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The Disney Standard

Mike Calvo • February 2, 2012

This past Sunday my family and I accompanied some friends to Disney World. Living in Orlando, I guess it's not as big of a deal as it would be for the common tourist. I myself have always found it more or less enjoyable, something to do with the kids anyway. Last weekend I decided to satisfy my curiosity about a new audio description device that I had heard about somewhere, and while looking over … [Read more...] about The Disney Standard

Filed Under: Serotek News
Tagged With: Access Award, Accessibility, AFB, blindness, community, guide dogs, rant, social networking, travel, Universal design

System Access: The Alternative Commitment

Mike Calvo • December 7, 2011

As you know, Serotek is not a conventional assistive technology provider. In fact, we take pride in our willingness to think outside the box and leverage products that make a distinct mark on the customers we serve, but, the price of pulling away from the pack means succumbing to all manner of speculation perpetuated by competitors and by customers who rely on bias reviews to direct their own … [Read more...] about System Access: The Alternative Commitment

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Tagged With: Accessibility, AFB, blindness, disruptive technology, rant, SA To Go, Serotek, SMA, System Access, System Access Mobile, System Access To Go

Cloudy With a Chance of Profit: Preview

Mike Calvo • September 22, 2011

I’ve spent a great deal of time publicly evangelizing the merits of cloud computing, both on this blog and on the Serotalk podcast. The next logical step was to expand, in the form of a book, on my experiences as an entrepreneur of a cloud-based business and share my thoughts on the effects of cloud computing on the information technology industry as a whole. Coming soon to your favorite bookstore … [Read more...] about Cloudy With a Chance of Profit: Preview

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Tagged With: Accessibility, Ajax, Cloud Computing, disruptive technology, HTML5, Internet, Money, new product announcement, Promotions, web

Crowdsourcing as a software development tool

Pneuma Solutions Team • December 7, 2010

With the recent release of DocuScan Plus, the product development team would like to share with the community what we believe to be a new and exciting method of developing assistive technology. We feel that this tool is especially useful when developing assistive technology because of the unique challenges involved with creating this type of software. Assistive technology, unlike some other types … [Read more...] about Crowdsourcing as a software development tool

Filed Under: Serotek News
Tagged With: Accessibility, Accessible Digital Lifestyle, community, disruptive technology, DocuScan Plus, social networking

What is the Future of Screen Readers anyway?

Mike Calvo • July 28, 2010

A week or so ago, the American Council of the Blind held a Future of Screen Readers panel as part of the Information Access Committee seminar at the ACB annual convention. Serotek was one of the companies invited to attend remotely via Skype. Other remote participants were GW Micro and NVDA. Unfortunately technology failed (through no fault of Skype) and we remote participants did not get to … [Read more...] about What is the Future of Screen Readers anyway?

Filed Under: Serotek News
Tagged With: ACB, Accessibility, Accessibility Is A Right, Accessible Digital Lifestyle, Apple, community, conventions, digital lifestyle, GW Micro, Serotek, Universal design, Vocational Rehab

A History Making Day For The Blind

Mike Calvo • February 12, 2010

This week, Serotek’s iBlink Radio app for the iPhone and iPod Touch is in the “Featured apps” section of the iTunes Store. On the surface, this may appear to be a nice feather in Serotek’s cap, but the implications go far beyond company recognition. This listing recognizes the blind community as a worthy market as well as putting Serotek on display as a contributor of high quality software and … [Read more...] about A History Making Day For The Blind

Filed Under: Serotek News
Tagged With: Accessibility, Accessible Digital Lifestyle, aging, Apple, Baby Boomers, Blind Ghetto, blindness, Intel, seniors, Universal design, Vision loss and age

Access to iTunes 9.0 is here!

Pneuma Solutions Team • September 15, 2009

This past Wednesday, Apple held a media event to showcase new products. With a musical theme, Apple announced many exciting developments, particularly of interest to people who are blind. With the introduction of the Voiceover screen reader for the iPod Touch and an updated Voiceover interface for the iPod Nano, as well as accessibility updates to the iPhone OS utilized on both the iPhone and iPod … [Read more...] about Access to iTunes 9.0 is here!

Filed Under: Serotek News
Tagged With: Accessibility, Accessible Digital Lifestyle, Apple, Blind Ghetto, blindness, Ipod, Itunes

If it isn’t accessible, it has no value

Mike Calvo • May 21, 2009

The other day a friend of mine tried once again to interest me in World Ventures. He had tried once before – asking me to look at their Web site and see how it could be improved for accessibility. I did and the site had several flaws. I made contact with World Ventures/Rovia developers offering some suggestions which they apparently ignored. This time my friend forwarded a new web site … [Read more...] about If it isn’t accessible, it has no value

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Tagged With: Accessibility, blindness, home business, travel, web, World Ventures

Dr. Mark Maurer’s letter encouraging rehab centers to give their blind clientele their choice when it comes to selecting accessibility tools

Mike Calvo • September 2, 2008

I am a little tardy responding to Dr. Mark Maurer’s letter, at the end of this post, encouraging rehab centers to give their blind clientele their choice when it comes to selecting accessibility tools, such as screen readers. We agree with Dr. Maurer wholeheartedly. There are two considerations, however, that the letter did not address:1. To make an informed choice, blind consumers need access to … [Read more...] about Dr. Mark Maurer’s letter encouraging rehab centers to give their blind clientele their choice when it comes to selecting accessibility tools

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Tagged With: Accessibility, blindness, NFB, Seniorsscreen readers, Vocational Rehab

Isn’t It Ironic?

Mike Calvo • July 18, 2008

IBM gained a bit of press with its recently announced Social Accessibility Project which promises to broker a service that makes Web sites accessible to users of Jaws and Internet Explorer. Almost immediately thereafter, WebVisum was touted for its tools that make sites accessible via Firefox. Both of these efforts are stragglers, wandering onto the field some four years after Serotek announced … [Read more...] about Isn’t It Ironic?

Filed Under: Serotek News
Tagged With: Accessibility, AIR, C-SAW, rant

This Year’s Convention Adventures

Mike Calvo • July 9, 2008

So I am now getting ready to go home after 2 long weeks on the road. Wow! What a rush it's been. From Dalis to Louisville I have had a blast hanging out with many of you and being humbled with your good wishes and encouraging support.I had so many things to say and for several reasons just decided to speak to the people I had in front of me, from the heart, and post my actual speech here. Should I … [Read more...] about This Year’s Convention Adventures

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Tagged With: ACB, Accessibility, conventions, NFB, Serotek

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