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Over the past couple of years, Apple has released a variety of devices that are both portable and accessible. This is great, but it can be confusing as well. Anna Dresner will try to dispel any confusion you may have regarding the major differences and basic functions of these devices. She'll work through the iPod Shuffle and Nano, the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, describing their sizes, prices, and basic functions. This should help you decide which device to buy or make the most of any of these devices that you already have.
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Anna Dresner has been writing some of the most useful books to come out of the National Braille Press on topics such as accessible social networking, accessible iPod and iTunes, blogging, etc., and I will be sad to see her leave. However, Dean Martineaux will be taking over as NBP's resident author of books about accessible tech, so we can anticipate the same high quality of information regarding how to use new media technologies.

Here are a couple of online talks which Anna and Dean will be giving in July, followed by Anna's farewell letter from the NBP mailing list.
To find the following talks, go to
http://www.accessibleworld.org
or
http://www.radiooutofthepast.org

Monday July 19th: 8:00 PM EDT: Tek Talk presents Dean Martineau who will speak on the topic: “An Overview of Voice Recognition Software.” Visit the Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2

Monday July 26th: 8:00 PM EDT: Tek Talk presents Anna Dresner who will discuss the features of the following: The iPod shuffle, the iPod nano, the iPhone, and the iPad. Anna wants to help us make a decision on which one to purchase (adresner@nbp.org). Visit the Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2
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From this week's Top Tech Tidbits newsletter
http://www.topdotenterprises.com/tidbits.htm

1. There is now a Lite version of Facebook with a less complicated interface
http://lite.facebook.com

2. The complete manual for version 3.1 of the iPhone, including the accessibility section, is here:
http://help.apple.com/iphone/3/voiceover/en/

3. A new edition of the Blind World podcast discusses the latest developments in Apple accessibility.
http://BlindWorldBlog.blogspot.com

4. Amidst the flurry of innovations from Apple, they also came out with iTunes version 9, parts of which work better than earlier versions in Windows, but access to the iTunes store goes in reverse. Serotek claims that System Access now supports it, where other Windows screen readers do not. SeroTalk Podcast 23 discusses this, as well as Accessible Apple iPod touch, Nano 5G, iPhone 3.1
http://serotalk.com/2009/09/15/serotalk-podcast-23-accessible-apple-ipod-touch-nano-5g-iphone-3-1-and-itunes-9/

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