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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 07:29:33AM -0500, David
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Korn" <korn at sun.com>
> To: <gnome-accessibility-devel at gnome.org>;
> <mozilla-accessibility at mozilla.org>; <kde-accessibility at kde.org>;
> <fdawg at speechinfo.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 2:46 AM
> Subject: UNIX Accessibility series at CSUN, March 21, 2002
>
>
> Sun Microsystems, Inc. is hosting a series of sessions on UNIX
> Accessibility
> at the CSUN Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities at
> the Los
> Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel on March 21st. This comprehensive series
> of
> six sessions will run all day Thursday March 21st in the Atlanta-Boston
> room,
> and is part of the general CSUN conference. In addition, Sun
> Microsystems is
> hosting a session at the end of the day Thursday on topics in
> accessibility
> to the Java platform, including a demonstration of access to Java
> applications from ZoomText version 7.1. Information about the CSUN
> conference can be found at: http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf2002/
>
> The Sun Accessibility team invites everyone who has an interest in
> finding
> out the latest information about accessibility to UNIX systems,
> including
> access to Solaris and GNU/Linux, to join us for this in-depth series.
> Included in this series will be demonstrations of open source assistive
> technologies for UNIX systems utilizing the GNOME Accessibility
> framework to
> be released later this year. We will also provided a guided tour of the
> accessible GNOME desktop for UNIX systems, present the GNOME
> Accessibility
> architecture with information on how to make UNIX applications
> accessible,
> and of course take questions.
>
> Attached below is information about this series of presentations. We
> hope
> you can join us.
>
> In addition, Sun Microsystems will be hosting demonstrations of
> assistive
> technologies for Solaris systems at their booth throughout the
> conference.
>
>
> On behalf of Sun Microsystems,
>
> Peter Korn
> Sun Microsystems Accessibility team
> access at sun.com
> http://www.sun.com/access
>
>
> ========================================================================
> ==
>
> CSUN Conference on Technology and Persons with Disabilities
> UNIX Accessibility series, Thursday March 21st, 2002
> Atlanta-Boston rooms of the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel
> hosted by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>
>
> 8:00am-9:00am
> UNIX Accessibility overview
> ---------------------------
> This session provides a high-level overview of the terrain and features
> of the UNIX Accessibility landscape. We will introduce UNIX,
> GNU/Linux,
> and the Solaris(tm) Operating Environment. We describe the various
> UNIX
> desktop user environment options, and summarize the different efforts
> underway to make all of the flavors and variants of UNIX accessible,
> including command-line accessibility as well as desktop accessibility.
> This session also serves as an introduction to the five following
> sessions
> in this room, which will discuss the aspects of UNIX accessibility in
> detail.
>
> Speakers:
> - Gregg Vanderheiden, TRACE Center, Madison, WI
> - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA
> - J.P. Schnapper-Casteras, Palo Alto, CA
> - Rich Burridge, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA
>
>
> 9:20am-10:20am
> The Accessible GNOME 2 desktop: An Introduction
> -----------------------------------------------
> GNOME 2.0 is a modern desktop environment for the Solaris Operating
> Environment, Linux, and other UNIX systems, and is open source and free
> software. In this session we will give a guided tour of GNOME and its
> integrated accessibility features. We will begin by demonstrating the
> general features and capabilities of this intuitive desktop, then focus
> on accessibility solutions such as AccessX, keyboard navigation, and
> theming support. We will also provide an overview of important new
> assistive technologies being developed for GNOME (two of which are
> discussed in more detail in the following two sessions) and how they
> relate to GNOME's built-in Accessibility Framework.
>
> Speakers:
> - Gary Little, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA
> - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA
>
>
> 10:40am-11:40am
> Gnopernicus: Screen Reading & Magnification for GNOME
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Gnopernicus is an open source screen reader and screen magnifier for
> the GNOME desktop, with full Braille support. In this session we will
> demonstrate the features and functionality of Gnopernicus,
> demonstrating
> how users who are blind, need Braille, or have low vision, can use
> a UNIX workstation for common desktop tasks. We will also discuss how
> to participate in the open source Gnopernicus project.
>
> Speaker:
> - Thomas Friehoff, BAUM Retec AG, Heidelberg Germany
>
>
> 12:00pm-1:00pm
> GOK: a full featured on-screen-keyboard for GNOME
> -------------------------------------------------
> A detailed demonstration of the open source GNOME On-screen Keyboard
> (GOK)- desktop support for single switch, scanning, and customized
> displays will be shared. Illustration of dynamic keyboard functionality
> that tracks changes in the accessible application being used, and
> information on how to try GOK and take part in the open source effort
> will also be shared.
>
> Speaker:
> - Jutta Treviranus, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, Toronto,
> Canada
>
>
> 2:00pm-3:00pm
> The GNOME Accessibility architecture in detail
> ----------------------------------------------
> In this technical session, we will discuss the GNOME Accessibility
> architecture in detail. Specifically, we will look at the the ways
> in which accessibility support is built into the GNOME platform, how
> GTK+ (and Java) applications expose accessibility information, and
> the way that assistive technologies retrieve and use that information.
>
> Speakers:
> - Bill Haneman, Sun Microsystems, Dublin, Ireland
> - Marc Mulcahy, Sun Microsystems, Broomfield, CO
>
>
> 3:20pm-3:50pm
> Misc. topics in UNIX Accessibility: panel discussion
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Additional and late-breaking topics in UNIX Accessibility, as well as
> a round-table panel discussion with the architects of GNOME and UNIX
> Accessibility.
>
> Speakers:
> - Bill Haneman, Sun Microsystems, Dublin, Ireland
> - Marc Mulcahy, Sun Microsystems, Broomfield, CO
> - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA
> - Earl Johnson, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA
> - J.P. Schnapper-Casteras, Palo Alto, CA
> - Jutta Treviranus, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, Toronto,
> Canada
> - Thomas Friehoff, BAUM Retec AG, Heidelberg Germany
>
>
> 4:10pm-5:10pm
> Topics in Java Accessibility
> ----------------------------
> The latest accessibility news for the Java platform, including a
> demonstration of access to Java applications from ZoomText, and a
> presentation on FreeTTS, an open source text-to-speech engine now
> available for the Java platform.
>
> Speakers:
> - Peter Korn, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA
> - Lynn Monsanto, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA
> - Willie Walker, Sun Microsystems, Burlington, MA
> - Mark Nelson, Ai Squared, Manchester Center, VT
>
>
>
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