GO GIRL! Wandean Original Message: ----------------- From: Prof Norm Coombs [log in to unmask] Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:00:02 -0700 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Apple Accessibility Workshop in Southern California (Sorry for the cross-posting) This is not an EASI event. It is being held onsite live In Irvine California. At 06:02 PM 8/6/2012, you wrote: > hi. >well can you send me the mp3 recordings, as in australia and blind and >interested. >thanks. >Marvin. >On 8/7/2012 8:34 AM, Robert Espero wrote: >>Hello Listers! >> >>I would like to invite all of you to attend the event being hosted by my >>office at UC Irvine below: >> >>Robert Espero >>AT/IT Manager >>UC Irvine >>Disability Services Center >>--- >> >>REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Please visit: >><http://edseminars.apple.com/event/D569r-ueZ3q>http://edseminars.apple.com /event/D569r- ueZ3q >>More infor at: >><http://www.disability.uci.edu/apple-accessibility.htm>http://www.disabili ty.uci.edu/apple- accessibility.htm >> >>Accessibility - Built-in Not Bolted On >> >>Apple builds accessibility in all of their operating systems (OSs) in >>MacBooks, iMacs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TV. Other products require >>additional adaptive tools like JAWS or Window-Eyes often doubling or even >>tripling the cost of the systems. Most, if not all, MP3 players don't >>offer any visibility or hearing enhancements, either built-in, or as >>add-ons. Apple continues to set award winning standards in the industry >>for accessibility. In 2009 Apple received 2 awards from both of the >>primary blind community governing foundations. The first, from the >>American Foundation(tm) for the Blind (AFB), "...for making significant >>accessibility improvements to the latest versions the iPod nano and the >>iTunes software, and for installing VoiceOver screen reading software >>into all Apple computers." The second, from the National Federation of >>the Blind (NFB), "For designing the first fully accessible touchscreen >>interface." Even our competition is raving about our products by stating >>"...June 19th (2009) [the release of the iPhone 3.0 OS] has forever >>changed the access technology industry," as quoted by Mike Calvo, CEO Serotek. >> >>Accessibility in Education >>Friday, August 17 2012 9:00AM - 12:00PM Pacific >>Join Sarah Herrlinger, Sr. Manager, Special Markets at Apple Inc. for a >>workshop on accessibility and assistive technologies in Education. >>This session will explore the array of built-in accessibility solutions >>available in a range of Apple products. You'll learn how these features >>can be used to address the needs of those with sensory, learning and >>other disabilities, and how they can be combined to create truly >>personalized solutions for those with special needs. For the first half >>of the session we'll look at features of the Mac running Mac OS X >>including VoiceOver, the screen access software for the blind built into >>every Mac. And in the second half, we'll focus on the Accessibility >>features of the iPod touch and iPad as well as 3rd party applications to >>reach a wide array of learners. >>Who Should Attend? >>Campus leadership, Deans, Instructors, faculty and staff interested in >>issues related to accessibility and assistive technologies. >>Location Instructions >>Detailed directions can be found here: >><http://www.disability.uci.edu/apple-accessibility.htm>http://www.disabili ty.uci.edu/apple- accessibility.htm >> >> >>Be a "friend" of the DSC! Visit >><http://www.facebook.com/ucidsc>http://www.facebook.com/ucidsc >> >>"Universal access through universal design." >>******************************************** >>Robert Espero >>Technology Manager >>University of California, Irvine >>Disability Services Center >>100 Disability Services #313 >>Irvine, CA 92697-5250 >>Voice: 949.824.9205 >>TDD: 949.824.6272 >>Fax: 949.824.3083 >><http://www.disability.uci.edu/>http://www.disability.uci.edu >>******************************************** >>"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot >>lose." Jim Elliot >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It's never too late to become what you might have been. George Eliot Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve Norman Coombs [log in to unmask] Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities by Norman Coombs published by Jossey-Bass Oct 10,2010 http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470499044.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint