[Md-sligo] FW: Saturday Technoloyg Training Session Nov 19th KEENDC and NVDA Screen Reader

[Brown, Debbie]

From: James (DCPL) Timony [mailto:James.Timony at dc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 6:01 PM
To: Brown, Debbie
Subject: Saturday Technoloyg Training Session Nov 19th KEENDC and NVDA Screen Reader


The Nov 19th Saturday Technology Training Session will feature two presentations.



Beata Okulska, Executive Director of KEEN Greater DC, will discuss the work of her organization providing recreational opportunities for children and young adults with disabilities.



John J. Herzog, of the Federal Communications Commission will demonstrate NVDA (Non Visual Desktop Access) a free and open source screenreader that he believes can support employment as well as JAWS in most cases.



KEEN is a national, nonprofit volunteer-led organization that provides one-to-one recreational opportunities for children and young adults with developmental and physical disabilities<http://www.keengreaterdc.org/published/about/disabilities.html> at no cost to their families and caregivers. KEEN's mission is to foster the self-esteem, confidence, skills and talents of its athletes through non-competitive activities, allowing young people facing even the most significant challenges to meet their individual goals.  Their website is: http://www.keengreaterdc.org/published/index.html  Beata Okulska assumed her duties as Executive Director of KEEN Greater DC in August, 2001. Her primary responsibility is to carry out the strategic plans and policies as established by the board of directors that include: advising the Board, advocating and implementing organization changes in agreement with KEEN's mission, formulating policies and planning recommendations to the Board, deciding or guiding courses of action in operations by staff, and overseeing all operations of KEEN and the implementation of plans.  Beata is a native of Poland and came to the United States in 1986. She holds a master's degree in economics from Warsaw School of Economics. Formerly, she worked for the Epilepsy Foundation, where she served as Program Director, and as Director in the Affiliate Relations Department.



John J. Herzog is a graduate of the University of Illinois and a recent hire at the Federal Communications Commission, where he uses only the NVDA screen reader in the course of his job.  He has demoed NVDA on the Blind Cool Tech PodCast and on other online and in person forums.  He will demo the NVDA screen reader's support for Internet Explorer, including how it works with flash content, as well as its support of numerous features of Microsoft Office.  John is proving day to day that the NVDA screen reader can support employment.

These Adaptive Technology user group meetings are on the first and third Saturday of each month in room 215, Adaptive Services Division of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.  They 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 (AT) Program provides AT workstations for library customers who need them.  The workstations are located in the Adaptive Services Division, Room 215.  Customers can call ahead and reserve two-hour sessions.  Introductory training on Adaptive Technologies is available through our Adaptive Technology trainer, Chris Corrigan.  Please contact him at Christopher.Corrigan at dc.gov<mailto:Christopher.Corrigan at dc.gov> .

The STTS blog is here: http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/
The Adaptive Services home page is here: http://www.dclibrary.org/services/adaptiveservices
STTSs are archived here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/seasonagos-show

Accommodation

If you have questions about physical access, need handouts in alternate format, or require American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation or other reasonable accommodation, please contact Venetia V. Demson, Chief, Adaptive Services, by e-mail: lbph.dcpl at dc.gov<mailto:lbph.dcpl at dc.gov> or telephone: 202-727-2142, or Janice Rosen by videophone: 202-559-5368 or Sorenson video relay service 1-866-570-7364; Monday -Tuesday, Noon to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Please request accommodation as early as possible, but at least seven days in advance of the meeting.



For more info call Patrick Timony, Adaptive Technology Librarian, 202-727-1335


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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