FW: Important Information: Free Accessibility on Operating lsSystems Besides Windows (fwd)

[Janina Sajka]

Poor Norm! He'll catch some ribbing over this one for some to come ...


	Sun Microsoft Systems ???

Well, I guess it passes the spell checker. Rather like last year's gaff from Apple where they were building a screen reader for the "blind and partially signed."


ameer armaly writes:
> 
> This might be interesting; unix seems to be starting to make a name for
> itself.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 13:52:07 -0400
> From: "Prince, Phyllis B." <pbprince at greenville.k12.sc.us>
> To: ameer at charter.net
> Subject: FW:      Important Information: Free Accessibility on Operating
>     Systems              Besides Windows
> 
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> From: Distribution list for ITD-JNL and WebMedia 1/5/98 http://www.rit.edu/~easi on behalf of Prof Norm Coombs
> Sent: Sat 4/3/2004 7:36 PM
> To: ITD-JNL at MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Important Information: Free Accessibility on Operating Systems Besides Windows
> 
> 
> 
> You will want to join the Web conference Thursday, April 8 at 1 PM Eastern!
> 
> Unix/Linux and Mac operating systems are providing more accessibility tools
> for users with disabilities.  Mac has beta software under development while
> Sun Microsystems has an open system screen reader and more now on the market.
> 
> Even if you do not use Linux, you may know students with disabilities who
> need to use it.  You may also be looking for less expensive accessibility
> technology.  Peter Korn from Sun Microsoft systems will describe Sun's
> assistive technology applications; how it works; its present state; and
> future plans.  Several computers can now be purchased with Linux operating
> systems from the factory.  They can also come with free accessibility
> applications.  These do not yet have the sophistication of expensive
> Windows assistive applications, but further development is presently taking
> place.
> 
> This is a technology breakthrough.
> 
> Read more and register online at:
> http://easi.cc/clinic.htm
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175