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Podcast title Blind Cool Tech
Website URL http://www.blindcooltech.com
Description Blind Cool Tech is a podcast that brings some fun and variety into your mp3 player. The show provides interviews, brings you along on sound seeing tours, and discusses life and cool technology that blind people can use.
Updated Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Category Audio Blogs
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Episodes

1. Sessions With Slau Podcast
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Description: 1/5/2009 Jerry Hallatyn invites you to check out his new podcast, Sessions with Slau, where he covers his experiences as a recording studio owner and engineer. 3.7 MB

2. Sound RTS
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Description: 1/2/2009 Ivan Fegundez and Kevin review this real time strategy audio game. 49.3 MB

3. BAVIS Free Podcast Hosting
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Description: 12/31/2008 Richard Howarth describes and demonstrates how to sign up to the BAVIS free podcast hosting service and what you get when you sign up. He urges you to sign up and get podcasting as it is free and extremely easy to set up and mannage. 21.2 MB

4. Levelator
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Description: 12/30/2008 J P Greer demonstrates this software that levels the volume in audio files with uneven volume levels. 1.5 MB

5. Moshi Voice Activated Talking Alarm Clock
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Description: 12/23/2008 Stephen Guerra presents this sound byte podcast from Independent Living Aids about this previously reviewed alarm clock that responds to voice commands. 9.5 MB

6. GCast Intro
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Description: 12/18/2008 John Moore explains what this service offers for easily creating podcasts, demonstrates how it works, and encourages you to explore it on your own. 31.3 MB

7. Social Security Info
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Description: 12/17/2008 Bill Boules discusses the specifics of social security including the 2009 benefits. 21.0 MB

8. Mac Demo 4
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Description: 12/16/2008 Mike Arrigo continues this series by answering questions, showing the improved accessibility in iTunes 8, playing a DVD, and using the web with dynamic web pages. 22.8 MB

9. NoAdware Demo
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Description: 12/11/2008 Joseph Machise demonstrates the accessibility, features, and ease of use of this software that scans and removes spyware and adware from your PC. 16.6 MB

10. IE Info Bar
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Description: 12/9/2008 Aaron Spears expands upon the Internet Explorer Information Bar discussion with additional information about how to use and control it. 10.0 MB

11. Windows SteadyState
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Description: 12/7/2008 Jose Tomayo discusses this free product that preserves a computer's state. This software is great for insuring a system in a public place remains in a known state. 65.3 MB

12. K Sonar Introduction
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Description: 12/6/2008 Darragh High introduces this electronic mobility aid that uses sound to detect objects in the environment. He explains that after one learns the device, he can even identify many such objects. See his other tutorials at www.lalrecordings.com< /a>. 32.2 MB

13. Olympus DS71 Menus And Details
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Description: 12/4/2008 Mary Emerson covers additional details about the DS71 menu system, manual recording, and more. 39.5 MB

14. Installing Mobile Speak Smartphone
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Description: 12/2/2008 Jes Smith instructs on the process of obtaining and installing a 30 day demonstration of this screen reader software that runs on smartphones. 19.0 MB

15. Moshi
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Description: 11/30/2008 Gary Pierce reviews this alarm clock and thermometer that features both the ability to talk and to listen and respond to your voice commands. 5.9 MB

16. Coal Train
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Description: 11/27/2008 Buddy Liverman presents an outstanding recording of a train with four engines in front and three in the rear hauling about 30 cars of coal from the mountains in North Carolina. 20.3 MB

17. Trekker Breeze
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Description: 11/25/2008 Patrick Ternage demonstrates taking a walk with this accessible GPS unit. This unit is simple and provides that extra level of confidence for the unsure traveler. The Breeze has only nine buttons. It lets you create landmarks and contains a "Go Back" feature that lets you turn around and return to the origin of the route. 3.3 MB

18. Internet Explorer 7 Tips
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Description: 11/24/2008 Tim Johnson clears up the confusion on how to download content without using a mouse when Internet Explorer 7 warns you that the file could be dangerous by saying, "Click for Options".. 1.8 MB

19. Scanning Tutorial
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Description: 11/22/2008 Samual Wilkins and Chris Murphy describe the concept and how-to's of scanning. They explain the need for blind college students to access textbooks, demonstrate the Kurzweil reading system, and discuss other optical character recognition systems. 40.9 MB

20. AK5370 USB Microphone
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Description: 11/21/2008 Tim Johnson reviews this USB microphone. 5.7 MB

21. Freedom Keychain GPS 2000
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Description: 11/18/2008 Darren Duff reviews this Bluetooth GPS receiver about the size of a match box. It is the world's smallest and includes some of the most advanced features available today. It hangs from a keychain, it has a simple on/off switch, and it is ready to go within 20 seconds. It uses the MTK chipset which means that it does not have to be exposed to the sky to get a good signal. It can work in a pocket or purse. It can scan 51 channels to get good reception. 11.0 MB

22. Ventrilo
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Description: 11/14/2008 Jack Scrimshaw explains what makes this program such a great voice chat client. He discusses the similarities and differences among the top three--Ventrilo, Team Talk, and Skype. 18.0 MB

23. Weather Watcher
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Description: 11/6/2008 Tim Johnson demonstrates this free weather monitoring program that lets you watch the weather as it happens in your neighborhood. 61.7 MB

24. Olympus DS 71 Professional Recorder
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Description: 11/5/2008 Pat Ferguson introduces this new professional quality digital recorder from Olympus. She discusses the unit's capabilities, packaging, and pricing. 109.2 MB

25. Klango Player
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Description: 11/4/2008 Don Coco instructs in the use of this versitle music player that is quite accessible. 48.3 MB

26. Scared Silly
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Description: 10/31/2008 Don Ball takes a haunted hey ride. It would have been a normal haunted hey ride if it hadn't been for one of the participants whom we will refer to as Wendy. Some times it just pays to have your recorder on. You will laugh along with us as Wendy is scared silly, and believe me she did survive this and is still with us. See this as fun because that is what it was. I laughed so Hard in this recording I couldn't breath at times. 29.7 MB

27. Training My Doggy
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Description: 10/30/2008 Monique Lannott describes the techniques she uses, as a young blind woman, to train her dog, Cindy. Cindy is not a dog guide, but a well behaved pet. 30.4 MB

28. Creative Zen MP3 Player
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Description: 10/23/2008 Richard Pipitone compares this new addition to the Zen family with the Zen Stone and thanks David Leslie Miles for the excellent job he did describing it. Richard points out that the Creative Zen is a little larger, but it plays longer (about 20 hours) and, best of all, it includes a built-in speaker. 16.4 MB

29. Ten Pin Alley
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Description: 10/22/2008 Harrison Tu demonstrates this accessible bowling game of which he is quite fond from PCS Games, the company that makes games that tickle your ears. 15.9 MB

30. Erin Edgar Space
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Description: 10/21/2008 Erin Edgar tours her living space in a new house in a new neighborhood. 11.8 MB

31. Hope Paulo Intro
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Description: 10/20/2008 Hope Paulo introduces herself as a student majoring in Spanish and German who likes music, running, and technology, though she is not a computer geek. 4.7 MB

32. VIP Talking Thermostat
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Description: 10/19/2008 Joseph Machise demonstrates this talking thermostat that announces most functions including programming. With a push of a button, the unit announces day, time, room and set temperature. It contains separate programs for weekdays and weekends and can operate in manual mode, too. 17.3 MB

33. Dialog In The Dark Sound Seeing Tour
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Description: 10/18/2008 Darren Duff guides participants through this exhibit that has just opened in the United States after over a 20 year run in Europe. It takes its participantes through various settings in total darkness guided by a blind guide. It provides sighted people with awareness and sensativity. Darren is employed there, and encourages other blind people to apply for jobs when the exhibit comes to a city near them. 79.4 MB

34. I Mesh Part 2
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Description: 10/17/2008 Tim Johnson continues his description of this legal file sharing program with a demonstration of uploading a CD to the service from his computer and finding what you have uploaded. 33.3 MB

35. Tulsa Hail
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Description: 10/16/2008 Paul Shelton weathered this hail storm that dropped baseball sized hail on Tulsa in April 2008. 4.7 MB

36. Harry Brown Interview
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Description: 10/15/2008 Michelle Dyer interviews this totally blind gentleman who wants sound fiscal policy and strongly disagrees with the bailout. He is running for President of the United States and wants you to vote for him as a write in candidate. 35.2 MB

37. CCB And Master Drive
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Description: 10/13/2008 Drew Weber attends the Colorado Center for the Blind where he participates in a program to provide students with the education and experience of operating an automobile. 56.3 MB

38. Lunch With Chase
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Description: 10/9/2008 Chase Crispen and his mom, Dana, join Larry Skutchan and Ken Perry for lunch during Chase's visit to Louisville as part of his winning an essay contest in conjunction with APH's 150 year anniversary. 17.4 MB

39. Itunes
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Description: 10/8/2008 Chris Gilland reviews iTunes 8 with Jaws 10. Note that while earlier versions of iTunes and Jaws required scripts, the new combination of these products runs great straight out of the box--no scripts required. 46.5 MB

40. Free Fishing And Hunting License
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Description: 10/6/2008 Jose Tamayo describes the process of obtaining a free fishing and hunting license in Florida available to blind and visually impaired people. 15.6 MB