SVCB Meeting Program Segments

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Welcome to the index page for SVCB's meeting program segments. Through links on this page, you can stream or download presentations that occurred during the program segments at monthly meetings of the Silicon Valley Council of the Blind. Roger Petersen, our Program Committee Chair, will announce each program.

Program segments posted here have been approved by their presenters for online availability. Other segments that have not been approved are available to SVCB members by contacting membership@svcb.cc. Feedback is welcomed. Send comments to webmaster@svcb.cc. Thank you.


What are streaming and downloading?

Each month in the list below is a link to your selected program.

Streaming: When you click or enter on the month, your media player starts, and you hear the program almost immediately. The problem is, you can only listen to it, you can't move forward or backward easily nor do you have a copy of the program on your computer to listen to later. But if you just want to sit back and listen, streaming is the right choice. When you want to stop the program, exit your media player (typically with the Alt-F4 key combination).

Downloading: When you right click or Windows context key on the month and select "Save link as..." the sequence you use to download a file starts. After the file is downloaded, you go to the location you saved to and double click or Enter on the file you want to listen to. The file names are "ps" + month + 2-digit year + ".mp3", e.g. ps0110.mp3 for January 2010. The difference is that now you can easily move backward and forward through the program as well as increase the speech rate (on some players). The downside of the download process is that getting the file to your computer can take some time, perhaps two minutes.


Trouble?

Depending on file associations on your operating system, you may have trouble with the audio links. If nothing happens when you click on the month link, try right clicking the link instead.

If you can only listen to audio, the audio file can still be downloaded. Here's how:

  • Do the keystroke to stop the audio. This is Control-P in Windows Media Player.
  • Pull down the file menu: typically with Alt-F.
  • Select the "Save as" function.
  • The name of the audio file will be highlighted so all you have to do is click the "Save" button.
  • You will be returned to your media player after the file has downloaded to your computer.

Program List

Select Stream or Download on a month below after choosing a year.

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2008 Programs

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2009 Programs

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2010 Programs

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2011 Programs

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2012 Programs

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2013 Programs

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2014 Programs

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2015 Programs

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2016 Programs

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2017 Programs

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2018 Programs

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2019 Programs

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2020 Programs