For those of you travelling to Pittsburgh for the AFB Technology Odyssey,
you are invited to attend two meetings of the Visually Impaired Pittsburgh
Area Computer Enthusiasts (VIPACE). More details are in the message below.
Please feel free to contact me, Mike Gravitt, via e-mail at
[log in to unmask] or by calling 412-344-2313. Please feel free to pass
this on to others you know coming to Pittsburgh that weekend of August 3-5.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gravitt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 8:48 PM
Subject: VIPACE! August VIPACE meetings
> PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FAR AND WIDE TO ANYONE YOU KNOW IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA
OR
> ANYONE INTENDING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2001 AFB TECHNOLOGY ODYSSEY.
>
> Yes, you saw the subject line correctly! There will not be one, but two,
> meetings of the Visually Impaired Pittsburgh Area Computer Enthusiasts
> (VIPACE) in August. Please do not try this at home!
>
> Since many assistive technology company representatives will be in town
the
> weekend of Augst 3rd through 5th for the American Foundation for the Blind
> 2001 Technology Odyssey, members of VIPACE decided at the July meeting
that
> we wish to bring some of these fine representatives to a VIPACE
meeting...or
> two.
>
> More details will be forthcoming, but I want to tell you what we know so
far
> so that you can make plans and try to help share this information with as
> many people as possible.
>
> There will be two meetings. The first will be on Thursday, August 2, from
> 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Centre City Tower, 650 Smithfield Street. The
> second will be 24 hours later at the same place: Friday, August 3, from
6:00
> PM until 8:00 PM, also at Centre City Tower.
>
> On Thursday, the first half of the meeting will be dedicated to a
> representative from Henter-Joyce who will talk to us about the upcoming
> release of JAWS 4.0 as well as a new braille tutorial they have created
> called SAL. After the Henter-Joyce demonstration, Kim Burgess will be
> demonstrating GPS Talk, a portable navigation system that you can use when
> you're walking around to tell you where you are, and how you need to get
to
> where you are going. That sounds great to me. I have been living in
> Pittsburgh for over three years and still get lost in downtown sometimes!
> Kim has joined our mailing list, and will posting more information about
> this product for us very soon. Kim, we look forward to meeting you and
> reading your comments.
>
> During the Friday session, we will have representatives from Duxbury to
> demonstration their braille translation softwware, and from Enabling
> Technologies to show us some of the latest and greatest in braille
printers.
>
> I would like to thank Mark Senk and Tom Burgunder for taking on a lot of
the
> intitial contacts and setting up of these meetings. Mark, if you have any
> additional comments to add to these, please feel free to add them. Mark
and
> I are going to work to put together a finite meeting announcement with
more
> details, hopefully to be distributed later next week.
>
> If you have any questions, contact Mike Gravitt at 412-344-2313 or
> [log in to unmask]
>
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