[Md-sligo] FW: STTS on 9/18 and Web Accessibility DC meetup on 9/21

[Brown, Debbie]

From: James (DCPL) Timony [mailto:James.Timony at dc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 5:04 PM
To: Brown, Debbie
Subject: STTS on 9/18 and Web Accessibility DC meetup on 9/21

Two additional Adaptive Technology Programs at the DC Public Library:

9/18 Saturday Technology Training Session on the iPhone and iPad and the DAMAN project on Disability Awareness .  From 1pm to 4pm in room 215 a panel discussion on iPhone and iPad led by Mark Reumann of the US Patent Office and previously of Freedom Scientific, as well as a Disability Awareness presentation and discussion featuring Daman Wandke of the DAMAN project (Disability Awareness Moves Across the Nation)  www.damanw.com<http://www.damanw.com/>, This presentation will have CART captioning

9/21 The Web Accessibility DC meetup will meet from 6:30 to 8:30pm in room 215 will feature Joel Snyder of Audio Description Associates. Details follow.

You are invited to the following event:
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: The Visual Made Verbal
Making Visual Images Accessible to People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision
Date:
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (ET)
Location:
Martin Luther King (MLK) Library
901 G St NW
Room 215, Adaptive Services
Washington, DC 20001-4531
Registration is encouraged but not required, as our free registration site has some accessibility issues itself. http://accessibilitydcsept10.eventbrite.com
Below is a breakdown of the schedule and how the meeting will unfold. Would greatly appreciate it if you can make sure you are on time so we can get started on time.
6:30 PM - 6:45 PM - Welcome everyone.
6:45 PM - 8:00 PM - Join Joel Snyder (President of Audio Description Associates LLC) talk about the following:
Summary: At this interactive, multi-media session, participants will experience how Audio Description (AD) makes visual images accessible for people who are blind or have low vision-the visual is made verbal. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, describers convey the visual image that is not fully accessible to a significant segment of the population estimated to be 25.2 million Americans (American Foundation for the Blind, 2008).
Through this hands-on workshop, describer training will be detailed according to the Fundamentals of Audio Description developed by Joel Snyder Participants will experience how description makes performing and visual arts programming, websites and myriad activities more accessible to patrons who are blind or have low vision - and more enjoyable for all.
For example, anyone who presents visual images (museum docents, teachers, health care workers) can use AD techniques to "translate" the visual image to words. Through careful observation and the skillful use of language, he/she enlivens the presentation for all listeners.
In addition, the Americans With Disabilities Act and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act focus on access; these regulations apply to the broad range of American businesses and organizations as well as Federal agencies: Section 508 requires the Federal government to make its electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily.
Finally, the program will introduce attendees to the varied AD programs and resources available world-wide including ACB's Audio Description Project website and activities, the U.K.'s Royal National Institute of Blind People, Independent Television Commission and Audio Eyes resources, and guidelines/literature established by the Described and Captioned Media Program, the Audio Description Coalition, Art Education for the Blind, and "The Didactics of Audio Visual Translation" by Dr. Jorge Diaz-Cintas.
Program Goals/Outcomes: At the conclusion of the session, participants will know/experience:
-- who are "the blind"?
-- the history of Audio Description
-- Active Seeing / Visual Literacy
-- how to develop skills in concentration and observation
-- the art of "editing" what you see
-- using language to conjure images
-- how to use the spoken word to make meaning
-- developing an Audio Description program
Who Should Attend: all interested in an overview of Audio Description-particularly arts providers (performing arts producers/presenters, museum/visual art professionals), educators, writers, artists, government personnel, health-care workers
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM - Closing remarks, clean-up, and information about after event wanderings. We will also be looking for more ideas of what talks people want to here and/or give for the next meeting.
Talk Ideas
We are looking for someone to lead a discussion or presentation about anything accessibility related for the group. Please contact info at accessibilitydc.org<mailto:info at accessibilitydc.org> with any talk ideas you would be willing to do.

Thanks,
John F Croston III - (jfc iii)
http://jfciii.com/
Twitter - @jfc3
Twitter - @AccessibilityDC




For more info contact:
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









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

202-727-1335



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