback from eInclusion conference in Vienna, a news roundup from across the internet, some tips on how to customise your technology for your own use, news about AbilityNet’s accessible toys for children with disabilities and some events for your diary. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:58:00 +0000 33:34 http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=114 AbilityNet