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> This week on Main Menu, ICQ, the most popular download on the planet, has
a
> new release. We find out if it's still accessible, and for those of you
who
> have never used ICQ before, we do a quick demonstration of its basic
> operation.
>
> We review a state of the art OCR scanner from HP that uses the universal
> serial bus system.
>
> The dream of wearing a small computer that will tell blind people about
> their environment and provide directions is closer than ever to reality.
> Last week, an important alliance to realise this dream was announced
between
> Sendero Group and Xybernaut. We speak with Sendero Group President Michael
> May.
>
> We find out about products by Biolink, makers of the Protalk Screen Reader
> for Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT, and who will soon have a product on the
> market that could change the way you listen to ACB Radio.
>
> Products using Voice Synthesis are becoming mainstream. We review one that
> can take text straight from your Windows clipboard and turn it into an MP3
> file.
>
> And we take another look at Linux.
>
> Join us for Main Menu on ACB Radio Mainstream at 9 PM EDT Sunday evening,
> that's Monday morning at 1 GMT.
>
> Go to http://www.acbradio.org
> and choose the Mainstream link, then choose to listen with your preferred
> player.
>
>
> Jonathan Mosen
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> ICQ: 32257076
> Phone: +64-21-4Mosen
>
>
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