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1)  The annual five-hour Holiday Stocking Stuffers ONLINE EVENT sponsored by the Accessible Worldwill take place Saturday, 3 November from 17:00-22:00 GMT.
 This free event lets you learn about affordable gifts, gizmos and gadgets which can be of use to those who are blind or visually impaired.  http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs5affc3cfa191

2)  On the same Day, Kathy Ann Murtha is offering a 2-hour, $100 seminar on PowerPoint 2007 with window-Eyes.
http://tinyurl.com/3acu5d

3)  Serotek now lets you access its full product line without commitment for $39.99 per month.  You can also buy the product line for $24.95 per month for
48 months.
http://www.serotek.com/

4)  John Gunderson will offer an On-Line Web 2.0 Accessibility Course using the W3C ARIA Specifications for $495, Mondays and Wednesdays at 20:00 GMT from
26 November to 19 December.
http://www.cita.uiuc.edu/courses/web20online/

5)  In a development which might have benefit to us, the iPods to come next will have built-in speech.  You can test the synthesizer they will use at this
site
http://say.expressivo.com
and read an article about the development here:
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=999772006

6)  the topic for the free weekly training from Tek Talk this tuesday, 6 November at 00:00 GMT will be J-Ware, Specialist Interfaces Using the JAWS for
Windows Screen-reader, discussing voice-input options JSay and J-Vis, Outlook calendar enhhancement J-Days, and iTunes enhancement J-Tunes. this is a direct
link to the voice chat room:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2

7)  thanks to the Blind Bargains newsletter and blog, we learn about this listing of the top 25 sites for blind gamers:
http://7128.com/top25/top25sitesblind2007.html

8)  the Blind Bargains creator has also brought us Bargain Hunting 101: How to shop around for the best Deal, revealing many techniques they use to gather
the information for their blog and newsletter.
http://www.blindbargains.com/tips/hunting101.php

9)  Fred's Head Companion brings us a useful short course on chat lingo for those who want to be part of online communities:
http://fredsheadcompanion.blogspot.com/2006/03/do-you-know-your-chat-lingo.html

10)  Developments of the OpenBook OCR program haven't come often of late, but a major upgrade, Version 8, is around the corner.  Read about what will be
in this new version here.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_OB80.asp

11)  Accessibility reviews of various programs, including unzip them all version 1.0 and windows live messenger version 8.0 have been added to the AccessWatch
database.
http://www.accesswatch.info

12)  The installment of ACBRadio Main Menu to be heard on Wednesday, 7 November at 01:00 GMT will feature full coverage about the new Mac version Leopard,
particularly focusing on the features of Voice Over.  this should be quite interesting, as some enthusiasts are claiming that the new version provides
excellent support of the web, while others are expressing disappointment with that same support.
http://www.acbradio.org

13)  the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines provide guidance on designing Web browsers, media players, assistive technologies, and other 'user agents'
to be accessible and to increase accessibility of Web content for people with disabilities. the Web Accessibility Initiative has developed Version 2 of
these guidelines, and they invite comments.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-UAAG20-requirements-20071031/

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