[Md-sligo] FW: Saturday Session, October 16th, DC Public Library, Adaptive Services, Orientation and Mobility, 1pm to 4pm, MLK Library

[Brown, Debbie]

From: James (DCPL) Timony [mailto:James.Timony at dc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 8:10 AM
To: Brown, Debbie
Subject: Saturday Session, October 16th, DC Public Library, Adaptive Services, Orientation and Mobility, 1pm to 4pm, MLK Library

The next Saturday Technology Training Session (STTS) is on Orientation and Mobility:

In commemoration of White Cane Day, which is October 15th, our STTS session will focus on White Cane Law, White Cane issues, alternative Orientation & Mobility solutions, including GPS technology.  Our guests will include Brigit Doherty of WMATA, Brett Rouillier of the DC Department of Transportation, David Lingebach of the OUTA Sight Foundation, and tentatively a representative of Google Turn-by-turn navigation.

Please come, Saturday, Oct. 16th, 2010, 1pm to 4pm, room 215, MLK library, 901 G Street, Washington DC.

Last weekend, Accessibility Camp DC 2010 was a great success.  Presentations and other information are available at:
http://www.accessibilitycampdcorg/<http://www.accessibilitycampdc.org/>

Presentations included the following:

Mike Guill - How to Get Started with Web Accessibility
Jean Spellman - W3C and WAI - What's New, AT Guidelines, Gallery Project
Jess Chaikin - NRIC - NITER & web accessibility
Cliff Tyllick - Creating accessible documents w/MS Word
Russell Heimlich - Developer's Perspective to make an accessible website
Saroj Primoni - Issues, Challenges, Solutions for Accessibility at NC State
Jamal Mazrui w/Mika Pykala - Accessible Mobile Apps for developers and users
Mike Guill - workshop for accessibility call to action
Katie Filbert - Wikipedia & accessibility, make it better
John Utter - Real-world teaching old code new tricks - making websites accessible
Cliff Tyllick - Discussion: get people resistant to special needs to understand the reasons / biz case
Emmanuel Coutoulakis - accessible software and software requirements
Pratik Patel of Easy Fire - Mobile Accesibility on the Web
Karl Groves - Deque - Fire Eyes demo/feedback session
Katie Filbert of Wikipedia - Brainstorming to improve Metro accessibility
Saroj Primloni - enabled remote access with cloud computing
Jimmy Chandler - Integrating Accessibility Into Your Projects
Mika Pykala of NFB - Comments and news on upcoming legislation changes
Svetlana - CART & interpreter - Accessibility and hearing loss
John Utter - Easy ARIA real world examples


The Saturday Sessions are held in Room 215 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington DC, and are a chance for people who use Adaptive Technologies to get together and share information, learn about Technologies like the JAWS ScreenReader and MAGic ScreenMagnifier which make the computer accessible to people who are blind or have low vision, and hear demonstrations of new Adaptive Technologies and Services. Some examples of demonstrations from past sessions include accessible cell phones, Dancing Dots Music software, PeaPod online grocery ordering service, and Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind.
The Adaptive Technology Program provides adaptive technology workstations for people who need them in order to access the library's programs and services.  The workstations are located in the Adaptive Services Division, Room 215 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.  Customers can call ahead and reserve two-hour sessions at either the computer workstations or at the CCTVs.  Introductory training on Adaptive Technologies is available through orientation sessions and regular weekly meetings with Volunteer Trainers.

Chris Corrigan, library associate and volunteer coordinator in the Adaptive Services Division has created a blog of tutorials on Adaptive Technologies http://atthdc.blogspot.com<http://atthdc.blogspot.com/> , and worked with summer interns Sterling Henry and Miriam Brinley to create a collaborative space on PBwiki with tutorials and space for community discussion.

The monthly meet-up WebAccessibilityDC occurs regularly on the third Tuesday of the month from 6pm to 9pm in room 215, Adaptive Services at the MLK library and the September 21st topic will be audio description.  Follow http://twitter.com/accessibilitydc for updates about the monthly WebAccessibility meet-up.  Follow http://www.twitter.com/AccessCampDC for updates about the annual AccessibilityCamp

Our new collaborative webspace is at https://sttsdc.pbworks.com<https://sttsdc.pbworks.com/> (Saturday Technology Training Session DC wiki), and is a place to post links from the Saturday Sessions and to share information about Adaptive Technology.  The STTSDC wiki has a calendar that could serve as collaboratively-administrated general events calendar for Adaptive Technology-related events in the Washington DC area.   To request access, click the above link, click "request access", enter your email address, complete the captcha, and click "send to administrator".

Check out our Blog at http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/

Sessions are broadcast and archived at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/seasonagos-show

Patrick

James Patrick Timony
Adaptive Technology Librarian
District of Columbia Public Library
Adaptive Services Division, Room 215
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW, 20001
patrick.timony at dc.gov<mailto:patrick.timony at dc.gov>
202-727-1335

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