[il-talk] Accessible Google Calendar

[Byron J. Lee]

Hey did you guys see this!?! What great news for us since we use Google 
Calendar to manage our NFBI Calendar of Events. We've had to do it with 
our iOS devices or via Firefox up until today. I just messed around with 
this and it works great!

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011

For Immediate Release: Povidi Releases "My Accessible Google", 
Non-Visual Access to Google's Calendar application!! - Christchurch, New 
Zealand - Cleveland, OH USA - PR Web

Today, Povidi LTD announced that for the first time users who are 
visually impaired will now be able to access Google's Calendar 
Application. Up until now, this robust, online means of organizing one's 
calendar has been virtually inaccessible to persons who are blind or 
visually impaired. But no longer thanks to the development efforts of 
Povidi, a New Zealand-based development firm committed to providing 
orientation and navigation solutions as well as intuitive access to 
otherwise relatively inaccessible web-based applications by persons who 
are blind or visually impaired.

Povidi has created a user interface to Google's Calendar Application 
that can be freely utilized by visiting http://www.povidi.com/mag/ 
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Users must first have a Google account; once they sign in and grant this 
application access to their Google calendar, users may create, store, 
and review appointments in the same manner as their sighted peers. 
Povidi was able to accomplish this milestone in the wake of a tragic 
earthquake that has decimated Christchurch.

"/We're delighted with this breakthrough,/" stated Darryl Sherwood, 
founder of Povidi. "/We're seeing a trend whereby vision impaired 
computer users are expected to manage and access information in a 
similar fashion to their sighted peers, and we're keen to explore ways 
to give them the tools they need to accomplish the tasks they are 
expected to independently complete."/

Flying Blind, LLC is a strategic partner and minority shareholder in 
Povidi. "/I'm ecstatic about the work that Darryl and his team have 
completed on the Google Calendar,/" stated Larry Lewis, President of 
Flying Blind, LLC. "It's a tremendous follow-up effort to Povidi's 
access on the YouTube front, and I'm confident that we'll find ways to 
bring Povidi's problem solving skills to a number of other inaccessible 
applications on the web as well."

The staff at Povidi and Flying Blind, LLC are encouraging all of their 
customers to give "My Accessible Google" a try and to provide their 
feedback. For more information about "My Accessible Google", please contact:

*Darryl Sherwood, Founder*
Povidi LTD
darryl at povidi.com <mailto:darryl at povidi.com>
http://www.povidi.com 
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*Larry Lewis, President*
Flying Blind LLC
larry.lewis at flying-blind.com <mailto:larry.lewis at flying-blind.com>
http://www.flying-blind.com 
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