We would like to include a feature on TES09 in our next podcast that we are editing on Monday. We would love to include some soundbites from anyone who attended on their impressions, especially around the accessibility thread
If you would like to contribute - in english if possible - could you email me via the site or directly at david.banes@abilitynet.org.uk
Best regards to all
David Banes
AbilityNet
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Added by David Banes on October 22, 2009 at 10:33am —
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It was a pleasure to meet you all in Istanbul and a special hello to all those that attended the accessibility workstream. Feedback on the materials presented for your use would be very welcome and we look forward to working with you all in the coming months
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Added by David Banes on October 18, 2009 at 9:03pm —
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Hi to all
At the Istanbul summit, I would be very interested in finding an attending network member who would like to present a case study of how they have worked with disabled people and what has been achieved
If you would like to take part could you contact me here on Ning or via email at david.banes@abilitynet.org.uk
Many thanks
David
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Added by David Banes on August 21, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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Access IT Awards – Open for nominations
Following the successful launch of the awards in 2008, we are pleased to inform you that the ACCESS-IT initiative is now open for a second year.
The ACCESS-IT Awards are encouraging nominations of activities that promote a better quality of life for people with disabilities and the elderly, through the use of Information Technology (IT).
This year, we anticipate even more nominations than in 2008. Last year’s Finalists and Winners have exploited f…
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Added by David Banes on July 8, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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This months podcast swings from reviews of assistive software to issues of interoperability and some first thoughts on the apple iPhone 3GS. A round up op fthe latest AT news includes mention of Access IT 2009 (more to follow)
Available for free from
www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast or via ITunes
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Added by David Banes on June 30, 2009 at 11:01pm —
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We've just completed a major refersh to our elearning website at
www.abilitynettraining.org
The site is a collection of abilityNet materials, a portal to resources from across the web and embedded video courses for assistive technology and general applications
The site is based upon Moodle the free open source learning platform and the theme based upon free code from edugeek. These combined seem to offer a really good foundation to developing low…
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Added by David Banes on June 25, 2009 at 9:49pm —
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If you like to see daily links to information and resources - and general news and gossip on access for people with a disability you can follow us on Twitter - @abilitynet
for those who would liek to browse but not actually have an account you can get an rss feed with
http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/14978999.rss
Youll find the rss feed delivering live content on our page in the telecentres europenetwork as well
Ho…
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Added by David Banes on June 19, 2009 at 9:16pm —
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Good guides to Google wave
http://tinyurl.com/mk898h http://bit.ly/bCaE8 video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ
Wave is a collaboration tool in real time from Google that is due for release soon - if you wnat to know more the links above should help
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Added by David Banes on June 3, 2009 at 8:36am —
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Proceedings of European eAccessibility Forum are now on-line
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Added by David Banes on May 31, 2009 at 6:01pm —
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www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/episodes/AbilityNetPodcast04-May2009.mp3
Contents for May
* Item on Amazon's Kindle ebook reader text to speech controversy
* Tips on how to customise your technology for your own use
* NVDA open source screen reader review
* Feedback from Digital Inclusion conference
* Events for your diary
A full transcript of the podcast is at http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcas…
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Added by David Banes on May 19, 2009 at 8:59am —
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This blog post explores one way we could make RSI a popular issue
www.abilitynet.org.uk/blog
Read with a pinch of salt !
David
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Added by David Banes on May 9, 2009 at 10:06am —
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Analysing and federating the European assistive technology ICT industry - final report
27 April 2009
This report represents the final report of the study, “Analysis of the Assistive Technologies Information and Communication Technologies (AT ICT) industry in Europe” for the European Commission. The global ob…
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Added by David Banes on May 1, 2009 at 9:01pm —
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‘Digital Inclusion Conference Adds Up To Big Debate’
The fourth National Digital Inclusion Conference 'Empowerment through Technology', took place on the 27th and 28th April 2009 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster. It saw more than 400 delegates come through the doors, more than 600 follow on the live webstream, seven Government Ministers report on progress and policy, four workshops whittle down 20 ideas for digital-inclusion action, a team of 12 social reporters…
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Added by David Banes on May 1, 2009 at 8:58pm —
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Saw this on twitter -
Disney Audio description for rides I honestly cant work out if this is a well meaning gimmick (and Im not being cyncial here) or whether it adds real value to blind riders - I can see it working for Pirates of the Caribbean but my personal Audio Guide to Space Mountain, would be something like
"Oh **** Oh **** Im going to die, Oh God make it stop, oh no, oh no !!!!! etc etc"…
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Added by David Banes on April 19, 2009 at 6:32pm —
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How far would you take technology to help you ?
What personal costs would you accept to have greater independence ?
Our new blog post raises these issues
www.abilitynet.org.uk
David Banes
AbilityNet
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Added by David Banes on April 14, 2009 at 9:40pm —
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On 1st December 2008 the European Commission adopted the Communication "Towards an accessible information society". This has now been followed up on 31 March 2009 when the Council of the European Union adopted its conclusions on the Communication .
The Communication makes suggestions for improving both web accessibility in particular and e-accessibility in general, notably to:
* Pursue and make full use of instruments at European level - notably standardisation efforts, financial support for r…
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Added by David Banes on April 5, 2009 at 6:19pm —
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This is a way of demonstrating innovation with mobile technologies
Have a look at Microsoft tag www.microsoft.com/tag
You can download the correct software for you mobile phone (free) if you have a web enabled phone – set your mobile browser to http://gettag.mobi and download the sopftware onto your phone
When you open the software it will initialise your phones camera, so point the camera at the tag at
http://twitpic.com/2t3u7
When the camera has focus…
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Added by David Banes on April 4, 2009 at 12:29pm —
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In a stunning act - Amazon have been forced to remove text to speech from their new ebook reader following pressure from the publishing industry.
An international coalition has been formed to oppose the action and the precedent it sets and you can read more about it at our blog at
www.abilitynet.org.uk/blog
Any thoughts always well received
David
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Added by David Banes on April 3, 2009 at 12:06pm —
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Is anyone going to be at the forum in Paris at the end of the month - Im going to be speaking on Mobile Phones - Form and Function - Issues in choosing a handset for disabled users - It would be great to meet up with anyone from the community and chat through areas of interest
Im also in Brussels next week for the eInclusion meeting on assistive technology - if anyone is there again it would be great to put names to faces to people.
Finally has anyone from the community been to CSUN this week…
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Added by David Banes on March 20, 2009 at 10:25pm —
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Available for free from
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast/index.php?episode_ID=123
Contents for March:
Part 2 of interview on mobile phone accessibility research
Windows 7 features
Tips on how to customise your technology for your own use
News roundup from across the internet
Events for your diary
A full transcript of the podcast is at http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/podcast
David Banes
Director of Development
Ability…
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Added by David Banes on March 16, 2009 at 8:48pm —
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