[Promotion-technology] netbooks

Mon Nov 9 14:33:21 UTC 2009

Yes, it depends on what you want to do, the form factor you are looking
for, etc. but they have many similar functions.

Dave

David Andrews
Chief Technology Officer
Minnesota State Services for the Blind
2200 University Ave. W., #240
St. Paul, MN  55114-1840
(651) 642-0513  Office
(612) 730-7931  Cell
(651) 649-5927  Fax

>>> Phil Templet <ptemplet at lsvi.org> 11/9/2009 7:50 AM >>>
Can a netbook replace a note taker?

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Today's Topics:

   1. Research in the Rockies: Research Summit on Braille Reading
      and Writing (Chwalow,     Judith)
   2. Fw: Flying Blind, LLC Newsletter - Volume 20 (Robert Jaquiss)
   3. Vinux CLI 2.1: dna, std and max editions! (Anthony Sales)
   4. streaming for NFB of Colorado convention (Jason Fayre)
   5. [State_youth_coordinators] FW: 2010 NFB   Junior Science
      Academy (Hartle,  Mary Jo)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:31:29 -0600
From: "Chwalow, Judith" <JChwalow at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews
        <dandrews at visi.com>)
Subject: [Promotion-technology] Research in the Rockies: Research
        Summit on Braille Reading and Writing
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org 
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The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan
Institute, with the National Center for Severe
and Sensory Disabilities and the
Bresnahan-Halstead Center on Disabilities, is
cosponsoring the Research in the Rockies:
Research Summit on Braille Reading and Writing.
We hope to advance the state of research in the
area of Braille in the USA. We encourage you to
submit an abstract to this conference and request
that you diffuse it to all colleagues who might
have an interest in this field. Research-related
abstracts will be accepted from all members of
the Braille community and will be reviewed by a
multidisciplinary panel including academics,
practitioners, and parents.  For more
information, please visit the NFB Web site or
call Dr. Judith Chwalow, Director of Research, at
the Jernigan Institute at (410) 659-9314, extension 2404.

Research in the Rockies: Research Summit on Braille Reading and
Writing

June 10-12, 2010, Denver, Colorado at the Denver Marriott City Center

Call for Papers

Sponsored by

National Center for Severe and Sensory Disabilities (NCSSD)
Bresnahan-Halstead Center on Disabilities
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan Institute

Purpose:

The purpose of this conference is to explore
current and emerging research from a wide range
of disciplines that pertains to Braille reading and writing.

Call-for-Papers Submission Guidelines:

?         Submit 250-word abstract online at:
<http://www.unco.edu/ncssd>www.unco.edu/ncssd 

?         Submission deadline is January 4, 2010
(Louis Braille?s 201st birthday!)

?         ***Anything submitted after midnight on
January 4, 2010 will not be accepted***

?         Presentation formats:

a.       Research paper presentation (20 minutes)

b.       Panel (minimum 60 minutes)

c.       Poster (posters will be presented in roundtable sessions)

?         If you have problems with the online
submission form, please contact: <mailto:ncssd at unco.edu>ncssd at unco.edu

?         Please note that any handout material
must be made available in Braille, large print,
and electronic formats. Provide explanations for all PowerPoint
presentations.

Proposals Invited from:

Cognitive scientists, linguists, educators,
rehabilitation specialists, neurologists,
sociologists and experimental psychologists,
researchers in haptic and tactile perception,
demographers, occupational therapists, and others

A. Judith Chwalow, DrPH

Director of Research, Jernigan Institute

National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street

Jernigan Place

Baltimore, MD 21230

410 659 9314 x 2404

FAX: 410 659 5129

jchwalow at NFB.org 

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:50:16 -0600
From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
Subject: [Promotion-technology] Fw: Flying Blind, LLC Newsletter -
        Volume 20
To: <nfb-rd at nfbcal.org>,        <promotion-technology at nfbnet.org>
Message-ID: <05B33B50133B447F8291DE8B58D983D6 at D3DTZP41>
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Flying Blind, LLC Newsletter - Volume 20Hello Colleagues:

     I am forwarding a copy of the Flying Blind Newsletter. I thought
we should know of the SoundPost. This is another attempt at talking
signs.

Regards,

Robert

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From: Flying Blind, LLC
To: rjaquiss at earthlink.net 
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:52 AM
Subject: Flying Blind, LLC Newsletter - Volume 20

      Flying Blind, LLC Newsletter - Volume 20
      To make certain you receive each Volume of the Flying Blind, LLC
Newsletter,
      please add enews at flying-blind.com to your address book.

      To access a text-only version of this Newsletter,
      please use the following link:
      http://www.flying-blind.com/enews/11042009/text.html 

      To access the HTML version of this Newsletter on the web,
      please use the following link:
      http://www.flying-blind.com/enews/11042009/ 

      Current Information on the Adaptive Technology Industry
      is always available on the Flying Blind, LLC Website at:
      www.Flying-Blind.com 

      Dear Robert,

            NEWS:
           Povidi Announces the Availability of the SoundPost
Orientation System For North American Customers

            RELEASED: November 4, 2009

       On November 3rd Povidi NZ LTD announced the availability of the
SoundPost Orientation System for customers who live in North America.

      SoundPost is the first orientation solution of its kind offering
vision impaired customers an unparalleled means of safely identifying a
desired location while traveling throughout their community. SoundPost
consists of a hand controller that the user holds to locate
strategically placed base stations which can be mounted to doorways,
light posts, ambiguous bus stops, etc.

      As the user travels within the vicinity of a base station, the
hand controller emits either a vibration, a tone, or a spoken word to
orient the user to the base station. The end result is that SoundPost
completes the solutions that other orientation and mobility devices do
not by actually enabling the user to effortlessly find desired locations
in real time.

      Check out this video which shows SoundPost in action:
      http://www.povidi.com/SoundPost_Demo.html 

      Povidi has partnered with Flying Blind, LLC to provide access to
this solution throughout North America. Povidi's founder, Darryl
Sherwood, and Flying Blind, LLC's founder, Larry Lewis, have a rich
history of bringing innovative solutions to market, as evidenced by
within their past collaborations at Pulse Data International.

      "We're ecstatic to be bringing such a life-changing, affordable
solution to the North American continent," comments Sherwood. "SoundPost
will enable tens of thousands of individuals who are vision impaired to
independently locate those hard to find places throughout their
neighborhoods at a price point far less than one might expect."

      "I am both humbled and privileged that Darryl asked for my
assistance with SoundPost," states Lewis. "Darryl has a real passion for
creating solutions that make a tangible difference to those of us who
are blind."

      Povidi is currently working to introduce SoundPost into a number
of educational and corporate settings, in addition to meeting the needs
of those individuals that might wish to integrate this solution into
their own neighborhoods. The SoundPost Orientation Base Station and Hand
controller run on off-the-shelf batteries, and the batteries on the base
station only require changing every nine months.

      For more information about the SoundPost Orientation System
please visit http://www.povidi.com, which has a wealth of information
about SoundPost as well as its initial launch in New Zealand.

      To purchase a SoundPost Hand Controller, Base Station, or a Kit
which includes 1 Hand Controller and 2 Base Stations, simply visit
http://www.flying-blind.com/ and select the appropriate "Add to Cart"
button.

      North American customers may also e-mail
soundpost at flying-blind.com to receive additional information about
purchasing, receiving, and installing this solution throughout their
respective environments.

      SoundPost Base Station Price:
      US$195.00

      SoundPost Hand Controller Price:
      US$175.00

      SoundPost Kit (1 Hand Controller and 2 Base Stations):
      US$545.00

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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:45:59 -0600
From: Anthony Sales <tony.sales at rncb.ac.uk> (by way of David Andrews
        <dandrews at visi.com>)
Subject: [Promotion-technology] Vinux CLI 2.1: dna, std and max
        editions!
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org 
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

I am happy to announce the release of Vinux CLI 2.1 which is now
available
in three different versions: The 'dna' version is a minimal Debian
system
which only has five additional applications installed: the speakup
screenreader
the remastersys installer, the wodim iso burning tool and the aptitude
package
manager. It weighs in at just under 200MB and is aimed at advanced
users who
want to build their own customised installation and/or distribution
from
scratch. The 'std' version is a standard Vinux CLI system with a range
of
basic desktop applications including the lynx internet browser, the
nano text
editor, the mutt e-mail client, the midnight commander file manager and
the
pdmenu application launcher. This is just under 400MB in size and is
aimed at
intermediate users who may want to customised the standard version by
adding
extra applications. The 'max' version is a full CD's worth on command
line
applications containing as many useful desktop tools and utilities that
I could
find in the Debian repositories. This aimed at users who want a ready
made CLI
system with all the bells and whistles! Both the 'std' and max'
editions have
the Vinux single character command aliases and a menu system which
allows
uers to browse and run installed applications. Entering 'm' will open
the menu,
entering 'h' will bring up a help file which lists all of the keyboard
shortcuts and installed applications. These new versions were all built
with
the new Vinux build script which is included in the /root folder of
each
edition. You can use this to install pre-selected suites of
applications or
modify it to build your own customised system. This is also available
as a
separate download if you want to modify an existing version of Debian.

Download URL's:

http://vinux.org.uk/latest/Vinux-CLI-dna-2.1.iso 
http://vinux.org.uk/latest/Vinux-CLI-std-2.1.iso 
http://vinux.org.uk/latest/Vinux-CLI-max-2.1.iso 
http://vinux.org.uk/latest/Vinux-CLI-all-2.1.md5sums.txt 
http://vinux.org.uk/latest/vinuxCLIscript1.62.tar.gz 
http://vinux.org.uk/latest/help.txt 

drbongo
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:54:34 -0600
From: Jason Fayre <jfayre at gmail.com> (by way of David Andrews
        <dandrews at visi.com>)
Subject: [Promotion-technology] streaming for NFB of Colorado
        convention
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org 
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The NFB of Colorado is once again streaming our 2009 state convention.
  Convention starts on Friday, November 6 at 10AM mountain time.  We
will adjourn at 12PM on Sunday.  The stream will be broadcasting all
the general sessions, plus the banquet.  We will also be broadcasting
the technology seminar and the employment seminar on Friday afternoon.
  Links to the streams can be found at the NFB of Colorado website:
http://www.nfbco.org 

We will not be using Skype this year.  However, you can interact with
us on twitter by following nfbco.  You can also send e-mail to
nfbco09 at cocenter.org.

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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:26 -0600
From: "Hartle,  Mary Jo" <mhartle at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews
        <dandrews at visi.com>)
Subject: [Promotion-technology] [State_youth_coordinators] FW: 2010
        NFB     Junior Science Academy
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org 
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

Gear Up for Greatness!
National Federation of the Blind
2010 Junior Science Academy
Baltimore, Maryland, at the NFB Jernigan Institute

A STEM Program for Blind Children
Ages 8-12

In 2008, the National Center for Blind Youth in Science (NCBYS), a
program of the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute,
offered its first Science Academy program for elementary
students.  Once again, we are making this program possible for
children in grades three through six. The NCBYS developed its Junior
Science Academy (JSA) in 2004 in order to spark and enhance blind
students' interest in scientific study, an academic area that many
falsely believe is too difficult for the blind.  This year, with
hands-on experiences, tactile materials, and innovative nonvisual
teaching methods, the JSA will open its doors again to young
explorers with two sessions of the program.  Applicants can apply for
one of the following dates:

Session 1: July 28-August 1, 2010
Session 2: August 4-August 8, 2010

The Junior Science Academy is a four-day session that will expose
blind children to the excitement of science in real-life
applications.  The students will learn about how much fun science can
be through hands-on instruction, field trips, and interactive
activities. Attending parents will participate in a corresponding
seminar with workshops designed to focus on meeting the needs of
their blind children.

Program Costs
There is a $150.00 registration fee for accepted pairs of students
and parents/chaperones.  All other expenses, including travel, room,
board, and program materials will be covered by the NFB Jernigan
Institute for all participants, including accepted mentors.  .

Mentors Needed
We are also looking for mentors to work in one or both sessions of
the program.  mentors help facilitate student activities while
parents are engaged in parent programming.  Mentors can apply online
at the site below.  Please visit this page to learn more about this
opportunity and to apply to be a mentor this summer.
How to Apply
Whether you are an interested family, or someone who is interested in
serving as a mentor, please visit
<http://www.blindscience.org>www.blindscience.org to learn more about
this exciting event, or to apply.  You may also contact the NFB
Jernigan Institute at (410) 659-9314, ext. 2407.

Come join us!

Sincerely,
Mary Jo T. Hartle

Mary Jo Thorpe-Hartle, MEd, NOMC

Director of Education
Jernigan Institute
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
200 East Wells St.
Baltimore, MD 21230
Phone: (410)659-9314 ext. 2407
Email: <mailto:MHARTLE at nfb.org>MHARTLE at nfb.org 
Fax: (410) 659-5129
Visit <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org   or
<http://www.blindscience.org>www.blindscience.org 

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