FYI,
Free 2-part Webinar in November building on the Webinar on Etext Advances
DIGITAL BOOKS & PLAYERS, AN UPDATE By Robert Lee Beach, Assistive Technology
Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College Two part free series.
Thursday November 15 and 29 - 2PM EASTERN
The advent of digital books has made accessing reading materials for
individuals with disabilities a more pleasant experience. Sound quality is
better and navigation is far superior to the old analog tape books.
However, with so many options for players and sources of books, what does
one need to be aware of when shopping for reading materials and equipment.
In December of 2005, Robert presented a 2-part workshop titled "Why Pick a
DAISY" which looked at some of the resources and players for DAISY books.
Some changes have happened with both the players and sources. In this
presentation, Robert will again discuss some of the sources of books and
update you on what is happening with these.
Then he will review software and hardware players for digital books and
update you on the offerings available today. Included will be a
demonstration of the new Victor Stream and a discussion of the new NLSbooks
that are expected to come out in 2008.
PART ONE will give a brief description of digital books, where they can be
found, and what some of the differences are between books from these
sources.
Then there will be demonstrations of 3 out of 4 software players: Book
Wizard Reader, Easy-Reader, and Victor ReaderSoft.
Part 2 will finish the software player demonstrations with the gh Player.
Then there will be demonstrations of 4 hardware players: Victor Classic,
Victor Wave, Book Port, and the new Victor Stream. As time permits, other
players can be discussed.
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EASI Events for November
Webinar 4-part Series Taming PowerPoint and Designing for Accessibility On
and Off the Web Read more and register at easi.cc/clinic.htm Month-long
Online Course Barrier-free E-learning Read more and register at
http//easi.cc/workshop.htm
Norman Coombs
CEO EASI (www.easi.cc)
(949) 855-4852 Pacific time zone)
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<font size=2>Free 2-part Webinar in November building on the Webinar on
Etext Advances<br> DIGITAL BOOKS & PLAYERS, AN UPDATE<br> By Robert Lee
Beach, Assistive Technology Specialist<br> Kansas City Kansas Community
College<br> Two part free series. Thursday November 15 and 29 - 2PM
EASTERN<br><br> The advent of digital books has made accessing reading
materials for individuals with disabilities a more pleasant experience.
Sound quality is better<br> and navigation is far superior to the old analog
tape books.<br> However, with so many options for players and sources of
books, what does one need to be aware of when shopping for reading materials
and equipment.<br><br> In December of 2005, Robert presented a 2-part
workshop titled "Why Pick a DAISY" which looked at some of the resources and
players for DAISY books. Some<br> changes have happened with both the
players and sources. In this presentation, Robert will again discuss some of
the sources of books and update you on<br> what is happening with these.
<br><br> Then he will review software and hardware players for digital books
and update you on the offerings available today. Included will be a
demonstration of<br> the new Victor Stream and a discussion of the new
NLSbooks that are expected to come out in 2008. <br><br> PART ONE will give
a brief description of digital books, where they can be found, and what some
of the differences are between books from these sources.<br> Then there will
be demonstrations of 3 out of 4 software players: Book Wizard Reader,
Easy-Reader, and Victor ReaderSoft. <br><br> Part 2 will finish the software
player demonstrations with the gh Player.
Then there will be demonstrations of 4 hardware players: Victor Classic,
Victor<br> Wave, Book Port, and the new Victor Stream. As time<br> permits,
other players can be discussed.<br><br> <br><br> <br>
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EASI Events for November<br>
Webinar 4-part Series Taming PowerPoint and Designing for Accessibility On
and Off the Web <br> Read more and register at easi.cc/clinic.htm<br>
Month-long Online Course Barrier-free E-learning<br> Read more and register
at http//easi.cc/workshop.htm<br><br>
Norman Coombs<br>
CEO EASI
(<a href="http://www.easi.cc/" eudora="autourl">www.easi.cc</a>)<br>
(949) 855-4852 Pacific time zone) <br><br> </font></body> </html>
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