[Md-sligo] FW: Saturday Technology Training Session, Dec 1, MLK library, panel discussion on the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), Dec 1, MLK library

[Brown, Debbie]

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Subject: Saturday Technology Training Session, Dec 1, MLK library, panel discussion on the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), Dec 1, MLK library


21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) Pannel Discusion Saturday Technology Training Session Adaptive Services Division DC PUblic Library, room 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Saturday, Dec 1st 1PM to 4PM

Featuring panel members:

Christian Vogler, Gallaudet
Blake Reid, Georgetown
Andrew Phillips, NAD
Jim House, TDI
Mark Richert, AFB
Sam Joehl, SSB Bart Group
Karen Strauss, FCC

Adaptive Services Division of DC Public Library invites you to a panel discussion on the The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), as a Saturday Technology Training Session http://www.dclibrary.org/node/29711 from 1PM to 4PM on December 1st, 2012, in room 215 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library.

The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), signed by President Obama on October 8, 2010, will make it easier for people with disabilities to do things like navigate a TV or DVD  menu or send an email on a smart phone.  It sets new standards so that Americans with disabilities can take advantage of technology.  The law is stronger than any previous communications law for people with disabilities, and has great results like 60 hours a week of described video programming and $10 million per year for technology for people who are deaf-blind.  Still, important devices are not covered, for instance hand-held gaming devices and Internet TVs that also have texting and phone capabilities.  Also, the FCC has not enforced communications accessibility laws perfectly in the past.  But neither has the disability community produced enough complaints to allow the government to hold industry accountable.  People with disabilities must participate by making their voices heard through the complaint process.

What does this law mean for the future?  What are its limits?

The agenda will be as follows:

1:00PM - Welcome and announcements
1:15PM - Panel discussion featuring invited guests 3:00PM - Refreshments and Networking

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 STTSDC google group is here: http://groups.google.com/group/sttsdc
The Adaptive Services home page is here: http://www.dclibrary.org/services/adaptiveservices
AccessibilityCamp.org is here: www.accessibilitycamp.org<http://www.accessibilitycamp.org><http://www.accessibilitycamp.org<http://www.accessibilitycamp.org%3chttp:/www.accessibilitycamp.org<http://www.accessibilitycamp.org>

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