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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> Wednesday, October 13, 2010 8:10 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Brown, Debbie<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Saturday Session, October 16th, DC Public Library, Adaptive
Services, Orientation and Mobility, 1pm to 4pm, MLK Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h5 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>The next Saturday Technology Training Session (STTS) is on
Orientation and Mobility:<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<h5 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h5>
<h5 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>In commemoration of White Cane Day, which is October 15<sup>th</sup>,
our STTS session will focus on White Cane Law, White Cane issues, alternative
Orientation & Mobility solutions, including GPS technology. Our
guests will include Brigit Doherty of WMATA, Brett Rouillier of the DC
Department of Transportation, David Lingebach of the OUTA Sight Foundation, and
tentatively a representative of Google Turn-by-turn navigation.<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<h5 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h5>
<h5 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>Please come, Saturday, Oct. 16<sup>th</sup>, 2010, 1pm to
4pm, room 215, MLK library, 901 G Street, Washington DC.<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<h5 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h5>
<h5 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>Last weekend, Accessibility Camp DC 2010 was a great
success. Presentations and other information are available at: <o:p></o:p></span></h5>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><a href="http://www.accessibilitycampdc.org/">http://www.accessibilitycampdcorg/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Presentations included the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mike
Guill - How to Get Started with Web Accessibility <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jean
Spellman - W3C and WAI - What's New, AT Guidelines, Gallery
Project <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jess
Chaikin - NRIC - NITER & web accessibility <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cliff
Tyllick - Creating accessible documents w/MS Word<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Russell
Heimlich - Developer's Perspective to make an accessible website <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Saroj
Primoni - Issues, Challenges, Solutions for Accessibility at NC State <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jamal
Mazrui w/Mika Pykala - Accessible Mobile Apps for developers and
users <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mike
Guill - workshop for accessibility call to action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Katie
Filbert - Wikipedia & accessibility, make it better
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
Utter - Real-world teaching old code new tricks - making websites accessible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cliff
Tyllick - Discussion: get people resistant to special needs to understand the
reasons / biz
case <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Emmanuel
Coutoulakis - accessible software and software requirements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pratik
Patel of Easy Fire - Mobile Accesibility on the Web <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Karl
Groves - Deque - Fire Eyes demo/feedback session <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Katie
Filbert of Wikipedia - Brainstorming to improve Metro
accessibility <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Saroj
Primloni - enabled remote access with cloud computing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jimmy
Chandler - Integrating Accessibility Into Your Projects
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mika
Pykala of NFB - Comments and news on upcoming legislation
changes <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Svetlana
- CART & interpreter - Accessibility and hearing
loss <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
Utter - Easy ARIA real world examples<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Saturday Sessions are held in Room 215 at the Martin Luther
King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington DC, and are a chance for
people who use Adaptive Technologies 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:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Adaptive Technology Program provides 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:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>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/" target="_blank"
title="blocked::http://atthdc.blogspot.com/">http://atthdc.blogspot.com</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.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=entry-content><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The 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" target="_blank"
title="blocked::http://twitter.com/accessibilitydc
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" target="_blank"
title="blocked::http://www.twitter.com/AccessCampDC
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><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=entry-content><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=entry-content><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Our new collaborative webspace is
at <a href="https://sttsdc.pbworks.com/" target="_blank"
title="blocked::https://sttsdc.pbworks.com/
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”. </span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=entry-content><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Check out our Blog at <a href="http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/"
target="_blank"
title="blocked::http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/
blocked::http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/ http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/ blocked::http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/ http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/">http://sttsdc.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Sessions are broadcast and archived at <a
href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/seasonagos-show">http://www.ustream.tv/channel/seasonagos-show</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Patrick</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>James Patrick Timony</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Adaptive Technology Librarian</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>District of Columbia Public Library</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Adaptive Services Division, Room 215</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>901 G Street, NW, 20001</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><a href="mailto:patrick.timony@dc.gov"
title="blocked::mailto:patrick.timony@dc.gov">patrick.timony@dc.gov</a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>202-727-1335</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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