Latest Assistivetechnology Podcast Episodes
FSCast 166 - Streamlined installation of Vocalizer Expressive voices, new sounds in Word and Outlook to indicate spelling errors, and the Freedom Scientific CSUN presentation schedule
Freedom Scientific FSCast - February 05, 2019 16:06 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe January JAWS update brings a more streamlined method of installing Vocalizer Voices, along with sounds to indicate spelling errors in Microsoft Word and Outlook. John and Larry Gassman show these new features in action and chat with Eric Damery about them., They also offer up the Freedom S...
Ebu Access Cast 07
EBU Access Cast - January 23, 2019 12:12 - 44 minutesWellcome to the 7th Ebu Access Cast, the first episode for 2019. We decided to make some changes and refresh our team with new people. Therefor from now on we have new person who will bring a girl power into our team. We wish warm wellcome to Tanja Kleut who is an accessibility specialist at the...
FSCast 165 - A JAWS Byte from Beta Manager Rosemary Kleske, stories from director of Beyond Vision Loss Elly Du Pre, and the tenacity of Desert Storm veteran George Tice
Freedom Scientific FSCast - January 16, 2019 16:09 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsRosemary Kleske, Beta Manager, discusses her favorite JAWS feature, “Virtualize Window.” Elly Du Pre is the director of Beyond Vision Loss in Florida, and George Tice is a veteran of Desert Storm who lost his sight and has learned JAWS. Transcript available at blog.freedomscientific.com
Ebu Access Cast 06
EBU Access Cast - December 19, 2018 08:57 - 49 minutesWellcome to the 6th episode of the Ebu Access Cast. As this is our last episode before we go on the short vacation, we would like to wish you all the best for the upcoming holidays, and that Mr Santa brings to you a bunch of the assistive tech devices and gadgets under the Christmas tree. IN t...
FSCast 164 - Archive of December 2018 FSOpenLine
Freedom Scientific FSCast - December 17, 2018 16:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsNews about December updates, last chance to renew SMAs at 2018 prices, a discussion of Microsoft's upcoming revamp of the Edge web browser, and of course your calls.
FSCast 163, New Hosts John and Larry Gassman Introduce themselves, Eric Damery discusses December Updates, and Gassmans chat with Curtis Chong, innovator and Accessible Technology pioneer
Freedom Scientific FSCast - December 06, 2018 15:51 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFSCast 163, New Hosts John and Larry Gassman Introduce themselves, Eric Damery discusses December Updates of JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion 2019 releases plus home annual subscription licensing, and The Gassmans chat with Curtis Chong, long time user of Freedom Scientific Access Technology and one o...
Ebu Access Cast 05
EBU Access Cast - November 20, 2018 10:09 - 52 minutesWelcome to the newest and fifth episode of the Ebu Access Cast. After one month period of silence during October due to a few technical problems and the Jakobs trip to Amazonian forests, we are back to bring you the newest content from around the globe from the assistive industry, and boy boy, w...
FSCast 162, Hal Knight with stories from his broadcast radio career, and Rob Santello talks ham radio accessibility
Freedom Scientific FSCast - November 08, 2018 14:04 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsHal Knight has one of the most familiar voices to people calling the U.S. Freedom Scientific sales department. Most people don't know that before joining Freedom in 2000, he spent 25 years+ on WPOR as one of Maine's most popular country music DJs. Hal is also a great storyteller as you'll hear i...
FSCast 161, archive of the October 2018 FSOpenLine
Freedom Scientific FSCast - October 29, 2018 12:32 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe October edition of FSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific’s global call-in show, keeps you informed of new developments and answers listener questions from around the world.
FSCast 160, what's new in JAWS 2019 beta 2, a demonstration of our new Home Annual licensing portal for US customers, and Jonathan Mosen says goodbye
Freedom Scientific FSCast - October 03, 2018 23:04 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsPublic beta 2 of JAWS 2019 is just around the corner. Eric Damery and Jonathan Mosen discuss and demonstrate the new features. Soon, there'll be a new option for licensing JAWS and ZoomText if you're a home user in the United States. Jonathan demonstrates the new portal for Home Annual license...
FSCast 159, archive of the September 2018 FSOpenLine
Freedom Scientific FSCast - September 28, 2018 01:04 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe September edition of FSOpenLine, Freedom Scientific's global call-in show, keeps you informed of new developments and answers listener questions from around the world.
Ebu Access Cast 04
EBU Access Cast - September 20, 2018 09:23 - 45 minutesWelcome to our newest episode of the Ebu Access Cast. After very hot summer, our team is back with the newest news reports from the assistive tech industry. However before we get into the newest updates we would like to notify our listeners that from now on our podcast is available on the iTunes...
FSCast 158, Eric Damery unveils JAWS 2019, Stuart Lawler talks Sight and Sounds expansion to Ireland
Freedom Scientific FSCast - September 16, 2018 22:12 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThe next major release of our screen reading software, JAWS 2019, is about to enter public beta as this podcast is published. Eric Damery takes us through some of the new features available immediately, and those planned for the JAWS 2019 cycle. Jonathan Mosen speaks with Stuart Lawler, who ha...
FSCast157, archive of the August 2018 FSOpenLine
Freedom Scientific FSCast - August 31, 2018 16:52 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThis episode of FSCast contains a recording of the first FSOpenLine session. If you are listening in a podcast app that supports chapter marks, each question and section is its own chapter, making it easy to skim through to the topics that interest you. Topics covered in the August FSOpenLin...
FSCast 156, announcing FSOpenLine, JAWS support for Skype 8, scholarship winner Kenia Flores, and we here again from Cricket Bidleman
Freedom Scientific FSCast - August 23, 2018 15:14 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe're launching a new global call-in show called FSOpenLine, and we're looking forward to your participation. Learn all about it at the start of this episode. Jonathan Mosen then demonstrates the support for Microsoft's Skype 8 released in the August update for JAWS 2018, and explains how to m...
Ebu Access Cast 03
EBU Access Cast - July 23, 2018 09:10 - 51 minutesWelcome to the third episode of the Ebu Access Cast, our official podcast from EBU about assistive technology for blind and partially sighted population across the Europe. In our final episode before the summer break Jakob Rosin and Mario Percinic are joined by Bart Simons from Belgium as our th...
FSCast155, new software releases, listener comments, and an extended interview with Isaac Lidsky
Freedom Scientific FSCast - July 21, 2018 16:14 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsAfter news about the latest software releases and some listener comments, Jonathan Mosen speaks with Isaac Lidsky. You may have heard Isaac's Ted Talk already, heard him speak recently at the NFB national convention, or read his book, Eyes Wide Open". Isaac has been an actor, the editor of the...
FSCast154, convention information and specials, Sight Village Central and specials, Focus Blue scratchpad and book reader, and a chat with our partners at Nuance
Freedom Scientific FSCast - June 20, 2018 23:51 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsThere are huge savings to be made when you purchase our products at the NFB and ACB national conventions, and through Sight and Sound as part of their summer special. Learn about what’s on offer, as well as exhibits and presentations. We’ve released the much-anticipated firmware upgrade to our...
Ebu Access Cast 02
EBU Access Cast - June 20, 2018 11:42 - 40 minutesWelcome to our second episode of the Ebu Access Cast. Our hosts Mario Percinic and Jakob Rosin prepared a bunch of news from the assistive tech industry, and at the end of the Podcast, you will be able to hear a short demonstration about Google Home. But first let’s check what news do we have ...
FSCast 153 US national conventions, May software updates, listener feedback, Mark Nelson from Digital Apex, Douglas Gerry
Freedom Scientific FSCast - May 17, 2018 17:07 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe’re looking ahead to the ACB and NFB national conventions. Mark your calendar for Eric Damery’s presentations at both. Software updates for JAWS, ZoomText and Fusion are coming by the end of May. Listener comments discuss dongle authorization, hearing FSCast on Amazon Echo and more. At t...
EBU Access Cast 01
EBU Access Cast - May 15, 2018 20:05 - 35 minutesWelcome to the first episode of the EbuAccessCast, an official podcast from EBU which talks about assistive technology for blind and partially sighted people across Europe. Our hosts today in the first episode, Mario Percinic and Jakob Rosin, introduce themselves and then later talk about few th...
FSCast 152, April 2018 JAWS Update, Miguel Abdo
Freedom Scientific FSCast - April 18, 2018 19:24 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe’re ready for the next major version of Microsoft Windows, the Spring Creators Update. Eric Damery discusses our plans to ensure you’ll be ready for the update when Microsoft pushes it to your computer, and we look at other changes in the April update of our JAWS ® screen reading software. A...
FSCast Episode 151 - March 2018 JAWS Update, Jack Mendez from the Louisiana Center for the Blind
Freedom Scientific FSCast - March 12, 2018 20:25 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsEric Damery looks ahead to the CSUN conference, and discusses some new features and fixes in the March JAWS 2018 update. Jack Mendez, Director of Technology for the Louisiana Center for the Blind, talks with Jonathan Mosen about the importance of mastering your technology, and why JAWS best eq...
FSCast Episode 150 - Eric Damery talks about the JAWS February 2018 update, ZoomText 2018 and Fusion 2018
Freedom Scientific FSCast - February 16, 2018 21:10 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsEric Damery talks about the JAWS February 2018 update, ZoomText 2018 and Fusion 2018 Show Host: Jonathan Mosen FSCast Episode 150 - FSCast Episode 150 - Eric Damery talks about the JAWS February 2018 update, ZoomText 2018 and Fusion 2018
FSCast Episode 149 - CSUN 2018 sessions, hours and prizes. Group Training offerings. Jonathan Mosen speaks with Jamie Teh of Mozilla about making Firefox compatible with JAWS
Freedom Scientific FSCast - February 12, 2018 19:15 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsWe look ahead to the CSUN conference. Learn about our sessions, exhibit hours, and prizes you can win. Did you know we offer training for groups at our headquarters or at a place of your choosing? We outline the courses available and tell you about a forthcoming course at Palomar College. Jo...
FSCast Episode 148 - Speech and Sound Scheme in JAWS, Jeanne Hink and Carli Metze from Keystone Blind Association talk about employment options
Freedom Scientific FSCast - January 05, 2018 18:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsJonathan Mosen demonstrates the powerful Speech and Sounds Scheme feature in JAWS, including voice aliases. And we meet Jeanne Hink and Carli Metze from Keystone Blind Association, who are seeking to make a range of employment options available to blind people. Show Host: Jonathan Mosen F...
FSCast Episode 147 - Renew Software Maintenance Agreement online, New software releases - JAWS, ZoomText and MAGic, new features in JAWS 2018, Chad Hays talks about how Freedom Scientific products helped him buy family business
Freedom Scientific FSCast - December 06, 2017 19:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsDid you know that if you’re in the United States, you can renew your JAWS Software Maintenance Agreement online? Jonathan Mosen shows you how easy it is. Eric Damery tells us about new software releases in December for JAWS, ZoomText and MAGic, and Jonathan shows us two new features coming to ...
FSCast Episode 146 - Special PEARL pricing, Rachel Flowers produced her latest album with JAWS, justice themed interviews
Freedom Scientific FSCast - November 17, 2017 15:58 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsFor JAWS and Fusion 2018 customers, we’ve slashed the price of our powerful PEARL ® portable reading camera. FSCast has all the details. Rachel Flowers, who we’ve featured on FSCast before, has a new album, which she has produced herself with the help of JAWS. We feature a track from the album...
FSCast Episode 145 - Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
Freedom Scientific FSCast - October 17, 2017 15:15 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsMicrosoft will begin releasing the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update this week. VFO and Microsoft have collaborated closely during this release cycle. We hear from Glen Gordon, VFO’s Chief Technology officer, discussing things you need to know about access to Microsoft Edge in the Fall Creators ...
FSCast Episode 144 - Software News, Michael Arbitman - a ZoomText user who hunts software vulnerabilities
Freedom Scientific FSCast - October 05, 2017 15:10 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsEric Damery brings us plenty of software news, including what’s new and improved in public beta 2 of our JAWS® 2018 screen reading software. We learn about a forthcoming update to ZoomText and Fusion, Microsoft’s new Windows Fall Creators Update, and Firefox version 57. Plus news of a 5 city tou...