Technology - Firefox Rockbox and new Dolphin updates
I have now switched to firefox for 99% of my web requirement. Not only does it render pages much faster with window-eyes than IE, it also has the daddy of all download managers built in. The tabbed browsing rocks as does the ability to have live RSS bookmarks.
Unlike other screenreaders window-eyes support for this little browser is complete and not half baked or lacklustre. The browser also performs much faster on Clare’s laptop which by today’s standards is rather low powered but more than serviceable.
The use of my Iriver mp3 player is on the increase these days not least because of the amazing and free Rockbox firmware I installed. This amongst other things lets some of the hard drive \tbased Iriver players speak menus folder names and other system information. Managing my unruly collection of albums and audio books these days on a pocket sized device with 40 gig drive space is a snap for the first time.
In other technology news, Dolphin have just released version 6.53 of the Worcester based company’s access sweet. The screenreader Hal has some nice new features including better support for the SUN access bridge and improvements in the office programs. It also includes support for windows media edition an has Brailliant support within SAM out of the box. Users of older supernova and Hal versions can download the latest version of SAM free from the Dolphin web page. We have supplied the necessary driver to make the Brailliant work with the Dolphin product line and I thank the company for now putting the support in the box as it were.
Unlike other screenreaders window-eyes support for this little browser is complete and not half baked or lacklustre. The browser also performs much faster on Clare’s laptop which by today’s standards is rather low powered but more than serviceable.
The use of my Iriver mp3 player is on the increase these days not least because of the amazing and free Rockbox firmware I installed. This amongst other things lets some of the hard drive \tbased Iriver players speak menus folder names and other system information. Managing my unruly collection of albums and audio books these days on a pocket sized device with 40 gig drive space is a snap for the first time.
In other technology news, Dolphin have just released version 6.53 of the Worcester based company’s access sweet. The screenreader Hal has some nice new features including better support for the SUN access bridge and improvements in the office programs. It also includes support for windows media edition an has Brailliant support within SAM out of the box. Users of older supernova and Hal versions can download the latest version of SAM free from the Dolphin web page. We have supplied the necessary driver to make the Brailliant work with the Dolphin product line and I thank the company for now putting the support in the box as it were.
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