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From: "Jeffrey Pledger" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 2:21 AM
Subject: [SEC508] MEDIA: accessible CSUN keynote webcast on Abletv.net . . .
My apologies for sending this out on such short notice. The CSUN keynote
address by Ray Kurzwel is going to be webcast in an accessible format on
AbleTV, Wednesday, March 19th at 7:30 AM (PST) from the Hilton LAX venue.
To view the webcast go to http://www.abletv.net and go to the CSUN2003 link
under the Late Breaking News section on our home page. For those wishing to
view the live webcast, you must have either the Real One player Basic or
Plus application loaded on to your computer. We suggest using the Real One
basic as this software is free of charge. This keynote address is slated to
be one of the most exciting ones done yet at CSUN as Ray Kurzweil is someone
of great visibility within the field of accessibility. I would appreciate
it if this email announcement could be forwarded on to other list serves
where the message has not been viewed yet. As always, I appreciate your
support of viewing accessible webcasts done on AbleTV and I am looking
forward to having many of you view this event on Wednesday morning.
Jeffrey Pledger
President, AbleTV
tvwoRLDWIDE.COM
PRESS RELEASE
Able TV and AT508.com Team for Web Simulcast Coverage of 2003 CSUN
Conference, Sponsored by IBM, HP
Accessible Live and Archived Streaming Video of March 17-22 CSUN Conference
on Technology and People with Disabilities sponsored by IBM at AbleTV.net
and by Hewlett Packard on AT508.com
For Immediate Release
March 14, 2003
Contacts:
Jeanne Fulginiti
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TV Worldwide.com, Inc.
www.tvworldwide.com
(703) 961-9250 Ext. 222
Jeff Pledger
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AbleTV.net
www.abletv.net (301) 890-5944
John Williams
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AT508.com
www.AT508.com
(703) 404-0071
Chantilly, Va. - AbleTV and AT508.com, the leading Internet TV Channels
serving the community of people with disabilities announced today that they
would produce a web simulcast of the March 17-22 CSUN Conference on
Technology and People with Disabilities, with both live and archived
coverage from Los Angeles, Ca. Able TV's transmission of this web simulcast
is made possible with funding from IBM Corporation, while AT508.com's event
coverage is supported by main event sponsor Hewlett Packard in addition to
AT508.com charter sponsors, Kurzweil Educational Systems, The Paciello
Group, Keybowl, Corda, Deque and Sighted Electronics. Able TV
(www.abletv.net) and AT508.com (www.AT508.com) are channels on the
TVWorldwide.com Internet TV network, which will be producing the live and
archived webcast.
The web simulcast will include live accessible coverage of the CSUN keynote
address of renowned disability inventor Ray Kurzweil, Wednesday, March 19,
7:30 AM PST.
"HP is proud to sponsor the CSUN Conference," said Michael Takemura,
director of the HP Accessibility Program Office. HP, major sponsor for the
CSUN Conference since 2000, is committed to providing products, services,
programs, and information that are accessible to persons with disabilities.
"The CSUN Conference plays an important role in providing information and
education opportunities regarding accessibility, and HP sees the critical
importance in providing access to the conference via AT508.com to people who
are unable to attend."
"Delivering information to the community of people with disabilities through
accessible technology, such as AbleTV, is one of the reasons IBM is at
CSUN," said Shon Saliga, Director, IBM Worldwide Accessibility Center,
Austin, Texas. "IBM will help shape the future through technology, making
it possible for more people, regardless of ability, to access and interact
with information on demand - - no matter what the venue - - audio,
graphical, or video."
"We are thrilled to provide a live streaming video with captioning of the
keynote and other archived events during the show, upon which so many of
AbleTV and AT508.com viewers with disabilities who can't make it to the show
depend," said David Gardy, Chairman and CEO of TVWorldwide.com, Inc and
Chairman of AbleTV. "Jeff Pledger, AbleTV's president, has been instrumental
in working to provide CSUN coverage over AbleTV for the past 4 years and
with the large added audience of John Williams' AT508.com channel, this will
be an unprecedented streaming event."
Access to archived captioned streaming video of the CSUN conference will be
available at www.abletv.net and www.AT508.com. Participants should have the
free Real Player installed prior to viewing the video. Technical Questions
can be directed to 703-961-9250, ext 223 and info@tvworldwide.com..
About TVWorldwide.com, AbleTV.net and AT508.com
In addition to being a video streaming service provider, TVWorldwide.com is
building a network of community-based Internet TV channels, each
underwritten by a strategic partner, "aimcasting" to targeted B2B and
special interest audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com has worked with one of
its first aimcast channels, AbleTV.net, to pioneer live and archived video
streaming with open captioning to aid web site accessibility for people with
disabilities, a concept developed by disability activist Jeff Pledger, who
lost his sight 19 years ago due to illness. Now, AT508.com, has joined the
TVWorldwide.com line-up, powered by the assistive technology and Section 508
writings and video interviews of noted disability columnist John Williams.
TVWorldwide.com was recently named one of the streaming video industry's
"Hottest Companies" by Streaming Magazine.
About CSUN
California State University, Northridge is a vibrant, diverse university
community of nearly 28,000 students and more than 3,300 faculty and staff,
sited on a 353-acre campus in the heart of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley.
Cal State Northridge is committed to the educational and professional goals
of students, and service to the community. More information about the campus
can be found at http://www.csun.edu.
About IBM's Accessibility Center
The IBM Accessibility Center was created in 2000 to apply research
technologies to solve problems experienced by people with disabilities. In
2002, the Accessibility Center team expanded its focus to include access to
information by virtually anyone under virtually any circumstances. IBM
Accessibility Centers are located in the United States, Europe and Japan.
For more information on IBM's Accessibility Center, visit
http://ibm.com/able
About HP
HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and
services to consumers and businesses. The company's offerings span IT
infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and
imaging and printing. HP completed its acquisition of Compaq Computer
Corporation on May 3, 2002. More information about HP is available at
http://www.hp.com.
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