Mac OS X

In podcast #373, David Woodbridge gives us a review of the Logitech Solar K760 Bluetooth Keyboard. Along with giving you bluetooth support as a keyboard, you can connect and swith between up to 3 devices, and this keyboard can also be solar powered. The Logitech Solar K760 Bluetooth Keyboard is available for $47.99 via Amazon.com

In this podcast, Khalfan introduces us to iRig KEYS from IK Multimedia.

In this podcast, Marrie shows us an alternative method to that demonstrated by David Woodbridge in a previous podcast for creating files that will open a website when clicked. This allows you to use these as web link bookmarks which can be accessed from Finder or the Desktop on your Mac.

The method described here should also work on Windows, meaning that you can easily share these bookmarks across platforms and with other people.

The previous podcast and the additional comments referred to by Marrie in this podcast can be found here.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge shows us how to create and use web link bookmarks that can be launched from Finder on your Mac.

This makes it possible to have a clickable file or folder of files on your Desktop or in the Dock that take you straight to specified websites.

In this podcast, Matthew Campbell gives us a demonstration of using the HoverCam T5-V document scanner and ABBYY FineReader as a scanning solution for Mac users.

In this podcast, Matthew Campbell shows us how to access and use the feature new in iTunes 11 that allows you to use the iSight camera on your Mac to scan and redeem an iTunes Gift Card.

In this short podcast, Andrea Barker shows us how quick and easy it is to add a scanner to a Mac computer. Andrea concludes with a quick demonstration of using the DocuScan software to scan and read a document.

This podcast is primarily intended to demonstrate to anybody thinking about getting their first Mac, just how easy it is to add and use a scanner. For a blind user wanting access to printed documents, this could be an important consideration when deciding whether to make the switch from a PC.

In this podcast,
Jeffry Miller gives us a demonstration of the Status Shuffle app for iOS and then provides a walk-through of posting status updates to Twitter or Facebook from the notifications center of Mac OS X.

With Status Shuffle for Facebook, you can choose a status from a large selection offered within the app - they have funny statuses, sad statuses, crazy statuses and everything in-between. Once you make your choice, the application will update your Facebook status.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge gives us a demonstration of Dictabulus, an iOS app that allows you to dictate text on an iPhone for use on your Mac.

Instead of typing emails, documents and other tedious text pieces, start the app and tell Dictabulus what you want to write. It will automatically send the text to your Mac and paste it into the foreground window.

Dictabulus needs to run a free helper tool on your Mac available on the Spielhaus site: http://spielhaus-ftw.com/apps/dictabulus

In this 30 minute podcast, David Woodbridge invites us to join him on a tour of the applications on his Mac.

We get to see what are his favorite and must have applications, with an occasional stop along the way to take a closer look at what some of these do.

In this podcast, David Woodbridge shows us how to use the Google Chrome web browser on a Mac to access audio described programming on the System Access Mobile Network (SAMNet).

SAMNet is Serotek's Internet Community that delivers the widest and most complete content ever assembled for the blind. With access to email, news, described video service for thousands of movies, blogs, podcasts, streaming radio and much much more, you'll have everything you need right at your fingertips. With a SAMNet subscription, you can connect with like-minded individuals who share your interests.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to use an iOS device such as an iPhone or iPod Touch as a remote microphone for your Mac.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to explore the Dashboard Widgets menu when using VoiceOver.

Dashboard includes widgets for some of your Mac applications, such as Contacts and Calendar, which allow you to access your contacts and view your events, respectively, without having to switch over to the full application. You can add more widgets to Dashboard and even create your own widgets.

More information on Dashboard Widgets can be found on Apple's website.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to use the VoiceOver web rotor to navigate web pages in Safari.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to navigate open documents in TextEdit when using VoiceOver. TextEdit is the native text editing application in OS X.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to access and browse the Mac App Store on OS X when using VoiceOver.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge shows us how to setup and use the feature in OS X that enables you to select text and have that added to iTunes as a spoken track.

In this edition of his series of podcasts intended to help new users of VoiceOver on the Mac, David Woodbridge gives an overview of how to access and navigate the native OS X mail application with VoiceOver.