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Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.

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Indiana Vision Expo 2012 (www.IndianaVisionExpo.org)

Interviews:

Carole Rose

Attendee "Rebecca"

Jeremy Curry (www.GWMicro.com)

Attendee "Mike"

Bill Sparks (www.BillSparks.com)

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Indiana Assistive Technology Blog http://bit.ly/ohR37p

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INDATA app list: http://bit.ly/qXjrpc

If you have an AT question, leave us a voice mail at: 317-721-7124 or email tech@eastersealscrossroads.org

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Direct download: ATU122812.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30 AM

Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.

Show Notes:

Livescribe SmartPen (Brian Rodriguez) www.livescribe.com

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year:  For the next two weeks, we will interrupt our standard format and bring you interviews from Indiana Vision Expo 2012 (part 1 & part 2)

Android apps scoop prizes in 2012 Smart Accessibility Awards contest | Technology http://bit.ly/VOnTW9

Top 10 podcasts for 2012

1. ATU055 – AppleVis (Scott Davert)

2. ATU050 – Bob Heil (part 1)

3. ATU054 – Fishing Has No Boundaries (Kathy Overman)

4. ATU019 – Serotalk (Mike Lauf)

5. ATU016 – LookTel Money Reader (Gary Kelly)

6. ATU068 – Fleksy (Ioannis Verdelis)

7. ATU066 – What does Windows 8 Mean For Screen Reader Users? (Jeremy Curry)

8. ATU069 – Bridging Apps (Cristen Reat & Sami Rahman)

9. ATU020 – Agrability (Steve Swain)

10. ATU076 – iPad High School – One Year Later

Visually impaired protest at Amazon | Business & Technology|The Seattle Times http://bit.ly/UcwQfh

Time Magazine's Top 10 Technologies of 2012| http://ti.me/Sbf2lK

Autism Therapy Named To Time Magazine's Top 10 - Disability Scoop http://bit.ly/T8xacK

www.BridgingApps.org - App: Evernote

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Direct download: ATU122112.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:15 AM

Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.

Show Notes:

Sachin Pavithran (www.access-board.gov | www.uatpat.org)

Assistive Technology Holiday Shopping Show 2012 http://bit.ly/UWGI98

Window-Eyes 8.0 http://bit.ly/SbclAL

Dr. William House, the pioneer of cochlear implants dies at 89 | Accessibility and Technology Geek http://bit.ly/T8wbco

21 Useful iTunes 11 Keyboard Shortcuts http://bit.ly/SFU2Ae

National Federation of the Blind to Protest Outside Amazon Headquarters Over Push to Put Kindles in Schools | Digital Book World http://bit.ly/S3zKUo

Amazon making Kindle Fire more accessible via voice, touch controls | ZDNet http://zd.net/T8wkfW

Access4Kids input device allows disabled children to control touch-centric tablets (video) http://engt.co/SbdND4

App: Monkey Math Sunshine (www.BridgingApps.com)

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If you have an AT question, leave us a voice mail at: 317-721-7124 or email tech@eastersealscrossroads.org

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Direct download: ATU121412.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:15 AM

Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.

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Show Notes:

Deboarh Pierce "The Accessible Home" (www.piercelambarchitects.com)

Our Holiday Shopping Show: http://bit.ly/UWGI98

Technology use in the classroom helps autistic children communicate | ESRC | The Economic and Social Research Council http://bit.ly/RBVZ3y

David Woodbridge | Apple puts eye into iDevices http://bit.ly/SxSjgy

How Google makes its products accessible to the disabled | FP Tech Desk | Financial Post http://natpo.st/V1QYNm

Smart specs may replace guide dogs | Herald Sun http://bit.ly/YiUVnd

Apps for Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities | DyslexiaHelp at the University of Michigan http://bit.ly/SxRxA5

Augmentative communication Android Apps http://bit.ly/V1Qc2T

Use Siri as a Calculator http://bit.ly/V1RryW

100s Board HC - www.BridgingApps.org

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If you have an AT question, leave us a voice mail at: 317-721-7124 or email tech@eastersealscrossroads.org

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Direct download: ATU120712.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:10 AM

Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.

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Show Notes:

Dancing Dots (Bill McCann) www.DancingDots.com

With Electrodes Implanted In The Retina, Blind Patient Can Read | Popular Science http://bit.ly/V64uj9

A robot that can help your grandma (or you) avoid the nursing home http://bit.ly/V0kTaG

Learning Magic closing www.learningmagic.com

To Android or Not To Android? http://bit.ly/YiWVMa

Demonstration of the iPad Mini | AppleVis http://bit.ly/X0xVcd

2nd Annual Holiday Shopping show:  http://bit.ly/UWGI98

Apps at EasterSealsTech.com www.EasterSealsTech.com/apps

Grinch App - www.BridgingApps.org

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If you have an AT question, leave us a voice mail at: 317-721-7124 or email tech@eastersealscrossroads.org

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Direct download: ATU113012.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30 AM

Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.

Click the "Pod" link above to listen or subscribe with iTunes.

Show Notes:

Holiday Shopping Show

List of links here:

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If you have an AT question, leave us a voice mail at: 317-721-7124 or email tech@eastersealscrossroads.org

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Direct download: ATU112312.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30 AM

Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.

Click the "Pod" link above to listen or subscribe with iTunes.

Links:

Prentke Romich (Russell Cross) www.PrentRom.com

WebAIM: Blog - WAVE5 Beta Launch http://bit.ly/XBtO6x

NBP Dr. Seuss 2013 Print-Braille Calendar http://bit.ly/XBu5q4

5 Quick Tips to Free Up Disk Space in Mac OS X http://bit.ly/UCVGRr

Congenitally blind learn to see and read with soundscapes | KurzweilAI http://bit.ly/Uzxj7d

Q&A: Mike from Austria has a question about e-books in High School and Higher Ed:  Check out the following links: 

NIMAC: National Instructional Materials Access Center http://bit.ly/XBqc4j

Learning Ally: Reading Comprehension Resources for Teachers http://bit.ly/XBqcRL

Bookshare - Accessible Books for Individuals with Print Disabilities http://bit.ly/XBqesR

App: Looktel Money Reader Scott Davert, www.AppleVis.com

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If you have an AT question, leave us a voice mail at: 317-721-7124 or email tech@eastersealscrossroads.org

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Category:general -- posted at: 5:30 AM

Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.

Click the "Pod" link above to listen or subscribe with iTunes.

Links:

iPad High School - One Year Later

Danville's Digital Initiative Site | 

 

http://di.danville.k12.in.us/

 
Original episodes:  iPad High School Part 1 | iPad High School Part 2

If you have an AT question, leave us a voice mail at: 317-721-7124 or email tech@eastersealscrossroads.org

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Direct download: ATU110912.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30 AM

Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.

Click the "Pod" link above to listen or subscribe with iTunes.

Show Notes:

Open Dyslexic Font - Abelardo Gonzalez (www.DyslexicFonts.com)

Livescribe Press Center :: » Handwriting Goes Mobile with the Introduction of the Sky™ wifi smartpen from Livescribe http://bit.ly/SowzoP

Online Speech Pathology Programs picks its 100 Best Websites for Speech Pathologists « ConnSENSE Bulletin http://bit.ly/S7Nvgs

All New MAGic 12 Screen Magnification Software http://bit.ly/S7OVrs

GW Micro - Window-Eyes - Beta http://bit.ly/S7IwN5

AbleNet Online Professional Development http://bit.ly/Sobtqu

Texas School for the Blind Helps Train Austin Firefighters for Vision Impairment http://bit.ly/R5lS6c

Twitter improves student learning | KurzweilAI http://bit.ly/R68sqy

iPad band of autistic students post song on iTunes | Fox News http://fxn.ws/R5kMaw

Panda Pal - www.BridgingApps.org

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If you have an AT question, leave us a voice mail at: 317-721-7124 or email tech@eastersealscrossroads.org

Check out our blog:  http://www.eastersealstech.com

Follow us on Twitter: @INDATAproject

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Direct download: ATU110212.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:30 AM

Your weekly dose  of information that keeps you up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with disabilities and special needs.

Click the "Pod" link above to listen or subscribe with iTunes.

Show Notes:

Daniel Smrokowski - Special Chronicles Podcast (www.SpecialChronicles.com)

Everything Apple Announced At Today’s iPad Mini Event [Mega-Roundup] | Cult of Mac http://bit.ly/S4ugqE

Hearing aid you wear on your back teeth could help those deaf in one ear | Mail Online http://bit.ly/S4rIJg

The New iPad for the Visually Impaired http://bit.ly/RBYajj

Apple v Android: the winner is… the disabled community | Media network | Guardian Professional http://bit.ly/RBWFlk

Assistive Technology Vendors Partner to Promote Accessible Instruction for all | Atomic Learning Blogs http://bit.ly/QNdYxZ

Art of apps to help blind in galleries | This is Kent http://bit.ly/PMgZUB

App: iDress For Weather - www.BridgingApps.org

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If you have an AT question, leave us a voice mail at: 317-721-7124 or email tech@eastersealscrossroads.org

Check out our blog:  http://www.eastersealstech.com

Follow us on Twitter: @INDATAproject

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Direct download: ATU102612.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:30 AM