October 6

Saturday, October 6 -- 252:10 minutes – Ancil Torres, Sonia Aslam, and Ryan Jones from the Torres Foundation talk about their services which include Adaptive Technology training, and demonstrate Adaptive Technologies including the Tiger Tactile Graphics Embosser, the Traveler Portable CCTV, and the OPAL pocket video magnifier. Moira Williams from Envision Technology demonstrates the Kurzweil NFB Reader, a hand held scanning and reading system that uses a camera and a PDA to enable the user to read menus and signs by taking a picture of them and then having them read by a synthesized voice.