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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> James (DCPL) Timony
[mailto:James.Timony@dc.gov] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 17, 2010 12:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Brown, Debbie<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Saturday Session Sept 18, 1pm-4pm, MLK Library iPod, iPad,
DAMAN project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tomorrow’s
Saturday Session on September 18<sup>th</sup> from 1pm to 4pm in room 215,
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, will feature two
presentations:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>iPhone and iPad and<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Disability Awareness.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
iPhone/iPad demonstration and discussion will feature Mark Reumann who is a
section 508 consultant at the Patent Office and Bob Bosken who is an employee
of the Social Security Adminstration and also a section 508 consultant.
Together with other guests they will demonstrate the iPhone and iPad using the
voiceover screen reader. They will demonstrate the different kinds of
gestures possible on these touch screen interfaces and a variety of
applications including calendar, email and voicemail. iPad demonstrations
will also include the screen magnifier Zoom, and several applications that are
targeted at other groups of users including those with learning disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Daman
Wandke is a senior at Western Washington State University, and an employee of
the US Department of Agriculture, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration and a nonprofit called Students for Disabilities Awareness which
he cofounded. He was born with Cerebral Palsy and is a disability
advocate with a strong interest in IT and web accessibility. The DAMAN
project (Disability Awareness Moves Across the Nation) started as a highschool
awareness event that provided simulated disability experience for members of
the Bellingham Washington high school community, and has grown into a platform
for Daman’s powerful disability awareness message of leadership and
self-advocacy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
hope you can make it. Directions are below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chris
Corrigan, library associate and volunteer coordinator in the Adaptive Services
Division has created a blog of tutorials on Adaptive Technologies <a
href="http://atthdc.blogspot.com/">http://atthdc.blogspotcom</a> , and worked
with summer interns Sterling Henry and Miriam Brinley to create a collaborative
space on PBwiki with tutorials and space for community discussion. That
link will be forwarded soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=entry-content><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Accessibility Camp DC is an informal
conference on Web Accessibility that is held at the Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Library on a yearly basis. This year the conference will happen
Saturday October 9, 2010 from 9:30pm to 5:30pm in the 2<sup>nd</sup> floor east
and west lobbies and room 215 Adaptive Services at the Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial Library at 901 G Street NW. You can register for, sponsor or
find more details about the event here: <a href="http://bit.ly/bWjyAu"
target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/bWjyAu
blocked::http://bit.ly/bWjyAu">http://bit.ly/bWjyAu</a>
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=entry-content><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=entry-content><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The related 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 <a
href="http://twitter.com/accessibilitydc"
title="http://twitter.com/accessibilitydc
blocked::http://twitter.com/accessibilitydc">http://twitter.com/accessibilitydc</a>
for updates about the monthly WebAccessibility meet-up. Follow <a
href="http://www.twitter.com/AccessCampDC"
title="http://www.twitter.com/AccessCampDC
blocked::http://www.twitter.com/AccessCampDC">http://www.twitter.com/AccessCampDC</a>
</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>for updates about the annual AccessibilityCamp</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=entry-content><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Our new collaborative webspace is at <a
href="https://sttsdc.pbworks.com/"
title="https://sttsdc.pbworks.com/
blocked::https://sttsdc.pbworks.com/">https://sttsdc.pbworks.com</a>
(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”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We are <b>located</b> diagonally <span
style='background:#FFF2CC'>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</span>. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'> There is no public parking at the MLK Library.</span><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The meetings are a chance for
people who use Adaptive Technologies</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> 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. </span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The <b>Adaptive Technology
Program provides</b> 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.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Check out our <b>Blog</b> at <a
href="http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"
title="blocked::http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/
http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/
blocked::http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/
http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/">http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/</a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>James
Patrick Timony</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adaptive
Technology Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>District
of Columbia Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adaptive
Services Division, Room 215<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Martin
Luther King Jr. Memorial Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>901
G Street, NW, 20001<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>patrick.timony@dc.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>202-727-1335<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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