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ACCESSIBLE WORLD TEK TALK PRESENTS U-R-ABLE, THE “ALT” PROGRAM, MONDAY
AUGUST 6, 8 PM EDT, THE PAT PRICE TEK TALK ROOM:
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NEWSWIRE:<br><br>
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Accessible World Tek Talk presents “ALT” – the first of U-R-Able’s
Acceleration Technologies with Rob Nevin and Hans Lienert<br><br>
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</b>Rob Nevin, from U-R-Able, has completed a 3 month deep review of
their product ALT with a team of 8 from the National Federation of the
Blind (NFB) Research and Development Committee. ALT – the first
work-flow accelerator for blind and low-vision workers has received
positive reviews as from the team as it works with all Windows based
software products and converts complex and frequent tasks, into single
steps with its unique semantic interface.<br><br>
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ALT cooperates with all software, all screen readers, all screen
magnification products and delivers to its users – speed, focus and
silence. <br><br>
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<b>Speed</b> – as complex process steps, often requiring many composite
keystrokes for screen readers or magnifiers, into single tasks performed
at the speed of the computer, not the user.<br><br>
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<b>Focus</b> – as the user need only consider the end-state of the task
(ie, I want to search for a price or a phone number or upload a file via
FTP, etc.) while ALT completes the journey steps automatically.
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<b>Silence</b> – for screen reader users, all the Journey steps (the
loading of the application product, the loading of the file, the
completion of the searches or navigation to the final destination) is all
completed silently with the full return to screen reader controls at the
end of the Acceleration Job.<br><br>
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You won’t want to miss this as the presentation will include interviews
from ALT users, those who’s conversations have changed from “I am being
measured against a difficult standard” to “I am exceeding the throughput
of my sighted co-workers”. <br><br>
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ALT will be demonstrated and opportunities to pose questions to Rob Nevin
and Hans Lienert from the software engineering company (Drager and
Lienert) from Germany, the authors of ALT. You will hear, during
the course of the presentation, how ALT is used by Educators, CEO’s,
Technology experts, Lawyers, Call Centre workers and more. Each
with the common desire to excel in their work and be relieved of the
tedium of unnecessary typing/listening/filtering for common and repeated
tasks.<br><br>
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With the latest version of ALT, announced at the National Federation of
the Blind (NFB) convention, ALT now provides hundreds of screen reader
functions, each available for use free-standing or for use within ALT
accelerators. Changing between screen reader or screen reader
versions? Not a problem as ALT manages all the back-end
interactions.<br><br>
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<b>Presenters: Rob Nevin and Hans Liemert<br><br>
E-Mail: rob@u-r-able.com <br><br>
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Date: Monday August 6, 2012<br><br>
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Time: 5:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Mountain, 7:00 p.m.
Central,<br><br>
8:00 p.m. Eastern and elsewhere in the world Tuesday 12:00 GMT. <br><br>
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Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to The Pat
Price Tek Talk Training Room at:<br><br>
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Or, alternatively.<br><br>
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Select The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at:
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Enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen.<br><br>
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All Tek Talk training events are recorded so if you are unable to
participate live at the above times then you may download the
presentation or podcast from the Tek Talk archives on our website at
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www.accessibleworld.org</a><br><br>
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If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online
conferencing software, there is a small, safe software program that you
need to download and then run. A link to the software is available on
every entry screen to the Accessible World online rooms.<br><br>
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All online interactive programs are free of charge, and open to anyone
worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, and a
sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the
presenters and others in the virtual audience or text chat with the
attendees. To speak to us, hold down the control key and talk; then let
up to listen. <br><br>
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Accessible World uses News Wires, like this one, to inform people of the
topic and times for the many Discussion Groups on Accessible World. The
lists are announce only to keep the traffic to a minimum.<br><br>
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You can join the Accessible World Announce List, the Tek Talk Announce
List or the Sports Talk Announce List by completing the form at:
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www.accessibleworld.org/mailinglists</a><br><br>
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Accessible World also provides a Tek Talk Discussion List. This list is
intended to give you an opportunity to ask computer related questions,
suggest topics to be used in the weekly Monday training programs, or just
to interact with others interested in using assistive devices to access
computers. You may sign up for this list by selecting the Tek Talk
Discussion link on the same page and completing the form.<br><br>
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Accessible World Contacts:<br><br>
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Robert Acosta, Chair<br><br>
Accessible World<br><br>
818-998-0044<br><br>
Email: boacosta@pacbell.net<br><br>
Web:
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www.helpinghands4theblind.org</a><br><br>
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Marcia Moses, Events Coordinator<br><br>
Accessible World<br><br>
734-495-1496<br><br>
Email: mgmoses@comcast.net<br><br>
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Steve Hoffman, President<br><br>
Talking Communities<br><br>
Email: steve@talkingcommunities.com<br><br>
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The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a
501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general
public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by
providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and
training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and
access barriers that adversely affect them<br><br>
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<font size=2>Robert Acosta, President<br>
Helping Hands for the Blind<br>
Email:
<a href="mailto:boacosta@pacbell.net">boacosta@pacbell.net</a><br>
Web Site:
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<font size=2>You can assist Helping Hands for the Blind by donating your
used computers to us. If you have a blind friend in need of a computer,
please mail us at the above address.<br>
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