http://mattschneider.com Disability advocate and Photographer Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:45:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently had a chance to hang out with Scott Sands - a fellow blogger with Duchenne - at  Sea World. We took some photos together of the seals and sea lions at Pacific Point Preserve. I also wanted to see his new camera setup. Scott showed me his new Canon ... http://mattschneider.com/uncategorized/hanging-out Here are some pictures from my recent trip to North Carolina.I went to the Outer Banks. http://mattschneider.com/travel/north-carolina-trip I just went on a summer trip to Niagara Falls.  One of things that I always wanted to do was ride a helicopter. So when I was in Canada I saw a company advertising flights over the falls so I got a crazy idea to try it.  I was nervous ... http://mattschneider.com/travel/niagara-falls-helicopter-ride I finally got around to updating my blog here are some of the things that I was have been doing this winter. The first thing I like to talk about is my recent cruise. In a future blog I will discuss my adventures in Florida. This winter I went on ... http://mattschneider.com/travel/disney-cruise I recently rode the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. I always heard it was wheelchair accessible, but I never gave it a try . I was very surprised how accessible the train was for wheelchairs. The train has one car that is accessible and it has two wheelchair lifts ... http://mattschneider.com/travel/cuyahoga-valley-scenic-railroad Are you looking for a good microphone for speech recognition I would recommend the Plantronics DSP-400. http://mattschneider.com/hardware/good-microphone-for-speech-recognition Many people have trouble using a keyboard or cannot use a keyboard at all. So one way to type is to use a on-screen keyboard. Windows includes an on-screen keyboard but lacks many features. In my search for a better on-screen keyboard I found one called Click-N-Type. It adds more features ... http://mattschneider.com/software/free-on-screen-keyboard I have tried using voice recognition in the past. it never seem to work quite right for me, I had tried using NaturallySpeaking in the past. I was at target today and I saw the new version. It was only $39, so I decided to give it a try.I installed ... http://mattschneider.com/software/voice-recognition-with-dragon-naturallyspeaking-9 Simple Hands-free Camera Remote Hack You need to have a canon rebel XT for this to work. I needed to make a custom remote for my new camera. I wanted to use buttons that were easier to push. The Canon RS60-E3 Remote has two functions focus and shutter (but ... http://mattschneider.com/general/simple-hands-free-camera-remote-hack I am so excited I just got a new Van. We had a 10 year old Ford Full-size Econoline Van with a Crow River Lift. It was getting old, and was also getting hard for me to get on the lift. So getting a mini-van with a ramp made more ... http://mattschneider.com/general/new-van