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list of 2 items • Envision Ally is being rolled out very soon and rumor has it that Meta is also holding an event this week. Do we think we will hear about new inventions for our beloved Meta Glasses? Where does Ally fit alongside Companion and what is the future for Envision? Come learn more about Envision Ally and the future of AI in your digital life. • In the second hour we bring back a legend in the blindness community, that being the Father of Main Menu and the inventor of ACB Radio, now known as ACB Media. Our primary focus is to talk all about the newly released iOS 18, the future of artificial intelligence in iOS and so much more. We dive deep about product design and the impact that all of us can have in the digital space if we take advantage of opportunities. Jonathan has brought a wealth of knowledge to all of us so we will reminisce a bit about LivingBlindfully which is exiting the scene at the end of the month. Come during the second hour where we here from a giant in our community and someone who truly continues to make a difference for each one of us. list end

We bring you some pieces of software news that you will not want to miss, especially if you are a screen reader user, a content producer or just a casual user of AI and all things tech. In addition to this, we make announcements about what is coming in October on Main Menu Live. The digital landscape keeps changing and companies are addressing our needs in unique and creative ways. Come learn more this evening on Main Menu Live!

Sponsored by the board of publications, the information access committee, Bits and the ACB media team.

In the second hour, Main Menu welcomes Amos Miller, Glidance Founder and CEO, to discuss Glide, the first self-guided mobility aid designed to help individuals with sight loss navigate the world with ease. A groundbreaking leap in assistive technology, Glide combines cutting-edge navigational robotics and AI to provide you with an intuitive and comfortable guided experience. Using real-time data from an array of advanced sensors, Glide autonomously steers the way. It maps the best routes, identifies targets of interest, and avoids obstacles to get you safely to your destination.

Sponsored by the board of publications, the information access committee, Bits and the ACB media team.

list of 7 items • What is Groups.IO? • In what ways can you obtain all of your communication from the platform (email, rss, web, ETC). • Learn how to manage the vast amounts of email communication you receive from the platform. • Find out about your Groups.IO account, a vital and necessary tool to know how to manage and configure. • Learn about digest modes, no mail, special notices and so much more about the type and ways that mail is delivered. • Find out how the management of spam can impact your Groups.IIO experience. • Do you use iCloud or Gmail for your mail provider? Come learn why you need to be aware of specific things with this email providers. list end

This is just a portion of the content we will discuss at length. We will demonstrate the effective use of your browser with Groups.IO and how you may even want to accomplish this with Gmail’s web interface. The options are truly endless on ways that you can truly engage.

Here is the current outline (it is still being adjusted before the presentation) but it should give you a full understanding of where this presentation is headed.

We hope to achieve all of this content in two hours but if we don’t we will continue it in subsequent presentations.

Here is the current outline:

Using Groups.IO with ACB Email Lists Agenda list of 16 items • Introduction • What Is Groups.IO? • Advantages of Groups.IO • Domains for ACB Lists and Affiliate Lists • Advantages of reading lists with your browser • Required Screen Reader Skills list of 4 items nesting level 1 ◦ Working with collapsed menus ◦ Reading tables ◦ Finding specific information ◦ Skipping unwanted information list end nesting level 1 • Email Lists list of 6 items nesting level 1 ◦ Joining a group by email ◦ Responding to a “Confirm your subscription” message from Groups.io ◦ Responding to an invitation to join a group ◦ Receiving a notice that you have been added to a group ◦ Joining a publicly listed group through the group’s website ◦ Joining Subgroups list end nesting level 1 • Creating an account list of 6 items nesting level 1 ◦ Logging in to your Account list of 3 items nesting level 2 ▪ Logging in with a Password ▪ Logging in without a Password ▪ Logging in with Facebook or Google. list end nesting level 2 ◦ Account Settings list of 5 items nesting level 2 ▪ Changing your Email address and Password. ▪ Setting your default Text Editor ▪ Getting copies of your own Messages ▪ Enabling Two-Factor Authentication ▪ Handling Bounces in your Account list end nesting level 2 ◦ The opening page ◦ The page for a specific group ◦ Reading message threads ◦ Replying and using the message editor list end nesting level 1 • Using Outlook, ThunderBird and Email Clients • Using Gmail to read your Group Email • Configuring Email Delivery Options list of 5 items nesting level 1 ◦ Individual Messages ◦ Digest Modes ◦ Special Notices ◦ No Email ◦ Responding to removal due to Spam list end nesting level 1 • Defining Group Signatures • Controlling the volume of email messages you receive from a group • Leaving a Group list of 2 items nesting level 1 ◦ Leaving a subgroup ◦ Be careful to not remove yourself from Main list end nesting level 1 • Warning on Email Providers • Contacting Groups.IO Support list end

In the second hour we dive deep into Windows Copilot and Coipilot Pro and even give some demonstrations of their use.

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24 Episode Notes

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Hello Everyone,  Join John, Larry and I along with a number of guests as we dive deep into all things tech this month:  Finally, Microsoft has released a major update to Windows 11 this week. It has all kinds of accessibility improvements along with other user experience changes that we will discuss. The big change is the new Copilot feature. Think of it like ChatGPT but baked into Windows. We give it a spin during the show and we give you our thoughts on its future.

• Apple has been busy with hardware releases, operating system changes and so much more. We have had some time with iOS 17 and some have even had time with the new iPhone 15. We share all of the details with you during the first hour of Main Menu Live. Most importantly are your questions about all of this. Some phones are heating up as most of you are cooling down in the beginning of Fall. The new Action Button is all the craze as well so we talk about the implications this has from an accessibility perspective for new iPhone purchasers.

Next we talk briefly about the Amazon announcements. Was this a big year for Amazon and what about the future of Alexa devices? We make some guesses on next steps that have all of us just wondering where they will take the technology moving forward.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day this week. Be My Eyes will also be at the national convention this year so you will hear even more from them later this summer. We encourage everyone to come with questions as we want this to be driven by you today to ensure you get all of your questions answered.

In the second hour we talk all about a number of technology topics. These include:

list of 5 items • The Information Access Committee has finalized its plans for the convention and we share all! It’s all about empowering you the audience to advocate for better web accessibility! Come learn more. • We focus on how AI is shaping the world around us as we talk with Brian from Tuesday Topics (he is also joining us in the first hour). • Jeff is moving back to Arizona and as a part of that trip it is time to consider what technology he brings back with him and what technology he discards. Brian, Larry and John will have a lively discussion about this topic. The conservative part of Jeff may not be happy with Brian’s suggestion

Larry Gassman, John Gassmann and Jeff Bishop review CSUN 2023

most importantly we get your questions answered. We will take as much time as HumanWare will give us so this may spill into the second hour.

The Information Access Committee is working on plans for a very ambitious project for this year’s national convention. We give you a sneak peek into what the committees thinking is and how you will play a role in that process. To give it away, you are crucial!

Microsoft has released (in a public preview) their new version of Bing. We describe to you what is going on here with Bing, why you might be interested in trying it out and how to sign up for the new service. We will also give it a spin on the show and share with you some interesting things that Bing’s AI capabilities might reveal …

AIRA has made some major announcements concerning their service. We bring Troy Otillio and Jenine Stanley  to have an open, honest and frank conversation about the service and its future direction. Emphasis will be on what we can do as an organization and as users to further the mission of AIRA to advocate for change.

In the second hour we bring on the team from Unmute Presents along with the iACast Network team to have a technology discussion centered around the most recent Apple hardware and software announcements, Open AI’s Chat service and much more.

This month on Main Menu Live, we present JAWS 2023; Envision; and the latest on security. Ryan Jones from Vispero joins us to talk the new JAWS 2023 release. Bob Roehm joins us once again to give us updates on the Envision app and glasses. Jeff and team along with Damashe Thomas, will update you on the latest state-of-the-art password managers. will update you on the latest state-of-the-art of password managers.

Bob will introduce the Envision Technologies AI system. He will compare this system to other assistive technology devices and discuss the components of the system and how the features can help the VI community.

During the second hour we present Chris Hofstader, Amanda Carson and Keri Swendsen who represent World Blind Herald, a new and unique online publication about all aspects of blindness and blind people. It will be going live on January 4, 2023 and this is their first public announcement of the project. World Blind Herald is not affiliated with any blindness agency and its two primary themes are that not all blind people share the same values and that the blind community is not homogeneous. Thus, WBH will publish as broad a set of subjects about blindness as possible.

We also present AIRA to talk with us all about the new AIRA Desktop solution among other topics. Matt and Michael join us in the second hour to talk about the newly released RIM 3.0 product that is in public beta. Come find out about this exciting solution that will allow you to remotely control other people's computers, even if they don't have a screen reader installed.

We'll also hear a recorded presentation from Tek Talk by Ron Miller about Kindle using both Jaws and Braille.

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In this evening's segment we catch up with Dan Clark, recently retired from Freedom Scientific/Vispero. Dan is a former dealer of assistive technology and long time JAWS trainer. We'll discuss his newly launched web site, "dSurf, the digital surf for accessibility," and the free training materials he has begun to offer. These include lessons on custom JAWS preferences and settings as well as his most recent training, "Windows 11 with JAWS," with ten new lessons available. Dan will share how to access the resources available, including:

• Lesson plans, vocabulary lists, and ancillary documentation for teachers
• YouTube videos (including playlists and links for video headings)
• MP3 audio
• Lesson text and transcripts Dan will also share his thoughts about the coming year and looks forward to learning about your needs and desires for new training.

Contact information for dSurf Email: info@dSurf.net Web: https://dSurf.net/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwdvsxXFEnNdYf0U2fDRO0A Twitter: @dSurfDan Skype: dan.clark.trainer LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dSurf

We are honored to inform you that we have a second guest lined up for this evenings Main Menu Live.

How many of you enjoy old time radio or modern radio dramas?

Come tune in during the second hour of Main Menu Live to here all about the new Story More service for the blind. You can think of it like the audio version of Netflix. Come learn more as Tanya tells else all about it during the show today.

Please join us for two hours of technology talk. In the first hour we will talk all things Club House. It is a platform that is changing the culture and shape of how ACB communicates. Come learn more about this platform and the plans for it moving forward. In the second hour we focus on the Information Access Committee and take your questions. We outline all of the activities at the national convention this summer. Come learn about the multiple presentations we will hold and learn more about how the committee can help all of us.

Main Menu Live: On this month’s show in the first hour, the information access committee will let you know what’s coming up for the summer convention from the committee. Will bring you the latest assistive technology news and take your questions.

In hour 2, we hear from Shane Lowe from the Supersense team. We learn all about Supersense and Super Lidar.

In the first hour we bring Saqib Shaikh from Microsoft on to talk with us all about Seeing A I and their new World channel. The Seeing A I team describes this new channel this way: The new World channel, available on devices with a LiDAR scanner running iOS 14, enables you to explore an unfamiliar space in 3D, using spatial audio. When wearing headphones, you will hear objects around you announced from their location in the room. You can also find a particular object by placing an audio beacon on it. Come learn about the other channels that make up Seeing A I and find out all about this new World channel. Download Seeing A I from the iOS App Store.   Next we turn to something that all of us have gotten used to in the past year, that being online meetings. In the second hour we hear from Pneuma Solutions, formally Serotek Corporation, with a new product that brings some innovative technology for online meetings, that being Scribe. Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell describe Scribe this way: The Quickest, Most Accurate Digital Document Remediation Product on the Market for as Low as $0.99 per Page. It’s the only hands-off remediation process eliminating individual document quote requests, providing accessible documents straight from your workflow to the end reader in just seconds. This is truly scratching the surface on what their platform is bringing to the accessibility community. Come find out how their product will make Zoom meetings an even stronger platform and an even more inclusive one at that with their Scribe for Meetings solution. What is Scribe for Meetings? As the world continues to move to a virtual environment, you need an affordable solution that guarantees full access to everyone in your audience. The goal is to make the on-screen content in your online meetings and webinars accessible to print-impaired participants in as easy a manner as possible. Come learn more from Mike and Matt as we get updates from their new company.

Next, Mike May and Jose join us from Goodmaps. Near by Explorer has been discontinued by APH and a new app is now on the scene for your use. Learn all about the new app and in-door navigation. Is the iPhone 12 something you should consider? Come and find out why it might be due to the new technology it has for us in the mapping space. This month we are honored to bring two companies on who are leading the way in efforts to help us navigate our world.   First, Amos Miller and the team from Microsoft join us to discuss with you all about the latest changes in the Soundscape app. Learn how you can virtually explore within the Soundscape app.

On this month's Main Menu Live, we bring some exciting speakers to you as we learn all about JAWS 2021 and Leasey.

In the first hour, Eric Damery from Freedom Scientific joins us to talk about the brand-new release of JAWS 2021. Come learn more about what is new in this upcoming release of JAWS for Windows 2021 and to get your questions answered.

In the second hour Brian Hartgen joins us to talk all about his products with a focus on Leasey. Leasey has an exciting new feature to allow you to subscribe and listen to podcasts. We will learn about this and so much more when he talks about his products with us on the show!

All of this is brought to you by the Information access Committee.

Main Menu Live can be heard every Wednesday a 8PM and Thursday at 8AM on ACB Radio Mainstream East and West.

Coming up this evening on Main Menu Live we have a number of things to talk with all of you about:

Podcasts, Podcasts and more podcasts! Yes, we have exciting things to mention about this space and we will share more at the event! We think all of you will be very excited about the changes! It is all about looking back and looking forward! AIRA returns to Main Menu to bring us updates in the service and how they are helping everyone as we all work and play at home. Is AIRA right for you? Come find out about no promotions and exciting announcements from the AIRA team! The Information Access Committee is now leading the charge for the Main Menu Live program. We bring the team together for all of you to meet them and most importantly we want to hear from all of you about what topics you want covered by the show and committee. Come with your ideas, suggestions and anything else you want to bring to the table for the committee and the show.

Coming up in October on Main Menu Live, Freedom Scientific joins us to talk about the JAWS 2021 release. Spread the word about that!