Tek Talk welcomes Brian Hartgen of Hartgen Consultancy to discuss Leasey version 11.5, a powerful collection of tools, scripts and accessible applications for people using JAWS for Windows. 08/31/2026
Tek TalkShow Notes
Leasey is designed to make everyday computing faster, clearer and more productive, whether you are writing, reading, listening, researching, organising information, managing files or using social media.
Leasey version 11.5 adds major new features and redesigns many long-established areas of the product. Many people already have access to version 11.5, but they will not have experienced new features being released in September. Come and find out more! Use Leasey Texts to reproduce lengthy passages of text through choosing one from a list or by typing an abbreviation. Meet what is becoming a powerful word processor, Leasey Word. Leasey Media Centre allows you to listen to the radio, work with podcasts, audio playlists and more. People have not seen the ability to create chapter marks for podcasts which do not have them already or to find out facts about the songs they are hearing on the radio. Experience the new enhancements to Leasey Social which accesses Mastodon. Spell check in an accessible way from within any application.
There is enough in Leasey 11.5 to talk about for at least 12 hours. Come along and see what we can pack into just one hour. Presenter contact Info Brian Hartgen Hartgen Consultancy. Our usual opening Hours are 9 AM to 5 PM UK time, Monday to Friday.
Telephone (in the UK) 02921-051325. Telephone (in the United States of America) 239-256-7779.
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