[Trainer-Talk] Next Phone Meeting/March 18

[Jeanine Kay Lineback]

David, I think this is perfect to send to this list. I have forwarded it to
my chapter members as well. We, here in Austin are on CST, so I don't know
if anyone will make tonight's meeting. However, I hope you will post this
every month. If other don't want to see it on this list, I request you
include me on your monthly mail outs so I can share. 

Kind regards,
Jeanine Lineback
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-----Original Message-----
From: Trainer-Talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
David Goldfield via Trainer-Talk
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 3:50 PM
To: Trainer Talk
Cc: David Goldfield
Subject: [Trainer-Talk] Next Phone Meeting/March 18

I sent this to the blind-philly-comp discussion list and thought this might
be of some interest, both to trainers as well as users of assistive
technology. If the following submission is not appropriate for this
particular list, I would appreciate being informed and I will refrain from
posting announcements of this type to this list in the future.

Normally, our monthly phone meetings are scheduled for the last Friday of
the month. However, since March 25 is Good Friday I am unwilling to moderate
and even participate during a phone meeting during the Triduum. 
Because of this we are moving it back to this coming Friday, March 18 at
8:00 PM Eastern time.
As we have some new readers who have joined this list, I will offer a few
bits of information which are already known to most of you. The purpose of
the monthly phone meetings, as well as this list, is to allow individuals to
ask questions, provide answers as well as feedback and opinions regarding
anything that has to do with blindness-specific technology or mainstream
tech which is relevant or used in conjunction with blindness tech.
Therefore, most things in this realm are up for grabs, so to speak, such as
using Windows, OS X, iOS or Android along with relevant screen readers and
enlargers, video magnifiers, digital book players, etc. I even allow general
computer topics, such as how do I do such and such in Word, how do I cut and
paste files on the Mac, etc. I don't promise to answer every question
personally; I try to tackle much of the email but I don't always have the
experience or even the time to answer all of them. However, it's designed
for users to help and support other users. I initially set up the group for
consumers in or near the Philly area, since Philadelphia hasn't had such a
group since the 1990s and I thought that it was past time to bring it back. 
However, we do have a few participants outside of the city and even some
outside the state. Therefore, while the list was established to provide
support for people in the Philly area, Anyone is welcome to join us, both on
this list as well as during the monthly phone conferences. 
People who post on or who join the list are in no way obligated to call in
during the phone conferences and callers don't have to join the list. 
For that matter, even people who join the list or who call into the
conferences can just lurk without participating if you're feeling shy,
unsure or are just feeling like you have nothing to add. However, whether
you're a novice or a seasoned expert there is probably much you can add,
even if it's just a ton of questions.
Questions are fine. I'm constantly learning new things and, as I often
remind people, I didn't come out of the womb knowing what I know.
Sometimes, I've had specific themes or topics for our phone meetings. 
However, during the past few months I haven't done this and so this upcoming
meeting on March 18 is just an open Q&A, where people can throw out
questions, answers or other comments that are on their minds. I usually
begin with a summary of the technology news since our last meeting of major
events and software releases which have been announced, and then the floor
is open for comments.
To call in,  the number is
(712) 432-3900
You'll be prompted for your access code. When you are asked for this code,
enter
391477
followed by the pound key.

All the best.



-- 
       David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist

Feel free to visit my Web site
WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info


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