http://mattschneider.com Disability advocate and Photographer Sun, 25 May 2008 21:55:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 I went to Williamsburg for one week with my parents. It was nice to get out of Ohio, I never really went to Virgina. I really liked how green it was compared to spring in ohio. It was also very warm, it reached 94 degrees one day. Getting around Williamsburg ... http://mattschneider.com/travel/my-trip-to-williamsburg I just got back from a wonderful vacation. I went on a Geek Cruise on Holland America to the Eastern Caribbean. I had a great time meeting some cool people including David Pogue, Eddie Tapp. and others. I also got to spend some time with some ... http://mattschneider.com/travel/geek-cruise-2007 For reading books, I use a GEWA Book Reader. I’ve tried lots of different machines. Many of the others rely on a sticky thing that sticks to the page. It works better than a lot of other ones because the things don’t have to stick to the page. The ... http://mattschneider.com/general/pageturner