[Nfbf-l] Fw: [gui-talk] Fwd: Free webinar all about NVDA and NV Access and howit helps to close the digital divide

[Sherri]

This sounds really interesting. It's a discussion about free screen-reading 
software.
Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Pattison" <srp at internode.on.net>
To: "CUG Members" <Members at bcacug.org>; "Access L" <access-l at access-l.com>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 1:38 AM
Subject: [gui-talk] Fwd: Free webinar all about NVDA and NV Access and howit 
helps to close the digital divide


> From:    Mirabella, Mathew J Mathew.Mirabella at team.telstra.com
> To:      vip-l list freelists vip-l at freelists.org
>
> Hi all.
>
> See below about a webinar that I am presenting on Thursday morning at 8am 
> this week.  I will be talking all about NV Access and NVDA, the free 
> screen reader that many of you know about.  This is all done via the web 
> and you can register to listen on the PC by going to the following link:
> http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
> If you can't make it at the time, let me know and I can try to get a pack 
> and recording of the session made available.
> The promo for the webinar is below.
>
> =====
>
> Webinar:  NVDA: Non Visual Desktop Access: The free and open source 
> Windows Screen Reader that's closing the digital divide!
>
> Imagine!  A free public Webinar about a free screen reader that really 
> works and is being used by more than 8% of all screen reader users world 
> wide in over 20 languages!  It's NVDA - it's free - it's open source - 
> it's portable - it works on any Windows based PC - and it's functionally 
> comparable to commercial offerings.
>
> NV Access inc. an Australian not-for-profit organisation supports and 
> manages NVDA.  "We believe that accessibility should not be an extra cost 
> for the user.  Blind and vision impaired people have the right to access 
> technology at no more cost than their sighted peers.  Our goal is to make 
> that happen!"
>
> So register to hear one of the founders of NV Access talk about how well 
> managed Free & open source software can further these goals and hear how 
> NVDA is really closing the digital divide for blind and vision impaired 
> users across the globe.
>
> Presenter:  Mat Mirabella, secretary and co-founder of NV Access Inc.
>
> Date:  Wednesday March 3, 2010
> Times:  GMT/UTC, 9pm
> US: 1pm Pacific, 2pm Mountain, 3pm Central, 4pm Eastern
> Australian eastern (Daylight savings): 8am, Thursday March 4, 2010
>
> For more information about NVAccess, go to: www.NVAccess.org
> For more information about NVDA and to download go to: 
> www.NVDA-project.org
>
> Register to save a seat for yourself in the room and to be on the email 
> list to get the Webinar's recording at: http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
>
> Regards Steve
> Email:  srp at internode.on.net
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>
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