[Ncabs] seminar

D Minter cmin79 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 18 02:19:33 UTC 2013


Dear Alan,
Grace Minter is presently at Duke Med Center with pneumonia and will not be able to attend the seminar.  We are hoping she will be discharged tomorrow.
Diane Minter

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On Jul 10, 2013, at 8:24 PM, "Alan A. Chase" <aachase1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> *The first PDF reader for visually impaired people*
> 
> *
> St. Gallen – 24 June 2013. The Swiss National Association of and for the
> Blind (SNAB), in collaboration with the Access for All foundation and the
> service provider xyMedia, has developed an important innovation for
> visually impaired people. The VIP PDF-Reader overcomes a previously
> insurmountable problem for people with a visual impairment who want to read
> and work with PDF files. This innovative product is now available free of
> charge to Windows, Mac and Linux users.* **
> 
> *The Swiss National Association of and for the Blind (SNAB)*
> Since 1903, the Swiss National Association of and for the Blind (SNAB) has
> been committed to helping deafblind, visually impaired and blind people to
> take responsibility for determining the course of their own lives. As an
> umbrella organization, the SNAB holds training courses for specialists who
> work with deafblind, blind and visually impaired adults and children,
> provides information about visual impairments and their consequences, runs
> a specialist library and coordinates collaboration projects and research on
> behalf of visually impaired people, while also representing their
> interests. As a direct service, SNAB advises and supports deafblind and
> hearing and visually impaired people, develops and sells aids, runs a
> specialist center for optical aids and carries out research and training in
> the field of low vision, in order to help visually impaired people to make
> the best possible use of their remaining sight.
> 
> *Access for All*, the Swiss foundation for accessible technology use, was
> established in November 2000. It regards itself as a competence center and
> a mediator between people with disabilities who are most affected by
> technological barriers and providers of information and equipment from the
> public and private sectors.
> 
> *Download* Manual VIP PDF-Reader here http://www.szb.ch/
> 
> To read the entire article go to*; *http://www.szb.ch/en/press/
> press-releases/the-first-pdf-reader-for-visually-impaired-people.html **
> 
> -- 
> *Alan A. Chase, M.Ed.*
> Special Education Teacher, Wake County Public School System
> Program Coordinator, Envisioning Youth Empowerment Retreat
> President, North Carolina Association of Blind Students
> Secretary, Governor Morehead School Alumni Association
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