Thanks for attending grand opening of Adaptive Services

Thanks to all who attended the grand opening of the Adaptive Services Division. Over one hundred people attended for guest speakers, tech demos, exhibitors, an art exhibit, American Sign Language Story Hour, Sign Song, Therapy Dogs and more. It was a great success!

Another Top Tech Tidbits newsletter:
http://www.flying-blind.com/tttenews/03262009/index.html

GW Micro founder gives a technical talk on screenreaders

GW Micro founder discusses the evolution of screen readers on the desktop and the nature of the challenges we face as we start addressing similar issues in the context of rich internet applications.

part 1 http://video.yahoo.com/watch/357221/2224574

part 2 http://video.yahoo.com/watch/357225/2224611

Chikodinaka's World

Check out Chikodinaka Oguledo's Youtube post from the Saturday Technology Training Session March 7th 2009 in the Adaptive Services Division of the DC Public Library:

Screenreader users tab into the flash movie until you get to the "Play Pause" button and press the space bar.

Games and Social Networking

The top 25 gaming and social networking sites for people who are blind:
http://www.7128.com/top25/topsitesblind.html

Job Links

Two interesting links: One is to the Workforce Recuritment Program for college students with disabilities. The other is to the Computer Accomodations Program at the Pentagon. Patrick

Workforce Recruitment Program:
www.wrp.gov

Computer Accomodations Program at the Pentagon:
www.tricare.mil/cap

The Zone BBS

Another awesome social networking site for people who are blind or visually impaired:
http://www.zonebbs.com/index.php

Social Networking sites for people who are blind or visually impaired

Check out BlindSpots, a social networking and dating site for people who are blind or visually impaired.
www.blindspots.net

Hadley Seminars

Check out these awesome audio sessions from Hadley including Dating, Decoration, Cooking and more:
http://www.hadley-school.org/2_f_past_seminar_hadley.asp

Saturday Technology Training Session, February 21st, 2009

This Saturday Technology Training Session will feature Burt Levy from the White Cane and More Store in Silver Spring demonstrating the Moshi Clock and the My Reader 2. http://whitecaneandmore.com/ . Sammy Clay from the Veterans Administration will demonstrate the Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Mobile Reader, the Colorino Talkinig Color Identifier, and the ID Mate Bar Code Scanner.