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Pre-Owned Apple iPhone 5 16GB Smartphone for AT&T and Sprint for $199.99 (Shipped)

March 6, 2015 By

Best Buy offers the Pre-Owned Apple iPhone 5 16GB Smartphone for AT&T or Sprint in Black/Slate, for $199.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we've seen for a 16GB iPhone 5. It features an Apple A6 processor, 326-ppi (pixel per inch) Retina 4" display running at 640x1136, front- and rear-facing cameras, 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, 1080p video capture at 30 fps, 802.11n dual-band wireless networking, 1GB RAM, and dual microphones.

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Today Only: Toshiba Satellite 15.6 Inch Touchscreen Laptop for $749.99 (Shipped)

March 6, 2015 By

As one of its daily deals, Best Buy offers the 4.9-lb. Toshiba Satellite P55W-B5112 Intel Broadwell Core i7 2.4GHz 1080p 15.6 Inch Touchscreen Convertible Laptop in Satin Gold, model no. PSVP3U-003003, bundled with Webroot Secure Anywhere 3-Device 1-Year for Windows and Mac, for $749.99 with free shipping. That's $150 off list and the first 15.6" Toshiba laptop we've seen with a Broadwell CPU. It features an Intel Core i7-5500U 2.4GHz Broadwell dual-core processor, 15.6 inch 1920x1080 (1080p) touchscreen LCD, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, webcam, 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, and Windows 8.1 64-bit. (It doesn't include an optical drive.) Deal ends today.

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#CSUN15 Audio: The Redesigned 6dot Braille Label Maker

March 6, 2015 By

Glen Dobbs, president of LoganTech describes the completely redesigned 6dot Braille label maker. The unit will begin shipping in May, now contains a powered option in addition to operating on battery power, and much more. Learn more and preorder your unit at 6dot.com.

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March 5, 2015 By
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#CSUN15 Audio: AT Prime Brings a New Level of Accessibility to Windows Applications

March 5, 2015 By

Paul Warner, founder and head developer for VICT Consultancy joins us to discuss and demonstrate ATPrime, a program which makes controls in Windows applications easily accessible to all users, regardless of which screen reader they use. In this interview, Paul demonstrates some of the most common issues that make applications inaccessible or difficult to use, and shows how ATPrime eliminates these barriers to access. The product is expected to be released in the last quarter of 2015, and you can keep up to date with the latest developments by visiting the VICT Consultancy website.

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#CSUN15 Audio: Music At Your Fingertips With the Handy Tech Active Star

March 5, 2015 By

Earle Harrison, president of Triumph Technologies and distributor for Handy Tech, joins us to talk about the new Active Star Braille display. The unit has a tray for use with laptops, will soon support housing a tablet inside, and even allows midi music composition and playback. Earle demonstrates this feature, and also discusses the Handy Tech Start Stick containing all necessary software and drivers for Handy Tech displays. To learn more about this and other Handy Tech products, call or visit the Triumph Technologies website.

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#CSUN15 Audio: Humanware Introduces the Trekker Breeze Plus

March 5, 2015 By

Greg Stilson, product manager for Braille and GPS at Humanware, joins us to talk about the updated version of the Trekker Breeze GPS device. Greg discusses the hardware and a few of the new features found in the Trekker Breeze Plus, as well as the ability for existing Breeze users to upgrade to the latest unit, to be released within the next couple months. For specific information on the Trekker Breeze Plus, visit http://www.humanware.com/breeze

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#CSUN15 Audio: A Deeper Look at NV Access

March 4, 2015 By

In this extended interview with Mick Curran, executive director of NV Access, we cover a wide range of topics, including the use of NVDA in a corporate environment, remote access, and new math support through partnership with Design Science in the latest release. We also take a closer look at the organizational structure of NV Access, discuss corporate and individual donations, and explore current and future speech synthesis options for use with NVDA.

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Hims Posts Blaze EZ Update with Web Radio Directory, NLS Improvements, More

March 3, 2015 By

Hims has posted a free firmware update for the Blaze EZ Multiplayer, bringing it up to version 1.1. This version enables playback of National Library Service titles, includes a directory for Internet radio stations, and also features improved OCR capabilities for more typefaces. A smattering of additional bug fixes are also included. The update can be downloaded wlirelessly from the Blaze unit itself. We've included the complete changelog from Hims below.

Release Notes for Blaze EZ V1.1

2015-02-27
HIMS International

Additions

  1. Main Menu
    ® Added Options menu
    i. Language option for setting Guide voice language and date format.
    ii. Book voice option for setting language of book voice.
    iii. Added Indian and Australian English voices.
    ® Added library Services Menu
    i. Moved Online DAISY Download here.
    ii. Added BookShare Search and Download
  2. Use Down arrow to move to more specific designations.
  3. Use Up arrow to return to more general categories.
  4. Use Left and Right arrows to move among items in a category or book list.
  5. From a book list, press Select to open options for reading detailed info or downloading the focused book.
  6. Web Radio
    ® Added database of stations to search.
    i. Press and hold Explorer key to download database to unit.
    ii. When database is loaded, short press Explorer to open Search Mode.
    iii. Use Up and Down arrows to move among category, country, language, genre and channels. Use Left and Right arrows to move among items in a list.
    ® Added BBC stations to the default channel list.
  7. General
    ® Added command for initialize Options.
    i. Press and hold OCR.
    ii. While holding OCR, press reset until you hear the beep.
    iii. Continue to hold OCR for 5 seconds.
    iv. Unit will boot, run initialization and reboot again.

Major bug fixes

  1. Book Reader
    ® Fixed a problem where some BookShare books would not read until the end.
    ® Fixed problems reading and navigating HTML and EPUB documents.
  2. Web radio
    ® Fixed the problem of adding multiple copies of channels to the channel list.
  3. Recording
    ® Raised the volume of the internal microphone.
    ® Changed the format of recording file names.
  4. Podcasts
    ® Fixed the problem of some feeds not updating.
  5. Media Player
    ® Added beep sound when Equalizer option is set to Normal .
  6. Wireless
    ® Fixed the problem of not connecting to WPA-PSK networks.
  7. Explorer
    ® Fixed the problem of ruining the disk structure if an ExFAT SD card is inserted.
  8. OCR:
    ® Improved recognition for documents with 12 and 10 point font.
  9. Time and Date
    ® Fixed problems setting time when it matched 0 GMT.
    ® Fixed problems following Daylight savings Time correctly.
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Used Jaybird Bluebuds X Sport Headphones for $91.39 (Shipped)

March 3, 2015 By

Amazon Warehouse offers the used Jaybird Bluebuds X Sport Headphones in Black for $91.39 with free shipping. That's the lowest total price we've seen for these headphones, new or used. (They're also $34 under the best deal we could find.) They feature eight hours playtime, SignalPlus for skip-free music, and in-ear white noise and listener fatigue reduction.

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