[Md-sligo] FW: Saturday Technology Training Session, June 4th, Burt Levy, White Cane and More Store

[Brown, Debbie]

From: James (DCPL) Timony [mailto:James.Timony at dc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 6:50 PM
To: Brown, Debbie
Subject: Saturday Technology Training Session, June 4th, Burt Levy, White Cane and More Store

Burt Levy from the White Cane and More Store will be the featured guest at the June 4th Saturday Technology Training Session:

Experience the latest 'Moshi' clock - it's the one WITH an AM/FM radio that you can turn on by simply saying "Play Radio."  There is also a really SIMPLE cellular phone with a LARGE backlit keypad AND the dialpad speaks the numbers as they are pushed.  It also has one button on the back which - if pushed - will dial 911 and as many as 4 other numbers (family members) to alert them that you are in danger.  AND it is also an FM radio-!
For Hand-Held Electronic Magnification, there is nothing better than the QuickLook Focus.  AND the PenFriend remains a very impressive piece of technology-!

Also Adaptive Services Division staff will demo the Freedom Scientific Pearl portable reading solution and possibly the new Typeability typing tutor.  The session may also include short presentations from community members who have recently returned from AccessibilityCampSeattle and the Carroll Center for the Blind, as well as summer interns from the American Association of People with Disabilities and the National Library Service.


The DC Public Library Accommodation Statement is here: http://www.dclibrary.org/node/2095

Please let us know if you require accommodation including American sign language interpretation.

The event will be from 1pm to 4pm, in room 215 Adaptive Services at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.

1pm - 4pm
Saturday, June 4th
Room 215, MLK Library

Saturday Technology Training Sessions (STTS) are held on the first and third Saturdays of each month in room 215, Adaptive Services Division of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, and focus on the topic of adaptive technology as it relates to employment for people with disabilities.  The library is located at 901 G Street, NW Washington DC 20001, diagonally across the street from the 9th street exit of the Gallery Place Chinatown Metro stop, or two blocks from the 11th and G exit of Metro Center.  There is no public parking at the MLK Library.

The Adaptive Technology Program provides adaptive technology workstations for library customers who need them.  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.

The STTS blog is here: http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/
The Adaptive Services home page is here: http://www.dclibrary.org/services/adaptiveservices
AccessibilityCamp.org is here: www.accessibilitycamp.org<http://www.accessibilitycamp.org>
Sessions are broadcast on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/seasonagos-show





James Patrick Timony
Librarian, Adaptive Technology
DC Public Library
Adaptive Services Division, Room 215
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street, NW
Washington DC, 20001
patrick.timony at dc.gov
202-727-1335




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